John Venema Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hello all, Although the upcoming Cityscape San Francisco is not going to be included in the initial NCA release (we did not want to hold the project up too much longer), we have added in GGP as photoreal for you. Some preview shots below: Cityscape San Francisco is being developed by Scott Armstrong and will be a freeware release much like Tim Harris' Portland was for PNW. Expect that in the next few months if not sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrrbolkin Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Beautiful shots and a very generous gesture, to give such quality away as freeware. Cheers. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Wow! I'm really looking forward NCA, it's looking great! You guys are way too kind with the freeware,Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabnz Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Beautiful - and thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 California Dreaming !! . Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseCFII Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Man, I remember how much I enjoyed flying around NCA in FS9 with just photoreal. This is going to be so much better. I'm really looking forward to it. Thanks for the previews. I didn't realize we were getting a free version of SanFran too, later. That's exciting and unexpected. Thanks for all of your hard work on this Orbx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Waiting for the release, super! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tttocs Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I didn't realize there was going to be a cityscape San Francisco. Outstanding news! Been looking forward to NorCal for a long time. Anxious to visit some favorite spots and a few familiar airports. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaronKen Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Excellent! Thanks for the generous gift JV; as always, ORBX continues to surprise it's followers and customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo737 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Wow!! this is going to be crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunk Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Holy Sh......!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta9857 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Wow! And freeware too! What sort of fps can we expect to get around San Fransisco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBird Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Holy Sh......!!! +1 ... What sort of fps can we expect to get around San Fransisco? Please developers: Don't care too much about this! Think about P3D 2.x in a year or so with two (or even three) GTX 890 GPUs in SLI and new CPUs at 5 Ghz. There is more headroom in the future! And for the time being we can always tune down the autogen a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lovell Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Wow!!!..... I left my heart in San Francisco! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriLa Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Wow! Christmas is coming in February and later this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolomeus Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Awesome shots, looks great! Marko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Freeware San Francisco, wow, that is so cooool! Cheers JV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael63 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 This NCA release is getting better by the day. Freeware Cityscape for SFO is just icing on the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaD Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 You can checkout anytime you like But you can never leave Welcome to the Hotel California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Nice..... Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hamilton Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Any chance of cityscape featuring the trolley system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Pugwash Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Any chance of cityscape featuring the trolley system? Just put some flowers in your hair Bruce and sing the 60's hit are you going to San Francisco, thats as real as it gets! Play following song when circling SFO Park in the cub until dizzy... there you go, who needs trams/trolleys...chill man! http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ_WG3d3GL8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Hamilton Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Think the song is for girls, not many guys wear flowers anywhere, let alone in their hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaD Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I'd say put up THIS one and then fly around San Francisco Bay ... http://youtu.be/1rPe0BtYvTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT707 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Banalian Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Very Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownCityMisfit Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Unfreakingbelievable. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Newman Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Think the song is for girls, not many guys wear flowers anywhere, let alone in their hair. Have you BEEN to San Francisco lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky1088 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Totally impressed by your generosity, Freeware Cityscape for San Francisco Thank you ORBX in advance cheers, ricky1088 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian01 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 il be getting it when realised, ORBX team it looks un believable. Cheers Damian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddWilson Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Too cool thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas451 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Is Cityscape San Francisco still planned? Haven't seen any screens since February Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobdeVries Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 No no questions about release dates anymore or about planning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekdog Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 That is a jaw dropper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Hi JV, I think it is great the free products Orbx gives it's customers, especially something like SFO. Most other companies sell this type of stuff. My concern is that I don't want to see Orbx go under, but rather continue to develop techniques and airports until I am too old to enjoy Flight Simming. And I don't want to have to fall back to lesser standard products which I have to use in areas Orbx doesn't do. Orbx airports are alive like no others I have ever seen. I really believe Orbx needs to survive for Flight Simming to survive. Whilst many will hate me for saying this, Orbx gives away to much for free. SFO is a major undertaking and really some monetary reward for all this work needs to be received by Orbx, to if nothing else, give the company research funding or maybe even fund less popular areas such as NZ. Even these triple installers giving P3D, FSX and FS9 cost time and money. Again, even a small cost I am sure people would see the reality of the need to fund the work and development. The decision for P3D V3 to be at a cost is a good economic decision. So much updating is done at no cost to the customer, but at a cost to Orbx that really could be used for further research. I don't know the financial position of Orbx, but I want to see Orbx around for many years as there is still nothing like it. So I guess what I am saying is customers paying even $10 for SFO, and $5 extra for the new P3D installers ( which in themselves is a lot of work ) really is not asking customers too much. Orbx has been very generous for many years, and sometimes as I read the forums, I think many customers fail to appreciate what we get given for nothing, as many other companies don't do all this work for nothing. Paying for updates that fix problems missed in the original release can stay free as they are at the moment as that is a different issue. So JV, don't cut yourself short, you don't have to charge the earth, but a small cost for things like SFO could well be used to help Orbx, by funding future research, and maybe funding new products that are risky, or even other such cities. Best wishes Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fischkopp Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I think JV himself knows best as he gets healthy ORBX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Nothing John V likes better than a bunch of weekend marketing majors giving him helpful suggestions on how to run his business. EDIT: I am including myself into that group, also, should anything think I am pointing a finger -- I am also guilty as charged on occassion, but trying hard to reform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan King Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Hi JV, I think it is great the free products Orbx gives it's customers, especially something like SFO. Most other companies sell this type of stuff. My concern is that I don't want to see Orbx go under, but rather continue to develop techniques and airports until I am too old to enjoy Flight Simming. And I don't want to have to fall back to lesser standard products which I have to use in areas Orbx doesn't do. Orbx airports are alive like no others I have ever seen. I really believe Orbx needs to survive for Flight Simming to survive. Whilst many will hate me for saying this, Orbx gives away to much for free. SFO is a major undertaking and really some monetary reward for all this work needs to be received by Orbx, to if nothing else, give the company research funding or maybe even fund less popular areas such as NZ. Even these triple installers giving P3D, FSX and FS9 cost time and money. Again, even a small cost I am sure people would see the reality of the need to fund the work and development. The decision for P3D V3 to be at a cost is a good economic decision. So much updating is done at no cost to the customer, but at a cost to Orbx that really could be used for further research. I don't know the financial position of Orbx, but I want to see Orbx around for many years as there is still nothing like it. So I guess what I am saying is customers paying even $10 for SFO, and $5 extra for the new P3D installers ( which in themselves is a lot of work ) really is not asking customers too much. Orbx has been very generous for many years, and sometimes as I read the forums, I think many customers fail to appreciate what we get given for nothing, as many other companies don't do all this work for nothing. Paying for updates that fix problems missed in the original release can stay free as they are at the moment as that is a different issue. So JV, don't cut yourself short, you don't have to charge the earth, but a small cost for things like SFO could well be used to help Orbx, by funding future research, and maybe funding new products that are risky, or even other such cities. Best wishes Anthony Anthony, I greatly disagree with you. When you purchase Northern California as a high fidelity scenery, one would expect that the most significant landmark being San Francisco, would be meticulously detailed as part of that package. In this case, it was not. So to charge for an update that was excluded to provide the community with the greater region after all their waiting, would be against the ORBX culture. In the PNW they did something similar with Portland and I think it is fair that it is done here as well. This is what ORBX quality is all about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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