A first look at REP...

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 31 Oct 2006, 16:21

I thought I would fly a quick local sortie to try this freeware REP (Real Environment Professional) package. Here are the shots I took:-

A lot of these will be of the water...which I'm very interested in.

Now for a closer look at the water...the seagulls show nicely here.

The circling sharks certainly look good in this water.

A much more complete sequence can be seen by clicking this address:-

http://forum.fsscreenshots.com/dcboard. ... =full&page

Thanks for looking :dance:

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 31 Oct 2006, 19:59

Here are the changes in the textures for snowy conditions:-

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 31 Oct 2006, 23:20

I've been using REP since it was released. The changes to the water are pretty good and I'm pleased with it. It's a doddle to install as well.

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 01 Nov 2006, 10:38

Well I'm only just starting with it CB and I'm very impressed with a well written package. I particularly like the water which gets closer to aspects of the FSX water, which I do like and wish I could have here in FS9. One thing I particularly like is the ability to tick a weather box to bring in wet or snowy textures as above. Overall, I rate REP very highly and look forward to exploring it more.

Last night I took some dusk shots with the "out of season" snow and I'll add them to my full post sometime today

hinch · Post by **hinch** » 01 Nov 2006, 16:15

i've enjoyed REP, the water is far from realistic very attractive to view on screen. the faux cloud reflections are also very nice, even in clear weather

i didn't realise about the snow textures however - looks like some fun winter..fun!

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 01 Nov 2006, 18:54

hinch wrote:i didn't realise about the snow textures however - looks like some fun winter..fun!

Hinch,

I've put up some more "Unseasonal Snow" shots in the main post, if you would like to look again

http://forum.fsscreenshots.com/dcboard. ... =full&page

Tom Clayton · Post by **Tom Clayton** » 01 Nov 2006, 20:55

Peter, just out of curiosity, whose blue smoke effect is that?

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 01 Nov 2006, 22:53

I'll throw in a few shots from tonight....

The following consists of GE Pro, Real Sky V2 & REP.

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 02 Nov 2006, 11:05

Tom Clayton wrote:Peter, just out of curiosity, whose blue smoke effect is that?

Tom,

That's just part of the smoke effects I've used on my Bandits since 2002...some I built and some I modified from existing ones...The red, white and blue display trails are a sort of Bandit signature and they are named "fx_banditsmoke_(red, white or blue here).fx". Some of the smoke effects have been published in my Turbo Conversions for the Dreamfleet Archer and Bonanza A36.

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 02 Nov 2006, 11:38

Here is a short sequence taken as QM2 steams out of Russell Fjord into the Ocean...It shows the changing water texture with the failing light:-