Mark Abdey Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 A second batch of Washington screens from me... Again a bit of a mix, but the last section are caps of a long flight from Spokane heading west towards the Columbia River. The variety of landscapes within this package is quite remarkable... I hope you like them All shots using xVision with my presets, apart from shots 3 & 4 which are using xEnviro 1.10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfGuy72 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 These are some of the best screenshots I've seen yet! Thanks for posting these! I'd love to know what kind of performance you get on your system. X-Plane feels sort of like where we were at with FSX a few years back, where the computers hadn't quite caught up to the software and we were all just itching to get 30 fps. This looks absolutely amazing already! Can't imagine how much fun (and profitable for you ) it will be when everyone's computers have caught up. X-Plane with ORBX looks like the sim of the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Halliwell Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Another absolutely jaw-dropping set Mark. I love them all. If I had to choose, the sunset one, and the one with the snow-capped mountain in the background, would both accompany me to a desert island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Amazing Mark! Love those valleys, much anticipated scenery here. Orbx put a heck of a lot of work into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 These are INCREDIBLE! Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Abdey Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 2 hours ago, GolfGuy72 said: These are some of the best screenshots I've seen yet! Thanks for posting these! I'd love to know what kind of performance you get on your system. X-Plane feels sort of like where we were at with FSX a few years back, where the computers hadn't quite caught up to the software and we were all just itching to get 30 fps. This looks absolutely amazing already! Can't imagine how much fun (and profitable for you ) it will be when everyone's computers have caught up. X-Plane with ORBX looks like the sim of the future! Hi and thank you GolfGuy72.... My experience with XP11.34 and True Earth on my PC is very positive in terms of performance, despite the age of my current setup. Over urban areas I can achieve around 25 to 30+fps and over rural area 50 to 60+fps, which I feel is perfectly acceptable given the above. More current hardware will have no problems running this with both higher settings and screen resolutions... I'm limited to 1080p. I think having 8GB of system RAM is the biggest hindrance, as the sim takes time to settle once the flight is loaded as scenery is still streamed in the background, and I will get some page file swapping at times during a flight.... 16GB should probably be considered the min. My XP settings in the spoiler tab... I will sometimes increase AA and add higher reflections if I feel the need, with AA adding a minimal hit. Three shots, one rural, two urban over Seattle, with data on showing frame rates and frame times... Click to enlarge. 2 hours ago, Mark Halliwell said: Another absolutely jaw-dropping set Mark. I love them all. If I had to choose, the sunset one, and the one with the snow-capped mountain in the background, would both accompany me to a desert island Thanks Mark.... Lets hope you don't end up on a desert island... although it sometimes has it's appeal 1 hour ago, Jack Sawyer said: Amazing Mark! Love those valleys, much anticipated scenery here. Orbx put a heck of a lot of work into this. Thanks Jack... The work input, of which I've seen some demonstrated to me, is mind boggling. These guys are doing something very special indeed. 57 minutes ago, Tim K said: These are INCREDIBLE! Wow! Cheers Tim, glad you like the scenery and my caps of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfGuy72 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Just now, Mark Abdey said: Hi and thank you GolfGuy72.... My experience with XP11.34 and True Earth on my PC is very positive in terms of performance, despite the age of my current setup. Over urban areas I can achieve around 25 to 30+fps and over rural area 50 to 60+fps, which I feel is perfectly acceptable given the above. More current hardware will have no problems running this with both higher settings and screen resolutions... I'm limited to 1080p. I think having 8GB of system RAM is the biggest hindrance, as the sim takes time to settle once the flight is loaded as scenery is still loaded in the background and I will get some page file swapping at times during a flight.... 16GB should be considered the min. This is awesome to hear, Mark! I had downloaded the X-Plane 11 demo maybe a year back after hearing about improvements and came away very unimpressed with frame rates in the teens and twenties on a slightly more powerful system than yours. I am definitely going to have to give X-Plane another look, because these screenshots are pretty much jaw dropping, and your performance reports sound more than acceptable! Keep up the great work, Mark, and thanks for sharing this info. Much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike707 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 These shots are among the best I have seen for any simulator ever. The level of realism is stunning. True Earth with X-Plane actually looks like a flight simulator that we would have seen in a few years. This is a revolutionary leap in the flight sim space. