This is what our flight sims could look like

[HiFlyer 9,358]

the video looked like "

" :lol:

 

I have been playing the heck out of Skyrim the last few weeks and was thinking the same thing. (Just completed Dawnguard and started the new Dragonborn expansion and the new island)

[FIVE-BY-FIVE 453]

I have been playing the heck out of Skyrim the last few weeks and was thinking the same thing. (Just completed Dawnguard and started the new Dragonborn expansion and the new island)

it is an amazing and fun RPG :drinks:

[HiFlyer 9,358]

This demo might remind us of Skyrim because the trees there and in Skyrim are so evocative of speedtree technology. Those same similarities in foliage reminded me a bit of Microsoft flight as well.

 

(Not sure if speedtree is actually used in the demo, but if not, it's sure close!)

 

The good news is that this demo was designed with flight simulators in mind and unigine has an OpenFlight import capability.........

[John_Cillis 2,406]

I found that they also have a Benchmark called "heaven" which allows virtual walk thrus of villages and other imaginary places.

 

Here's a youtube link:

 

 

And here's the url for the benchmark:

 

http://unigine.com/products/heaven/

 

Very amazing what a personal computer can display these days!

 

John

[HiFlyer 9,358]

The heaven benchmark is from a while ago, but if you have a computer that can handle DirectX 11 you won't see a finer example of tessellation. You can also look for the Sanctuary and Tropics demos from them.

[HansRoaming 73]

Saw this posted on Slashdot, Unigine have released a benchmark (you can download it) which features 64Km2 of scenery that shows off detail from the large to small.

 

 

You can download the benchmark and try it out yourself.

 

BTW if you're wondering about why bother with grass, it really gives those visual cues when flying a helicopter in a hover.

 

So Kickstarter anyone?

[Simmo W 24]

Yeah, I posted about this earlier at Orbx. Downloaded it too, amazing, you can walk around the whole area

[HansRoaming 73]

A2A, PMDG, Eaglesoft and other high end aircraft, REX & Opus for the weather, VoxATC for the ATC, FS2Crew, Aivlasoft EFB with Orbx, Fly Tampa etc doing the scenery and it would come together all very nicely.......

[vololiberista 205]

There's low flying and there's low flying!

[HansRoaming 73]

Perfect A2A Cub flying! OMG Yes!

[mgh 89]

A2A, PMDG, Eaglesoft and other high end aircraft, REX & Opus for the weather, VoxATC for the ATC, FS2Crew, Aivlasoft EFB with Orbx, Fly Tampa etc doing the scenery and it would come together all very nicely.......

 

What's obviously missing from that list?

[Spook 96]

wow!

[HansRoaming 73]

What's obviously missing from that list?

 

It's not a comprehensive list but if you're refering to the underling engine I think that something as light as possible with an extensible architecture and well defined versioned APIs, standards etc is better than a 'try and boil the ocean' solution. How many developers work around the limitations of FSX and end up bypassing the core. Building flexibility and extensibility into the engine would be much better than trying to cover all systems itself.

[simmerhead 885]

Just posted the exact same video two days ago

 

It is impressive to say the least. Now I'm just sad I saw it because now FSX looks even more dated... It has even made Outerra look outdated.

[Simmo W 24]

Ha, yes tech moves quickly. Though this is only a tiny area compared to Outerra! I've fiddled with the outerra demo, it's still fairly bland and featureless.

 

Actually a lot of this new demo tech is in War Thunder already. Sun beams especially, gorgeous lighting! And their clouds