martinstebbing Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Hi... the screenshot is on the east coast of Madagascar, arriving into FMMI (S19 6.70; E49 9.35) and (surprise, surprise!) I really want to get rid of those ugly repeated light blue patterns. But I can't find the bitmaps that are producing them, or which programme has installed them. I thought it might be REX2004, but I have all the water themes unchecked in Options there. I ran REX install again, with all water options unchecked, but those patterns are still there, so I guess the 'culprit' is elsewhere. Anyone know which bmp files these would be, or where they come from? (They aren't default FS9 files are they??). If I could locate them (I started opening the standard water texture files, 001b2wa1.bmp, 002b2wa1.bmp etc. etc. etc. but even when I lighten them to be able to vierw the detail, I haven't found the right file), I could just overwrite them manually. ! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Those look like a tropical water texture being applied to the coastal area. If you suspect REX (I would, trying to tweak river textures with it caused the entire Gulf Coast of the US to look like a giant cesspool for me), you may need to have it restore the "default" (backup of whatever textures were previously in use) files. Also, if these only appear in this area, they could be called by a custom LC file in some new scenery. If that is the case you can remove or rename the suspect file to revert to the previous textures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSMR Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I think the tropical textures are 049 and 054wa. I'm also not sure, but I think the numbers either side of those are also the textures that are also for shallow water. I messed around one day and came up with a nice blend that went from shallow to darker water. Looked pretty good to my eyes. https://fshub.io/airline/RUA/overview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinstebbing Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 OK, I had to do a bit of trial and error - the problem file is 055b2wa1.bmp - and yes, it is the REX version. REX have done some nice stuff, but honestly, how could anyone ever think that those repeated patterns look anything but silly?? I have plenty of other options, Zinertek and several freeware offerings, and have used one of those for this file instead. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSMR Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Yes you're right, texture 55b2wa1. I was out by 1. :) I don't mind some of the rex sets. Any can look a little repeated. Depends on the other textures around it. Zinertek etc might have better blending. Mess around with some different textures mixed and you might get the perfect water set. :) https://fshub.io/airline/RUA/overview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 REX has very nice clouds but I prefer Zinertek water. Occasionally try other options for both but keep returning to these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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