dominique Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 John V has announced that I've never really simmed in Latin America. Not so bad a mesh available but the default LC map kills the suspension of disbelief for me. Also I cannot speak the language, I lost all the Latin I've learnt in school. So I had a good look around. If John's was not a typo (I thought SE Asia was next), plenty of challenges ahead everywhere thanks to the huge difference of altitude East/West. On the other hand, the new Tim & Ken scenery will be almost finished in time for the coming holidays , time to think of a new Experience package . I wondered why nobody has ever done something in the Amazon. Some interesting medium haul airports (small jets, turboprops !), a majestuous river (floatplanes !) with bush airfield muddy strips (tundra tires !) hemmed in the forest along. Something like Manaus to Iquitos as a tribute to the best movie I know ever shot in the Amazon. Just sayin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Fantastic post you made. I agree on everything you said. Would be great if I could fly from Alaska to Ushuaia ORBX style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Absolutely could not agree more. OpenLC will do a lot of good things for that continent. I will add that Chile should be an FTX region, with all that mountainous coastline, but I would settle for Open LC, and some more FTX Global freeware airports (quite a few more). I also like to fly a bit in Venezuela, since there are a lot of good payware and freeware airports there, and no shortage of rugged terrain to enjoy. Of course, if Tim & Ken were to head into the Amazon, that would indeed be a fun experience. No arguments from me on that one, Dominique! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bermuda425 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Yep that'd be pretty cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 South America sounds intriguing indeed. Let's not forget Rio and the coast of Brazil, Argentina, the Patagonia region ( I think someone already mentioned Chile)...lots of rugged, off the beaten path (sometimes waayyyy off the beaten path) locations. Should be a much more exciting region to explore in sim world after the Orbx treatment, and I am looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Just wondering if you guys appreciate how big and diverse South America is. Countries produced by Orbx in Europe so far would all fit inside Brazil itself let alone all of South America so I imagine it would take quite a few regions (and years) to be produced to create an Orbx quality South America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 2 minutes ago, Bassman said: Just wondering if you guys appreciate how big and diverse South America is. Countries produced by Orbx in Europe so far would all fit inside Brazil itself let alone all of South America so I imagine it would take quite a few regions (and years) to be produced to create an Orbx quality South America. Not so different than North America....just as much space as South, plus all the rugged terrain in Alaska, the Canadian Rockies, the PNW, the Southern Cali terrain....I would say there is a similar amount of diversity and size in North America and Orbx has handled that just fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Totally agree mate. My point was that South America will take a long time to do "Orbx" style. Cheers Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Was hoping for SE Asia but as I have quite a few South American pay ware and freeware airports and I do a bit of flying there, so it is just as good. Anything ORBX does is top class so I will buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Bassman said: Totally agree mate. My point was that South America will take a long time to do "Orbx" style. Cheers Dan On that my friend, you are most likely correct....that is, unless Orbx has secretly been working on SA for years...haha...we can only wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 The issue is availability of digital data to grind not the size of the continent. NorthAm is a third larger than SouthAm but the data is plenty (USGS etc.). Have the many countries in the South the same quality providers ? That could be a problem. Also, we are talking OLC not a fat region. The terrain will stay generic, not customized. It actually appears not more diversified in spite of a large spectrum of climates. The Amazon, the pampas, the Andes, urban areas make huge chunks of it. Of course, expect new textures from OrbX ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 On 10/9/2016 at 9:47 PM, VH-KDK said: Was hoping for SE Asia but as I have quite a few South American pay ware and freeware airports and I do a bit of flying there, so it is just as good. Anything ORBX does is top class so I will buy it. I thought asia was 3rd in line ...... too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 On 10.10.2016 at 6:10 AM, Bassman said: Totally agree mate. My point was that South America will take a long time to do "Orbx" style. Cheers Dan Hm, I guess you know, that Asia is much bigger (it is the largest continent) and much more diverse than South America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 In that case, I wouldn't hold my breath for Asia "Orbx" style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 On 10.10.2016 at 6:47 AM, VH-KDK said: Was hoping for SE Asia but as I have quite a few South American pay ware and freeware airports and I do a bit of flying there, so it is just as good. Anything ORBX does is top class so I will buy it. I also keenly await SE-Asia, in accordance with the open lc manuals. A great region with huge population and many of us having travelled there, be it holiday, business or duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 4 hours ago, Stillwater said: I also keenly await SE-Asia, in accordance with the open lc manuals. A great region with huge population and many of us having travelled there, be it holiday, business or duty. Like many, I very much look forward to the two Asia OpenLCs, the sooner, the better. We already have a not half bad Japan with the Haruo LC, and the Indonesia to Solomons arc is bearable with the SceneryTech LC but Indochina+Thailand, China, India and Central Asia need very much the OrbX treatment. But, do we have the choice ? So I had a hard look at South America, the South-East haIf looks boring (first impression) except the Brasilian coastlines .The other half looks more attractive to sim. I took the Amazon as an example for an XP package but I'd add the Andes, Northern Chile (Atacama) and, of course, the Terra del Fuego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I decided to do South America next because we have many, many more customers there than in Asia and there have been an increasing number of quality FS addon developers (both freeware and payware) coming from that part of the world. We have really amazing quality data now available and we're making great progress with South America, we may even show some preview screenshots soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 2 hours ago, John Venema said: I decided to do South America next because we have many, many more customers there than in Asia and there have been an increasing number of quality FS addon developers (both freeware and payware) coming from that part of the world. We have really amazing quality data now available and we're making great progress with South America, we may even show some preview screenshots soon. Love you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toriu Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 7 hours ago, John Venema said: I decided to do South America next because we have many, many more customers there than in Asia and there have been an increasing number of quality FS addon developers (both freeware and payware) coming from that part of the world. We have really amazing quality data now available and we're making great progress with South America, we may even show some preview screenshots soon. Fantastic news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 The nice thing about ORBX products is that no matter which way JV decides to go, we customers win. Now, pardon me while I put away my Japanese-for-Dummies book and refresh my Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertPilot Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 6 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said: The nice thing about ORBX products is that no matter which way JV decides to go, we customers win. Now, pardon me while I put away my Japanese-for-Dummies book and refresh my Spanish. And Portuguese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Can't wait for a "Orbx" Angels Falls in Venezuala! Maybe Orbx could create a separate range of scenery showing all the major Falls in the world, They created HD Trees maybe we could have HD Falls., not that they have much time available what with all the new stuff coming out almost daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanvito Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Great, looking forward to my neck of the woods getting the OpenLC treatment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazaboeing Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 On 12/10/2016 at 10:20 AM, John Venema said: I decided to do South America next because we have many, many more customers there than in Asia and there have been an increasing number of quality FS addon developers (both freeware and payware) coming from that part of the world. We have really amazing quality data now available and we're making great progress with South America, we may even show some preview screenshots soon. John, will you marry me?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toriu Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 45 minutes ago, zazaboeing said: John, will you marry me?! I'm pretty sure he's heterosexual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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