Improved Canada/US VFR scenery

[erik]

That must be much more satisfying to fly than the default VMAP0 scenery

Erik

[david.megginson]

That must be much more satisfying to fly than the default VMAP0 scenery

Erik

It is, but it's also a trap. You start building it because you want better scenery to fly in, and you end up getting obsessed with building scenery instead of flying.

[merspieler]

I know...
I'm hoarding over 5TB of ortho scenery most of it I've never flown over... but building <3

[wlbragg]

Don't even get started on ws3.0. I got the entire midwest going and just now did New York, Manhattan area just to see it. It is unbelievable. Especially as it is raw NLCD and OSM. I'll post a thread highlighting it soon.

[david.megginson]

Don't even get started on ws3.0. I got the entire midwest going and just now did New York, Manhattan area just to see it. It is unbelievable. Especially as it is raw NLCD and OSM. I'll post a thread highlighting it soon.

Looking forward to it!

[david.megginson]

I've added w060n40 and updated w100n40, w090n40, w080n40, and w070n40.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ozjlc32jsnw9 ... FfP5a?dl=0

The scenery will now take you all the way from the Gulf of St Lawrence off the northern Atlantic to Duluth, MN (at the western tip of Lake Superior) and a bit beyond. Here are some of the locations included.

w100n40

- Brandon, MB, CAN
- Des Moines, IA, USA
- Duluth, MN, USA
- Fargo, ND, USA
- Kenora, ON, CAN
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN, USA
- Omaha, NE, USA
- Portage-la-Prairie, MB, CAN
- Sioux Falls, SD, USA
- Winnipeg, MB, CAN[/list]

w090n40

- Chicago, IL, USA
- Cleveland, OH, USA
- Detroit, MI, USA
- Green Bay, WI, USA
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Sault Ste Marie, ON, CAN
- Thunder Bay, ON, CAN

w080n40

- Albany, NY, USA
- Boston, MA, USA
- Buffalo, NY, USA
- Burlington, VT, USA
- Hamilton, ON, CAN
- Hartford, CT, USA
- Montreal, QC, CAN
- Newark, NJ, USA
- New York, NY, USA
- Ottawa, ON, CAN
- Portland, ME, USA
- Providence, RI, USA
- Quebec, QC, CAN
- Rochester, NY,USA
- Syracuse, NY, USA
- Toronto, ON, CAN

w070n40

- Baie-Comeau, QC, CAN
- Bangor, ME, USA
- Bar Harbor, ME, USA
- Charlottetown, PE, CAN
- Chatham, MA, USA
- Fredericton, NB, CAN
- Halifax, NS, CAN
- Houlton, ME, USA
- Millinocket, ME, USA
- Miramichi, NB, CAN
- Moncton, NB, CAN
- Port Hawkesbury, NS, CAN
- Presque Isle, ME, USA
- Saint John, NB, CAN
- Sydney, NS, CAN
- Yarmouth, NS, CAN

w060n40

- Cornerbrook, NL, CAN
- Gander, NL, CAN
- St. John's, NL, CAN
- Saint-Pierre, FRA

[lomar]

It is, but it's also a trap. You start building it because you want better scenery to fly in, and you end up getting obsessed with building scenery instead of flying.

I couldn't agree more if it wasn't for my lack of free time, the change for the WS3.0 and the lack of data i would have probably already done the entire south america by now

[david.megginson]

Scud running under the clouds near Sharbot Lake, ON. The small water areas are detailed enough for low-level pilotage, even when there are no coastlines, settlements, roads, railroads, or powerlines.

[merspieler]

How many FPS do you get with that tree density? (is it very high or ultra high?)
Also, trying to replicate that look... that loading lag with those trees... way worse than ws3 + ortho

[david.megginson]

How many FPS do you get with that tree density? (is it very high or ultra high?)
Also, trying to replicate that look... that loading lag with those trees... way worse than ws3 + ortho

I pump up the tree density for the screenshots. Normally, I fly with medium density. I can still control the plane with ultra high (on a Thinkpad with onboard graphics), but it's a bit jerky. I want to show how the scenery would look on a high-end desktop computer, for those who have them.

[david.megginson]

US Forestry Service Twin Otter amphib approaching the Duluth Harbor Basin in the rain under a low-pressure system. (A gift for Curt, who works in Duluth now.) The basin would look much better with a couple of 3-D models of docked lakers, if anyone has one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_freighter

[merspieler]

I want to show how the scenery would look on a high-end desktop computer, for those who have them.

I've got one... I mean, fps is still in the flyable category... but the loading lag ruins it all.

[david.megginson]

I want to show how the scenery would look on a high-end desktop computer, for those who have them.

I've got one... I mean, fps is still in the flyable category... but the loading lag ruins it all.

For loading building models, an optical drive a solid-state drive helps a lot (it doesn't solve the problem, but it's less noticeable.)

[merspieler]

optical drive? as in CD-ROM? /me is confused

[wkitty42]

I want to show how the scenery would look on a high-end desktop computer, for those who have them.

I've got one... I mean, fps is still in the flyable category... but the loading lag ruins it all.

even with additional loading threads allowed to OSG?