frostlp Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Beautiful!! Will the scenery be compatible with P3D2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZZ Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Kilstorm: RE: coverage area map for this region: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VkBwGHTaWFE/UbauwIrxqiI/AAAAAAAAFAY/AELiTk_v85M/s1600/1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilstorm Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Thanks CZZ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaboki Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Great stuff, is it me or do the detail in the regions keep getting better and better.. I'll buy this one too when funds allow(allthough I have a tendency to buy everything Orbx release), and the best part with this scenery wrapping up is that FTX Norway is getting closer. !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunk Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 FINALLY! It looks drop dead gorgeous!!! Are you going to add the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge? Just asking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTK1972 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Just WOW ! That will be my first US region Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTallGuy Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Are you going to add the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge? Just asking... If you look at the last picture, it IS the new Eastern span. (Minus the old span, too.) Sign me up for this one on Day 1. Ditto for KHAF, when it's available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Mason Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Definitely for P3D Don' expect FSX to handle Flightbeam KSFO + PMDG NGX + ORBX NCA.. best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Awesome set of shots, looking forward! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeesAndButterflies Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Definitely for P3D Don' expect FSX to handle Flightbeam KSFO + PMDG NGX + ORBX NCA.. best Let's hope DX10 will do the job . Airdailyx miss you Dom, even if D'Andre does a very good job. I hope everything is fine for you . Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Banalian Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Great. Now can't wait for soCal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Great. Now can't wait for soCal Well, frankly speaking I would'nt mind having first a 60x120 miles enhancement, at the Eastern border of the new region, say from lake Pyramid down to Bishop. Going Eastbound from Tahoe to Reno then Southbound is first an amazing study in contrast (green/red) and then the HW 395 landscape is fantastic. But first things first, lets have fun in the Shasta and the Gold Rush (any ghost towns modeled ?) countries and the Bay Area ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_66 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Nicely done, thanks for sharing the views. Spirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKar Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I'm in. Cool how we soon have the western part of continent remade from Anchorage to San Francisco. That's around 20 hours in Cessna if just following the coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeesAndButterflies Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 And by the way, the pics are outrageously good . Congrats guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefocus Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Can't wait for this looks great. Will this be Prepar3d V2 ready straight from launch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmb Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Expect this to become an all-time best-seller. I'll sure buy it on day one. Thanks and regards, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Mason Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hey thanks Jerome ! never been so well. Lot's of time for flying actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennam Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Been checking this website daily for updates on this scenery for 2 years!!!! Awesome!!! Come on airports!! Come on Sonoma County Airport!!! Come on Petaluma Airport!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Goff Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 FINALLY! It looks drop dead gorgeous!!! Are you going to add the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge? Just asking... NorCal is living in the future a bit, Tim made an excellent model of the new eastern span which has totally replaced the old span. In reality the old span is still in place and being slowly deconstructed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbrindles Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Wow...I'm dribbling! Got de Lorme's CA Atlas for Xmas...been browsing it ever since looking for good flights, spotted Half Dome, it's on the list. These beta shots look spectacular!Credit card poised... Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Womack Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Wow, that really brings back memories. I thought the Bay Area shots would trigger recollections, but the pics from up around Yosemite really bring me back. I lived in Mariposa for a few months in the mid-90's - now I can visit again whenever I like. Very well done as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf2grey Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Yep Yep Yep.........................Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janosch Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hi, this looks indeed awesome, first region i will buy instantly the second it will be released. After doing some real world GA flying last year in october around frisco bay i have to say the screenshots exactly look like the pictures i took ;-) Now i'm just hoping half moon bay and San Carlos won't take too long ) kind regards janosch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusterman Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Great job, folks! Having lived in NorCal I recognized most of the shots. NorCal is a VFR paradise and you have captured its essence. How about some shots of Crater Lake and the northern coast? Hollister is now KCVH with an AWOS, hope your region has captured this change. I fly out of Hollister quite a lot and would like to get Hollister weather. In FSX the weather is either from Monterey or Salinas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamue Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hi Holger Ich liebe sie ja alle, diese Standalone FTX-Szenerien. Mit was ich mich aber bis zum heutigen Tag nie so richtig abfinden konnte, sind diese Ortschafts-Collagen a la Bild 5. Solche schnippeleien findet man z.B. in ganz Tongass Fiords nirgends. Lassen sich die Ortschaften nicht etwas gefälliger in die Landschaft einfügen? Sorry for that German Language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hi Martin, [he's commented about the patchwork of the suburban areas in the 5th preview screenshot] well, apples and oranges: there are less than 20 small communities in the Tongass Fjords area and thus we could place almost all of them as photoreal areas. By contrast there are several hundred towns and cities in the NCA coverage area, similar to PNW, meaning we have no choice but to use raster and polygon landclass. We do our best to fine-tune the polygon shapes and minimize obvious visual issues, like roads cutting through larger building footprints, but if you're dealing with large and highly populated areas there's only so much editing one can do without turning the place into something that might look more pretty but where you can't find your way with VFR charts anymore. Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeesAndButterflies Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Holger, as I turn to be currently converting to DX10, I'd like to ask : is NCA intended to be DX10 friendly ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunk Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 If you look at the last picture, it IS the new Eastern span. (Minus the old span, too.) Sign me up for this one on Day 1. Ditto for KHAF, when it's available. That's actually the western span, past treasure island. The picture before that is the old span, which is being slowly disassembled. NorCal is living in the future a bit, Tim made an excellent model of the new eastern span which has totally replaced the old span. In reality the old span is still in place and being slowly deconstructed. Excellent, and I know; I live ten miles from the bridge, and I see it everyday on my commute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 SOLD! I'll take it. This looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTallGuy Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 That's actually the western span, past treasure island. The picture before that is the old span, which is being slowly disassembled. It's the western span, sure, but isn't that the eastern span in the background? It looks like the previous picture is actually the San Mateo bridge, looking towards San Rafael, since that doesn't look like the Oakland toll plaza at the end. The prison is just out of shot on the left. In fact, I think pictures 14 and 15 show the Bay Bridge toll plaza, Emeryville and the old NAS. It took me a while to get my bearings, but you can see Oakland in the distance and the square peninsula park next to the Berkeley marina at the bottom of the shot. (That's the one where they have all the large kites.) Isn't it wonderful to be able to have a debate like this about a FS scenery product? It just goes to show how specifically detailed these products have become! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hi guys, FYI the second last screenshot shows the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge looking east towards Richmond and Berkeley; attached below is an earlier render of our model. The last preview shows the Oakland Bay bridge from downtown San Francisco with the western span in the foreground and the new eastern span in the background beyond Yerba Buena Island. Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZZ Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 TheTallGuy: " It looks like the previous picture is actually the San Mateo bridge, looking towards San Rafael, since that doesn't look like the Oakland toll plaza at the end" I think it is the Richmond end of the San Rafael bridge, with the right edge show part of Red Rock and Oakland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Me again, while I'm showing model renders here's another one of the Alfred Zampa and twin Carquinez spans carrying I80 across Carquinez Strait. Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduekev Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 :wub: :wub: This is the first Orbx area where I have actually lived - your screenshots brought back tons of wonderful memories! Bought a C172 in Nevada in FSEconomy and ferrying it to NorCal as we speak in anticipation Those Yosemite shots are breathtaking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDX Flyer Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I am left speechless. It looks wonderful. Kudos to the whole team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Low Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Very impressive indeed, Holger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamue Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Hi Martin, [he's commented about the patchwork of the suburban areas in the 5th preview screenshot] well, apples and oranges: there are less than 20 small communities in the Tongass Fjords area and thus we could place almost all of them as photoreal areas. By contrast there are several hundred towns and cities in the NCA coverage area, similar to PNW, meaning we have no choice but to use raster and polygon landclass. We do our best to fine-tune the polygon shapes and minimize obvious visual issues, like roads cutting through larger building footprints, but if you're dealing with large and highly populated areas there's only so much editing one can do without turning the place into something that might look more pretty but where you can't find your way with VFR charts anymore. Cheers, Holger Thank you for your response Holger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnepethomas Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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