Clouds LOD

[V12]

OK, will try.

[V12]

Test with clouds converted into RGB subformat unsuccessful Short video :

[Richard]

the DDS doesn't like the cloud images (as I recall something to do with transparency).

This is not only cloud problem. On Concorde I had some .PNG textures in grayscale subformat.

The three main problems are;

1. The particular DXT encoding that are used in the DDS texture cache do not support grayscale images - this can result in strange things happening. As yet I've not found a way to reliably detect a grayscale png (due to the way that OSG works I don't know that a particular file is png as the loader obviously loads the png as an OSG image)

2. Certain textures are functional textures and cannot be DDS/DXT(1,3,5) encoded. There is a built in set of exclusion rules based on the origin - I need specific steps to reproduce the problem *or* a texture filename that shows the problem so I can investigate a fix.

3. Possibly some of the textures in FGData will need to be re-encoded as RGB; I'm trying to avoid doing this as I'd like the texture cache to be smart enough to not require this; but it might be necessary.

[V12]

I converted all grayscale .png to RGB .png but it did not help. Testplan :
0. turn on texture caching and restart sim
1. spawn with ufo somewhere
2. select Advanced weather, choose Thunderstorm scenario
3. seek lightnings, zoom in and You will see cumulonimbus, zoom out and CB will dissapear