Jay Kae Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Christmas is coming, the Goose is getting fat... Hi folks, EagleSkinner here with a spot of news about a whole flock of Geese - and you won't have to wait until Christmas, nor will you have to put a penny in the old man's hat. The people I take my hat off to have released an update to the OZx version of the FSX default Goose. What? You haven't heard of the OZx Goose HD Redux pack which adds two new versions of the Grumman Goose to your FSX setup? The Goose, which has not one, but a whole flock of excellent high resolution graphics and bumpmaps textures to FSX for your flying enjoyment - for free! Where have you been this past year? Well whether you missed the first release of the Goose or not. Butch, Gizmo and the gang at www.aussiex.org have upgradeded their already excellent Goose HD Redux package and you can get this free addon at www.aussiex.org So what do you get for your money? (Well of course it will cost you... the amount of electricity you need to run your computer for the time it takes to download approx. 160 MB of bits and bytes) The AussieX team have taken the Microsoft default Goose and literally stripped it down and rebuilt it to such a high degree of accuracy and detail as possible. The Goose (and other HD Redux downloads from AussieX) are to FSX as FSX is to FS5 and if you thought that the FSX slogan "As real as it gets" meant that that was the limit, well you are in for a great surprise. Every square inch of interior and exterior texture has been re-worked from scratch and there is so much attention to detail that you could spend days just slewing around the virtual cockpit looking at all that eye-candy. Even the bumpmaps have been re-worked to a level of detail rarely encountered before in flight simulation. In fact the AussieX team's artistic excellence is so good that even the big payware developers are starting to realise that high definition and high resolution textures are the only way to go. But the team went even further than "mere" eye-candy. The flight dynamics of this Prima Donna of the FSX hangar were handed over to Pam Brooker (of Jade Island Flight Test Center) who rebuilt them to give two different sets of flight dynamics for the two differently powered Geese (or is that really Gooses?). You now have a standard G21A Goose with twin 450hp Pratt & Whitney R985 radials and also a high power version with twin 650hp Pratt & Whitney R985-SG radials. But that was last year and merely the first iteration of the AussieX Goose Redux. This service pack takes the original redux pack and improves upon it with more paints and more attention to detail. Because despite their already excellent initial release, they weren't fully happy with the Goose. Now the team has dotted some Is and crossed a few more Ts. But hey, don't ask me to tell you about it. Having seen their work, I am going back to the classroom to improve my own painting. All I can add here is for the reader to download and install this Goose expansion. It's free, it works perfectly in FSX and it will take you to levels ov detail and realism that default FSX fails to achieve - and even quite a few high quality commercial addons, I might add. Download from: http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/1386-ozx-goose-hd-expansion-pack-103/ (The Above Written By CBris ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skkuda Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Whoah!!! I´m leaving this forum for now and start to downloading this beauty! thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Doering Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 The re-paints are amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heiko Glatthorn Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Awesome news ! Thanks to all involved in this great project . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAviator Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 I'll try it out sometime around the start of November (when exams end ) By the way, Jay, has the leg fully healed yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Great bit of work - thanks hugely guys. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Kae Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 No, not 100% yet but I am close but errr.. I won't be wearing any shorts anytime soon lol It looks like a shark has had a gobble on my leg. Thank you for asking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 I won't be wearing any shorts anytime soon lol It looks like a shark has had a gobble on my leg. I hope for your sake it wasn't your third leg that got injured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Thanks chaps just downloading. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAviator Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 I won't be wearing any shorts anytime soon lol It looks like a shark has had a gobble on my leg. I hope for your sake it wasn't your third leg that got injured hmm, nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan2 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Awesome work on the Goose guys , many thanks Love the VC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerclaw Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Seriously, I hadn't heard of this when it was first released, I didn't know it even existed. I'm downloading it now though, and I look forward to giving this Redux version a test later. Some friends and I did an Amazon tour (on FSX) in the goose last year, or the year before, and I may well go back and do it all again in this new rendition. Thanks for bringing this to my attention Jay Kae, much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennyson Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Tony, Unfortunately, apart from this forum, Ozx is a little known entity. For those in the know, it's treasure trove of really talented guys and gals giving up their labours of love for the pure love of the hobby. The original Goose package, if my memory serves me, was one of the most downloaded packages on the site. And rightly so, that's payware softeware at the best price possible.....nothing! Great bunch of helpful guys and gals. Now you know about them, spread the word. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Lampard Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 The Goose is one of my favourites in the hangar, it flys great and the little details they added to it are amazing. Just look at the cabin curtain next time you fly it;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolP Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 One of the best freeware aircraft around got more colorful now. Great work from the OZx people again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Great news Jay! Wow! The OZx crew is top notch, and keeps on proving it! Love the Goose. Great to hear your leg is healing. Recovery can be a long, frustrating road. Good to hear positive news on that front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThrottleUp Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Oh my GOSH. I dont have the words you guys are just amazing. Seriously we need an annual FSX award ceremony to give recognition to you people like OzX, OrBx. Thank you so much for this, I already enjoy your HD Goose and to think that you have blinged it up even more is just insane. RESPEK DUE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robs Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Does anyone know where I can download the latest Goose HD Redux and expansion packs nowadays? Thanks Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Answered 10 years later in the 11 year old topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericohara Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 15 hours ago, Nick Cooper said: Answered 10 years later in the 11 year old topic. On 9/28/2020 at 10:02 PM, Robs said: Does anyone know where I can download the latest Goose HD Redux and expansion packs nowadays? Thanks Rob I've just downloaded it now, seems very nice, but beware... make sure your fuel balance port and starb'd are fairly even. Mine loaded with a huge difference side to side giving big problems on take off with excessive roll until I finally realised ! Download: https://www.lockonfiles.com/files/file/1312-fsx-grumman-goose-hd-redux-v12/ Thank you to the producers for their work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Scanlan Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 LOL! Nice one, Nick. Just goes to show the enduring appeal of the Goose, I suppose. The link appears to be for the redux mod only. Does anyone have a link to the expansion pack or perhaps could send a copy to me? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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