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UK & Ireland World Update (1.13.16.0) is now live!

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I haven't updated yet but can already sense my PC quivering at the thought of trying to render this! 🙃

Tom Wright, UK PPL(A) SEP + Night Rating + IMC/IR(R)

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Sorry but can someone enlighten me what on earth requires 22 GB on data for that update when the UK update needs to be donwloaded seperatly at another 5 GB?

Which of the points in the changelog owuld be responsibly for that insane amount of data?

Thx!

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19 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

There’s a lot more PoI in London than I expected, considering the photogrammetry 

Yeah well there's a simple reason for that, it's because of the photogrammetry! 🙂

I personally think the photogrammetry London looks great when it's fully loaded in - takes a bit of time, but there are some undeniable bad buildings which need replacing. As per usual with Asobo the buildings need to be a bit brighter - to be fair they corrected this for a lot of the US cities so hopefully will do the same here.

I‘ve now flown 1-2 hours after the new update and I have to say I‘m very pleased. I haven‘t seen any water shark teeth on cliffs, the clouds seem to be less grainy and pixelated, and thanks to the new DEM the mountains look much better (although still a bit too rounded for my taste, but there you go).

Today I followed a route I did by car almost 10 years ago from Glasgow to the Isle of Skye via Oban, Fort William and Mallaig. It looked exactly as I remember it and triggered so many great memories. The lighting in this sim is just stunning. What an experience. I’m absolutely sold so far.

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41 minutes ago, chatman said:

Sorry but can someone enlighten me what on earth requires 22 GB on data for that update when the UK update needs to be donwloaded seperatly at another 5 GB?

Which of the points in the changelog owuld be responsibly for that insane amount of data?

Thx!

Looked to me like a big chunk of the update was data. Elevation data, nav data, etc.

4 hours ago, Donka said:

And looks like Arthur’s seat is covered in trees which it shouldn’t be. 

Good spot, I didn't fly that far before heading north. The generic churches are a good addition but need to be more randomly place relative to each other - I saw 2 identical churches within a couple of streets of each other. If this were a walking sim, it would go largely unnoticed, but when you're viewing from above, it's a bit too noticeable. Relatively minor issue overall, admittedly.

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Donegal airport surroundings have had its bing map data updated. It looks like the imagery used is from summertime whereas before it was from winter time and looked more rugged.

Excuse me Asobo, why is Ashton Gate a pancake and the Memorial ground in 3D - bunch of gas heads the lot of you 😉

Oh well at least I can see Nelson Mandela house - plonkers! 

 

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So having now downloaded it.. it's awesome! Pleasantly surprised by the performance and my PC is to be considered mid-range these days.

If you treat this as a flight simulator and fly at realistic altitudes then the scenery looks absolutely amazing. I took off from my home airport of Biggin Hill and flew north and then along the Thames at 2000-2500ft and was too in awe of how beautiful it looks to notice any mushy looking buildings.

Tom Wright, UK PPL(A) SEP + Night Rating + IMC/IR(R)

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Someone asked is ORBX EGLC compatible:

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Looks great to me!

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4 minutes ago, DJJose said:

Looks great to me!

Yep, got it today for the 10 bucks equivalent for my first flight into the (new) UK. Looks good. Currently doing the same again from LOWI into EGLC

Phil Leaven

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2 hours ago, davenicoll said:

I thought it was incorporated in the full update...

The two previous world updates also had to be installed separately 

2 hours ago, chatman said:

Sorry but can someone enlighten me what on earth requires 22 GB on data for that update when the UK update needs to be donwloaded seperatly at another 5 GB?

Which of the points in the changelog owuld be responsibly for that insane amount of data?

Thx!

Not all of those 22GB are new files, some updating/replacing old files.

I'm a hardcore Xplane pilot but I must say that this update has really impressed me. For the first time I can fly without CTDs, the clouds look incredible and somehow the performance is drastically improved. Finally a big step in the right direction! 

2 hours ago, Jeeper said:

somehow the performance is drastically improved.

Noticing a performance improvement as well, and that's with the improved visuals and clouds. They really did put a ton of work into this update.

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