October 6, 20205 yr Good day all, This might seem a bit strange to ask but I am honestly confused. I have Orbx Open LC North America and the Base Pack will adding a Global Mesh add on do anything more for me scenery wise? or is it redundant with these two add-on? I am mostly happy with the scenery in P3D but if adding a mesh package would improve things I am will to do so. On the other hand I am not about wasting money on something that will not help at all. Hope someone can stear me in the right direction. Thanks Tom
October 6, 20205 yr Mesh can be a good thing and it's very different to LC or Global Base. Personally I choose NOT to use extra mesh outside of what is included in the ORBX FTX regions as it commonly causes elevation plateaus at airports. Sure it looks better when flying high above the terrain, but where it matters to me is on final when you are close to the ground. i7-13700KF, 32gb DDR4 3200, RTX 4080, Win 11, MSFS 2024
October 6, 20205 yr 33 minutes ago, Tom3123 said: Good day all, This might seem a bit strange to ask but I am honestly confused. I have Orbx Open LC North America and the Base Pack will adding a Global Mesh add on do anything more for me scenery wise? or is it redundant with these two add-on? I am mostly happy with the scenery in P3D but if adding a mesh package would improve things I am will to do so. On the other hand I am not about wasting money on something that will not help at all. Hope someone can stear me in the right direction. Thanks Tom Orbx openLC products do not have any mesh in them. They are an advanced application of terrain textures that provide a much better representation of the scenery than the default terrain landclasses which can look very repetitive. It's a good product. All Orbx products are designed to work seamlessly with Pilot's mesh products, which I have used for years and YES there is a major difference in much better rendering of mountains and hills and also it is surprising how much they add to flat plains which are actually not table top flat in most cases but have subtle undulations. A good mesh provides this detail. It's a must have on my P3Dv4 and v5. Dan Downs KCRP
October 7, 20205 yr You might want to check out Toposim's mesh. A must add-on for me. Gigabyte x670 Aorus Elite AX MB; AMD 7800X3D CPU; Deepcool LT520 AIO Cooler; 64 Gb G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000; Win11 Pro; P3D V5.4; 1 Samsung 990 2Tb NVMe SSD: 1 Crucial 4Tb MX500 SATA SSD; 1 Samsung 860 1Tb SSD; Gigabyte Aorus Extreme 1080ti 11Gb VRAM; Toshiba 43" LED TV @ 4k; Honeycomb Bravo.
October 7, 20205 yr I use the FreeMesh (Avsim) and I like it... Emile EBBR Z590 Aorus Elite, i9-11900K 3.5Ghz Nvidia RTX 5070, 32 GB Mem, SSD 3 Tera , 3 monitors Win11 Pro X64 LM P3D V6.1 Little Nav Map Hifisim Nvidia 591.44
October 10, 20205 yr Author Thanks all for the input. I might try running the free-mesh first and see if it makes a difference before i drop money on a payware option. Thanks gain for the help
October 11, 20205 yr On 10/6/2020 at 3:38 PM, downscc said: Orbx openLC products do not have any mesh in them. They are an advanced application of terrain textures that provide a much better representation of the scenery than the default terrain landclasses which can look very repetitive. It's a good product. All Orbx products are designed to work seamlessly with Pilot's mesh products, which I have used for years and YES there is a major difference in much better rendering of mountains and hills and also it is surprising how much they add to flat plains which are actually not table top flat in most cases but have subtle undulations. A good mesh provides this detail. It's a must have on my P3Dv4 and v5. Actually, the latest OpenLC release (Africa) does indeed contain a mesh component, which can be separately enabled or disabled in Orbx Central. The Orbx regional products (e.g. Orbx Southern Alaska, Central Rocky Mountains etc) include high-res mesh. I'm not a fan of add-on mesh. It adds significantly to loading time, causes lots of problems with sunken or plateaued airports, and addition of mesh LOD levels makes P3D's terrain morphing/shape-shifting behavior more prevalent and obvious. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
October 12, 20205 yr On 10/11/2020 at 1:49 AM, Tom3123 said: Thanks all for the input. I might try running the free-mesh first and see if it makes a difference before i drop money on a payware option. Thanks gain for the help Hi I use FreemeshX and it works well in P3Dv4 and v5. I would start there first. Once installed I would play around with the Mesh Resolution and Tessellation Factor settings to enhance the detail shown in mountainous terrain for example.This will enable you to determine if your system can handle this. If this is working, you can then explore some of the payware mesh products that potentially can offer you more. SpoilerSystem specs: MFG Crosswind pedals| ACE B747 yoke |Honeycomb Bravo throttleNow built: P3Dv5.3HF2: Intel i5-12600K @4.8Ghz | MSI Z690-A PRO | Asus Dual RTX 4070 Super OC 12Gb| 32Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200Mhz |Samsung 980Evo Pro PCIe 500Gb | WD Black SN850 PCIe 2Tb | WD SA510 4Tb |beQuiet 802 Tower Case|Corsair RM850 PSU | Acer Predator X34P 3440x1440pMark AldridgeMSFS2024 SU5 & P3D v5.3 HF2
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