RealFlight G3 Manual - Great Planes Software Support

Alternatively, access the Aircraft Editor (see section “Aircraft Editor”). 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 ColorSchemes directory for your new color scheme, you may
also notice a “.colorscheme” file with the same name as the “.tga” file. This file can
be opened in a text editor such as Notepad. Within, you will find six values to edit:
Specular, Reflectivity, PowerSpecularOff, PowerSpecularOn, PowerReflectiveOff,
and PowerReflectiveOn.
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 ramp from fully off to fully on as the specular power of each
piece of the aircraft goes from the value PowerSpecularOff to PowerSpecularOn.
Reflections ramp from fully off to fully on as the specular power of each piece of the
aircraft goes from the value PowerReflectiveOff to PowerReflectiveOn.
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.
• Other formats (JPG, BMP, etc) are not allowed.
ALPHA CHANNELS
Almost all of the color schemes for the aircrafts incorporate an Alpha Channel,
which defines what areas of the color scheme are opaque and what areas are
transparent. White portions of the alpha channel will be 100% opaque and Black
portions of the alpha channel will be 100% transparent. Shades in-between will be
partially transparent.
Consult the image editor’s manual to determine how to use Alpha Channels.
Note: RealFlight uses TGA files instead of the BMP format. This is because BMP
formats do not support alpha channels.
REMEMBER AIRCRAFT POSITION
The Remember Aircraft Position menu item saves the current position of the aircraft.
When you reset the aircraft, it will return to the same position (speed, attitude,
heading, etc.) as when this menu item was selected. This feature is ideal for
practicing maneuvers.
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