Hi,

 

Because I have got questions every now or then abut "whats the difference between default and HD", I have started a new album in my Picasa collection. This time its all about comparing:

• default GlobalScenery
• vs. HD Mesh Scenery v2

I used my little trick to capture each scene with exactly the same camera perspective (so you can easily flip back and forth between the pictures and see what happens). I have already added a few regions like,

• Norway
• Alps
• Canada, BC (man was I impressed by the extreme differences there ... its an entirely new feeling ... really)

... and will continue to add a few over the coming days (all depending on my time).

 

So, head over there, and check them out:

https://picasaweb.google.com/101666907909842492197/XPlane10HDMeshSceneryV2DefaultAndHDComparisons?authuser=0&feat=directlink

 

And if there is someone new, who does still not know whats HD Mesh Scenery v2:

http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-hd-scenery-mesh-v2/

 

 

The BC comparison is really really stunning!

 

I also like that with the HD mesh the "plausible world" algorithm finally shows that it works -- cities look way more natural now. So we see again, everything just depends on the quality of input data

So we see again, everything just depends on the quality of input data

The good old GIGO principle :lol:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_in,_garbage_out

 

 

So, head over there, and check them out:

https://picasaweb.go...feat=directlink

 

Andras, the picasaweb link does not work for me. I get a 500 internal server error.

Andras, the picasaweb link does not work for me. I get a 500 internal server error.

I have just re-checked, but for me it works (even from a 3rd browser which I usually don't use and shouldn't have anything in its cache). So, maybe just retry later (or make sure, no other things like proxys / filters / blockers are interfering).

The BC comparison is really really stunning!

 

I also like that with the HD mesh the "plausible world" algorithm finally shows that it works -- cities look way more natural now. So we see again, everything just depends on the quality of input data

Mario, there is another great plus...

 

Today, I was flying between Detroit Metro,and Myrtle Beach which takes you over the Blue Ridge Mountains. Well, before applying the HD Mesh V.2, (I have all the tiles offered...), a roadway would be seen climbing over a mountain in a way that you just KNOW, that engineers did not intend it to follow. Not real, not plausible.  Well, was I so very much surprised and delighted, to see that all roadways (viewed from 12,000 feet) now were snaking BETWEEN the mountains, following the valleys that they do in real life.  What a great boost to another level of true virtual happening below you. Not one road, secondary, interstate, or highway, just blasted over a part of the form and rise of a mountain.  Fabulous!