renault Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 As OND @olderndirt mentioned in a post "A little testing" I have been having a few thoughts regarding XPlane ...... Here's a sequence (sorry for the length) that started out in Northern California and then made its way to Southern climes Well now -- Southern California. I have to admit that I didn't get very far , but my reaction so far is that simply it is a masterpiece . The level of detail and rendering for me raises the bar for what "team Tony & collogues" have created. I can't put it any other way than this. As much as I superbly enjoy all of the TE series, if you could only buy one, then Southern California is the one to get. It is staggering !! For all of the shots here, I am using adaptive vsync set at 1/2 my monitor refresh rate and fps remained steady at 30fps throughout. XPlane 11.41r1 along with things that I have "brewing & bubbling away" was used for everything. And that's about it folks. So I hope you enjoy the sequence Cheers San Francisco Area (TE NorCal) TE Southern California Starting out at John Wayne airport, Orange county. I always have wanted to do this. He was a childhood hero, and my world always seemed a better place when he was around. Too bad he isn't here now - we could use someone steadfast and solid like him I think in these trying times. This is a XPlane gateway airport - sorry Iain, its the only non Orbx one here.. And yes, the saying is "Its always sunny in Southern California", but a few clouds makes things interesting. They are just standard XPlane clouds though , but they will do ... So here we are ready to go My first reaction , was a bit of OMG look at all the stuff the magicians have put in for us. But then, that was also my reaction the first time I went there IRL. Now over Costa Mesa ... Now coming up to Newport Beach I am assuming (and hoping for their sakes) that "Team Tony et al" has some kind of automated process to populate the landclass generic objects. But I suspect there was a lot of custom work going on as well - as much as I am enjoying their creation immensely , they may be just a teeny bit glad that its finally done... And now , coming up on Huntington Beach And now Long Beach. If I remember correctly (could be wrong!) the "islands" are man made and are used for oil well drilling and production operations The amount of detail just astounds me ... I have to honestly say. When flying over this , I really was thinking that this isn't a sim anymore. Its that good Just past Long Beach now .... West Carson La Fresa Torrance Manhattan Beach & LAX coming up Again, just loving the detail. And it is integrated so seamlessly. Great Job by the Orbx folks ! Now I'm just plain "englamoured" with objects and stuff. Hang in there with me ! Just approaching LAX Just past LAX - I'm not sure it was legal to trundle on over it like I just did. Don't tell OND, I think he still knows folks at the FAA Near Playa del Rei Just to check out the night lights .... Near Santa Monica , LAX in background And thats it for now .... The journey will continue ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTigerM Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Very crisp & detailed. SD or HD? TTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renault Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 Hi TTM It's HD Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Quite nice Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 That's a whole lotta shotz Pete , you better take a break ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Well done Pete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Smashing set these Pete. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberhard Haberkorn Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Another great looking contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renault Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 On 5/9/2020 at 4:40 PM, Jack Sawyer said: Quite nice Pete. Thanks Jack. There's certainly a lot of stuff to see I'm pleased you enjoyed it Cheers! Pete On 5/9/2020 at 4:54 PM, BradB said: That's a whole lotta shotz Pete , you better take a break ........ Phew , you are right on the money. In fact I had a beer, which became another and after the third I gave up with the screenshots So I guess you could say John that its a 3 pint submission! Cheers On 5/9/2020 at 6:41 PM, adambar said: Well done Pete! Thanks Adam I appreciate it Cheers Pete On 5/10/2020 at 12:04 AM, Iain Emms said: Smashing set these Pete. cheers Iain Thank you Iain I am really pleased you enjoyed them! See you Pete 11 hours ago, Eberhard Haberkorn said: Another great looking contribution. Thanks Eberhard. I appreciate you commenting See you Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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