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Introducing FTX Trees HD - Immersion Redefined


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I'm happy to present to you a new experience in flight simulation: FTX Trees HD!


 


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FTX Trees HD is a complete overhaul of your sim's autogen tree textures, lending new and incredible realism to your simulation experience!


 


The new trees are double the resolution of the default textures, resulting in crisp, clear detail with no noticeable drop in performance!  The new textures are derived from high-resolution architectural visualization images, as well as my own photos, for maximum realism.  They have been expertly color-matched to give you the top-quality FS experience that you have come to expect from ORBX.


 


Low-level flying takes on a new sense of realism that truly must be seen to be believed: skirting over the treetops, through gullies and along rivers has never felt so real!  Your favorite airports will see a major upgrade too, as the surrounding vegetation takes on a new lifelike appearance.  You will also find that FTX Trees HD breathes new life into our older products; during testing I've found myself visiting many of the old classics and seeing them in an amazing new light.


 


The best part is, FTX Trees HD is a worldwide texture upgrade!  Whether you have Global, NA regions, AU, NZ, EU, or even if you don't own any ORBX products at all, Trees HD will replace all of your autogen trees worldwide.  It will install seamlessly using FTX Central V2 and inject the new textures automatically whenever you switch regions, just as you do now.  Just install, and enjoy the new experience!


 


 


FEATURES


  • Beautiful new HD autogen tree textures - Over 100 new texture sheets derived from photos of real trees
  • Immersion like you've never seen before in FS!
  • Incredible low-level flying experience
  • Negligible FPS and VAS hit   
  • Compatible with all FTX products - Replaces textures for Global, AU, NA, NZ, and EU regions!  EDIT - Now also compatible with default FSX or P3D; no prior ORBX products required!
  • Seamless installation - no new control panels or complications

 


 


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Stay tuned for more shots in the coming days!


 


Cheers,


Scott


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Thank you Scott, a long overdue addon for me ! Trees have been neglected in the simworld so far (for a good reason, playability). I am very impressed by your pics. I love to see that the Fall foliage seems to no more have the garish hues of New England. I am curious, how many species did you model ? Is there an olive tree for the Med region ?


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This is looking good! I was about to post asking for some options to make the trees look better, and here comes this announcement... :D I'm really looking forward to the release.


 


Now about that rather nice location used to showcase seasonal differences... :P Any hints as to when we'll be able to enjoy it in P3D2? ;)


 


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It will be an addon payware product.

 

Don't care, just RELEASE it so I can buy it NOW. I can just see me gliding around what used to be boring areas 3 years ago, transformed into what can only be described as the most realistic environment I've ever seen. I'm amazed Ed, I really am. Truly spectacular.

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Yes, it looks amazing and I think the comparison shots will better demonstrate that.


 


But it is the VAS hit that I wonder about.  I am already having to jettison ground shadows in P3D to get anywhere that can be considered part of civilization.


 


Could it be that this thing actually improves VAS/FPS?  I wonder....

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How about region specific trees? I always thought regions came with their own higher quality local trees. Does this addon replace those? Will they still be region specific...? Or will regions look different in places with this addon? I am also curious about the impact on VAS.

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!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing!! I really hope the FPS hit is essentially Zero cuz if I add anymore stuff to my setup i'll get below my Personal Threshold, say is there much impact on VAS?  The look amazing!

Early testing reports show ZERO (or extremely minimal) fps hit; stay tuned for testing on VAS.  And thanks! :)

 

 

Is this an add-on product or part of an update to Global?

To expand on Ed's reply, it's a payware addon that will upgrade the autogen tree textures in ANY FTX region(s) you own; Global is not required, as long as you have at least one other region (PNW, England, etc).  Of course, if you do have Global, it will give you a worldwide tree upgrade too :)

 

I am curious, how many species did you model ? Is there an olive tree for the Med region ?

I simply replaced the existing tree textures, so don't expect any new species (to the poster asking about Baobabs in Madagascar - sorry  8) ).  That being said, Olive trees ARE one of the default trees that I've overhauled, and the new ones are looking quite nice!  I'll post some pics soon.

 

 

Now about that rather nice location used to showcase seasonal differences... :P Any hints as to when we'll be able to enjoy it in P3D2? ;)

Thanks Tym!  Converting 0S9 to P3D will be the next order of business after Trees HD.  I hope to make a few extra upgrades to it, too :)

 

 

How about region specific trees? I always thought regions came with their own higher quality local trees. Does this addon replace those? Will they still be region specific...? Or will regions look different in places with this addon? I am also curious about the impact on VAS.

Yes, each FTX region has its own set of autogen tree textures specific to that region.  Trees HD will replace all of them, and they will still be region specific, just higher quality!

 

 

Thanks for the good vibes so far everybody!

 

-Scott

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The way they are filled out are amazing!  What's next, TreeFlow?  Gently swaying in the breeze, or rustling of the branches as an eggbeater fly's lowly over them perhaps?

 

Great work folks!

 

Think they already have this on some of the payware airports(trees swaying in the wind). Having "tree flow"(Nature Flow?) everywhere I would imagine would kill FPS and make the sim a slideshow... But would be cool if possible, most of the time I have to turn of nature flow to save frames on these payware airports...

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You have to have a region installed ? for this to work - yes I own some but will not be installed keeping a lean install so this will not work then ?

 

You either have to have a region installed, and/or have Global installed.  According to your order numbers, it looks like you have Global, so as long as that's installed there's no need for any of your regions to be installed!

 

Edit - There is no longer a requirement for any ORBX products to be installed - Trees HD will replace all of your trees worldwide, no matter what!  Global, default FSX/P3D, FTX regions; Trees HD will replace it all.  But if you have FTX regions installed, you will also get new custom veg for that region to replace the original region-specific veg.

 

-Scott

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You either have to have a region installed, and/or have Global installed.  According to your order numbers, it looks like you have Global, so as long as that's installed there's no need for any of your regions to be installed!

 

-Scott

 

Thanks Buddy - sold cant wait

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