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DO NOT ALTER THE NAME OF THIS FILE, AS REALFLIGHT MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO CORRELATE THE COLOR SCHEME WITH THE
AIRCRAFT.
Once you have finished editing and saving your color scheme, you will probably want
to see the results of your work. There are two ways that you can do so. One is to use
the Select Color Scheme menu, which is found within the Aircraft menu. Simply click
on the color scheme that you have just edited, and RealFlight will reload the color
scheme onto your aircraft and reset the aircraft. Within seconds, you are ready for
flight with your new color scheme.
Alternatively, access the Aircraft Editor (see section Edit Current Aircraft on page 118).
Within the aircraft editor, look for Reload Color Scheme which is located in the
Options menu. Clicking this will reload the color scheme, showing any changes you
have made to the aircraft. You can disable the wireframe using the Options menu to
improve your view.
While looking in the Color Schemes directory for your new color scheme, you may
also notice a ".color scheme" file with the same name as the ".tga" file. This file can be
opened in a text editor such as Notepad. Within the file, you will find six values to edit:
Specular, Reflectivity, Power Specular Off, Power Specular On, Power Reflective Off,
and Power Reflective On.
Specular - A multiplier for the overall specularity of the aircraft. Specular=1 is neutral,
Specular=0 disables specular highlights.
Reflectivity - A multiplier for the overall reflectivity of the aircraft. Reflectivity=1 is
neutral, Reflectivity=0 disables reflections.
Specular highlights vary from fully off to fully on as the specular power of each piece
of the aircraft goes from the value Power Specular Off to Power Specular On.
Reflections vary from fully off to fully on as the specular power of each piece of the
aircraft goes from the value Power Reflective Off to Power Reflective On.
Tips for Color Schemes-
• A quick and easy way to change a color scheme is to replace one color
with another. Photoshop has a command that can easily do this called,
"Replace Color".
• Make sure you save the file as 32 bit TGA files, so that the Alpha Channels
are preserved (See below).
• You are only allowed a single Alpha Channel.
• Do NOT alter the resolution of the image.
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