John Venema Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Hello all, The beta build of openLC NA Alaska/Canada is due to be uploaded by the weekend. Meantime, I was sent some developers shots showing the landclass in place as you fly from the east coast of Canada to the west coast of Alaska. Note that any patterns you might see will be eliminated by our crack "repetition killer squad" a.k.a. our beta testing team This is likely my only sneak preview before Emmsie and the testers begin to spam some nice locations across FSX, SE, P3D for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaseman007 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Oh.....very, very nice indeed JV. Looking forward to the Emmsie treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addman Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Wow! That looks ace John! REALLY looking forward to more snaps of openLC NA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Nice , John ! Is this with Vector ? The question being about the roads we see in your pics : generic coming with the texture or drawn by Vector and, if generic, how do they interact with Vector ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Yes this is with Vector, since openLC is designed to be part of three-layered product family. Some ground textures will incorporate roads/tracks/trails in them, like they do in all our ground textures including the FTX regions. Once example of that is the border of crop fields which feature dirt tracks for tractor access etc. It would look unnatural if we removed those roads/tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvic Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Wow. looking great as always........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Yes this is with Vector, since openLC is designed to be part of three-layered product family. Some ground textures will incorporate roads/tracks/trails in them, like they do in all our ground textures including the FTX regions. Once example of that is the border of crop fields which feature dirt tracks for tractor access etc. It would look unnatural if we removed those roads/tracks. The blending of the Vector roads is impressive in these pics ! I understand your point but sometimes (the Bay Area delta, West of Stockton is case in point for instance), the otherwise very natural looking textures carry too much roads/tracks and the the Vector roads don't blend well. Not easy to do I suppose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregJ Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Great stuff......I hope with this being tested soon, that there are hope for my beloved Bella Coola getting some treatment for a release too! I am done holding my breath on it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 The first three of Russ White's airports (CYBD, PAKT and 1WA6) have been ported and are awaiting installers for final testing. The others are in production now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiri Kocman Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Great shots from great product.. Looking forwart release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsvette12 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Its a beautiful thing cant wait - thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psybear Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 PAKT finally. Thanks for the notice. Clayton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianV Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Many thanks John for the excellent news regarding both the new FTX LC project being available sometime in August and the wonderful news that Russ White's airports are close to release with triple installers (thanks too to the guys working hard from Turbulent Designs who I am sure are also busy with the forthcoming Friday Harbor!). You just made my day and the day of many others I am sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Bakker Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 The beta build of openLC NA Alaska/Canada is due to be uploaded by the weekend. Thank you for the pics, John, and I am absolutely going to purchase it on release. For my curiousity, can you already tell us the price that you will set it at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben McClintock Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Thank you for the pics, John, and I am absolutely going to purchase it on release. For my curiousity, can you already tell us the price that you will set it at? Hi Eric, openLC NA Alaska/Canada and openLC NA USA will be AU$19.95 each. John has posted more details about the openLC NA release (and Vector 1.3) in this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorgosGK Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 AWESOME. Can't wait to see the Toronto area transform with this.........Thanks for the preview shots guys! This will be a day1 buy for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKar Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 A question - some of the textures show that they are newer production than some of the ones used in especially the older NA full regions. Some of them look more refined here, put simply. Is there a chance that on some schedule the full-fat regions would benefit from the development done since on Global (and on newer regions too) similarly to how they were enhanced by Trees HD, bringing a global upgrade to the regions also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Newer regions always benefit from the FTX Global and openLC textures, just like Norway did. We have no plans however, to add new textures to older regions at this stage. Trees HD were not an openLC spin-off but a stand-alone initiative by Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKar Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Thanks John! The NA 'mega-region' is my primary playing ground, all these diverse areas add up just so nicely and show apparently a very beautiful corner of the world with tons of airports. The openLC likely expands the coverage nicely for me while waiting the full region coverage to expand hopefully! The reason for my question was that I must admit the PNW and PFJ for example shows a bit of age here and there when compared to SAK and NCA, but of course they are still very great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSRobert Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Hi guys. Just wondering users using PNW, PFJ, SAK, and FSADDON TongassX regions, will openLC be a benefit to these regions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthiasKNU Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 That looks amazing! Waiting is very hard now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf2grey Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Wow.....Another game changer here. Can't wait for both the NA releases...