February 14, 201610 yr Good day to all. I'm rather new to flight simulators, but have really been enjoying my Prepar3d v.3.1 running on Win 10. I thought it would be be really cool if I could fly over actual Google Maps images and terrain, truly mimicking the real-world, or at least as close as possible. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. Giorgio
February 14, 201610 yr You're not the only one who thinks that, I remember in the back of my mind seeing something on TV about it. I think there's a company trying to use Google Maps for this kind of thing. As far as I'm aware there's no way to do it in P3D. To be honest, I doubt it'd even look that good anyway. You can get pretty close with Orbx products and some add on Mesh that has a better resolution than the default. Or there's always VFR Photo scenery, but I've never thought it looks that great under 3000 feet. I'm really happy with Orbx Global with Vector and Open Land Class.
February 14, 201610 yr FSEarthTiles and a good terrain mesh. http://postimg.org/image/7bs2etl6n/full/ http://postimg.org/image/sud9fle9r/full/ http://postimg.org/image/wrpqhqjmh/full/ Can somebody recommend a better place to upload images to? Disclaimer: [email protected] on Asus Maximus X Formula, G.Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB 4266/17 XMP, EVGA 2080 ti Kingpin (8400/2160Mhz), Samsung 960 EVO 250GB PCIe M.2 NVMe SSD , 28TB HDD total - 4TB+ photoscenery, Romex Software PrimoCache RAM and SSD cache (must have!), 3x1080p 30" monitors, Samsung Odyssey VR HMD, Pimax 4k & BE HMDs, Samsung Gear VR '17, Homdio v1, Cardboard, custom loop 2x 360x64ML Rads, Thermaltake View 71, VRM watercool, Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut CPU (naked die), Fujipoly / ModRight Ultra Extreme System Builder Thermal Pad on MB VRM. 8x Corsair ML120 (slight positive pressure). 🙂
February 14, 201610 yr FSEarthTiles and a good terrain mesh. http://postimg.org/image/7bs2etl6n/full/ http://postimg.org/image/sud9fle9r/full/ http://postimg.org/image/wrpqhqjmh/full/ Can somebody recommend a better place to upload images to? One of the P3D groups on Facebook. Tons of images loaded there everyday.
February 14, 201610 yr You're not the only one who thinks that, I remember in the back of my mind seeing something on TV about it. I think there's a company trying to use Google Maps for this kind of thing. As far as I'm aware there's no way to do it in P3D. To be honest, I doubt it'd even look that good anyway. You can get pretty close with Orbx products and some add on Mesh that has a better resolution than the default. Or there's always VFR Photo scenery, but I've never thought it looks that great under 3000 feet. I'm really happy with Orbx Global with Vector and Open Land Class. Remember, Orbx is more about Imaginative LandClass than photorealistic...as evidenced by their SCA....don't get me wrong, the Autogen along with artistic renderings makes SCA a winner for me, but photorealistic, it is NOT...and their Vector Product, runs a wayyyyyyylonnnnnnng third or forth to UTXUSA/EuropeV2...see my home scenery flying out of my far Southeastern Kentucky, ADE Airport, K69 and surrounds with UTXUSA V2 for the proof of my pudding. It's in KNOX County, KY (available here in the library) ....UTX even shows the dirt road and creek in front of the Farm House....WHILE Vector, admittedly a global product, overreaches itself, does not, as a result. Now, COMBINE TileProxy OR MegaScenery 4K...WITH custom Autogen, AND UTXv2, and I am sold...and Dyin' happy. Chas D My first sim flight simulator Take a ride to Stinking Creek! http://youtu.be/YP3fxFqkBXg Win10 Pro, GeForce GTX 1080TI/Rizen5 5600x OCd,32 GB RAM,3x1920 x 1080, 60Hz , 27" Dell TouchScreen,TM HOTAS Warthog,TrackIR5,Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals HP reverbG2,Quest2
February 15, 201610 yr FSEarthTiles and a good terrain mesh. Can somebody recommend a better place to upload images to? Really great pix! http://imgur.com Regards, Chas My first sim flight simulator Take a ride to Stinking Creek! http://youtu.be/YP3fxFqkBXg Win10 Pro, GeForce GTX 1080TI/Rizen5 5600x OCd,32 GB RAM,3x1920 x 1080, 60Hz , 27" Dell TouchScreen,TM HOTAS Warthog,TrackIR5,Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals HP reverbG2,Quest2
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