Cockpit strut shadow

ShaggyMoose · Post by **ShaggyMoose** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:21 pm

I prefer the strutless cockpit to get a good view, but I found that depending on the lighting, its still possible to see the shadow of the struts on the cockpit canopy! Not sure if this was brought up before for ER. It looks a bit odd, but not exactly a show stopper bug though.

Blackthorne · Post by **Blackthorne** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:35 pm

You can remove the struts (and the shadow) in the options menu. No idea what you did, seems like a cockpit mod gone awry.

-Blackthorne

Post by **Vice** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:56 pm

Doesn't look like that's actually strut shadows, those are the reflections on the canopy glass (which also apply, even when the canopy is a 'bubble'). Those reflections are generated by the structures remaining in the cockpit, including the dash, gauges, seat, side, and rear panels. The edge 'frosting' caused by the struts are removed when you turn the struts off, those are different from the reflections. You can remove the reflections, if desired, by also turning them off in the Options menu ('Reflection/Gloss Effects') or by manually doing it through mod options by replacing the glass textures.

ShaggyMoose · Post by **ShaggyMoose** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:10 am

Hmmm. I guess it looks weird because it doesn't seem to match with what I can see in the cockpit. I will try turning off reflections as well.

Post by **Vice** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:14 am

Probably because you aren't looking at floor structures and the seat in the scene, which is most of what you see from the middle on up (the glass is angled back at you, showing you what's below your view). But turning off reflections will turn it all off.