AJLedbetter123 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Afternoon All, I purchased ORBX Global over at flightsimstore a few days ago. I'm wondering how I find out what version I have, does the download from flightsimstore already come with the latest updates or am I required to do the updates myself? Another question, while flying about I noticed that the terrain isn't 'amazingly' detailed compared to the screenshots posted/ advertised. I've got all sliders maxed apart from water and autogen and still not much difference. Of course it looks different compared to the default FSX textures. I've also got the fsx.cfg adjustment from 1024 to 4096. Maybe it's just me wanting more or something but I'm unable to see the full quality of what I purchased. Maybe I've done something wrong or something, the scenery is in the library when I look and all checked etc. I'll run some more tests, maybe it's due to the seasons or something I don't know, just doesn't look the same compared to the advertised screenshots, for example: http://www.fullterrain.com/images/ss/ftxg/22.jpg http://www.fullterrain.com/images/ss/ftxg/24.jpg http://www.fullterrain.com/images/ss/ftxg/40.jpg http://www.fullterrain.com/images/ss/ftxg/21.jpg http://www.fullterrain.com/images/ss/ftxg/50.jpg If you require more information or photos then I'll happily post them for you. Just in case my order number isn't in the signature - FSS0266239 Kind regards and thanks in advance, AJLedbetter123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurizio Giorgi Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hi Aj, FTX Global replaces all the default textures that FSX uses to generate the terrain but.... You have not still FTX Global Vector that adds a lot more roads, rivers, lakes. You have nor the 2010 FTX mesh edition. Some of the screenshots you have seen may be taken with no default landclasses, apart the FTX addons i have already mentioned, because nor FTX Global neither FTX Global Vector correct landclasses (i mean the files that tell the simulator which textures to be used and in this way the terrain accuracy is generally better because all the cities and no urban terrains are taken into consideration, that doesn't always happen using the default landclasses. With the upcoming OPENLC EU, the terrain will improve a lot under this aspect. To understand better which is your complaint specifically, you may post some screenshots about the areas you think are not like you thought, because it's too generic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLedbetter123 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Ok thanks.. What would you suggest doing to get the most and best visual effect like the screenshots, purchase Vector too, any other addons? Thank you for the quick response Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_66 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Why don't you show us what you see at Paderborn, the 1st screen shot you mentioned? Spirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLedbetter123 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 That's not a problem. Last thing, where do I find the current version of ORBX Global, and do I need to update it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_66 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The updates are at the support page http://www.fullterrain.com/support.html and your actual version should be shown in FTX Central. Spirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLedbetter123 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thank you kindly, I'll get this all sorted and update you later once I'm home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurizio Giorgi Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Ok thanks.. What would you suggest doing to get the most and best visual effect like the screenshots, purchase Vector too, any other addons? Thank you for the quick response Hi, for sure with Vector and the mesh, that cover the entire globe, you'll have an immediate improvement in all the areas. Vector uses a new technology for the nightlights with zero impact in performances, it adds nightlights along the roads and the result is really astonishing. Besides the other things it allows you to flight in the night like you have never seen before, maybe a great feature not enough taken in consideration by the people FTX Global version that you downloaded is 1.1 so you need to upgrade to the 1.2 as Spirit suggested you. In FTX central, below the menu tool -> report ORBX product installed you can verify the version of each ORBX product you have aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLedbetter123 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Is that updated correctly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurizio Giorgi Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 yes, it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLedbetter123 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Thank you for your support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurizio Giorgi Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 you welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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