London landmarks

[mutley 4,495]

I was asked for some pictures of London landmarks as rendered by Orbx. I took a flight from Fairoaks to London City. I advanced the time at the end

 

Cheers,

Joe

[needles 1,012]

Downloading at the moment, 50GB in so far. I think I might expire before it completes. Lol

[Tim_A 997]

you ent arf got some wide angle distortion on those shots!!

Did ya fly under the bridge? Did ya? Did ya?

I know why it's "unrealistic" . . . there's no scaffolding on Parliament & Big Ben!   

[mutley 4,495]

Keep with it mate under 100GB, take a nap and come back to it later.

[mutley 4,495]

2 minutes ago, Tim_A said:

you ent arf got some wide angle distortion on those shots!!

Did ya fly under the bridge? Did ya? Did ya?

I know why it's "unrealistic" . . . there's no scaffolding on Parliament & Big Ben!   

Of course but I wouldn't want to encourage that sort of behaviour!

[mutley 4,495]

Don't forget this is FS utopia lol

[jury1942 424]

Wonderful pics. Amazing sim.

[jaydor 345]

Is there a easy way to take a screen shot?  Like the V key in FSX or Shift + Space bar in XP.  The only way I am doing so at the moment is print screen, which is tedious.

 

[jaydor 345]

Be Aware:     Lots of orbx customers complaining on the orbx forum about the London land marks.  They are saying that Orbx have rushed out a port over of London Landmarks and reduced the quality of what Asobo have been trying to achieve.  People feel let down by Orbx by not being told it was a port over.  The answer given by Ed Correria was; "Best enjoyed from 1000ft".  That's no answer and only brings Orbx into disrespect by customers.  So be aware that all of the main stream Developers seem to be using the (What should be outlawed) port over sceneries to get on the platform fast.  But that could backfire and destroy their reputations.  Check before you buy.

[Tim_A 997]

I think a lot of the early sceneries -- and aircraft -- will inevitably be portovers. There simply hasn't been enough time for developers to get to grips with the new tools and capabilities to produce something entirely new from scratch.

[jaydor 345]

I took the plunge and bought ORBX London City airport, London landmarks and LOWI Innsbruck.  OK the landmarks are a port over but do improve London in places such as overflying, but don't look to close as some things Orbx have destroyed.  But to be fair they have said a update will be free. So I am satisfied until something better arrives.  EGLC and LOWI very acceptable.  Lowi has greatly improved 2020 as it is an improved port over with many adjustments to include the content improvements of 2020 and use the tools.

Shots below; top = orbx bottom = 2020

Orbx are going to rectify with a free update..

If ORBX were to be wise, they should withdraw London Landmarks from sale until rectified

Edited August 20, 2020 by jaydor

[mutley 4,495]

On 19/08/2020 at 09:34, jaydor said:

Is there a easy way to take a screen shot?  Like the V key in FSX or Shift + Space bar in XP.  The only way I am doing so at the moment is print screen, which is tedious.

 

Do you have the Game Bar James? (Windows icon + G) you can set set up a screenshot key and other features.

[mutley 4,495]

Announcement mad by Orbx today:

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We want to let you know that we are aware of an issue in the Landmarks London City Pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

This issue affects a small number of the 400+ landmarks available, where they do not match up with the quality of those already in-sim.

A fix this is already in development, and will be made available very soon through Orbx Central, and - as soon as it is approved - in the Microsoft Flight Simulator in-sim Marketplace.

We will inform you when this update is available on the Orbx Facebook and Twitter channels.

Thanks all for your patience!