August Screenshot Competition

[ShadowMystDK]

QUOTE (njbb1995 @ Aug 25 2008, 06:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Does anyone know of a free mb339 just out of intrest

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military67.htm

It's in the colors of the Frecce Tricolori, and would require repainting if you wanted it in RNZAF colors, but there ya go

[NZ255]

HCP, where did you get your photo for Foxpine from?

[cirrusnature]

QUOTE (HardCorePawn @ Aug 31 2008, 10:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You could always just 'roll your own'...

It will require a bit of investment in terms of time and learning... but it is actually relatively easy to make your own photoreal sceneries... and the tools are all freely available... hell if I can do it, anyone can!

and as long as you're not distributing it, I dont think google are going to complain

It may not look as good as the stuff Robin puts out (but as long as you can live with the odd shadow here and there, you can actually turn out large chunks of photoreal pretty quick... the only reason my FoxpineX took a while, was because you tend to fly around airports quite low, you need to get rid of the shadows etc...

For general countryside, from a couple of thousand feet, you're not really going to notice too much... and I am fairly sure it will look better than the default FSX!

Thanks for the heads up. I have been looking at Tileproxy and it looks like the way to go at the moment. Do you have any other suggestions to start me off?

Cheers

[HardCorePawn]

QUOTE (NZ255 @ Aug 27 2008, 05:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

HCP, where did you get your photo for Foxpine from?

QUOTE (cirrusnature @ Aug 27 2008, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks for the heads up. I have been looking at Tileproxy and it looks like the way to go at the moment. Do you have any other suggestions to start me off?
Cheers

I did not like the idea of it loading images 'on the fly'... my Go-Large connection is, shall we say, "somewhat unreliable" speed wise... unlimited downloads, but the speed is throttle fairly heavily during peak times...

Also, I wanted to get a good understanding of the full process (ie. image creation, image editing, bgl compilation etc), so I went for some quite 'manual' tools...

So I actually used a program called FSEarthTiles... I will warn you up front, that it is a bit of a nuisance to configure, due to the whole "you need to edit the .ini file and add the URL that shall remain nameless" attitude you will find... something to do with avoiding legal hassles...

Also, the google map server seems to have implemented some sort of bandwidth limitation system.. whereby once you download more than X megs of pics within X hours/days/whatever, it thinks you're some sort of Bot/Spyware, and needs you to verify you are a person (basically, you click the little button labelled "www" and it will open a little browser window, and you should find one of those 'captcha' codes at the bottom... not a huge hassle, but it means you have to leave the window open and the program has to download the tiles via HTTP which slows it down a little)

However, once you have it setup, it is really easy to define the area you wish to create, and it will go off and retrieve all the tiles and stitch them together into a big giant BMP ready for editing etc... You also have the Top-Left, Bottom-Right co-ordinates you will need when compiling to a BGL.

[PiperDriver]

QUOTE (BK-117 @ Aug 19 2008, 02:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

hey nice shots everyone they are looking gooooood.

Here is my entry for this month thanks to Mr Booth!

I like this one here

[gojozoom]

Hi there,

It's the RNZAF P3-C Orion and the sunrise at Woodborne:

[CDTDAN]

NZ7571 outside freeware NZCH...

A-4K on a bomb run...



I Changed/edited it from the 757-2 shot.

Abacus A-4E and my 2001 KAHU repaint...

[Ian Warren]

GOJO with a P3 , CDTDAN in the 75 ... guess a Captsim HercC130 be the next must your hoping prize ... great screens

[mustang808]

[Daniel]

Wow mustang808 That is stunning

Anyway here is my entry, a Bell 47 on an early morning training exercise at Wigram.

[Naki]

nice shot Daniel - good to see a Sioux too

[Alex]

Nice shot for a first post Antony, and good to see an aircraft that don't pop up here so often Daniel.

Alex

[Dan]

I think a jet with a bit more class is needed.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Dan @ Aug 31 2008, 12:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think a jet with a bit more class is needed.

CLASS INDEED ! .. Captsim72 i guess if not still damm beauty !

All classic screens .. I really enjoy viewing shots and ideas

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (creator2003 @ Aug 2 2008, 02:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yup but its airforce as far as ive ever been told just navy use, so ether way its part of it just lives on a ship and not at a runway ,lol i wondered when that would come up seeing theres navy written on it ,could of done the old huey but thought this was a better idea ,and seeing the shot is way outta the norm ,that is all part of the story line behind it ,kinda to get you thinking about it and how i imagined it while i made it up looking at a big old plasma screen in my living room .. little more to it than just a rnzaf theme

MMM maybe a choice for next months theme .. RNZN , restricted .. be a amazing topic since our naval aviation is so small

[Alex]

Thanks for all the entries guys! Watch this space for the September competition.

Alex