Is there any way to turn off or disable within the SDK the fake brown fields that get applied seemingly randomly (at least in the UK)
Zoomed out in the World Map, the fields are clearly green; but when zooming in (and at ground level) some fields are given a brown colouring, which results in them being a muddy surface.
This shows an area with custom CGL with nice green grass (it also affects non-CGL areas)
The brownness can be covered (crudely) with an apron, but that defeats the purpose of having the green grass in the CGL.
Might be completely wrong, but I have a guess at what is going on here; the world map is showing a different zoom-level, which has different colors to the high-zoom imagery because they come from different capture sources. i.e. a satellite overflew the field when it was green and captured the low zoom, and an airplane flew over the field when it was brown and captured the high zoom.
Its definitely not that. The screenshot above shows it happening to a custom CGL.
Looks like some kind of AI generation of brown fields to break up the complete âgreennessâ of fields. There is a clear jagged edge to the brown parts.
I can go to anywhere in the UK and find these random brown fields. (Might be other countries too but I havenât checked).
Also worth mentioning that these fields do not appear green at any time of year, so its not being caused by the seasonal biome changes.
Are they considered crops and are meant to look harvested some of the time? I canât remember what the crops data source is (OSM?) but maybe worth checking that.
This is a huge issue, particularly if youâre excluding waterbodies with the ocean floor underneath being dark brown. See this with a custom texture to the left, which was strong green as input:
Update from my side:
Most of the brownish colors seem to be based on seasons on the particular region and - most importantly! - the ground material type! As long as you select anything other than:
âŠgreen colors of your material will almost disappear in particular seasons. I havenât found a way to control this and for some regions it may even apply to all seasons.
Problem about it is: None of these ground material types support procedural grass. Even if you make them 99% transparent, the grass will display but the âbrownish color regimeâ will still be applied on anything thatâs underneath. Even if that underneath is asphalt or something else that shouldnât be affected by this.
Agree. I have seen other areas on the globe where they do not disappear. Weirdly enough Oahu, Hawaii is among them, so you donât have the lush green youâd expect from these locations year round - rather a dull dry brownish color with greens suppressed.
