sorry if I asked this before but what is the default resolution for FSX?? Texture and mesh. How can I get this information/how did you find this information?? Thank you.

The highest mesh resolution you will find in stock FSX scenery is 38m. The highest stock texture resolution is 1m.

Dave,Respectfully, my friend... why don't you search for your last, of several, posts on this issue and read all the responses. Asking folks to spend time repeating their former answers isn't the preferred protocol. Nothing personal here, just a comment.DougDell XPS Gen3 (3.6GHz/540FSB) | 2GB DDR SDRAM | 74GB SATA, 10k RPM (C: ) | 120GB SATA (D: ) | 512MB ATI Radeon X1900XTX (Catalyst 6.9) | Audigy 2 ZS Sound | MS Force Feedback 2 | WindowsXP Pro (SP2) | DirectX 9.0c

Thanks, me too, I was wondering the exact info...

>Dave,>>Respectfully, my friend... why don't you search for your last,>of several, posts on this issue and read all the responses. >Asking folks to spend time repeating their former answers>isn't the preferred protocol. Nothing personal here, just a>comment.>>Doug>>Dell XPS Gen3 (3.6GHz/540FSB) | 2GB DDR SDRAM | 74GB SATA, 10k>RPM (C: ) | 120GB SATA (D: ) | 512MB ATI Radeon X1900XTX>(Catalyst 6.9) | Audigy 2 ZS Sound | MS Force Feedback 2 |>WindowsXP Pro (SP2) | DirectX 9.0cBecause I find the search function for this forum to be horrible. I search words and I get no results. It's easier to just ask again. It's not that big of a deal to ask a question again now is it?? Perhaps you can help me with the function of searching for MY last posts. I love this forum but I don't find it very user friendly.

>The highest mesh resolution you will find in stock FSX>scenery is 38m. The highest stock texture resolution is 1m.Thank you for the answer. Is there a link somewhere that confirms this?? I would just like to know where you got this information from so I don't have to ask again maybe. LOL.

Dave,It's really not hard. Use the Advanced Search function and type in "texture AND resolution" (without the quotes) and point the search to this forum. I found all your past posts on this subject.I understand your frustration. I hope this tip helps you.DougDell XPS Gen3 (3.6GHz/540FSB) | 2GB DDR SDRAM | 74GB SATA, 10k RPM (C: ) | 120GB SATA (D: ) | 512MB ATI Radeon X1900XTX (Catalyst 6.9) | Audigy 2 ZS Sound | MS Force Feedback 2 | WindowsXP Pro (SP2) | DirectX 9.0c

So default is 38m mesh and 1m terrain. Now if we max these out in the future to where a 3rd party developer can get 1m mesh and 7cm terrain it still will be a flat picture. It will still be 2d. It would definetley be awesome flying over this at altitude but how would it be when flying say 500ft or so?? I think it would eventually flatten out. It's autogen that has to be worked on. I think better autogen overall is just as important. Overall meaning accuracy and high details.

I'm thinking you do not fully understand the terms being thrown around in this thread :)"Mesh" in this case means a 3-dimensional representation of the ground. Mesh can be flat if the ground it depicts is flat - like many parts of the world are - but it is not 2D.38-meter (38m) mesh means that the height of the ground is recorded only every 38 meters in a grid-shape. In simple terms, no matter how the altitude changes between those points - up and down - the only altitudes that are recorded are the ones at 38 meter intervals.A 1-meter mesh, then, is simply a far more detailed version of this, where ground altitude information is recorded in a 1x1 meter grid. But just like a 38m mesh, a 1m mesh can be flat; if the ground it depicts is flat (like, say, a football field is flat).But neither of them is 2D.Edit:Maybe this will help: http://www.puonti.net/stuff/mesh.gif The black horizontal line represents a roughly 110 meter long slice of a mountain. You can see how its surface goes up and down in rough steps like a real mountain would. The green line depicts a 1m mesh interpretation of the mountain and as you can see, it's pretty accurate. The orange line shows how that mountain would look with a 19m mesh and the red line does the same for a 38m mesh.Same mountain, different mesh resolution.

Edit: Removed non-value added content :)DougDell XPS Gen3 (3.6GHz/540FSB) | 2GB DDR SDRAM | 74GB SATA, 10k RPM (C: ) | 120GB SATA (D: ) | 512MB ATI Radeon X1900XTX (Catalyst 6.9) | Audigy 2 ZS Sound | MS Force Feedback 2 | WindowsXP Pro (SP2) | DirectX 9.0c

Yes I understand mesh and mesh resolution. I understand that THAT is 3d. What I am confused on is texture resolution. As good as we can get texture resolution how much will it matter when flying close to the ground?? It seems to me that with fsx default texture resolution and default mesh resolution (whatever each is) I feel like I am flying over a picture. A satellite picture that was just pasted on top of the mesh. Can you further explain texture resolution. I don't like that blurred flat image when close to the ground. It is like flying over a picture like I stated above at low altitude. As far as textures go it seems as if autogen is the only thing that is 3d and that is what autogen is for.My interpretation of texture is what is placed "on top" of the mesh. Objects such as trees, houses, buildings, etc are not included in the mesh nor ground texture. This is where autogen comes in and imho autogen does a horrible job of rendering these items accurately. I know I may sound picky and I know it's no easy task but I am just stating what I think is hurting the graphics and the eye candy in FS. I could be wrong as I am still learning. Thanks for your time. By the way, great interpretation of mesh. Wish you could do the same for texture. :-)

Again, Dave you are asking questions that have been discussed and answerde in depth on numerous occasions only recently. Some of which you even contributed to, so quite why you are only now asking those questions is a little puzzling?And as for the harm in repeasting questions, look at the slow refresh of this forunm. You ARE causing harm by not searching and reading existing threads. Grab a coffee and delve through a couple of dozen pages of recent posts if you can't or won't use the search engine. You will find EVERYTHING you raise here done to death in the detail in the recent past. Including clear descriptions of the difference between mesh, texture and autogen. And landclass, don't forget landclass.If you hve any questions about the differnences after that, take iot to the scenery forum. It's much faster.Allcott

dude this is a forum. Why are you so bothered by something so simple?? Loosen up or get a life please. I want to further understand what texture resolution is and what is 2d and what is 3d. Mainly to figure out why I get such horrible graphics flying low. The feeling of flying over a satellite image (very blurry zoomed in flat picture with trees and houses just popping out of this) is really bad.BTW, this forum runs slow at peak times because of the amount of people on it + the number of posts. This is obviously a very popular forum and at this time even more popular. So one single re-post does not mean this forum is going to run slow. If that was the case then mods would delete my thread and/or I would be suffering from the slow refresh right now which I am not because...you guessed it's not peak hours. 12:50am local time.