by wlbragg » Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:15 pm
I don't know if the type of information you would need is available, but if it is, I think it would be a really cool feature (at least on higher end CPU's). If I were to tackle a project like this I think I would have an algorithm that looped through the AI model currently loaded (if they are not already loaded by distance from your location) and limit the effect to within X miles from viewer location. You would probably have to optimize the particle trail really well. It would be really cool to see contrails randomly in the sky and help add life to the scene.
Coming home from a trip last January we actually merge right through a contrail in the Embraer I was in. We paralleled it for awhile, slowly merging until we passed through it. I remember thinking how rare that might actually be, to be in just the right place at just the right moment, to see that.
Kansas and Ohio/Midwest scenery development.
KEQA, 3AU, KRCP Airport Layout
Intel i7/GeForce RTX 2070/Max-Q