OHM British Airways Concorde BOAC

[Kendo]

Just one thing, the shading on the model is reversed, ie, the sunny side and the shadow side is on the opposite sides.

 

[JMW]

Does anyone know the reason for this?

If it's a mesh problem, I'm gonna need help !

JMW

 

[Kendo]

JMW, Its not a problem. Just load Concorde mesh in Meshwizard, go to Mesh Workshop and then click Generate Normals, then save. I,ve just done it.

 

[JMW]

Hmm.

I've done that, and now all rounded surfaces are "ribbed" !!

Did I miss something?

 

[Kendo]

JMW, Oooops, I thought they were how they were supposed to be. I was going to comment on them, but i didn,t. Can you go back to the original mesh and maybe try something else. I did notice you reversed the textures, maybe the mesh is somehow reversed. By the way, its a great plane to fly. Good luck. Kind regards, Ken.

 

[JMW]

Don't worry Ken, I've plenty of backups, but it's such a great mesh, (it was produced for me by the guys at Flightgear) it'd be a pity to leave it "ribbed" just for the lighting effect.

What do you mean by the textures are reversed? (My mesh construction experience is very small.)

I would like to get it right - does anyone know the answer to this lighting problem?

 

[Kendo]

JMW. The main concorde texture you used is mirrored. ie reversed. In another folder you have the texture the right way round.

 

[JMW]

Right, OK Ken I'm with you now.

I'd forgotten I had to reverse the texture FlightGear supplied to get it to sit right on the converted (to Orbiter format) mesh.

I just tried the original texture, but it doesn't cure the lighting/shade problem.

I tried "Flipping Visible Side", that just produces an inside-out effect.

Re-"Generating Normals" does cure the problem, but at the price of losing the smooth curvatures of the mesh. So perhaps someone with meshing experience might be able to provide a solution based on that.:tiphat:

Thanks for your efforts.

JMW

 

[JMW]

I've found this thread http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=9496&highlight=side+shadow&page=3 which deals with the subject of reversed lighting, but I don't have Blender or the know-how to use it effectively.

Is there an easier solution for people like me; even if it's to remove the blockiness of the re-normalised mesh ?

Countdown84 mentions "material settings - resetting to default" ; is there someway I can do that in MeshWizard ?

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Anyone interested in re-texturing the model for an Air France version? I would like to fly it side by side with the British Airways version. :idea:

I have just asked JMW through a PM - he said that anyone is free to re-texture it since he got the model from elsewhere. He also said that there is a lighting problem (see the posts above, from 3 years ago) that remains unresolved up till now, and would like to seek help. Any texturing gurus here willing to help him? :tiphat:

 

[Kendo]

The model needs correcting first.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

The model needs correcting first.

Well, my modeling experience is close to zero - maybe you can have a shot at it? (I think JMW only dealt with the coding) :tiphat: