Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:29 amPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:37 pmPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:32 pmPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:36 pmPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:54 pmNaki wrote:QUOTE (Naki @ Oct 27 2009, 01:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Niiice!
Unfortunatley my PC might struggle with FPS with this with all that autogen. I guess I could turn it down or off but that would defeat the purpose of having it IMO...hopefully an upgrade sometime in the next year of the video card will change things.
The autogen here behaves a little differently from the default. First, there are really only trees and buildings, rather than the more complex autogen objects. Then there's the density -- even with 500,000-plus autogen objects placed, (which probably means at least 750,000 buildings and trees) it doesn't get anywhere near the density of the default. This is purely because of the work involved -- not every building exists, for instance. If there were a million houses in Auckland, then I'd need to place a million autogen houses -- not really a realistic goal:) Placing autogen on the default tiles is a lot less labour-intensive, in that you might just have a few hundred tiles to autogen -- Supercity is the equivalent of 2000 annotated tiles, whereas there are less than a thousand tiles which define the entire default tiles.
It should be possible to turn your normal autogen setting up -- in fact, to get a density which matches your default autogen, you really should turn it up a bit. And everyone is encouraged to turn it up all the way at least once, just to get the full effect...
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:16 pmPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:36 pm2fst4u wrote:QUOTE (2fst4u @ Oct 27 2009, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>so all of these screenies are from HERE? Just checking as there's no scenery titled "supercity" (that I can find)
The Scenery has not been released as yet so you need to look HERE
Cheers
Ian
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:51 pmPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:28 pm
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:28 pmPosted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:35 pmcowpatz wrote:QUOTE (cowpatz @ Oct 27 2009, 06:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Bugger this scenery alone might cause me to start flying with FSX. I installed FSX ages ago but was far from impressed.
You add this to Robin's other FSX Photoreal Sceneries as well as what others have done and NZ really does start to come alive in FSX.
Cheers
Ian
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:58 pmcowpatz wrote:QUOTE (cowpatz @ Oct 27 2009, 08:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Bugger this scenery alone might cause me to start flying with FSX. I installed FSX ages ago but was far from impressed.
It grows on youIf your PC is grunty enough, then I think the graphics are better. That said - some of the FS2004 screenshots I see on NZFF are pretty stunning.
Lately, I've been clocking up dozens of hours in my ATR-500 or B737-300 - trying to build up my log with VANZ. For domestic flights, these have to be done in *real time*, so I often find myself just watching the scenery crawl by. It's a bit like staring at your defrag screen ... why is it so compulsive?... anyway - I'm often *amazed* by the quality of the weather and scenery. The scenery is largely down to Robin, whilst the weather is Active Sky (thinking of REX). I always have live weather on and it's great to see it happen in the sim. All the combat sims I've flown simply do not have this.
To cut a long story short ... as I live in Dorkland, I can't wait for this [long awaited] upgrade from Robin. If you're short of cash, I'll be happy to pre-order.
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:07 pm
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:14 amPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:26 am
..Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:21 pm2fst4u wrote:QUOTE (2fst4u @ Oct 27 2009, 06:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>so all of these screenies are from HERE? Just checking as there's no scenery titled "supercity" (that I can find)
The scenery you've linked to is the FS2004 version. 'Supercity' is for FSX only. It'll show up in my store once it is released.
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:41 pmAdamski wrote:QUOTE (Adamski @ Nov 1 2009, 07:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>To cut a long story short ... as I live in Dorkland, I can't wait for this [long awaited] upgrade from Robin. If you're short of cash, I'll be happy to pre-order.
Many thanks for the offer but I can afford this one as long as she who must be obeyed doesn't find out
The thought of having to pay again for the FSX equivalents of my FS2004 aircraft/sceneries is quite depressing.
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:01 amcowpatz wrote:QUOTE (cowpatz @ Oct 28 2009, 09:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Many thanks for the offer but I can afford this one as long as she who must be obeyed doesn't find out
Quick ... while Rob's in "Web Mode" ... ask for a "plain brown envelope delivery option" function to be added!
