Hi all,

 

after purchasing two new aircraft addons for FS9 is was really flashed how highly detailed the exterior models and VC's are.

A couple of month ago I read about a new method to bypass the FS9 model compiler polygon limit and it seems that developers take advantage of this nowadays - which is good for us FS9 users I think B)

 

I did a little research and found the HighPoly demo aircraft which even has every single screw modelled:

 

 

 

Look at the landing gear of the C90 King Air...

 

 

...or the landing gear of the QW Avro:

 

 

 

I analysed some models regarding amount of triangles used:

 

Boeing Stearman HighPoly Demo: 341.242 triangles

Carenado C90: 216.000 triangles
QualityWings Avro RJ100: 60.800 triangles
iFly 737-800: 55.000 triangles
PMDG B747-400: 45.200 triangles
FS9 default Lear45: 13.600 triangles
FS9 default 737-400: 5.050 triangles

 

 

Long story short: Development did not stop for our vintage sim :wub:

 

Cheers Volker

 

Thats indeed nice and cool. Please keep us posted on other models using that high poly technology. Cheers. 

Yes it was a major step, breaking the 64k poly barrier!

That Bull Stearman is simply... amazing.

Bill Ortis was a pioneer in this, too.

He did a freeware Boeing Blended Wing demo model with an astonishing level of VC detail.

And the later Lionheart offerings like the Dynamic and Avelina also use very high poly counts.