January 10, 20179 yr One of the things I didn't like about XP 10 when I tried it was that just about everywhere looked the same. Granted, I never got into add-on scenery, but I figured that the "plausible scenery" technique would be something that I just wouldn't connect with. XP11 has come a long way in changing my mind...great video.
January 10, 20179 yr X-Plane wins because the fuel is free... Duh... it's Google Earth, not real life !!! :t0117: Pascal That was my immediate disappointment with the video... To me a "real life" comparison needs shots out the window of a real airplane..
January 10, 20179 yr Google earth is very very close to what real life is....I doubt someone would spend $$$$$ for RL video. This comparison does work for me. Windows 11 - Samsung 990 Pro M.2 | Asus Prime Z690 | i7 12700KF HT | DeepCool LS520 SE | MSI 5070 Ti Ventus OC | 64GB G.Skill XMP II | Lian Li 216 LANCOOL RGB | TrackIr v5 | Honeycomb Alfa - Bravo - Charlie | MSFS 2024 - Samsung 990 Pro M.2 | Curved 27" MSI | JBL Quantum 810
January 10, 20179 yr It's GE or Bing but both are close to real. It also shows that XP11 still needs color correction, easily done with MaxxXP. Add a photoreal background and then you are close to real. I am just doing a little experiment, all of the CA coastline in photoreal, but only at ZL 16 and with the default overlay OSM data from XP. So far, this is looking great. Once I'm done I'll post some screenies. Hans
January 10, 20179 yr Author It's GE or Bing but both are close to real. It also shows that XP11 still needs color correction, easily done with MaxxXP. Add a photoreal background and then you are close to real. I am just doing a little experiment, all of the CA coastline in photoreal, but only at ZL 16 and with the default overlay OSM data from XP. So far, this is looking great. Once I'm done I'll post some screenies. Please do I'm a bit new to ortho and not sure how to do it also concerned about hard drive space even though I have more than one - just dont like to jam my hard drives Rich Sennett
January 10, 20179 yr It's a fun job but sometimes not as easy as it seems, the sources are kind of unpredictable in terms of output. Just switched to USGS and will try a couple of tiles again overnight. I'll keep you posted. Hans
January 10, 20179 yr Author It's a fun job but sometimes not as easy as it seems, the sources are kind of unpredictable in terms of output. Just switched to USGS and will try a couple of tiles again overnight. I'll keep you posted. Thank you my friend can always count on you :wink: and my great friend Tofi Rich Sennett
January 11, 20179 yr Guys, maybe the sat scenery itself can look close/ to real life, but what I mean with a "real life comparison" is literally how the world looks out the window, including lighting, haze, etc. Just seems weird to compare sat imagery to stock scenery in XP and call one of them the "real life" view. Whatevs' - just seems odd to me. Something more like this (but ideally from cockpit view of course): Edited January 11, 20179 yr by irrics
January 11, 20179 yr Guys, maybe the sat scenery itself can look close/ to real life, but what I mean with a "real life comparison" is literally how the world looks out the window, including lighting, haze, etc. Just seems weird to compare sat imagery to stock scenery in XP and call one of them the "real life" view. Whatevs' - just seems odd to me. I agree. Comparisons like this with satellite imagery are great for showing the accuracy (or not) of placement in OSM-based roads and building autogen, but they minimize the differences in actual appearance between flight sims and flying over the real world. These images are always taken under ideal clear sky conditions with no cloud shadows, and close to noon so shadows are minimized. You're not seeing the effects of different lighting colors through the day/night cycle. Which would be fine if we only flew our sims at noon with clear skies. For me, one of the great things about X-Plane is how each new version gets closer to showing what the world looks like in all kinds of different weather and times of day. Flying at low level I can see OSM autgen buildings casting shadows at different times of day, and lit up with varying sunlight color. Clouds cast moving shadows on the ground and open water, just like it looks in real life. When it's rainy or foggy, everything changes drastically into a softer looking world. That's where a flight sim starts to feel real to me, and you'll never see that in a simulated fly-over on a satellite photo. X-Plane and Microsoft Flight Simulator on Windows 10 i7 6700 4.0 GHz, 32 GB RAM, GTX 1660 ti, 1920x1200 monitor
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