May 30, 20215 yr The only place I've discovered so far that I will turn photogrammetry on for. (but I'd still rather have a properly 3d modelled version where I could drift up the Grand Canal in the A5 and not feel like someone had spiked my cocoa) Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
May 30, 20215 yr Or there is this version. Edited May 30, 20215 yr by 1st fltsimguy Bryan Wallis aka "fltsimguy" Maple Bay, British Columbia Near CAM3
May 30, 20215 yr Wow, don't even know what sim those second shots are from but they are SO poor compared to MSFS... First shot looks great Have a Wonderful Day -Paul Solk
May 30, 20215 yr And of course the real thing.... Edited May 30, 20215 yr by 1st fltsimguy Bryan Wallis aka "fltsimguy" Maple Bay, British Columbia Near CAM3
May 30, 20215 yr Author 1 hour ago, psolk said: Wow, don't even know what sim those second shots are from Looks like X-Plane to me, but I don't know what the actual scenery is. Don't remember having anything for Venice for XP on my system - plenty of other good stuff but not Venice. Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
May 30, 20215 yr 41 minutes ago, andy1252 said: Looks like X-Plane to me, but I don't know what the actual scenery is. Don't remember having anything for Venice for XP on my system - plenty of other good stuff but not Venice. Yes, there is a freeware addon covering Venice, every building has been modeled. When added to ortho for the region which is also available, but one can make their own, the area is quite stunning. I just posted a couple for a comparison, Bryan Wallis aka "fltsimguy" Maple Bay, British Columbia Near CAM3
May 30, 20215 yr Author 30 minutes ago, 1st fltsimguy said: Yes, there is a freeware addon covering Venice, every building has been modeled. When added to ortho for the region which is also available, but one can make their own, the area is quite stunning. I just posted a couple for a comparison, Ah, interesting. I hadn't bothered with that part of the world much in XP but I'll check that out. Still got a big XP system in place and that might tempt me back for a flight or two. Thanks for that! Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
May 30, 20215 yr 18 minutes ago, andy1252 said: Ah, interesting. I hadn't bothered with that part of the world much in XP but I'll check that out. Still got a big XP system in place and that might tempt me back for a flight or two. Thanks for that! Go here: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/67883-city-of-venice-and-nicelli-airport/ Bryan Wallis aka "fltsimguy" Maple Bay, British Columbia Near CAM3
May 30, 20215 yr My apologies for hijacking this post @andy1252...I hadn't expected it to go like this. Bryan Wallis aka "fltsimguy" Maple Bay, British Columbia Near CAM3
May 31, 20215 yr Author 12 hours ago, 1st fltsimguy said: My apologies for hijacking this post @andy1252...I hadn't expected it to go like this. No worries, Bryan. Glad you did - I'll try that later this week, it'll be fun to get XP going again. Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
May 31, 20215 yr 21 hours ago, psolk said: Wow, don't even know what sim those second shots are from but they are SO poor compared to MSFS... First shot looks great People always like to through these ugly XPlane shots around like it's proving something and/or justifying staying with older simulators. FS2020 Alienware Aurora R11 10th Gen Intel Core i7 10700F - Windows 11 Home 32GB Ram NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super OC 16GB - Pimax Crystal Light VR
May 31, 20215 yr First post is MSFS ? Second post is XPlane ? If so, the first shot is another world off visual quality, you just can not compare the first post shot with the second post shots, a big difference for me, the first pic is a lot more real - IMO ! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
May 31, 20215 yr While the first post looks more lifelike, the second post building and rooftop colors seem closer to reality. James
May 31, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, Dillon said: People always like to through these ugly XPlane shots around like it's proving something and/or justifying staying with older simulators. Morning Dillon. Unfortunately, your post speaks of your bias. The intent of my post was to follow up on the OP saying that he would prefer a 3D modeled version. I just happen to find this post and thought OK I'll show him one that is available. Yes it's XP, and no it's not ugly. It's different. Nobody is justifying staying with older simulators. But I will add this, XP has been into ortho scenery a lot longer than MS which is why I switched years back. Now I/we have two great sims to choose from, each has their own great qualities; and the competition is good for our community. One of the great advantages of MS is that the sim developers are doing the work for the user, while XP users are having to do the work themselves at this time, I mean making great scenery. By sharing there is a plethora of great ortho scenery with overlays and cityscapes available all over the world in XP it just takes a little effort to make it so. Personally, I have 1/2 the world in HD ortho in my XP, and yes I need a ton of storage which could be considered a negative, but it's relatively cheap these days. And I do not need any internet connection to fly and quite frankly it's amazing. XP users are anxiously waiting on some much needed upgrades though. Since we all like to show off our sims, here are a few randoms of my XP flying experience....I'm thinking it's not too bad really, certainly not "ugly". And I have a working Reality GTN750 which I personally can't fly without. Edited May 31, 20215 yr by 1st fltsimguy Bryan Wallis aka "fltsimguy" Maple Bay, British Columbia Near CAM3
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