Better Sky and Stars at Night

[gordy]

Hello Everyone,

I'm looking for better look more realistic stars at night and skys and is there a good self installer type and what do you all recommend?

Thanks,
Steve...........................................

[rdayt]

No real installers but the file library has several starfields available here at Trainsim.
Just search the file library for starmap.
All you do is copy the starmap.png you downloaded to the OpenRails content folder. You'll have to overwrite.
You'll get it.

Randy

[oper190]

I am using most of the sky textures from the old Sky Conductor - I placed them and the original OR sky into a new sub folder within the OR "Content" folder, converted all to .png textures and renaming them clouds01a..b..c...etc. When I want to change my sky I simply copy the texture I want, rename it clouds01 and then copy/past into the content folder, overwriting the existing texture.
There are also other sky textures available in the library.

[gordy]

Thanks guys I really appreciate it!!

Steve.......................

[oper190]

Thanks guys I really appreciate it!!

I have just uploaded the set of Sky Conductor skies into the library. https://www.trainsim.com/forums/file...leid?fid=89794
hitw-sunset.png

[qballbandit]

Big thanks for the sky files. I purged Sky Conductor years ago, not thinking forward to this day. The more varied skies the better. Appreciate the share!

[oper190]

Big thanks for the sky files.

🤓I happen to have MSTS still on a old XP computer, so had Sky Conductor installed. Was getting a bit tired of the same old sky in Or, so thought I'd try using those. Converted the .ace to .png and they worked.

[gordy]

Awesome!!!

[ZachBell4400]

Looking for some actual cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) backdrops

[wwhall]

Looking for some actual cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) backdrops

Me, too. I think that part of the challenge is the shape of the OR skydome -- it creates distortion because of being spherical. I live in "Tornado Alley" and I'm an active storm watcher. Some authentic looking thunderstorms in OR would be neat. There is some experimental stuff over at Elvas Tower that looks pretty neat, but it's tied to specific OR New Year Monogame versions that are now outdated.