mutley 4,498 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 From today, previous customers of Earth Simulations will be able to purchase and download their latest scenery Isle of Man. Weighing in at a massive 11.4 Gb, this scenery must really be packing some detail. The new address for Earth Simulations store is https://earthsimulations.org.uk/ES-Store/ Judging by the server load at the moment, this must be attracting a lot of attention. Good luck to Darren & Vikki Vincent for the future of ES and to Darren's recovery after a serious stroke. Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Firth 114 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 +1 Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Very Nice. Thanks to Darren and Vikki. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Is there any link between OrbX's UK Roadmap announcement, subsequent to their decision to limit airport scenery development, and Darren and Vikki's completion of the Isle of Man? Perhaps they are unencumbered now by the termination of NDA's... The ES promotional screenshots of IoM look fabulous and certainly deserve a closer look. Wonder who will be first to download at The Hangar? Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Firth 114 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Already downloaded and using for a while, it's quite impressive but with a few minor (at least in my version) missing landmarks. Review on its way Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 I have missing textures too Kevin, perhaps TonyM could help. Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 It's a superb piece of software. The level of detail over such a large area is astonishing, and the framerates on my PC are perfectly acceptable even at maximum settings. Highly recommended. Link to post Share on other sites
tonym 4 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Joe, Unfortunately the version on sale is not the one Ted Andrews and I made the models for. The sale version has had our models reworked by ES resulting in the loss of textures. Darren is aware of the missing textures and I'm sure will release them as a patch. Due to file renaming on the modified files I can't supply my texture sheets as they wouldn't be recognised. I can say that I have completed work on models for the area below Snaefell known as Bungalow. I have also made the Motor cycle museum, Sumit Cafe, old/new transmitter buildings and replacement masts. To use them requires modification of two of the release version files so presently they are restricted circulation. Basically if you have and know how to use Instant Scenery it is a one minute job. If you don't have it my files will just add to the default stuff already visible. EDIT 16:36 30/06/13. If you have Volume 8 - Scotland South installed then you should ensure that the Terrain folder for IOM is lower in the scenery library than the Terrain file for Volume 8. Failure to do so will give you a flat Mull of Galloway. Regards, Tony Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted June 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Hi Tony, Thanks very much for the update, especially the layer information. I'll give you a call soon to clarify a couple of points if that's ok. Cheers,Joe Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Firth 114 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Excellent news Tony thanks for that, Snaefell was one of two areas I was going to ask about as I'd noticed those models were missing... Cheers k Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 I probably wouldn't have noticed, but it's nice to know that lack of models in these areas is being addressed. It will make what is already an outstanding product even better. Thanks, Tony. Link to post Share on other sites
tonym 4 Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 Guys, I have been in touch with Darren and he has given his permission to include modifications to his files in any released package. I'll look to do a simple zip with short install instructions later today or tomorrow, (at latest) and make it available from my own web site. Regards, Tony Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted July 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 Thanks Tony, that will be a great help for the community. Joe Link to post Share on other sites
tonym 4 Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Guys, If you haven't found my site, link here: http://www.arm-computers.co.uk/html/fsx_latest.html Please don't ask for modification to make it look better at dawn or dusk because you won't get them. If you hate using freeware because you consider it rubbish send a donation to one of the charities listed on my web site then you can think of it as payware. Everyone else, enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,013 Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Thanks very much for your link Tony. There's something for everyone there I feel. Cheers and keep up the good work on our behalf. Cheers Brian Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 I keep getting a "file not found" error message when I click on the zip file icon..... Link to post Share on other sites
tonym 4 Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Should be working now. You may need to force a refresh of the page. Tony Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Thanks, Tony. It's working fine now. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Superb results Tony, thanks mate Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Here's a nice tour of the IoM scenery - video by Tom Woods over at Hovercontrol: Spot the missing scenery! Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
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