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Author: | linyifei [ 2022-06-06 13:14:06 ] |
Post subject: | Is the sun supposed to look like this? |
I recently updated to Cool VL Viewer 1.30.0.0 and was a bit startled to see the sun looking like this: Is it supposed to look like that, or is there something wrong? |
Author: | Henri Beauchamp [ 2022-06-06 14:12:27 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Is the sun supposed to look like this? |
And what is "wrong", please ? |
Author: | kathrine [ 2022-06-06 20:41:41 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Is the sun supposed to look like this? |
I would guess the aurora in yellow and orange should be centered around the round white disk and not float higher over the horizon? |
Author: | ZaneZimer [ 2022-06-06 21:36:34 ] |
Post subject: | Re: Is the sun supposed to look like this? |
It has been like this in EE for as long as I can remember. I think it's to mimic 'lens flare' or other atmospheric phenomenon. The Linden viewer doesn't do it because, as Henri noted in another thread, it just 'disappears' the sun disc into the fog at the horizon. See this real world photo, to see the affect there: Dundee Beach. |
Author: | Henri Beauchamp [ 2022-06-06 23:29:53 ] | |||||||||
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I won't have explained it better (this effect is however not the result of lens flare or any optical defect/artifact, but simply how the refraction works in the atmosphere near the horizon)... Thank you. And yes, if you compare with the old WL renderer, it is definitely more realistic now in the EE renderer... |
Author: | linyifei [ 2022-06-07 00:24:56 ] | |||||||||
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However, I gather from the comments above that it is working as designed, and I just have to get used to it. Thank you everyone for your replies. |
Author: | ZaneZimer [ 2022-06-07 02:19:56 ] | |||||||||
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Author: | Henri Beauchamp [ 2022-06-07 08:53:25 ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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As for the Sun disc diameter, it happens to be (almost) equal to the Moon's in RL (which gives us full Sun eclipses, sometimes), so the Sun disc is in no way "huge" in the EE renderer, but it was unrealistically small in WL and, in fact, the Sun disc was never properly rendered "near" (for elevations 45° or below) the horizon (it was also sensitive to the "WL sky details" setting, with huge distortions at low setting value, which is no more the case). |
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