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DylanM Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Beautiful stuff John! The rural coloration and terrain look really close to the real things. Can't wait to see how this transforms population centers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancoisB Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Many thanks John for the excellent news regarding both the new FTX LC project being available sometime in August August? Where did you read that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsaghaa Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 August? Where did you read that? here : http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/100339-heads-up-openlc-na-split-release-and-vector-13-update/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 It will be so nice when flying from the West to Cold Lake CFB not having that gripping transition from FTX to "blah" textures where the base is located. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabnz Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Looking good John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Iron Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 This is looking very good. I'm not sure what the seasons and locations are but as a Canadian I can sure see the various regions. It looked like most are during the summer and didn't see any of the typical yellow fields of canola which are quite prolific in Alberta and Saskachewan. Not sure if that would be something only in full FTX regions or not, but it still looks really incredible. Keep up the great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancoisB Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 More than 1/3 (about 14 million) of the people in Canada live in Ontario and I hope to see a huge improvement for that province. The default landclass for Ontario is absolutely horrible, lots of patterns and the landclass for the cities is very inaccurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omera60 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Is there any chance Open LC EU getting a update? There are some issues with texture loading times and the quality of them in 4096. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterg74 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Hi guys. Just wondering users using PNW, PFJ, SAK, and FSADDON TongassX regions, will openLC be a benefit to these regions? I doubt it.. Regions already contain land class, and I *think* you can{t just switch off the region's LC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Very interesting. Covering the territory of USA and Canada was certainly a huge undertaking for programmers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Thanks for giving us this taster John. Excellent looking scenery which is well worth the wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_Maddog88 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 You guys took a place I never fly and made it somewhere I can't wait to. 10/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly78 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Good morning community Don´t worry, I won´t ask for a release date,but: can anyone of the admin give me an information about the size of the required space for the new NA-products? Will it be between 10 and 15 GB each or even more? Due to many addons my SSD 240GB is getting full and I´m considering to change it into a SSD 500 GB if neccessary. Just asking because I don´t have to fly the next time in real and would have enough time to reinstall everything on a new SSD Looking forward to an answer, have a nice day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiri Kocman Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Good morning community Don´t worry, I won´t ask for a release date,but: can anyone of the admin give me an information about the size of the required space for the new NA-products? Will it be between 10 and 15 GB each or even more? Due to many addons my SSD 240GB is getting full and I´m considering to change it into a SSD 500 GB if neccessary. Just asking because I don´t have to fly the next time in real and would have enough time to reinstall everything on a new SSD Looking forward to an answer, have a nice day I guess that will be about 15-20G each... same or close to openLC Europe. If you are on budget you can add another 250GB SSD and make link for specific folder from your FSX/P3D instalation to folder in new disk.. for example you make ORBX folder on new disk, then move content of old ORBX folder to new one, then remove old folder and make simbolic link to new one on new disk. But bigger disk wold be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly78 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I guess that will be about 15-20G each... same or close to openLC Europe. If you are on budget you can add another 250GB SSD and make link for specific folder from your FSX/P3D instalation to folder in new disk.. for example you make ORBX folder on new disk, then move content of old ORBX folder to new one, then remove old folder and make simbolic link to new one on new disk. But bigger disk wold be better Thx for the answer, just ordered a new 500GB SSD, hopefully there won´t be problems with installing everything new. And 500GB should be enough for the next great ORBX products Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 5GB at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiri Kocman Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Wow, it is very decent value for openLC as openLC Europe have close to 19GB installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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