FSDG Pilots of the Caribbean - - - PIREP ?

[scottb613 1,188]

Hi Folks,

RE: Pilots of the Caribbean

This time of year - I always start thinking of all things warm and tropical... I've been looking to add a scenery or two to build out the Caribbean region for me - came across this developer who I've never heard of before - who has two - they look good - however - I can't find a video or any other screenshots than those provided by the developer...

Does anyone have any experience with these guys ?

Looking for a PIREP especially on the following two:

• St Vincent
• St Lucia 

Just from the screens I've seen - the satellite imagery looks a bit oversaturated in color - but other than that they look good... Covers the whole island - custom autogen - airports look fairly well modeled in the limited shots...

Here's their site: http://fsdg-online.com/

Thanks...

Regards,
Scott

Edited December 21, 2018 by scottb613

[CFIJose 5,485]

Hi Scott,

FSDG has some really nice sceneries (such as Paro & Thessaloniki) but St. Vincent is so bad that I decided not to buy anything else from FSDG.

I don't like the washed out textures, mesh is not smooth and crisp, and the night lighting is awful. I gave the dev some suggestions, but nothing was ever done to improve the scenery, so I passed on St. Lucia.

A better option of St Vincent is coming soon by Richer Simulations. Check out their Facebook page.

[scottb613 1,188]

31 minutes ago, DJJose said:

Hi Scott,

FSDG has some really nice sceneries (such as Paro & Thessaloniki) but St. Vincent is so bad that I decided not to buy anything else from FSDG.

I don't like the washed out textures, mesh is not smooth and crisp, and the night lighting is awful. I gave the dev some suggestions, but nothing was ever done to improve the scenery, so I passed on St. Lucia.

A better option of St Vincent is coming soon by Richer Simulations. Check out their Facebook page.

Hi Jose,

Thanks - LOL - saved me a few bucks - much appreciated - and a bit disappointing - as they look like they spent some effort on it...

This is what I have now in the area (TropSim is kind of marginal quality but better than default):

• LVFR - TJSJ Puerto Rico
• FlyTampa - St. Martin, St Barts, Saba
• TropSim - St Thomas
• TropSim - Antigua
• TropSim - Guadeloupe

Had some Taxi2Gate - but I don't think they're v4 compatible - so I haven't loaded them...

I'll take a look at Richer Simulations - another I haven't heard of...

Regards,
Scott

 

 

Edited December 21, 2018 by scottb613

[regis9 4,013]

I fly into TropicalSim’s MDPC, TNCA and TNCC a lot, good sceneries for the price (especially if you pick them up when they are frequently on sale).  TAPA is nice too.

[regis9 4,013]

One more I’ll add is Dream Flight MDPP.    Only caveat is that it is not yet 100% P3Dv4 compatible, some of the autogen is black but the airport itself is very nice and has an interesting approach over high terrain.  Currently on sale.

[scottb613 1,188]

4 minutes ago, regis9 said:

One more I’ll add is Dream Flight MDPP.    Only caveat is that it is not yet 100% P3Dv4 compatible, some of the autogen is black but the airport itself is very nice and has an interesting approach over high terrain.  Currently on sale.

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the tips - I'll take a look at the ones I don't have - to see if they're v4 compatable... To be fair to TropSim - their more recent work is substantially better than it was a few years back... While I've had Antigua - I only just bought St Thomas and Guadeloupe - haven't even loaded them yet...

Regards,
Scott

Edited December 21, 2018 by scottb613

[regis9 4,013]

No problem!  Like you I spend a lot of my winter flying transporting virtual passengers to warmer climates so i give these airports a good workout January -  April.

[IAhawkeyeDDS 158]

I’ve always enjoyed the approach to Martinique TFFF (Forte-de-France) as the airport sits in an island cove.  I believe Tropicalsim makes the airport.

[Pat Mussotte 92]

Hi Scott

I bought few months ago St Lucia because I landed there many times in my previous DC10 flight engineer life. I really love it and it recreates very well St Lucia I knew

Cheers

[Midnight Music 252]

I agree about FSDG disappointing with washed out colors for St. Vincent and St. Lucia, but they redeem themselves with La Romana (MDLR) light. Actually nice.

[Pat Mussotte 92]

TFFR (Guadeloupe) is from T2G. This TFFF(Martinique) which is TropSim. I have both, very faithfull really good renditions. These were our destinations to the French West Indies with St Marteen. MDPP , TJSJ, TNCA, TNCB, TNCC, all are very good too.

[scottb613 1,188]

11 minutes ago, Pat Mussotte said:

Hi Scott

I bought few months ago St Lucia because I landed there many times in my previous DC10 flight engineer life. I really love it and it recreates very well St Lucia I knew 

Cheers

Hi Pat,

So you like FSDG St. Lucia ?

I saw a post on FSDeveloper after finding them last night that they were doing Martinique to complete their trifecta  - too bad they don't listen to their customers a bit more...

Hah - DC-10 - too cool - used to love the old Erik Cantu model back in FS9 - once you figured out the default state was grossly over MTOW and you had to lessen the load before using it... It didn't really need 12,000 foot runways to get airborne - LOL... I had found a good sound set for it - very unique - liked it very much as well... All it lacked was a professional panel...

Hi Folks,

Thanks for the input as well...

Regards,
Scott 

[Pat Mussotte 92]

I agree for the colours "a bit" over saturated, but the airport and the surroundings are very well modeled. When I arrive with my MD11(in FSX) I step back few years ago and I recognize St Lucia no doubt. Don't know for the DC10 you are talking about but a good one is the HJG.

Regards

Pat

[sbague1 10]

3 hours ago, scottb613 said:

Hi Folks,

RE: Pilots of the Caribbean

This time of year - I always start thinking of all things warm and tropical... I've been looking to add a scenery or two to build out the Caribbean region for me - came across this developer who I've never heard of before - who has two - they look good - however - I can't find a video or any other screenshots than those provided by the developer...

Does anyone have any experience with these guys ?

Looking for a PIREP especially on the following two:

• St Vincent
• St Lucia 

Just from the screens I've seen - the satellite imagery looks a bit oversaturated in color - but other than that they look good... Covers the whole island - custom autogen - airports look fairly well modeled in the limited shots...

Here's their site: http://fsdg-online.com/

Thanks...

Regards,
Scott

Take a look at RICHER SIMULATIONS - CARIBSKY - ANTIGUA 2018 FSX P3D, coupled with Tropical sims TAPA and it's pretty amazing in V4.4. Another which isn't new but still good and a short hop from there is Latin VFR's TJSJ. And off course their is Fly Tampa's TNCM.

[scottb613 1,188]

Hi Folks,

OK - so the consensus is that "Richer Simulations" provides far superior work than "FSDG" in the Caribbean... I took a look at their products and I guess I would be interested in their three latest ones - Barbados, St Kitts, and Antigua - for V4 compatibility...

It looks like they don't do the airports on the island they model though - right ? Just the satellite terrain, autogen, mesh, and night lighting ?

So Antigua I'm assuming could use TropSim's TAPA ?

What do we use for Barbados and St Kitts ? I have T2G St Kitts but I thought it had issues in V4 and I don't want to start loading only marginally working scenery...

I'm also not a fan of harsh demarcation lines between airport and surrounding scenery - it doesn't have to be perfect but it can't be a glaring deficiency...

Thanks - appreciate all the input on this topic...

Regards,
Scott