NZFF

by **Ian Warren** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:03 pm

Dean wrote:
QUOTE (Dean @ Jul 20 2012,6:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You do have some beautiful natural wonders over the pond!

I can here that song 'pond river'

whoops 'blue' ..

we will see how it glues together with regional developers

by **Ian Warren** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:47 pm

With Nick and Eddie working in the background , Both Auckland and Masterton could look prity cool then .

by **NZ255** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:25 am

Ian, I've told you I'm not in Orbx...

But yes...I know I know..the airport is coming I've got some cool runway textures. It's hard to sit hours behind a computer nudging vertices. You know that

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:39 am

NZ255 wrote:
QUOTE (NZ255 @ Jul 21 2012,1:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Ian, I've told you I'm not in Orbx...

Just testing the water ... hmm feels warm .

by **GlennAV8R** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:36 am

NZNIWind Farm screenshots

http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/471.../page__hl__nzni

by **creator2003** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 4:55 pm

Looking forward to buzzing around the north in my bell222 instead of playing FPS games ,I went over to FTX and logged in to see some new shots which was worth the effort of resending my password and found photoreal areas included some of Aucklandcity and Ruapehu ,i may just have to retire and enjoy flying

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 6:16 pm

creator2003 wrote:
QUOTE (creator2003 @ Jul 23 2012,5:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Aucklandcity and Ruapehu ,i may just have to retire and enjoy flying

Time to retire .... Cool

by **GlennAV8R** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:19 pm

Some pics of Auckland Airport up now too. http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/472.../page__hl__nzni

by **AndrewJamez** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:18 pm

Looks like the big Novotel is there. Hard to tell the detail from those shots but definatley an upgrade to the default.

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:36 pm

Be interesting to see Mike , FS-Creations future Auckland and the blend including Hamilton .

by **AndrewJamez** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:46 pm

Yes it will be Ian, Am hopeing like hell that Hamiltron and Taupo somehow slot in there, Mikes airports are damn fine addons and probably get the most use out of any for me. Probably cos I'm a central NIslander but hey.

by **jeansy** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:49 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jul 24 2012,5:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Be interesting to see Mike , FS-Creations future Auckland and the blend including Hamilton .

ed has done a good job, but i would like to see mikes airport and city on top

by **Naki** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:54 pm

Agree...Mike's Taupo is one of my favourite airports...just the right size for me

by **Ian Warren** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:33 am

All it is to blend it is just getting the photo as close to what orbx is and your away racing .

by **ardypilot** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:17 pm

No way is NZAA ever that green! That mud flats in the surrounding Manukau harbour look really realistic if they're not photoreal however.

I'm also looking forward to Mike's rendition.

by **toprob** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:30 pm

Trolly wrote:
QUOTE (Trolly @ Jul 25 2012,12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No way is NZAA ever that green! That mud flats in the surrounding Manukau harbour look really realistic if they're not photoreal however.

I'm also looking forward to Mike's rendition.

The Manukau is photoreal -- see the first shot in their 'photoreal' thread.

I've said before that locals should keep away from their home base when using NZSI/NZNI, as that's when you'll notice the super-green. Stick to areas you don't know well -- in fact North Islanders should fly in the South Island only, and vice versa.

by **Naki** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:11 pm

Hmm I reckon NZSI is way too green (especially Central Otago) but seems about right for much of the North Island...although that is going off the screen shots

by **Timbo** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:14 pm

Its funny you bring that up Robin, it reminds me of when we released PNW and the locals were just not ready too see all the cutblocks in the forest, in fact some flatly refused to believe their own country even looked like...that, instead calling it an 'error' on our behalf, I guess what I mean is sometimes when you live in a place all your life you can become sheltered towards how it looks, anyhow each to their own

Cheers
Tim

by **Naki** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:27 pm

We only need to look out the window...

by **toprob** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:04 pm

Yes, I know that it is possible to get a skewed view of your own neighbourhood, but I also know all the tricks which are used to greenify NZ. For twenty years I made NZ scenic calendars, so I know exactly what you need to do to make NZ's photo-image look as green as the perception. The most common client request was always 'can you make that more green?'

But I think that the issue is more to do with the method used to build seasonal textures. I've said before, NZSI's summers textures are beautiful, but they really represent NZ at its greenest -- pumping up the green for other seasons is just plain wrong.

I don't expect Orbx to get it all spot-on, I know that limited textures need to represent a lot of different areas, but trying to tell me that the view out my window is really green doesn't make sense -- at any time of the year.

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