Orbiter Screenshot Thread

[jangofett287]

I use reflection and normal maps.

Probably specular then. Try tuning it down a little? Most of these ships are painted metal and the bits that aren't are probably scratched or scorched. I shouldn't really be able to see my face in it. Be more subtle, it'll look better. Also any really reflective areas there actually are should be smooth, not roughed up by the normal map. Then again most of those probably have a ground surface rather than being sanded to a mirror shine, which is not really something you can represent properly in the specular workflow.

 

[PA328]

Probably specular then. Try tuning it down a little? Most of these ships are painted metal and the bits that aren't are probably scratched or scorched. I shouldn't really be able to see my face in it. Be more subtle, it'll look better. Also any really reflective areas there actually are should be smooth, not roughed up by the normal map. Then again most of those probably have a ground surface rather than being sanded to a mirror shine, which is not really something you can represent properly in the specular workflow.

I do not pretend to be realistic The effect of the Arrow reflections is overestimated for entertainment. For Xr, I specifically made the likeness of a chrome body.

 

[Thorsten]

Also any really reflective areas there actually are should be smooth, not roughed up by the normal map. Then again most of those probably have a ground surface rather than being sanded to a mirror shine, which is not really something you can represent properly in the specular workflow.

It's a question of scales. From the intended closest viewing distance (i.e. where you have about one texture pixel per screen pixel), any surface structure of the order of a length scale that corresponds to a few pixels is represented by the normal map. Anything smaller by the reflection map.

Using appropriate blur in the environment reflection in combination with low specular shininess can pretty much reproduce a lot of surface structures - especially if you include Fresnel enhancement of specularity under low angles.

So it depends a bit on what you mean by 'specular workflow' - a standard Blinn-Phong scheme is a bit limited, but if you have a shader which can do environment mapping and Fresnel you can do most (I guess the next big one is then sub-surface scattering which you use for skin).

 

[statickid]

Have a great weekend!:tiphat:

 

[Tycho]

Having fun exploring different sites on the moon with the 3D terrain and microtextures to boot.

Pictured here, some alternate history: Apollo 17 at Gassendi Crater central peaks, December 1972. At one time, Gassendi was considered a final contender for Apollo 17, but was scrapped because of the rough terrain closer to the central peaks that would probably have prevented close-up exploration. In these shots, the LM is a few kilometers west of the central peaks.

 

[DaveS]

Discovery on the pad being lit up by the 11 bright xenon lights prior to launch on its Christmas mission to service and return the HST to operations: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gw1vyeas0y3veaa/Discovery_on_pad_night.jpg?dl=0

 

[Wolf]

Discovery on the pad being lit up by the 11 bright xenon lights prior to launch on its Christmas mission to service and return the HST to operations: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gw1vyeas0y3veaa/Discovery_on_pad_night.jpg?dl=0

Is she dressed up with my hi-res textures?

 

[DaveS]

Is she dressed up with my hi-res textures?

Yes, they do work it's just that some areas need to be adjusted. A complete set of screenshots of your textures can be found here, they show all the areas: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gb1t9jyjx1njlea/AAAzhOrmbv5b6OP3OxL2IPOpa?dl=0

 

[IronRain]

Firebird II and Corvus on the pad for MSA's first launch of 2018.

 

[Pioneer]

A Mars flyby using the Cargo Dragon and the upper stage of the Falcon Heavy as a propulsion module.

 

[Nicholas Kang]

From the Moon to Earth

DG in LLO. The Sagittarius constellation and the Milky Way backdrop the scene while the lunar crater Plato can be seen to the right.

 

[gattispilot]

 

[barrygolden]

Tycho are you able to land at these new sites in 2016 and not turn over

 

[wedesoft]

Flying the SpaceX Dragon near the ISS.

 

[DaveS]

Flying the SpaceX Crew Dragon near the ISS.

That's a standard Cargo Dragon. Crew Dragon AKA Dragon 2 doesn't have extensible solar arrays.

 

[francisdrake]

With the Earth rising in the background the Deep Space Transport (DST) is preparing for a year-long commissioning flight. A crew of four astronauts has arrived with an Orion capsule. They will use the chemical thrusters of the DST to leave lunar orbit. Later on they will switch to the ion thrusters and leave them on for nearly a year, to test their endurance for a Mars flight. The test flight will reach out a million kilometers away from Earth, relying on onboard systems alone.

 

[downloaderfan]

Take a look at this beautiful picture of Io & Jupiter from the Delta glider IV Europa to Io rescue mission.

 

[Tycho]

Tycho are you able to land at these new sites in 2016 and not turn over

I (sometimes) can, but very carefully. The Spider LM is top-heavy in Orbiter, so the slightest bit of lateral velocity will cause tipping, so I hover and use translational RCS to null that out. Cutting the hover engine at probe-length will cause tipping to, so thrust is necessary all the way down (though in real life, this would of course not be optimal as the thrust would destructively backfire into the engine bell). Sometimes, you just have to fly down to the ground and use scenario editor to stop the LM's motion and put it firmly on the ground.

 

[statickid]

 

[IronRain]

Progress approaching the MSS, in support of the MSS-10 mission.