kdus9212 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 (edited) Bought the current Orbx basepack and northern california to fly to the US. Is openLc North America a scenario that covers the whole of America? What's the difference with True Earth? Edited May 9, 2022 by kdus9212 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Hi kdus9212. LC is more generic, adding touches that make the scenery more real but not specifically more accurate in detail. Real Earth uses photo sources to add more accurate detail, still not house-for-house stuff but darned close. I can only speak for myself, but I like LC better. To my eye, True Earth oddly enough has an artificial look whereas LC feels more natural. Others will disagree, so I should emphasize that I'm talking subjective judgment. To me, Orbx base pack, LC, and regional sections make as enjoyable a set of scenery as I need. Good luck! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdus9212 Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, Rodger Pettichord said: Hi kdus9212. LC is more generic, adding touches that make the scenery more real but not specifically more accurate in detail. Real Earth uses photo sources to add more accurate detail, still not house-for-house stuff but darned close. I can only speak for myself, but I like LC better. To my eye, True Earth oddly enough has an artificial look whereas LC feels more natural. Others will disagree, so I should emphasize that I'm talking subjective judgment. To me, Orbx base pack, LC, and regional sections make as enjoyable a set of scenery as I need. Good luck! Thanks for the kind reply! Is there no clash when using truearth and LC together? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I can't really speak to that question, kdus9212. I always use them separately. My understanding is that you use one or the other. Maybe others can chime in and answer with more authority. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 There are no problems with installing both, TrueEarth will always take priority regardless of scenery order. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McGee Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 21 hours ago, kdus9212 said: Is openLc North America a scenario that covers the whole of America? What's the difference with True Earth? Yes, openLC North America covers North America. BradB is correct that both openLC and TrueEarth products can be installed at the same time and TE will automatically take priority. Just FYI, FSX and P3D scenery is made up of separate layers that stack on top of each other to make the complete scenery that you see. The Global openLC User Guide has a good explanation with images. (You can access it from the product page on OrbxDirect.) https://Orbx-user-guides.storage.googleapis.com/Orbx-global-openlc-northamerica-user-guide-449757.pdf Global openLC is replacing the default Landclass layer. TrueEarth products use photoreal imagery instead of a LC map and painted textures. They also include distinct textures and autogen for their coverage areas. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 kdus9212, hope you've got some ideas from these smart fellas. Personally, I use Orbx Central to uninstall True Earth so it doesn't override LC. I reinstall it when there's an area where I want its features. I do own the whole True Earth and LC sets, so I can have the best of both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sawatzky Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Hi Rodger Instead of uninstalling TE when it is not wanted, you could also leave it installed and simply uncheck/deactivate it in the scenery library or addons menu. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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