Mallard Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 I'm having a great time! Around Kilimanjaro, Kenya Heading towards another iconic mountain in Japan In the background, Mt. Fuji Indonesia. The flat-topped volcano in the back is Tangkubran Perahu - a sight that I had out of my bedroom window when I lived in Bandung, Java And - lastly - impressions from Bolivia around La Paz There's a whole new beautiful world to explore! Cheers Mallard (No edits. I am using FS Global 2008 mesh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Almgren Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Great shots Mallard!!!! ...specially the ones with the C208 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 specially the ones with the C208 With a great paint like that - what's to go wrong? Cheers Mallard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi stu Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 excellent mate stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red2112 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Thanks Mallard! Can´t waite till payday Care, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankees Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Excellent shots, all, but I don't like the textures on Kilimanjaro, and I am not too impressed with South America either to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 Thanks for the comments. I personally think that the textures around Kilimanjaro are quite convincing. The Steppe is great, and the little homesteads on the foot of the mountain are also jjust right. La Paz - well... It does lie in the middle of a high-altitude desert, so there's not much to see there in real life either. And Global can also only show what it's being told is there - or not. With the South America Landclass things are bound to improve. Anyway - I'll be checking out some other South American landscapes soon. Looking forward to Patagonia, the Amazon basin and the Argentinian Pampas. Then I'll be off to the Caribbean and Central America before heading back to southern Africa. Far East- and Southeast Asia appear to be bang on the head. I did feel that I was back in Indonesia on my test around Bandung Cheers Mallard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Anyway - I'll be checking out some other South American landscapes soon. Looking forward to Patagonia, the Amazon basin and the Argentinian Pampas. Then I'll be off to the Caribbean and Central America before heading back to southern Africa. Cheers Mallard Great shots Mallard, and I agree to the ratings in the discussion above. Sounds like a busy weekend for you. Luckily enough the weather outside is bad enough to justify staying in front ouf the computer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankees Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 maybe I should clarify: I'm a geologist, and in a way I make my living by studying the landscape and explaining why it looks the way it does. I think that FTX works fine in areas that have been touched by the hand of civilisation, like your shots of Japan and Indonesia, or in flat, relatively monotonous areas like the savanna or most of Australia. It is in the mountains that things go horribly wrong, or at least in my eyes. There, there is a direct relation between the shape of the land and the rocks and vegetation on the surface, and that is completely missing in those shots of Kilimanjaro and Bolivia. It is just a random splattering of textures with different colors, especially in those Bolivia shots. In that first one, I see four different textures in a rather wide range of hues. Look at that snow. When have you ever seen a mountain range with snow like that? Here's a real pic of snow in the Andes: See the rocks sticking out and how you can see lines in those rocks? Now off course I know that this will be almost impossible to reproduce on a global scale, and I will be the first to admit that it is a HUGE improvement over default, but I still don't like the mountains. Ha, I even have occasional problems with Australia, especially in those areas where the geology is so visible in real life, like the Flinders Ranges, or the Pilbara... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Hi Guys I know Jan Kees isn't on the nagging side, he's completely right,at the moment FTXG* uses the LC that came with fsX and added some, as time progresses there will be new LC files made available for purchase or free and those will make things look more like the actual area, but that needs time and the world is a big place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnR Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Nice set Mallard, isn't Global an excellent piece of work !!! Well done the Developers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Farrow Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 I flew (in real life) Lima to Buenos Aires last week, and the landscapes of the high Andes were breathtaking and - I have to say - didn't look a lot like the screenshots! Of course it is an improvement over default, but hopefully the new landclass to be released next year will help, and - we can dream - proper FTX South American regions one day. [Please note that this is a realisation of the limits we are hitting - NOT a criticism of FTX Global, which is a HUGE improvement over default!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Tremendous shots Mallard , thanks for posting these . Cheers Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Great set these mate. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Great set of shots, including the ones from Jan Kees, and my reply is one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexczarn Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Looking so terrific! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Dodger Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Really excellent Mallard, always enjoy your shots. Thanks, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Superb set of shots Mallard !! Are you using UTX Europe along with FTX ? Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo32 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 another grand set from you my friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 Thanks a lot for all of the comments and discussion points I seriously think that if one realises what Global is it becomes all the more impressive... Superb set of shots Mallard !! Are you using UTX Europe along with FTX ? Adam Hi Adam - UTX Europe probably won't be of much help in Bolivia. Or Indonesia. And Japan - I don't think so. Forget about Kenya... I do have FS Global 2008 mesh, but nothing else. Cheers Mallard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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