Popular Post Orbx Posted August 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2021 Our next exciting mesh product for Microsoft Flight Simulator takes us to the big and beautiful expanse of Alaska! Alaska is like nowhere else on Earth and is famous for its wide variety landscapes of coastal fjords, braided rivers, spectacular glaciers, alpine tundra, lake-dotted muskegs and vast forests. Using the same technique seen with our successful NZ Mesh and free Iceland Mesh products, Alaska Mesh utilises the best available US government elevation data for Alaska, with up to 5m resolution. Alaska Mesh is a fully self-contained product with no changes made to the default mesh or any other files. With virtually no noticeable performance impact, each LOD is consistent without any blurring and minimal LOD morphing. Enjoy these first previews which takes us from the Aleutian Islands, Denali National Park, Glacier Bay and north to Brooks Range. Coverage area 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJohnJohn Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Looks good! Does this mean we can fly from default airports and post screen shots with this mesh? You guys have no airports in Alaska yet.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 43 minutes ago, JohnnyJohnJohn said: Looks good! Does this mean we can fly from default airports and post screen shots with this mesh? You guys have no airports in Alaska yet.... The answer is YES mate along as you are showing the mountains and glaciers . Same rules with the NZ mesh . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 First day buy for me !! . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJohnJohn Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 44 minutes ago, BradB said: The answer is YES mate along as you are showing the mountains and glaciers . Same rules with the NZ mesh . Thanks Brad! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 this looks very good, can't wait... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianV Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Looking amazing, hope we also get the existing P3D airports in MSFS. In particular Homer is high on my wish list. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenn22 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 8 hours ago, JohnnyJohnJohn said: Looks good! Does this mean we can fly from default airports and post screen shots with this mesh? You guys have no airports in Alaska yet.... Really looking forward to this one! Also looking forward to seeing the Orbx Alaska airports updated for MSFS + new additions - in the meantime - Northern Sky Studios has a good Kenai, Ketchikan and Talkeetna. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRadicalCavy Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Is there a rough price we can expect? I'm interested in getting this but very much price dependent as don't fly there a lot but this may change that as love your Iceland mesh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09tir98 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 This looks amazing! I'm a bit unsure how MSFS mesh works, but will this also fill in a lot of the lakes that are missing from MSFS with water? By default there are a lot of lakes in Alaska that don't have any water in them and are covered in trees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzelle Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 As there are animals in the game, I'm hoping for some Katmai bears to be visible for a great bush trip experience. Can Orbx confirm? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Is this out? sure I just saw it in Orbx Central? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternT3 Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, wain71 said: Is this out? sure I just saw it in Orbx Central? Yeah just seen this on Central as well 5 hours ago, DaRadicalCavy said: Is there a rough price we can expect? I'm interested in getting this but very much price dependent as don't fly there a lot but this may change that as love your Iceland mesh On Central it's saying £8.23 Edited August 17, 2021 by EasternT3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Can't buy yet , got error message ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Fizzelle said: As there are animals in the game, I'm hoping for some Katmai bears to be visible for a great bush trip experience. Can Orbx confirm? I do not think that a mesh product will come with any kind of wildlife. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRadicalCavy Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, EasternT3 said: Yeah just seen this on Central as well On Central it's saying £8.23 Ah it wasn't on when I posted. Same price as the NZ mesh so makes sense. Will have a look at some videos and see if worth it or not. Cheers Edited August 17, 2021 by DaRadicalCavy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Fizzelle said: As there are animals in the game, I'm hoping for some Katmai bears to be visible for a great bush trip experience. Can Orbx confirm? Have you tried turning your Fauna setting up to 100% and make sure Fauna marker's are on and tried a low and slow flight around this area ? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosqr Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Awesome news! This was indeed needed Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtrooper Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 17 hours ago, Orbx said: Coverage area Looks like there is a lot of Canadian data included too (some Yukon and a lot of British Columbia)! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftxpolo Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 4 hours ago, BradB said: Can't buy yet , got error message No release date or pricing information was shared, but i imagine it won’t be far off before it’s released. