Matt McGee Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Thank you Larry! Your CAC8 Nanaimo scenery looks great. I haven't been to Nanaimo yet in real life, but I feel like I've been there now. The detail you've put in (docks, ferry terminal, static aircraft, buildings, harbor nav aids, etc..) is just fantastic! I'm still working on finding the Nanaimo Bar Easter egg though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzz1 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Magnificent work Larry. Hard to believe your original could be improved upon but since your update, seeing is believing. Thanks again for this gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hamilton Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 2 hours ago, h3pilot said: I'm still working on finding the Nanaimo Bar Easter egg though. I think the "Easter egg" is it being free, certainly payware quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_R Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Thanks guys! The Nanaimo Bar Easter egg is not a little model of a Nanaimo bar; that would be like finding a needle in a haystack. But it’s about Nanaimo bars as such, and there is at least some logic to it… to me at least! And it’s in the Area A scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double J Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Looks great but unfortunately I now have a slide show. You guys must run NASA PCs, I went from 35 down to 15 to 25. FPS is not a big deal but stuttering makes it un usable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebgee Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Sorry, but I think comments like that are just hilarious. My FPS is locked at 24 and i don't start worrying about it until it gets down to 12. The scenery is outstanding, Larry, and entirely "usable". Looking forward to more projects from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_R Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Hi Double J, I’m sorry that the scenery is unusable for you. There is a price for all that detail. All I can suggest is that you go to the FTX_AA_CAC8\scenery folder and disable every file that contains ‘Area_B’ or ‘AreaB’ in the file name. That should disable most of the new stuff. I guess this does not bode well for the future; my current project is even more detailed. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 It's smooth as butter for me in FSX, P3Dv2, and P3Dv3.3. Frames locked at 30 and usually never dropping below 26. My sliders are set quite high as well. I don't think I have a super PC but it's 1 1/2 yrs old. What are you using Double J? Maybe we can help out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazaboeing Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Great scenery and now getting better!! THANKS for the update. Performance dropped down here as well, but still flyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colbert Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 A couple of dips to 18-19 for a second or two, but mostly 26 FPS or higher and Smoooooth. Great work, Larry! love it! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaseman007 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 That's a shame that there is a performance decrease being reported. It could be a direct result of the area in general. The original version of Nanaimo works really well for me so I might stick with that. Would be good to strike a good performance balance vs more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double J Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Larry_R said: Hi Double J, I’m sorry that the scenery is unusable for you. There is a price for all that detail. All I can suggest is that you go to the FTX_AA_CAC8\scenery folder and disable every file that contains ‘Area_B’ or ‘AreaB’ in the file name. That should disable most of the new stuff. I guess this does not bode well for the future; my current project is even more detailed. Larry Thanks, I'll give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregJ Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Larry - Nanaimo Designer God..... Detail.....INDEED. The banners on the light posts around the waterfront and centennial park are great; as are the war canoes.... I really like whats been added to complement an already great scenery. Keep developing....shut up and take my money! Looking for Easter Egg.....haven't got tons of time so if some one finds it before me...good for you....I have walked nearly every inch of that area in my time...poured myself out of a few of the pubs...tied up commercial fishboats and flown out of there ...stayed at Coast Bastion hotel...and eaten all the restaurants....a little Nanaimo bar....yummy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I haven't found the Easter Egg either and I've been looking at this scenery for quite awhile. Even had my Avatar guy looking along the docks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 It worked flawlessly for me , thanks again Larry for the update . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acer Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hi Larry awesome scenery ,this wouldn't be the easter egg would it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_R Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hi Acer, The Dinghy Dock Pub is not the Easter egg. Imagine that you really did fly to Nanaimo and your floatplane is moored at the seaplane dock in the marina for short time -- can't stay too long. You decide you want a real Nanaimo bar -- where would you look for one? A few odds and ends; seems like a good place to mention them. Here's one way to compare your piloting skills with real life. A few weeks ago flying back from the Sunshine Coast in a DHC2, Kathy our Kenmore Air pilot flew over the middle of Newcastle Island, passing over the east shoreline at about 1000 feet. She then turned, banked, lowered the flaps and landed short of the yellow buoy in Area B, turning around a short distance beyond it to head for the Seair dock. And unlike the Area B scenery with one AI sailboat and possibly a ferry that must be avoided, Departure Bay was full of pleasure craft going every which way, and one of the huge BC ferries was just pulling out! She made it look *so* easy but I'm sure it's not. And here's something that amused me: One of our beta testers, not familiar with Nanaimo wondered if what appeared to be a bathtub the scenery was an accidentally misplaced object. By way of explanation I found this: https://youtu.be/LylOwRcuYKI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acer Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 ok thanks Larry,I will continue my search,thanks for the additional info.. and yes I do remember the bathtub races to the mainland but am not sure if they still have them.. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregJ Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 The Nanaimo Bathtub races is Canada's answer to a civilian navy..... I have a friend or two who have raced it... dangerous as heck on snotty days but...fun too I'll bet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbx Flyer Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 On 8/29/2016 at 7:58 PM, Larry_R said: Hi Double J, I’m sorry that the scenery is unusable for you. There is a price for all that detail. All I can suggest is that you go to the FTX_AA_CAC8\scenery folder and disable every file that contains ‘Area_B’ or ‘AreaB’ in the file name. That should disable most of the new stuff. I guess this does not bode well for the future; my current project is even more detailed. Larry Larry, great stuff...BRING IT ON! Bring------IT-----ON! :)))) Thank you again, for this fabulous scenery. .....and here is where it landed..... ....and one of the best videos to highlight seaplane ops in this area! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-uvyA8lkj4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmb Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 As a sidenote, which rather goes to Ben: Why didn't FTX Central 2 remind me of the update? I found a hint on a newssite and installed it. However, I thought that was one of the purposes of FTX Central 2? Kind regards, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben McClintock Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 18 minutes ago, pmb said: As a sidenote, which rather goes to Ben: Why didn't FTX Central 2 remind me of the update? I found a hint on a newssite and installed it. However, I thought that was one of the purposes of FTX Central 2? Kind regards, Michael Hi Michael, At the moment, there are different systems that power the freeware and payware products in FTX Central 2. It's slightly more complex to deploy updates for freeware products via FTXC. However, with FTXC3 and the new website, freeware and payware products are processed through the exact same system - which also results in a great speed increase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmb Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Perfect, Ben - thanks for the quick reply. Kind regards, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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