FS Global Ultimate NG Download Version Released

[ideoplastic 86]

It's not even a year since I upgraded to the latest version and paying some much money for what is basically a mesh upgrade is unjustifiable in my opinion. 

[pinepix62 63]

Been flying over the 2010 mesh for many years and I got it going in P3D V4, maybe it is time for an update. Can anyone confirm if it is possible to download only certain sections at a time so that I can get the areas I fly over going first. I see no mention of that on the Pilots site.

[adyfoot 19]

What's performance like with this in v4 please?

[laserit 93]

52 minutes ago, adyfoot said:

What's performance like with this in v4 please?

Performance on my system is great

7700k@4.9 HT/on GTX1080ti

The system that you've just built should have no issues. Sorry to hear about that 1080ti problem you had.

[OneWhoKnocks53 51]

22 hours ago, Dave_YVR said:

 Airport plateaus is the number one reason I'm not reinstalling Global Mesh. While it is awesome to fly over all the fantastic terrain it's all quickly ruined when you see your airports sitting on hideous plateaus.

True, but the elevation correction tool in Orbx Vector (not yet v4 compatible) usually does a good job of eliminating the plateaus and sinkholes!

[Sethos 4,334]

6 minutes ago, OneWhoKnocks53 said:

True, but the elevation correction tool in Orbx Vector (not yet v4 compatible) usually does a good job of eliminating the plateaus and sinkholes!

Pilot's also offers their own flattening tool, this is version 1; https://www.pilots.shop/Cms/Ui/Pages/Products/MainPage.aspx?id=d3fca479-6c4c-465b-bd75-97445878ae48

 

They released version 2 for this package which is included in the purchase. 

[Gordon Hutchison 76]

What are the differences between

 

• FS Global Ultimate - Next Generation FTX DOWNLOAD

• FS Global 2018 FTX DOWNLOAD

Anybody know?

[Dave_YVR 972]

1 hour ago, OneWhoKnocks53 said:

True, but the elevation correction tool in Orbx Vector (not yet v4 compatible) usually does a good job of eliminating the plateaus and sinkholes!

 Vector's AEC only corrects a small amount of the problem airports, it still leaves thousands of others. Same with the flattening tool from Pilots, it may be included now finally but that's still an incredible amount of work.

[blackbird7 3]

9 hours ago, pinepix62 said:

Been flying over the 2010 mesh for many years and I got it going in P3D V4, maybe it is time for an update. Can anyone confirm if it is possible to download only certain sections at a time so that I can get the areas I fly over going first. I see no mention of that on the Pilots site.

At least with Next Generation, you can (and must) download in sections (18 separate files actually).  The download size for each section was 4GB except for one section that was rougly 1-2GB.  I'm not sure how large 2018 is, but it may also require downloads in sections.

[Sesquashtoo 2,846]

3 hours ago, Gordon Hutchison said:

What are the differences between

 

• FS Global Ultimate - Next Generation FTX DOWNLOAD

• FS Global 2018 FTX DOWNLOAD

Anybody know?

That's easy...Ultimate can render to LOD15

FTX-2018 can render max, to LOD 12. That's about it...

Right now, The Flight Store shows a $30.00 premium for the Ultimate over FTX-2018. So right now, you will pay $10.00 AUD more, per LOD factor over LOD 12 of the 2018 version.

[ricka47 611]

I have FS Global 2010 FTX and wonder if it it worth it to pay for the 2018 version?

[Hoang 108]

18 minutes ago, ricka47 said:

I have FS Global 2010 FTX and wonder if it it worth it to pay for the 2018 version?

I just made this topic yesterday and purchased NG after that. Some information might be helpful to you

Cheers,

Hoang Le

[ricka47 611]

Great - thanks Hoang!  For now, I'm staying with the 2010 version until I see some more comparisons.

[denali 74]

LOD  1 =  19520m
LOD  2 =    9760m
LOD  3 =    4880m
LOD  4 =    2440m       
LOD  5  =   1220m
lod 6 612m
lod 7 306m
lod 8 153m?
lod 9 76m
lod 10 38m
lod 11 19m
lod 12 9.6m
lod 13 5m
lod 14 2m
lod 15 1.19m

[denali 74]

I'm installing North America to v3 at the moment.  I'll do v4 as well.  Will report soon.