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, ftxpolo said: No release date or pricing information was shared, but i imagine it won’t be far off before it’s released. This is what I see in my Central : 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregJ Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 19 hours ago, BradB said: First day buy for me !! . As Brad said - here take my money - please next create some airports and scenery for both Alaska and Pacific North West... too much attention on European areas for my flight tastes. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftxpolo Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 25 minutes ago, BradB said: This is what I see in my Central : You're right, but an other hand : 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Correia Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 We plan to release on Tuesday 24th and got a bit trigger happy with making it show in OC. 2 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJohnJohn Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 15 hours ago, ravenn22 said: Really looking forward to this one! Also looking forward to seeing the Orbx Alaska airports updated for MSFS + new additions - in the meantime - Northern Sky Studios has a good Kenai, Ketchikan and Talkeetna. Me as well! Valdez was a favorite. Should be amazing in MSFS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 4 hours ago, Ed Correia said: We plan to release on Tuesday 24th and got a bit trigger happy with making it show in OC. great news, can't wait..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtrooper Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Lovely screenshots in the initial post, but can we have some side-by-side comparisons with default mesh (including some close ups) so we can see the improvement we're getting please? Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonDominique Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Hi I am not shure to understand. Does that mean that Orbx Alaska Mesh is compatible with third-part designer sceneries ? I already have Kodiak, Ketchikan, and more others. Will i encounter negative impact on these sceneries like elevation issues ? Thanks Dom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtrooper Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 9 minutes ago, MasonDominique said: Does that mean that Orbx Alaska Mesh is compatible with third-part designer sceneries ? I already have Kodiak, Ketchikan, and more others. Will i encounter negative impact on these sceneries like elevation issues ? +1 I'd definitely like to know the answer before making a purchase. I also have a lot of 3rd party Alaskan sceneries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonDominique Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Klawock, Kenai, Kodiak and others are generally established along sea-level, so they should be compatible. About Ketchikan, i am not shure. I assume that Orbx team checked that That was not a problem when Orbx was developing its own alaskan airports. It was a long long time ago Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant1975 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Will this be available for Xbox too? Think there would be a big market for this mesh on Series x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypercide Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I've been holding out for Ketchikan, but I expect that it will now ship so that this mesh is a prerequisite for it to display properly. Maybe there could be a few discounted mesh/airport packages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtrooper Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 9 minutes ago, hypercide said: I've been holding out for Ketchikan, but I expect that it will now ship so that this mesh is a prerequisite for it to display properly. Maybe there could be a few discounted mesh/airport packages. I love Ketchikan too... and MSFS... and I've been very happily flying from there using a payware addon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosqr Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 I'd really love to see Juneau. Still out there to be claimed by Orbx for MSFS, many other "Orbx ones" are already made. Orbx still can position with Junea, Homer, Valdez, etc there are some yet to recover /claim, stamp the Orbx flag on them. Cheers Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 hope fully less than 24 hours to go now, fingers crossed.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtrooper Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I really would like to see screenshots (and videos) comparing this addon to default terrain before making a purchase please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonDominique Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/18/2021 at 11:28 AM, Airtrooper said: Does that mean that Orbx Alaska Mesh is compatible with third-part designer sceneries ? I already have Kodiak, Ketchikan, and more others. Will i encounter negative impact on these sceneries like elevation issues ? Hi guys Still no answer to this question Can you help me ? Best Dom Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 2 hours ago, wain71 said: hope fully less than 24 hours to go now, fingers crossed.... 24th now down under ……. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosqr Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 There's been a worldwide anxiety for this one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtrooper Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) On 8/18/2021 at 9:32 AM, Airtrooper said: Lovely screenshots in the initial post, but can we have some side-by-side comparisons with default mesh (including some close ups) so we can see the improvement we're getting please? Many thanks. Ideally this is the kind of comparison I'd like to see (even without shots of the real terrain this would still be very good... comparison to the default terrain is the main concern). Edited August 24, 2021 by Airtrooper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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