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Super shots Mark and nice to hear what your performance is like as I also have an i5 2500k not overclocked as much as you but I do have the same graphics card and 16 gb of memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldboy43 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Thank you Mark for beautiful screen shots. Cheers Karoly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wroblewski Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Really superb shots Mark, it really shows off the scenery fantastically :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Shot #11 of downtown Spokane looks like a RL photo , thanks Mark for these amazing shots . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Abdey Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 4 hours ago, GolfGuy72 said: This is awesome to hear, Mark! I had downloaded the X-Plane 11 demo maybe a year back after hearing about improvements and came away very unimpressed with frame rates in the teens and twenties on a slightly more powerful system than yours. I am definitely going to have to give X-Plane another look, because these screenshots are pretty much jaw dropping, and your performance reports sound more than acceptable! Keep up the great work, Mark, and thanks for sharing this info. Much appreciated! I've certainly found recent iterations of XP11 to be very well optimised, and I hope you find similar results when you go back to it. 3 hours ago, Mike707 said: These shots are among the best I have seen for any simulator ever. The level of realism is stunning. True Earth with X-Plane actually looks like a flight simulator that we would have seen in a few years. This is a revolutionary leap in the flight sim space. Well done. Thank you very much Mike. I truly think LR and Orbx are a perfect match, bringing us very close to absolute realism..... and it can only get better 3 hours ago, Taph said: Super shots Mark and nice to hear what your performance is like as I also have an i5 2500k not overclocked as much as you but I do have the same graphics card and 16 gb of memory Hi and thanks Taph... I'm sure you'll be as delighted as I am in what you see. Of course it would be nice to have better hardware, but you don't lose much despite the age of our core hardware. 2 hours ago, oldboy43 said: Thank you Mark for beautiful screen shots. Cheers Karoly Glad you like them Karoly 1 hour ago, tonywob said: Really superb shots Mark, it really shows off the scenery fantastically :-) Thank you Tony... coming from you that means a lot 22 minutes ago, BradB said: Shot #11 of downtown Spokane looks like a RL photo , thanks Mark for these amazing shots . Cheers John Thank you John, it really is my pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Pugwash Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 ‘…oh my giddy aunt!’ ...these are absolutely wonderful, hope to be flying in these stunning areas real soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Clarke Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 The best decision Orbx/JV made was when they/he reversed the decision not to pursue with X-Plane. I think the TEGB and now the TE Washington pics are testimony to that. Lovely shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Hall Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Magic set Mark, for me TE brings out such unexpected and rich variations that Landclass will never have, nature is the ultimate creator, I see TE as being the standard going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Looks like home - water rudders up out of the water . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Very impressive what is shown here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Abdey Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 On 6/8/2019 at 9:40 PM, Capt Pugwash said: ‘…oh my giddy aunt!’ ...these are absolutely wonderful, hope to be flying in these stunning areas real soon... Thanks Capt :) On 6/9/2019 at 7:34 AM, jjaycee1 said: The best decision Orbx/JV made was when they/he reversed the decision not to pursue with X-Plane. I think the TEGB and now the TE Washington pics are testimony to that. Lovely shots. Yes indeed! 18 hours ago, Ken Hall said: Magic set Mark, for me TE brings out such unexpected and rich variations that Landclass will never have, nature is the ultimate creator, I see TE as being the standard going forward. I totally agree... no matter how good the LC you can't possibly get the infinite variety of nature [and man] There is always something new to see in TE. 7 hours ago, olderndirt said: Looks like home - water rudders up out of the water . Absolutely OND... A great place to explore with floats. 2 hours ago, VH-KDK said: Very impressive what is shown here. Cheers Martyn... Impressive country is most certainly is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Brilliant in every way. But JV is ensuring my continuing poverty in old age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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