Adam Banks Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 I was intrigued by Bernd's PTA water settings, so thought I'd see how my current preset copes with the two extremes of tropical water and northern/Alaskan equivalents. This is Bernd's original post: ... and here are my water settings: Not quite as vivid as Bernd's, but I think the same settings also work well in Alaska. Here's PAVD (Valdez): Thanks also to Ryan for discovering this little gem of a freeware aircraft: My latest PTA profile is here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71722992/PTA_Adamski_163_13.zip Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Simply beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Scott Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Loved them all !!! Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 If someone showed me these back in 1983 with my Atari 800 computer and said this was the future I never would have believed it. These are astonishing, like real world photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renault Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Jack Sawyer said: If someone showed me these back in 1983 with my Atari 800 computer and said this was the future I never would have believed it. These are astonishing, like real world photos. Adam These are superb , simply superb And to Jack's point ...... maybe it is good to reflect on where this all came from Cheers Renault Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Jack Sawyer said: If someone showed me these back in 1983 with my Atari 800 computer and said this was the future I never would have believed it. These are astonishing, like real world photos. Quite right Jack, I started with FS2 and thought how great it was to be able to fly around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 25 minutes ago, renault said: Adam These are superb , simply superb And to Jack's point ...... maybe it is good to reflect on where this all came from Cheers Renault I had that and the Mac version which was B&W.. I go back even further before Bruce Artwick with a program where you delivered mail, spot view only. I forget the name of it. But I thought it was so high tech. I spent long and long hours on this one above though. Taught myself hot to navigate VOR to VOR. Those were the good old days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Thanks for the compliments, folks ... but I hate to say this ... I'm old enough to remember a version of FS running in amber/mono ... way before CGA (or even VGA)! Yes - we certainly have come a *long* way! However - I still think there's loads of room for improvement - particularly with P3D as IMHO its sky & water rendering is significantly worse than in FSX (though its *lighting* is way better). Thanks to people like ORBX, the scenery is almost 100% lifelike - but is often let down (in urban areas) by painfully simplified autogen objects (as supplied by P3D/FSX). The next few products that do for autogen what REX (or similar) did for clouds will make a vast improvement, I'm sure. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Great screenshots and thanks for the tips.Voyager iPad - Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Excellent shots, Adam and I'll try your settings this afternoon. Isn't it great that we all try to get the best out of our systems, share the results here on the forum and inspire eachother to tweak even more for even better results. And all this communication goes around the world within seconds. Of course I am fully aware of the risks the internet imposes, but this kind of learning by watching what someone far away in New Zealand suggests, is just wonderful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp1852 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Great shots Adam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Smashing shots. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1252 Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Adam, those are very fine shots. I shall grab your ini file and stick it into my comparison xl sheet and have a play. Like I've just said in another post, this is all becoming quite remarkable, the levels of realism are stunning. On 25/10/2016 at 4:37 AM, Jack Sawyer said: If someone showed me these back in 1983 with my Atari 800 computer and said this was the future I never would have believed it. And Jack, if someone showed me these in 2013 I wouldn't have believed it, let alone anytime last century Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 hour ago, andy1252 said: Adam, those are very fine shots. I shall grab your ini file and stick it into my comparison xl sheet and have a play. Like I've just said in another post, this is all becoming quite remarkable, the levels of realism are stunning. And Jack, if someone showed me these in 2013 I wouldn't have believed it, let alone anytime last century I agree Andy, it's amazing how far we have come. Starting with a default sim, FSX or P3D, you add in Orbx, REX, AS16 or another weather engine,and PTA for P3D and it keeps getting better. What a huge disappointment it would be to have to sim in FSX with no add-ons. And to think, they're both still 16 bit programs based on ten year old code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Your usual level of excellence, Adam. You P3D guys are driving me nuts with all this 'trick' stuff - if I could just convert with a finger snap, I'd have a Santa request. FYI the V2 of the MkI Soloy is available at SOH and Thomas is working on the MkII - with a more traditional cowl line for starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Thanks Adam for all the great info !! . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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