Orbx released Global Buildings HD

[Rasterfahnder 75]

Omg what have I just done by posting .cfg tweaks.

@Reader TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=1024 (default is 30) works for me and yes TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096 is set via p3d texture resolution slider.

[shivers9 1,174]

Personal.CFG

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I was just following this thread and thinking with the new MSFS 2020 then you guys will have list the following for all new add on products:

1. FS simulator computer specs and settings

2. XBOX computer Specs and Settings

3 Ipad Specs and settings

4 Iphone Specs, model and settings

5 Kitchen Toaster brand, model, specs and settings

All this along with the new .CFG files and engineering tricks to get it to work with all of the above.

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[Wise87 1,281]

 Scott, who is a developer understands the logic of the request and will consider it in a future patch. Until than I will enjoy Buildings HD. 

Edited June 30, 2019 by Wise87

[skysurfer 76]

9 hours ago, edpatino said:

Same impact here. Definitively ORBX should look into the option to add 2K textures to their product for people to choose from 4K or 2K.

Cheers, Ed

From ORBX: "It's an option we're considering for a future patch". 

[Iceman2 110]

15 minutes ago, skysurfer said:

From ORBX: "It's an option we're considering for a future patch". 

Great news!!

I fly VR and with these nice textures it does effect my head room on my 2080ti GPU, I have my resolution set at 1024.

Hopefully the patch comes soon.

[spilok 1,136]

Yes.  I see a performance hit with this program.  Was going to do a new CFG to see if that helps.

Stan

[adam77 63]

Guys i MUST be the only one who can not see any difference from before installation to after..? Ive done a video on my You Tube channel "You Tuber Adam J Pestridge", uploading within the hour....cannot see any improvement? Did I already have these installed? 

[Ron Attwood 3,465]

Adam. for goodness sake! What's the matter with you? It's new, it's Orbx, it MUST be better!

[F737MAX 5,607]

40 minutes ago, adam77 said:

Guys i MUST be the only one who can not see any difference from before installation to after..? Ive done a video on my You Tube channel "You Tuber Adam J Pestridge", uploading within the hour....cannot see any improvement? Did I already have these installed? 

Here's an excellent comparison between default, R&D Presets' and Orbx's autogen buildings.
For me, the improvement in night textures alone is worth it to me to pick this up.
Others may consider waiting for the next sale, if at all.

[glider1 90]

7 hours ago, kand said:

If you do that, you are setting the maximum texture limit in P3d, anything higher will get converted on the fly down to the lower resolution

Allowing P3d to do the conversion at runtime must also cost some CPU overhead

 

Do you think that the CPU overhead of downsampling textures happens during loading of the scenario or during the flight? Thanks.

[Raller 86]

In wich p3d folder is orbx installing the textures?

[Bert Pieke 7,585]

1 minute ago, Raller said:

In wich p3d folder is orbx installing the textures?

Into Orbx\Scripts

[some1 65]

6 hours ago, glider1 said:

Do you think that the CPU overhead of downsampling textures happens during loading of the scenario or during the flight? Thanks.

There is no conversion performed by P3D on the fly or during loading.

If a texture file contains mipmaps, then the lower resolution mipmap will be used. Otherwise, if you have a 4k texture with no mipmaps, it will be shown in full resolution regardless of the setting.

[UAL4life 239]

19 hours ago, Midnight Music said:

I just noticed that the ORBX HD buildings installation replaced all the default terminal textures I had installed with REX Worldwide textures HD. The hangars it left alone. Anyone else notice this?

 

Well that sucks. Guess I’ll be passing on this too 😕 (I fly to a lot of default airports that payware refuses to cover)

[CFIJose 5,485]

5 hours ago, some1 said:

There is no conversion performed by P3D on the fly or during loading.

If a texture file contains mipmaps, then the lower resolution mipmap will be used. Otherwise, if you have a 4k texture with no mipmaps, it will be shown in full resolution regardless of the setting.

That's what I assumed, so I asked the ORBX dev to offer 2K textures. It's not going to water down his add-on. It will actually make it better.