Frank Schnibben Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Some shots from short trips to famous french wine regions.(FSX DX10 + FTX Global + FTX Vector + FSG2010 FTX)Côte de Nuits, north of Beaune, famous for red Burgundy wines (Pinot noir)Alsace, Riquewihr, grand RieslingChampagne, Épernay, no surprise: ChampagneLoire Valley, Coteaux-du-Layon, sweet white wine (Chenin blanc)Cognac in Cognac, famous for ... CognacBordeaux (Graves), Castres-Gironde, several select Bordeaux wines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lovell Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 These textures are amazing. Each country and continent will be so unique to fly in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilby Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Looking very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denisgerard Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 ahhh my country, burgundy, nice pictures dude!! I live in Dijon near Beaune and Nuit Saint Georges and it seems well represented, thanks ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefocus Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Looks great can't wait for launch have my money ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcj Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Thats what Im talking about... Looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Thanks for the pics Frank, they look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurizio Giorgi Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 simply outstanding shots Frank, and a great idea to show these uniques landscapes (we have many in Italy too ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkterry Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Frank Thank you for the beautiful shoots. What a peaceful landscapes. Please post more shoots for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Nice you've got me looking for a corkscrew :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Thank you Frank for these fantastic pics! What a "mouthwatering" preview! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonepilot Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Flavored shots you got there!Keep them coming Best, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Well now I am going to have to take some wine buying flights. Lets see, maybe Beaune - Dijoin area first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vora Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Ahhh, culinary preview - what a wonderful idea, Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex330 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Yes, wonderful idea, great screenshots und lovely textures! I am really looking forward to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom Mason Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Oh gosh... I am not worried any more about lavender fields ! This level of definition is just amazing Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Great idea here, Frank, for an FSX "Wine Tasting Tour" Mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Excellent previews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Looking good.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NN_Avirex Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 It's been a loooong time without Open LC shots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brito Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Brought great encouragement with these shots, Frank! Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave302 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Let's see, openLC Europe is supposed to be ready in April, but may "slip" into May. So far, we've been shown screenshots from the following 6 countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, France(north and central only), and Belgium. According to the openLC coverage map, the following countries, excluding those listed above, are supposed to be included: Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the ex-Yugoslavian countries, Albania, Greece, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Western Turkey, and Western Russia. Today is April 20th. Can we be a little more realistic about the estimated release date, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engwerda 31300 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I'm with you Dave! Gerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Realistic timeframe is it will slip into May. The team is working very hard behind the scenes but we're getting an increasingly impatient tone in release timeframe posts on the forums. Our policy has always been to never give release dates, only estimates, and then those estimates are just for courtesy to you as customers, not a line in the sand you use to insist on release times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunkers Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the ex-Yugoslavian countries, Albania, Greece, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Western Turkey, and Western Russia. Wow that's pretty ambitious. I'm surprised (but glad) they chose such a large area, that's truly Europe in full Alot of those countries have not had any serious coverage when it comes to accurate quality scenery (that I've known of) before. Can't wait now to explore all those eastern parts of Europe and I always wanted a quality scenery for Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridinroun Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I don't care about timeframe. When you release it, I will fly over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Let's see, openLC Europe is supposed to be ready in April, but may "slip" into May. So far, we've been shown screenshots from the following 6 countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, France(north and central only), and Belgium. According to the openLC coverage map, the following countries, excluding those listed above, are supposed to be included: Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the ex-Yugoslavian countries, Albania, Greece, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Western Turkey, and Western Russia. And don't forget, we already have Iceland and some of the Baltic States too Dave I don't care about timeframe either. One just needs to take a look at the previews of those gorgeous vineyards in France (with the almost 3D volumetric appearance/?illusion of some of those realistic new textures) to know the team is obviously doing some very solid and worthy work indeed....More of which I am personally always prepared to wait for. Waiting got us a first rendition of rice paddy textures in southern and eastern Asia through feedback and patience of the development timeframes when FTX Global was under development. And that same patience has now shown us these amazing vineyards. Who knows, waiting patiently might next allow us to see Olive groves in