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[AdrianPetford]

QUOTE (Charl @ Dec 12 2013,8:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice pics...

I'm still pretty happy with the overall "feel" of my FS9.5 install.
But my NEXT sim must look like this:



I'm waiting...

Bethells! A special place for me and one I very much hope I'll be returning to soon

Thanks for posting Charl. Great shot.

[toprob]

Sorry, Scupper, we've hijacked your thread, but I will stick to the theme of Auckland ...
FSX is already capable of displaying a better mesh and aerial resolution, it's just a pity that Supercity has a low-res image. With VLC's 20 metre mesh it still suffers a bit from the way that the sim (in this case Prepar3D) renders cliffs, which hasn't really changed from FSX. Also a large-scale aerial image placement in FSX does suffer a bit from alignment around the edges.

But imagine this with a higher resolution image, and a higher resolution mesh, FSX and P3D are both capable of this right now.
For me, though, the strength of P3D is the middle distance, which is a huge improvement over FSX.


A preview of Real NZ NZWN, which does include a higher resolution image and mesh.

[Ian Warren]

HI JACK HI JACK .. that's terrible , .. that simply looks to horrible to be in Flight Sim ...

[toprob]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Dec 15 2013,1:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

HI JACK HI JACK

From now on, this type of hijack will be known as being 'scuppered'...

[Charl]

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From now on, this type of hijack will be known as being 'scuppered'...[/quote]

Fame at last!

Awsome pics Rob, specially Wellington.

[Charl]

"Scuppered" it is then, (part of Ianglish vocab?) until there's a more formal thread, I'll just whitter on.

QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Dec 13 2013,10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

FSX with ORBX NZSI the pick is showing where the photo scenery joins the ORBX all we need now is for a decent sea to go with it

Great mesh, and the photoreal landmass is very convincing, as is:

QUOTE (toprob @ Dec 14 2013,7:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

A preview of Real NZ NZWN, which does include a higher resolution image and mesh.

Real "eye candy". I'm also impressed by the fidelity of the road, something totally missed in MSFS previously.
The sky/clouds can easily be fixed, and the ocean: it should never show cloud reflections!
Thinking idly, FS9 is of course limited by its native resolution, which means viewing from around 3,000+ ft mandatory.
But I'd love to see a hi-res photo on the original RealNZ Wellington.

[Ian Warren]

Three great screens to show how far FS has come so scuttle the scuppered because the latest makes you think you could Scupper up those there hills

[emfrat]

QUOTE (Charl @ Dec 15 2013,12:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thinking idly, FS9 is of course limited by its native resolution, which means viewing from around 3,000+ ft mandatory.
But I'd love to see a hi-res photo on the original RealNZ Wellington.

Would these do? Of course a lot depends on when you push the button...but my Classic FS9.1 still looks pretty purty to me

[Ian Warren]

Great screens Mike , Its amazing the transition and compare , again as i say , many peoples screens simply loose or hide the detail , Transition is rather following the in-crowd is seeing best how everything works on your PC/system and just recent had a great collection of screens tricking peoples to think FS9 was FSX for example .. super cool

[Splitpin]

Great shots , but # 1 is a bit odd. If you consider the altitude of the aircraft (almost 6000) , and the angle of the the shot .... then i estimate there are 5 plus , 100, and then some, floor buildings in wellywood.

[emfrat]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Dec 15 2013,3:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Great shots , but # 1 is a bit odd. If you consider the altitude of the aircraft (almost 6000) , and the angle of the the shot .... then i estimate there are 5 plus , 100, and then some, floor buildings in wellywood.

SP - I really value this sort of feedback, because I have never been to NZ, so I just don't know what I should be seeing. I need the locals to tell me what I am missing, and I am grateful when they do.
That said, I run my FS9 with Autogen Density = Normal, because anything higher brings in rogue default buildings, telegraph poles in the middle of runways, and similar rubbish, which completely spoil the many excellent NZ produced sceneries which I have.
I know they can be removed, but is a lot of fiddly work, and a couple of years back I was doing so much tweaking and fixing that I never got to fly, which made me so TPO with FS that I almost abandoned it.

ATB
MikeW

[toprob]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Dec 15 2013,6:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Great shots , but # 1 is a bit odd. If you consider the altitude of the aircraft (almost 6000) , and the angle of the the shot .... then i estimate there are 5 plus , 100, and then some, floor buildings in wellywood.

I think that Mike has hinted at the reason -- a combination of 'normal' autogen settings and the fact that autogen just doesn't show up that far away means that the non-autogen models tend to stick out. However they are all to scale. Prepar3D shows autogen a lot further away, so these buildings don't look so much like sore thumbs.

[Splitpin]

Mike , please dont take my comment as criticism , it wasn't . I think Rob has explained it very well (Cheers Rob)

[emfrat]

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Dec 16 2013,3:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Mike , please dont take my comment as criticism , it wasn't . I think Rob has explained it very well (Cheers Rob)

SP - No worries mate - the 'angry' face was to indicate my state of mind when I became TPO with the flightsim - it wasn't directed at you.
I do appreciate that sort of feedback, comparison shots and so on. Without them I would not know what I was missing.

ATB
MikeW

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (emfrat @ Dec 16 2013,7:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

SP - No worries mate - the 'angry' face was to indicate my state of mind when I became TPO with the flightsim - it wasn't directed at you.
I do appreciate that sort of feedback, comparison shots and so on. Without them I would not know what I was missing.

ATB
MikeW

Thanks Mike .