Some very nice work from Martin Arts (Scott Martin):http://www.martinarts.com/aces_renderings.htm

Nice find Bill.

Some great looking stuff in there, great find.

So that list of cities which they mention modelling buildings for - are these some of the new detailed cities in FSX?Just idly thinking. James

Nice find Bill! Normal maps for scenery objects, sweet!Regards, MichaelKDFWhttp://www.calvirair.com/mcpics/tfbeta.jpg

>Do they gonna use theese things in FSX?From the "Services" page at that website:http://www.martinarts.com/martinarts_services.htm"Martin Arts is a pleasure to work with. They are responsive, fast, and provide great quality at an excellent value." Adrian Woods, Technical Art Lead, Aces Game Studio

>Nice find Bill! Normal maps for scenery objects, sweet!Absolutely! Using 'normal maps' (aka: bump mapping), one need not create a huge mess of polys just to have the 'uber detail' on a scenery object!

I wonder what format Martin Arts shipped these in.I think MS is getting away from BGL and moving to all-XML scenery files. Maybe the MS team had to do some processing of the files that Martin Arts sent to them.Rhett

Thanks Bill --I note "3 to 5 LODs were created for each structure, and 4 maps for each material"It's good to see the multi-LOD mdls being used. It seems like it has been trial and error for scenery object designers using GMax FS9 gamepak to get LODs to show at reliable distances.scott s..

erase.Thomas[a href=http://www.flyingscool.com] http://www.flyingscool.com/images/Signature.jpg [/a]I like using VC's :-)