Greece, Italy and other parts of southern Europe...or who knows, what else. With each addition to the FTX Global series of products, including Vector (which I'm loving), it is a pleasure to say that patience has always paid off and reaped some pretty impressive visual and performance rewards. Giving the team a little more room to breathe and maneouvre can only be a good thing and, with Orbx's track history when given that time they need to develop as envisaged, will ONLY lead to real rewards and a better, solid, well-performing, minimal-error, more realistic and more visually stunning Europe which we can all then enjoy flying over day in day out, something we will need to get comfortable doing for a very long time until v.2 Open LC and POIs make an entrance much further down the line. So its really worth waiting for the team to do their work in peace, in my opinion. Plus, it means we may even get to see a few more occasional teasers of the Alpine and Southern European regions, whilst they continue with finishing the job and building up to the release of a very big and yes, game-changing, product. The end product is what always counts and that takes as long as it takes...There's plenty else in the Orbx world to enjoy for a month or two (and that's not long in the scheme of things) whilst the team test, amend and optimise Open LC EU. Besides, the fact it needs a little more time, only personally gives me even more confidence that I will really enjoy flying the skies of Europe pretty soon. Good luck to the team...catch your breaths and take the time you need fellas. Pressure helps no-one. I mean, who can realistically take a look at these shots and not crave a real trip for some serious French wine-tasting. Its an impressive feat, and a bit uncomfortably surprising, for these shots to actually stimulate physical salivation in anticipation of some fine wine. Move over Pavlov! That's conditioning! Cheers, SId Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farman Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Realistic timeframe is it will slip into May. The team is working very hard behind the scenes but we're getting an increasingly impatient tone in release timeframe posts on the forums. Our policy has always been to never give release dates, only estimates, and then those estimates are just for courtesy to you as customers, not a line in the sand you use to insist on release times. Realistic timeframe is it will slip into May. The team is working very hard behind the scenes but we're getting an increasingly impatient tone in release timeframe posts on the forums. Our policy has always been to never give release dates, only estimates, and then those estimates are just for courtesy to you as customers, not a line in the sand you use to insist on release times. 1st target the Quality, 2nd target the issue date. I agree with ORBX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermank Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 ahhh my country, burgundy, nice pictures dude!! I live in Dijon near Beaune and Nuit Saint Georges and it seems well represented, thanks ) My wife and I visited Dijon, where we rented an apartment two years ago. It was a lovely town with lots of history. We rented a car, and drove South to Beaune. On the way we stopped for lunch in Nuits St. George, where I enjoyed boeuf _bourguignon and a glass or two of Nuits St. George. vive La France. Sherm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NN_Avirex Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 vive La France. Thank You ! I'm a boeuf bourguignon specialist... But I'm waiting from some shots of Italian vineyards too ( Barolo, Chianti, Franciacorta) Only because I'm French, but living in Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdavart Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Take your time. The world will not end if we don't even get it in May. This is a huge area. I would much rather have the quality that is displayed in these shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Take your time. The world will not end if we don't even get it in May. This is a huge area. I would much rather have the quality that is displayed in these shots. +1 Although I would still like to see more of these progress teaser shots as you make your way across the continent during testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Rest of Europe will enter testing this coming week, many shots to follow .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefocus Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Rest of Europe will enter testing this coming week, many shots to follow .... Thanks JV looking forward to release when it's ready. Take your time, people will have to be more patient, it take as long as it takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnG Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Are we pretending that we don't check this page several times every day because we're not impatient to get our grubby hands on the product? Yes, asking when it will be ready doesn't help, yes we all want it to be done to the best level of quality, and yes we won't die (probably) if it isn't released this month. I would be far more worried if you were developing a product, and nobody asked when it would be ready... to a further point, estimates given here are always way too ambitious. I've been here a while, so I don't take them for any sort of gospel, and you usually don't see any "is it done yet?" posts from me for that reason. I would humbly suggest that rather than giving real dates when doing roadmap's etc... just seperating into categories like: "sometime" "sometime in the not too distant future" "soonish" "soon" "about ready" "Iain" and "released". that way it will keep the date lawyers from getting their panties in a bunch when an "estimate" slips. fwiw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aknott01 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Rest of Europe will enter testing this coming week, many shots to follow .... Yes. Looking forward to release when it's ready. Also wanted to say I appreciate the estimated release times Orbx gives out. Not many developers publish a road map; it's good to know where things are headed, even if not everything hits an estimated release time frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NN_Avirex Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Europe is surely a big one, maybe just cut it in two pieces and take all the time you need to finish the second part... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farman Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Europe is surely a big one, maybe just cut it in two pieces and take all the time you need to finish the second part... Wise suggestion, Avirex. I completely agree; if I only think at the variousness of Italy landscape and related architecture... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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