Wolf2grey Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Awesome shots...........Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RODI Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 That's what I'm looking for since months ago. Hope it will be released very soon. SAK is my virtual home since FS9 and Holger's "Glacier Bay", because "bush-flying" is for me the "non plus ultra". The screenshots looks very, very good. Nice work, Tim. Hope Juneau, Haines, Skagway and so on will be contents of the scenery when ready. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbrindles Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 FANTASTIC...PLASTIC IS AT THE READY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Really looking forward to this, King Salmon and Red Dog will be on my list. Just Planes Videos has an Alaska Airlines video out with 737 flights, just love the Red Dog mine run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Galeno Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Holy Moses! So, so beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbucks74 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Wow, very nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdavart Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Okay, I'm sold. But please allow for AI traffic. Maybe optional statics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnG Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I've been waiting for this scenery for about five years, LOL looks amazing. @tdavart this is a region, and should work fine with AI, I assume you're drawing parallels with PAKT maybe? that only has no AI because FSX can't deal with the sloping taxiways, not the case elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaseman007 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Yep. My credit card is gonna hate me. Jas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 More shots coming tonight any requests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjallen Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 A definite purchase! Thanks jja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capnsully Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Thank Tim, maybe a couple lower down? Plus a dawn & dusk shot. I don't know the area that well, so take your pick where! It must be nice showing your work after those months of work, satisfying finally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 More shots coming tonight any requests? extremely impressive work ! I wouldnt mind some shots of the Valdez area both sides of the sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattch49 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Great job team! Can't wait to see if you guys model my cabin in Eagle River for central Alaska ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtwillia Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 More shots coming tonight any requests? Glacier Bay - Johns Hopkins Inlet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Bruschini Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Alaska is being done before NCA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 We have not yet begun the textures on NCA, so yes it's a long way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Great shots and great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnG Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 If requests are still being taken for screenies: Juneau, Gustavus, and the Haines/Skagway region, as well as the Seward area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangAce Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Wow! I'll be picking this up as soon as it is available on DVD in the US. This was one of my favorite FS9 areas! I've been waiting for it to get the Orbx treatment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Goff Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 If requests are still being taken for screenies: Juneau, Gustavus, and the Haines/Skagway region, as well as the Seward area Skagway has some special bits, it should be in the previews soon. The area around PAJN may be in the cards for tonight, along with Hoonah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanderMiller Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 You guys are really doing some excellent work. The attention to the details is what makes this scenery superb. Outstanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba43 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Requests for Skagway to Carcross corridor which I learned is by Jon Patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Correct, Jon Patch is a significant contributor to SAK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilstorm Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 CFA4 was my first FBO in FSE and I use to know that run from PAGY to CFA4 like the back of my hand. Always enjoyed flying over the train that was half way between and the tour buses in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba43 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I bet we see a train on this trip in SAK too. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 These look great up high like this. How about some from down low. How's the photo real process look down there on top of these icefields? Hi Brad, The Glaciers are made up from a few different sources, mostly 10m satellite, and 2m airphoto, the lower resolution areas have a glacial texture applied to provide some detail at close range, and also to prevent washout, this technique (engineered by Holger) can be seen in action already in PNW, NRM and NZSI (Mt Cook glacier) Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 More shots coming tonight any requests? Did I miss anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba43 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Thanks Tim for that information. I am sure that they'll look great down low too. I was wondering since the majority of the shots were from way up high. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtrooper Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I just realised this was in development and I'm delighted... one of my favorite regions on Earth. I live in Dorset, UK, but I've spend a lot of time on the ground and in the air in SE Alaska! I kinda wish I could have been involved in the development myself... I'm a geographer and glaciologist and I spend my days working with aerial photography, satellite imagery and especially DEM of this area. I've even had NASA missions flown over there to create the highest resolution DEM available for some of the glaciers. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Hi Andy, as a fellow geographer I'm always keen to chat with others in my field, especially if they have local expertise, not to mention data. Feel free to PM me and we can take it from there. The glaciers are in fact one of the reasons for the long delay in completing this project. It's absolutely astounding how rapidly most of them are receding. And it's not just the front end (terminus) but the entire ice volume meaning the elevation data across the glaciers and icefields, which in most cases are decades old, are often off by several hundred vertical feet, obviously leading to mismatches between the terrain mesh and the placement of the photoreal glaciers. That required serious digging for more recent data (partially successful) and many local adjustments. It's by far the most complex terrain mesh I've worked on and at this point contains over 100 sections of carefully blended segments. Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjallen Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Hi Holger - I also have a degree in cartography so I have an interest into how the earth is depicted in FSX. My question is that I have UTX Canada and Alaska installed. Will the ORBX scenery be compatible or do I need to uninstall these? Regards jja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Hi Andy, as a fellow geographer I'm always keen to chat with others in my field, especially if they have local expertise, not to mention data. Feel free to PM me and we can take it from there. The glaciers are in fact one of the reasons for the long delay in completing this project. It's absolutely astounding how rapidly most of them are receding. And it's not just the front end (terminus) but the entire ice volume meaning the elevation data across the glaciers and icefields, which in most cases are decades old, are often off by several hundred vertical feet, obviously leading to mismatches between the terrain mesh and the placement of the photoreal glaciers. That required serious digging for more recent data (partially successful) and many local adjustments. It's by far the most complex terrain mesh I've worked on and at this point contains over 100 sections of carefully blended segments. Cheers, Holger Dear Holger, Your hard efforts are much appreciated! Take your time! Great work! Beste Grüße, Till Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Hi jja, no need to uninstall any of those products as they will continue to show as before outside the SAK boundaries, just like with our other North American regions; see http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/17121-ultimate-terrain-x-usacanada-and-ultimate-alaska-x-compatibility-with-ftx-pnw-pfj-and-nrm/ We may need provide instructions for manually deactivating certain UTX nightlight files since they cannot be automatically excluded. Other than that compatibility should be 100%. Same for third-party landclass and mesh add-ons. Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjallen Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Cool beans Holger! Thanks jja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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