Scene.dat n00.tga and Clouds

skirich · 10-05-19, 08:51 PM

I use to have such nice clouds, but I have recently noticed very few if any clouds at all.

All I did was add RSRDC, manually, so I know I didnt replace any textures or scene.dat

Been diagnosing this for a bit now, and noticed a node in scene.dat that says N00.tga with a reference to a texture N00.tga

No file exists of that name (nor .dds)

I have a full backup in the cloud of the directory since the day it was installed and I still cant find that file. So I am stumped.

Something changed. It wasnt the filters, the files, or scene.,dat but something changed and I cant put my finger on it.

If anyone has any thoughts or if there is a mod with new clouds and scene.dat that I can compare I'd appreciate the hint. Either that or confirming N00.tga exists or not.

skirich · 10-06-19, 01:08 AM

Got my clouds back.
Not sure what changed or if I just didn’t notice it.
The scene.dat didn’t have normals defined for the clouds and the normal files were also missing.
Grabbed a copy from improved environment. Made the necessary changes to scene.dat and all is well.

That N00.tga file is an embedded file in scene.dat and is just a a blank alpha channel.

skirich · 10-06-19, 02:36 AM

10-05-19, 08:51 PM	#1
skirich Chief Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Patroling the south pacific Posts: 321 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Scene.dat n00.tga and Clouds I use to have such nice clouds, but I have recently noticed very few if any clouds at all. All I did was add RSRDC, manually, so I know I didnt replace any textures or scene.dat Been diagnosing this for a bit now, and noticed a node in scene.dat that says N00.tga with a reference to a texture N00.tga No file exists of that name (nor .dds) I have a full backup in the cloud of the directory since the day it was installed and I still cant find that file. So I am stumped. Something changed. It wasnt the filters, the files, or scene.,dat but something changed and I cant put my finger on it. If anyone has any thoughts or if there is a mod with new clouds and scene.dat that I can compare I'd appreciate the hint. Either that or confirming N00.tga exists or not.

10-06-19, 02:36 AM	#3
skirich Chief Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Patroling the south pacific Posts: 321 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Final Result

10-06-19, 01:08 AM	#2
skirich Chief Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Patroling the south pacific Posts: 321 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Got my clouds back. Not sure what changed or if I just didn’t notice it. The scene.dat didn’t have normals defined for the clouds and the normal files were also missing. Grabbed a copy from improved environment. Made the necessary changes to scene.dat and all is well. That N00.tga file is an embedded file in scene.dat and is just a a blank alpha channel.