How to see puddles on the track?

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  1. Alex72

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    Yo,

    I put rain drops and road reflections to ultra (texture to high and special effects to high) but i cant see puddles on the tarmac.Maybe it haa to rain for a longer time before they are visible? I started with heavy rain from the get go and drove for a while and even though i had rain throughout the session it stopped and sunlight came out after perhaps 15 minutes, lol. :D

    Anyone knows what the minimum settings are to see puddles? Reflections to low is enough?

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  2. Bernd

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    Maybe nola isn't yet updated to show puddles.
     
  3. Nibiru

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    Nola has been updated. It was used in the tutorial. It does take a little for the puddles to show up. Also I think they show more as the rain lightens and stops.
     
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  4. Nitrometh

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    At LRP you can see the puddles very good. It just takes some time.
    You can press ctrl+x to accelerate it.
    Cheers
     
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  5. Alex72

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    I tested on Silverstone as i thought that was a updated S397 track. I also though it worked on all tracks. I will test to wait longer. Cheers.
     
  6. Nibiru

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    The track maker has to make the puddles work. They need to set the UVWs and paint the puddles into a texture. Painting the puddles is very time consuming and not that much fun. :eek:
     
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    This is why I don't think we will see hardly any modded tracks have puddles. :(
     
  8. McNolo

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    Maybe you're wrong about that ...:rolleyes:
     
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    Some already have...
     
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    I LOVE your tracks McNolo. You put so much work into them and I appreciate that tremendously. :D
     
  11. McNolo

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    Thank you so much.

    The racerfactor trackpack will come out slowly because I want all the tracks to have puddles map and obviously that needs time, for that reason I said my previous comment.

    The tracks published until now already have puddles map. :)
     
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  12. Stevy

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    Too bad the puddles are just visual (for now). So no need to see them or need to know where they are.
    But I hope that this will change soon™ (any news on that?)
     
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    I would doubt it, unless it could be somehow enabled through vertex colors rather than texture, but it might not be doable. or maybe it might, I have no idea.
     
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    Is there any tutorial / guide for rain paddles and wet reflections?
     
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