John Venema Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Some folks wanted to see Alice Springs so I quickly mocked up a red township texture variant (placeholder) and took a few snaps. Note the vegetation is all wrong and we don't have bulldust covered roads yet - this is an alpha build after all This will be the final lot of AU RED shots until after we're into beta. The GREEN express train is rolling in soon, yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potatoskins Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Erm, mind posting some shots of bourke? specifically top down ones of the airport? . *cough*. I'm getting this one right when it comes out . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 No more RED shots for now; we're finishing off GREEN so more shots after release. Rest assured we will be showing lots of stuff from RED during the dev cycle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potatoskins Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Fine then . I'll have a good little Bourkie airport for ya'll a week after Green's release I am pretty sure . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Dog Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 John, you are such a tease! If this is just an Alice "quicky" then the final thing will be something to behold. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 coming along nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ White Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Loving that outback texture set! Looking at those shots, i can almost hear the Didgeridoo Russ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Didgeri .................. who ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 John mate, even as a placeholder texture, that looks incredible, one day when i own a decent pc, I'll Be Back!, i will own every single piece of FTX'd goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timest Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 JEE-ZUS!! Those are mouthwaterin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ja50n01 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 NICE Keep up the good work Jas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
}SkOrPn--7 Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Can't wait for MANGO to start placing his talent in his airport building to the outback..... Somewhere I saw a image posted by John of Ayers Rock and that looked sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Just excellent. After the crappy crappy default this reflects the great variety of the outback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potatoskins Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Consider it flagged for review, by Me >. Looks great mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 As a long time resident of Alice Springs and the Central Australian Region, I Look forward to seeing the end results.. Dont forget there are 65000 wild free roaming Camels and a bucket load of Skippies... Adding those throughout would be a nice touch... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankees Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Looks wonderful, a definite buy for me! Just one question (yes, me again): could you try to use different, more rocky textures on the hills, and the 'just vegetation' textures more in the flat areas? In the last shot, I see the vegetation texture continue over the ridges, but in reality, the rocky outcrops are generally forming the ridges. I don't know how difficult this is, but it would add to the general realistic feel (well, for me anyway, but I'm a geologist..) Jan Kees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgruschow Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 As a long time resident of Alice Springs and the Central Australian Region, I Look forward to seeing the end results.. Dont forget there are 65000 wild free roaming Camels and a bucket load of Skippies... Adding those throughout would be a nice touch... Cheers Yes I've been wondering if we are going to see those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 These are alpha shots, using about 10% of the actual textures we have in progress now. RED is going to be very diverse in its texture pallette, and we are also creating a SP1 release for GREEN that takes advantage of the RED pallette (i.e. the current deep reds in GREEN are being softened as they contrast far too much). Reason for not showing a lot of screenshots right now is that Matt is still in the middle of recolouring work and it's a little bit uncohesive for the next week or so. Bear with us, some of the stuff he's been showing us is simply sensational! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahaka Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 There are wild camels in Australia? Never knew that Or does "camels" refer to something else there (not fully familiar with the Aussie slang) ? Is Orbx going to include these camels there? Would be great to spot some on the approach to Alice Springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bosch Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Reason for not showing a lot of screenshots right now is that Matt is still in the middle of recolouring work and it's a little bit uncohesive for the next week or so. Bear with us, some of the stuff he's been showing us is simply sensational! I'm slowly going more batty than normal waiting for this one. I can't wait to play around the Broken Hill area. Hmm ... I wonder if that could have sounded too much like a hint for a screenshot of the Silver City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Shaka: the early European settlers imported camels to transport supplies to remote stations (ranches, not railway) and also to carry mining equipment into isolated sites. Most of Australia is desert, and before railway, roads and reliable motor vehicles, camels were the best carriers. But when they were superceded by more efficient forms they were let go wild. Not only are they heavy grazers of native plants, but they also quickly destroy and empty waterholes that kept small native species alive. Camels are now another of the many exotic pests that roam Australia, like cats and rabbits in the desert, yes truly, and are changing the makeup of the native fauna and flora. But if you go to the Alice or the Rock, you can take a camel ride. They are now part of the tourist experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhead Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 As a long time resident of Alice Springs and the Central Australian Region, I Look forward to seeing the end results.. Dont forget there are 65000 wild free roaming Camels and a bucket load of Skippies... Adding those throughout would be a nice touch... Cheers Can't wait to see the Alice again in a couple of weeks. I had many opportunities to chopper along the West Macs and out along the Finke. It will be fantastic to do it in FSX as well with Red. We really are spoilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Small things, but important to me..we will get to see the rail line going through Heavitree Gap in the Alice, instead of over mount Gillen, get rid of the stupid blue rivers (which only run once in a blue moon in RL, and will only be sandy creekbeds I hope), and the ridiculous multistory buildings in the farm Area.. Bring it on I say.. Teecee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awright Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Will we see 'The Ghan' going through the gap. Perhaps I can retrace my drive up the Finke. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singletracker Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 get rid of the stupid blue rivers (which only run once in a blue moon in RL, and will only be sandy creekbeds I hope I lived in an apartment on South Terrace for a brief stint, and woke one morning to find the Todd River running. Trust me even on that rare occasion it is running, it doesn't run blue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bosch Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 get rid of the stupid blue rivers (which only run once in a blue moon in RL, and will only be sandy creekbeds I hope I lived in an apartment on South Terrace for a brief stint, and woke one morning to find the Todd River running. Trust me even on that rare occasion it is running, it doesn't run blue! The first time I started up FSX I flew from Broken Hill to Menindee. Imagine my surprise when I saw Stephen's Creek as a nice bright blue trout stream! Considering that in 20 years of living in the region I'd only seen it run twice and even then it was 2 foot of frothy brown water. I really hope there's some reclassification of most of the water ways throughout the AU Red region (and the western NSW regions of Blue). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankees Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Yes, when I was in the Pilbara (lots of times), we always camped in the riverbeds, nice soft sand, lots of trees to keep the moon away and provide firewood, and virtually no chance of wet feet. If you want to give the rivers a color, I'd suggest sand color... Same thing for Queensland near Mt Isa btw, I took a flight there the other day and met lots of blue rivers/streams. Never saw one in real life.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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