September 4, 20205 yr What's everybody think about this one? I've never purchased a True Earth product mainly because I either wasn't interested in the geographic area or because i had performance concerns (California). But I fly to Florida often. Are these products nice with airliner type flying? That's exclusively what I do in P3D. https://fselite.net/news/orbx-introduces-trueearth-us-florida-for-prepar3d-v4-4/ 5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW and 2 22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU, 360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next
September 4, 20205 yr It will take up a bunch of HD space and will need a fast cpu or else you will get blurriness. Eric
September 4, 20205 yr Author my signature has my specs. Storage space should be fine. 5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW and 2 22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU, 360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next
September 4, 20205 yr These don’t actually take up much storage space by modern standards, and blurries are not an issue on good hardware. I have all the P3D TrueEarth and all of the X-plane ones as well (including florida). My thoughts? - Well, it gives you an experience that is not dissimilar to msfs2020 (ortho plus overlay). Not quite as good. But conceptually similar and in the same ballpark. - The ortho is quite low quality, but then again the ortho in MSFS is pretty rubbish resolution-wise as well. Making you own ortho and replacing the orbx one (and keeping the overlay) will get the best results. - It’s better value than the main competitor, MSE, which does not have an overlay (overlay=“autogen”=objects piaced on photoscenery). - Ortho scenery works best in p3d v5 with EA on. Earlier p3d did have sime blurries, v5 doesn;t and ea suits ortho nicely. I’ll buy florida, because p3d is still my main sim and i like flying in the area. Honestly, though, i’m findjng that i prefer airline flying with straight home-made ortho (no overlay), and that’s what i’m doing 80% of the time at the moment. - Oz Sim Rig: MSI RTX3090 Suprim, an old, partly-melted Intel 9900K @ 5GHz+, Honeycomb Alpha, Thrustmaster TPR Rudder, Warthog HOTAS, Reverb G2, Prosim 737 cockpit. Currently flying: MSFS: PMDG 737-700, Fenix A320, Leonardo MD-82, MIlviz C310, Flysimware C414AW, DC Concorde, Carenado C337. Prepar3d v5: PMDG 737/747/777. "There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
September 4, 20205 yr 5 hours ago, OzWhitey said: These don’t actually take up much storage space by modern standards, and blurries are not an issue on good hardware. I have all the P3D TrueEarth and all of the X-plane ones as well (including florida). - I also have all the TE products for XP and P3D. It’s interesting how P3D uses less space for the same TE region as XP. With my specs, I get decent frames with TE and a PMDG 737 for instance. What program are you using to create custom orthos? Regards, Shelman S. Intel i9 9900KS, o/c @ 5.1 GHz; EVGA RTX 2080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming; GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS MASTER; Thermaltake 32GB RAM @ 3600 DDR4; 3xSabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB SSDs; LG UltraGear 38GL950G-B 38" 21:9 Curved 144 Hz G-SYNC IPS Gaming Monitor; Acer Predator x34 UHD (3440x1440) @ 100hz GSYNC; Windows 10 64 bit; X-Plane 10; X-Plane 11.5r2, DCS World Open Beta, Prepar3dv4.5; Prepar3dv5 Professional. Honeycomb Yoke, Saitek Pedals, Switch, and Autopilot Panels. Obutto R3Volution Cockpit. Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog and F18 Joysticks and Throttle.
September 4, 20205 yr Product page already up. I hope for a nice discount. The XP11 version is excellent! MSFS
September 4, 20205 yr If I were using X-Plane I would have bought it long ago I guess, but a bit late now for me. Avsim member since 2002. 1000+ posts on old account.
September 5, 20205 yr 10 hours ago, ssair1 said: I also have all the TE products for XP and P3D. It’s interesting how P3D uses less space for the same TE region as XP. With my specs, I get decent frames with TE and a PMDG 737 for instance. What program are you using to create custom orthos? I’ve been using FS Earth Tiles to make ortho for years, but shifted to the P3D version of Ortho4XP in 2019. It’s a lot of fun, and pretty easy, to brew scenery with this tool. I find that a lot of P3D users don’t know much about ortho-building in this sim, which is a shame as both p3d and ortho are great for airliners. I’ve been meaning to write a “how to” post on Ortho4XP P3D, will try to get it done when real life slows down a bit! Oz Sim Rig: MSI RTX3090 Suprim, an old, partly-melted Intel 9900K @ 5GHz+, Honeycomb Alpha, Thrustmaster TPR Rudder, Warthog HOTAS, Reverb G2, Prosim 737 cockpit. Currently flying: MSFS: PMDG 737-700, Fenix A320, Leonardo MD-82, MIlviz C310, Flysimware C414AW, DC Concorde, Carenado C337. Prepar3d v5: PMDG 737/747/777. "There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
September 5, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, OzWhitey said: I’ve been using FS Earth Tiles to make ortho for years, but shifted to the P3D version of Ortho4XP in 2019. It’s a lot of fun, and pretty easy, to brew scenery with this tool. I find that a lot of P3D users don’t know much about ortho-building in this sim, which is a shame as both p3d and ortho are great for airliners. I’ve been meaning to write a “how to” post on Ortho4XP P3D, will try to get it done when real life slows down a bit! That sounds good. I used it in xplane and i was quite overwelmed. How do you get AutoGen/Buildings done? Marcus Regards, Marcus P.
September 5, 20205 yr Sadly this just reminds me that there’s still not a decent KMCO available for P3D. I have the taxi2gate but have various issues so don’t fly in there. MCO is a great airport in real life and it really deserves some developer attention, I don’t understand why it hasn’t received any. BTW the nimbus version for XP is very good and the MSFS “hand crafted “ version is ok. 787 captain. Previously 24 years on 747-400.Technical advisor on PMDG 747 legacy versions QOTS 1 , FS9 and Aerowinx PS1.
September 5, 20205 yr Author What issues with mco? Mine works great in v5 with t2g. Did you put the inibuilds compatibility patch on? 5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW and 2 22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU, 360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next
September 5, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, jon b said: Sadly this just reminds me that there’s still not a decent KMCO available for P3D. I have the taxi2gate but have various issues so don’t fly in there. MCO is a great airport in real life and it really deserves some developer attention, I don’t understand why it hasn’t received any. BTW the nimbus version for XP is very good and the MSFS “hand crafted “ version is ok. T2G KMCO works fine in P3D v4 especially if you have FTX Orlando installed. There are no duplicate signs and bridges do not disappear. You can also add the DL by Inibuilds. It looks great on my P3D v4.5. Not sure if it works in P3D v5. MSFS
September 5, 20205 yr Author It works fine in v5 too 5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW and 2 22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU, 360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next
September 5, 20205 yr Right, thanks for that I’ll have a look into it. I was getting trees and vegetation on taxiways so gave up Using it. I still think it needs a new flytampa or orbx version though !🙂 787 captain. Previously 24 years on 747-400.Technical advisor on PMDG 747 legacy versions QOTS 1 , FS9 and Aerowinx PS1.
September 5, 20205 yr Author We will be getting an orbx palm beach soon I think. At least something is coming. 🙂 5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW and 2 22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU, 360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next
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