Black Marble - Worldwide Road netwrok and Lighting System

[Chris Bell 165]

I thought I’d post few preview shoots from our upcoming Black Marble project,
we bring you all new, accurate, and most recent, worldwide navigation level road network data,
rendered into Sim native architecture, worldwide coverage of fresh and up to date road network (including traffic),


accompanied with our new and most advanced lighting system we recently developed,
(more info, pics and general discussion http://forums.nightenvironment.com/topic/207-black-marble)


without further ado... let it be light :smile:


New York City



Miami (KMIA)



Los Angeles (KLAX)



Paris (LFPG)



London (EGLL)



Frankfurt (EDDF)



Shenzhen



Hong-Kong





(Kai-Tak)



Melbourne



Los Angeles area top view

[stevefocus 15]

Fantastic looking shots, you got an ETA for release?

[Chris Bell 165]

Thank you Stephen

we are only few weeks away, Black Marble framework is ready and working as you see from the pics above,

we are putting final touches on expansion data, and our GUI Manager enhancements,

[ErichB 3,638]

That looks great

[Chris Bell 165]

Thank you Erich   

 

i might mention that these aren't Photoshoped in any way!

no modification made other than converting to jpg from native sim V capture,

 

keep an aye on our support forums post here http://forums.nightenvironment.com/topic/207-black-marble)

as more pics and updated progress information is posted almost daily now,

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

Thank you Erich 

 

Superb - cant wait to get my hands on this - well done Chris  

[RamonB 449]

Great Job Chris.

Sold!

 

In the meantime, can You please post a picture of Mexico City?

 

How will it cope with ORBX/FTX Vector and Lights?

 

Cheers.

[Chris Bell 165]

its coming Rich, i see the light/s :rolleyes:

 

 

Thank you Ramón,

how will it cope... you just turn them off!? -_-

 

when our manager is previewed it will give you more insights of how much controls we provide you with,

keep an eye on our main forum thread for that snapshot you asked :wink:

[timest 472]

Wow Chris... you've been a very busy boy.

 

Looking hot!

[Chris Bell 165]

Thank you Tim  :wub:

BTW... loved your interview with AirDailyX!

from the interview you guys been busy too, congrats! :wink:

 

few more; should be familiar
Las Vegas, Nevada  (McCarran International Airport - KLAS)
 

 

 

 

 

[basementflyguy 156]

Looks like I'll need to cue up some more Pink Floyd, Chris. I'll be ready!

[Chris Bell 165]

for sure, its a world tour this time around... we'll need lots :wink:

[Gregg_Seipp 565]

Looks really nice. What's the performance hit?

[Chris Bell 165]

Thank you Gregg,

there's no set benchmark for "performance hit" as this will vary based on how much more vector data you choose to turn on,

 

comparing (almost) apples to apples with Night Environment; Black Marble displays roughly 50% increase in performance!

this is attributed mainly to difference in LOD Radius between the systems - NE 60Nm Native vs BM 12Nm Max, and feature controls ability,

[Chris Bell 165]

Black Marble VAS test result
(full test result and specs here http://forums.nightenvironment.com/topic/207-black-marble)

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