Getting back to the game after a little while and there are a few things I was wondering about:
Number 1: Camera parts. Is it possible to control them and rotate/pan their FOV while in-flight? I seem to remember being able to do that in the past, but can't remember how.
Number 2: Solar panels. Did they get changed? They used to reflect sunlight very brilliantly and now even on highest graphical settings I don't see reflections when in orbit and facing the star.
@sneakylikeasnek I can check, i suppose. Could you send unlisted links to the two crafts?
@ChaoticGraviton But those are the default ones. And like I said, the back side does reflect sunlight like in previous versions. Do yours do the same?
@sneakylikeasnek Looking at those images, you have a different material for the solar cells.
I was just able to confirm that the reflections are only appearing on the backside of the panels, aka, the non-active surface. Probably a bug? I haven't modded the game at all.
@ChaoticGraviton
I know it's not a big deal, it's just odd because I really like how they looked in the past. Realtime reflections are on. All graphical settings are maxed. This is how they look for me
https://imgur.com/a/5tALvkV
Versus this, from 1 year ago, on a mobile version found on youtube
https://imgur.com/a/Ojf7w8j
There's a really prominent flare that appears when facing the sun. It just doesn't appear at all anymore.
@TronicOrbital I don't think that is how they work by default, you have to add the arrow keys in the controls to move the cameras around using them. I may be wrong on this though.
@sneakylikeasnek That sounds like a material setting rather than a bug. Increase the smoothness for it to shine more. Also, having realtime reflections enabled gives a better result
@TronicOrbital
Thanks for the answers. What I'm seeing is the backside of solar panels are reflective, but the actual sun facing parts are not. Not sure if it's a bug or something, but i just confirmed it now. I'm talking specifically about the really bright star reflections you'd see in panels in previous versions.
@ChaoticGraviton Sure. But like i said, these are default, vanilla crafts and panels. You could probably check on your end too and i suspect it would be the same result.
https://www.simplerockets.com/c/fHZ7P2/Simple-Vroz