OzWookiee 151 Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) OK just a quick example from a long form post I'm working on. These shots of Mt Taranaki were taken just outside of New Plymouth NZNP in X-Plane 11 and show the difference between default, NZ Pro mesh/overlay and what Ortho4XP can do with custom DEM files for the mesh. I flew out from New Plymouth, over the ridge and turned right to circle back around. Saved the replay and then came back into the sim after: Disabling all add-ons (Default XP) Enabled only the AlPilotX NZ Pro Mesh and Overlay Enabled the Ortho4XP tiles and overlay I tried to timestamp each shot so that they would be as close as possible to the same angle. I'm posting these a little larger than I normally do so that the difference is more obvious and they are also clickable for the full size version. Default X-Plane 11, Looks pretty good for default. AlPilotX NZ Pro Mesh and Overlay. A bit more detail there in the mountain. Ortho4XP and Custom DEM. Did someone order some detail to go with their sim?? The next set of shots were taken after heading over that ridge and turning to the right with the mountain behind us. Default X-Plane 11 NZ Pro Mesh and Overlay. Looking better. Ortho4XP and Custom DEM. OMG it's a not a mountain it's a VOLCANO! I've got a few more tests to do as with this particular mesh I had the curve tolerance (basically the mesh detail slider, the lower the better, defaults to 3) down to 1 and so the mesh itself is around 900Mb and I was getting around 25-30fps on my rig (i5-3360, GTX970 4G, 16Gb RAM, Win10 x64). Aaaaand since I love panoramic landscape: Multiple screenshots run through Hugin to stich them all together. Want to try again and cut out all the Helo's but one and see if I can get a "better" shot. Edited June 14, 2017 by OzWookiee Typos and layout 2 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Super job! watch out for wind sheer around those mountains. Link to post Share on other sites
OzWookiee 151 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 1 minute ago, dodgy-alan said: Super job! watch out for wind sheer around those mountains. Crap, I'm still trying to figure out how to fly these whirly bird things! (Took me all afternoon) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 6 minutes ago, OzWookiee said: Crap, I'm still trying to figure out how to fly these whirly bird things! (Took me all afternoon) Try a larger Helo first, ie the Sea King etc. they seem to be more docile than the skittish baby ones. Link to post Share on other sites
OzWookiee 151 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Yea that's actually on my list (http://store-x-plane-org.3dcartstores.com/Sikorsky-SH-3-Sea-King_p_275.html), but budget being what it is, this is a freeware mod. LOVE the X-Plane community, payware quality for freeware! Will get a few Helo's eventually. The gold standard in XP at the moment is the Bell 407 (http://store-x-plane-org.3dcartstores.com/Bell-407-XP11_p_620.html) Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Good post, it takes some time to put that together so nicely done Beejay. Although the photoscenery does add more realistic detail it seems less real in the sim and prefer the autogen styled pro mesh and overlay. Link to post Share on other sites
OzWookiee 151 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Yup. To each their own =) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 44 minutes ago, OzWookiee said: Yup. To each their own =) Truer words ever spoken and what makes the world go round. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
rosariomanzo 545 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Looks good. Maybe the photoreal lacks a bit of contrast. I don't know if you can edit the tiles with a simple image editor to get more vivid colors. Link to post Share on other sites
OzWookiee 151 Posted June 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 3 hours ago, rosariomanzo said: Looks good. Maybe the photoreal lacks a bit of contrast. I don't know if you can edit the tiles with a simple image editor to get more vivid colors. Quite possibly the hardest thing is finding a decent source for the orthophotos. The system does allow for some automatic adjustment based on levels in a config and that's my next advanced thing to investigate. Link to post Share on other sites
rosariomanzo 545 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Great! Keep us posted! Link to post Share on other sites
OzWookiee 151 Posted June 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Getting there: @brett look autogen 2 Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 nice one great post, seems to be coming along nicely, great work mate... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 3 hours ago, OzWookiee said: Getting there: @brett look autogen Great addition and just what the doctor ordered. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tim_A 997 Posted June 16, 2017 Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 Best of both worlds Struggling hard to see the fire pits of Mt Doom tho . . . 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OzWookiee 151 Posted June 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 18 minutes ago, Tim_A said: Best of both worlds Struggling hard to see the fire pits of Mt Doom tho . . . Will have to ENSURE I do a fly by of that! Link to post Share on other sites
dolf8857 640 Posted June 17, 2017 Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 Interesting shots! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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