Ultimate Terrain....Wow!

[Guest Coneman]

The new Ultimate Terrain series from Flight 1 looks like another benchmark in FS9. The 3D lights at night are going to add so much more realism. I have a feeling I'll be doing a LOT of night flying :-)Only thing I hope is that the roads can be turned off and the lights will work with the default.Cheers,Todd

[JimmiG 244]

Yeah I've been waiting for ages for large-scale, complete scenery.Mesh has been very popular for a long time but it only addresses a part of the overall scenery, namely the elevation of ground features. Accurate roads, water and landclass are at least as important.

[JMR 2]

Has it been released?

[mankal4 0]

No, Canada and Alaska are to be released this month (hopefully) and USA thereafter:http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_topics.asp?FID=19

[michal 44]

>The 3D lights at night are going to>add so much more realism. One thing folks should realize those 3D lights do not (unfortunately) cast any light on the ground. Michael J.WinXP-Home SP2,AMD64 3500+,Abit AV8,Radeon X800Pro,36GB Raptor,1GB PC3200,Audigy 2

[Datalink 26]

Yeah, those 3D lights really make a difference. I'd pay the fair amount just for those alone! I always remember in earlier versions of FS (5.1 - 98) down by KCMI, individual 'light spots' were placed in the town/city. I thought that made a big difference, then they took them away with FS2K+ (now i don't fly down there :-p )

[WAD3 0]

Yeah I have to agree it looks pretty good. Does it add Railroad tracks? I think that is something that FS is missing. I imagine it will work well with USA roads since it is by the same company. I will definitely keep my eye on this once it is released and to see what people have to say about it.

[brandon 0]

Wow this looks awesome!

[Guest CYYJ1968]

Aw man, my hardware-rendered lights slider only goes up to 8!

[Guest Lobaeux4]

This truly looks fantastic, and could really change FS9!My only concern, will these new lights (which look FANTASTIC!!) slow down the sim measurably?

[1mikel151 71]

"This truly looks fantastic, and could really change FS9!My only concern, will these new lights (which lookFANTASTIC!!) slow down the sim measurably?"As posted on their forum, possible 20% reduction, time to upgrade the ole CPU. :-( Regards, MichaelKDFWhttp://www.calvirair.com/mcpics/PBTMCa.jpgCalVirAir International VACalVirAir International

[Tabs 2,790]

>Aw man, my hardware-rendered lights slider only goes up to>8!That's not the same thing - that slider is controlling actual light sources, not these 3d points of "light" - they're effects technically, not actual real light sourcing ala a game like Doom 3. 8 is the max value for that display variable on everyone's system.

[Guest BOPrey]

The traffics at night. Are we going to see them moving? It will be wonderful if they do move.

[Guest Coneman]

No, only street lights. They say moving lights for traffic would kill frame rates. FS2000 had it though?Todd