John Venema Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 We are almost finished with the textures for AU RED, and now it is up to the landclass team to 'paint' the landscape with their final pallette. Some early results near Alice and Karratha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyhalf Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 oh yeah mate this is good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a49002 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 JV & Team, You have certainly captured the true essence of Australia with those magnificent textures. Highly realistic! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmglads Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Very well done, John & the team - again! It's a testament to your visual programming skills that I rarely fly out of Australia these days, although as an occasional "homesick Pom" I have a fly around the very expensive "photoreal" scenery my daughter bought me for my last birthday. You can't make any kind of comparison between the two, one is so utterly realistic as to render the other almost 2-D and the immersion factor is so good with FTX that my visual flights in the UK are just that - visual flights, whereas my flights in Australia are a real pleasure. In 2001, we "did the trip" - 30,000 Kms round & about Oz for nearly a year, & comparing my photos of all of the areas so far with the FTX scenery - you've got it right. Just thanks again for re-awakening my flagging interest in flightsimming. Looking forward to the DVD - I've bought everything else except Jandakot - that's for Christmas at the new price! Cheers, Malcolm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bosch Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Brilliant! Those colours are damn near spot on. The last two really are close. The slight salt whitening of the red sand is perfect. The colours are now that much more muted red-orange pastel shade rather than the earlier red. Spot on! I really am hanging on the edge of my seat for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxter Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Yup, what everyone else above has said in duplicate... Cheers and thanks for those screenies, incredible, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Baumanis Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Really looking forward to the final instalment of the ORBX treatment of Australia. It's looking really good. Well done to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Coming along really nice there team, looking good. cheers Iain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahaka Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 The textures look really good! However, I have to say that couple of days ago I was watching travel channel a bit, where they were driving around central outback and went to see Ayers Rock, and the ground was actually more red than in these screens. More like in the first alpha shots. Maybe this is a compromise on what it looks like in most places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awright Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 These look really good, the only trouble with outback colours seems to be caused by rain or lack of - either it's got quite lot of green in it (surprised me when I was there) or dusty red - at least hat was the colour of the Patrol when I returned it . Looking forward to this one. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Giddens Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Really awesome work John , cant wait for the release , No doubt will be looking forward to finding the outback airstrips after some long flights over the red centre , be fun planning some trips out there with regard to fuel , cheers , Johnno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpax444 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Looking good guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falknis Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bosch Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 The textures look really good! However, I have to say that couple of days ago I was watching travel channel a bit, where they were driving around central outback and went to see Ayers Rock, and the ground was actually more red than in these screens. More like in the first alpha shots. Maybe this is a compromise on what it looks like in most places? A lot of travel shows and photographers like to either shoot late in the day when the sun is at an angle, enhance colours a bit or shoot soon after rain. All make the ground look redder. Take a hunt around the net for some photos of the red centre from the air and I think you'll see they have it pretty close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Rottinger Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Absolutely STUNNING! You guys get it right all the time. I am glad to have found your products, they make flying so much more enjoyable since I upgraded from FS2004 recently. I also upgraded to a Saitek Yoke/Quadrant and Rudder pedals and your scenery has made it even more realistic. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singletracker Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 A lot of travel shows and photographers like to either shoot late in the day when the sun is at an angle, enhance colours a bit or shoot soon after rain. All make the ground look redder. Take a hunt around the net for some photos of the red centre from the air and I think you'll see they have it pretty close! Spot on! having spent a bit of time flying around those deserts, ALL I can say is... Thumbs up! John, Have you got a shot of Coober Pedy? That pock marked desert is something that I still marvel at, the contrast is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 You ain't seen nothing yet This is five minutes of me slewing around, but I've not shown a lot of the newer textures yet. More shots coming soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Rottinger Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Nothing but a big tease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozanojl1 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Absolutely beautiful!! Very impresive landscapes. I think I can say you´re by far the best development team in this bussiness! thats a fact. thak you all for this work Cant wait for it!! regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bosch Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 John, Have you got a shot of Coober Pedy? That pock marked desert is something that I still marvel at, the contrast is amazing. I was thinking about this too when somebody asked if AU Red was going to be a lot of red nothing. There's many places like Coober Pedy, White Cliffs (dare I say Broken Hill's skimp dumps and popet heads ) and many other towns that have something unique about them that will make them worth visiting. Some of those may be detail that's ripe for 3rd party and freeware stuff though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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