CYVR Vancouver..OMG....Heaven!

[Guest Rockcliffe]

Most of my FS flying is in and around the Vancouver/Vancouver Island area. The area is even better with the recently releases FSX Ultimate Terrain for Canada which adds great detail to the coastline and islands.BlairCYOW

[spilok 1,133]

I've really enjoyed learning so much about the Vancouver area. Now I'd love to see some Photorealistic scenery developed for this "slice of Heaven". I'd like to see it as all of you natives have described it. Now, that would be great VFR flying!

[Guest SteveS_FSD]

>I would consider Vancouver to be a botched job as far as default FSX scenery goes. Lol :-) You can't have seen (any of) Australia then. Rgds,.....Regards,

[Geofa 108]

Stan-Thru this forum today I discovered I had missed Fs earth tile:http://www.fspassengers.com/forum/read.php?f=9&i=4634&t=4634It allows you to generate photo real scenery for any area with little know how other than editing the config file-it even places the compiled scenery in your add on scenery folder-very slick!http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpgForum Moderatorhttp://geofageofa.spaces.live.com/

[spilok 1,133]

Thanks, Geofa.I'll play with that and see how it turns out.Stan

[badderjet 181]

Is there any way to put AutoGen on top of that scenery created by FSEarthTiles?Thanks in advance,Etienne :-wave

[DShutt 14]

Ummmm, Vancouver (or Seattle) didn't even make the list below... I live in Vancouver, and rain is infinitely more desireable than snow, tonadoes, hurricanes or drought.The World record point rainfall values that are given below have been collated by the World Meteorological Organization and are published in the Guide to Hydrological Practises(1994), 5th edition, WMO No. 168. Duration (mm) Location Date 1 min 38 Barot, Guadeloupe 26 Nov 1970 8 126 Fussen, Bavaria 25 May 1920 15 198 Plumb Point, Jamaica 12 May 1916 20 206 Curtea-de-Arges, Romania 7 Jul 1889 42 305 Holt, USA 22 Jun 1947 60 401 Shangdi, Nei Monggol, China 3 Jul 1975 2.17 hours 483 Rockport, USA 18 Jul 1889 2.75 559 D'Hanis, USA 31 May 1935 4.5 782 Smethport, USA 18 Jul 1942 6 840 Muduocaidang, China 1 Aug 1977 9 1,087 Belouve, La R

[Ramasurinen 0]

Is there a chart for "most consistently annoying nonstop drizzle"?Probably no point if there were, Vancouver would always be at the top. As I sit here playing FSX and browsing forums I look past my monitor at my beautiful view of.... rain. Downtown Van is in there somewhere... I think. ;)

[Guest jshyluk]

Come one, now, all this complaining about the rain and the fog is pointless! Everybody knows that when you reduce the draw distance and level of detail, you get a big boost in frame rates! The drive into town this morning was absolutely butter smooth and stutter free, and without the sun effect or the god rays, I didn't need to turn on bloom, which just boosted the frame rate even more. Out East in Newfoundland, they have a wonderful term for this type of weather: RDF. Rain Drizzle Fog. So, we're not the only ones to get it. As a matter of fact, when in St. John's, be sure to visit the RDF Lounge on George Street, it's retro urban-funk in the middle of Celtic bar country. Although when the weather is RDF, some Celtic melodies, a good scoff 'n' scuff, and a stein of QV goes a long way to making the grey weather blues go away...If you like picturesque bush flying in FSX, St. John's can be a good base of operations, too. There's not as many bush operators in Newfoundland as there are in BC (I think), but I am told there is a fair amount for a pilot to do in a Maule or a Beaver. Certainly, you can visit CYYT, and travel from there to Labrador, Quebec, Nova Scotia, PEI, or even to St. Pierre in France (bring your passport). Views are beautiful of the historical St. John's Harbour overlooked by the famous Signal Hill, where Marconi successfully sent his first transatlantic wireless signal. Zip over to historic Quidi Vidi (great beer, tiny brewery) and go spotting for rogue icebergs. Fly east to Cape Speare, the easternmost point of land in North America. Wonder in awe at the simple beauty of Petit Bay, or travel out to Bay Bulls, a town that can trace its bloody, war-torn history back to the 1600's. Watch out that you don't fly too close to the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, or you may disturb the thousands upon thousands of sea birds that call this place home. Wing your way west, and pass over Bell Island in picturesque Conception Bay. Everywhere you point your camera, your pictures will look like a postcard, and every restaurant you stop in will have the friendliest staff and the best fish & chips you've ever tasted -- until you try the next one (unless you get to Velma's, back in St. Johns. That one is the best, no argument will persuade me otherwise!). Bell Island has what the locals claim to be the only land-based gun to fire in anger in North America during WWII: they were trying to hit a German U-Boat that sank several ore tenders off the rocky coast of the island. You can see the wrecks to this day. Also, if you fly near the southern shore, be sure to triple-check your instruments, as there has been freakish and unexplainable explosive ball lightning events that hit Bell Island -- sightings so strange that they reportedly attracted the attention of secret investigators from both the US and USSR military. Certainly, this is a place to avoid is you love your IFR instruments, but it's one of the best places to gaze out of the cockpit window and marvel at the wonders of nature, or failing that, be charmed by the virtual landscape in FSX.Jeff ShylukSenior Staff Reviewer, Avsim

[G7USL 117]

>>I've never personally been to Vancouver, but if you live>there, I'm sure that you inhabit one of the most beautiful>places on Earth.That's because you have never been to Devon UK ;-)

[DShutt 14]

Yes. The list of the most liveable places in the world always exclude Devon. It's not right!2007 RANK 2006 RANK CITY COUNTRY 2007 Index 2006 Index1 1 ZURICH Switzerland 108.1 108.2 2 2 GENEVA Switzerland 108.0 108.1 3 3 VANCOUVER Canada 107.7 107.7 3 4 VIENNA Austria 107.7 107.5 5 5 AUCKLAND New Zealand 107.3 107.3 5 6 DUSSELDORF Germany 107.3 107.2 7 7 FRANKFURT Germany 107.1 107.0 8 8 MUNICH Germany 106.9 106.8 9 9 BERN Switzerland 106.5 106.5 9 9 SYDNEY Australia 106.5 106.5 11 11 COPENHAGEN Denmark 106.2 106.2 12 12 WELLINGTON New Zealand 105.8 105.8 13 13 AMSTERDAM The Netherlands 105.7 105.7 14 14 BRUSSELS Belgium 105.6 105.6 15 15 TORONTO Canada 105.4 105.4 16 16 BERLIN Germany 105.2 105.1 17 17 MELBOURNE Australia 105.0 105.0 18 18 LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg 104.8 104.8 18 18 OTTAWA Canada 104.8 104.8 20 20 STOCKHOLM Sweden 104.7 104.7 21 21 PERTH Australia 104.5 104.5 22 22 MONTREAL Canada 104.3 104.3 23 23 NURNBERG Germany 104.2 104.1 24 25 CALGARY Canada 103.6 103.6 24 26 HAMBURG Germany 103.6 103.4 26 31 OSLO Norway 103.5 102.8 27 24 DUBLIN Ireland 103.3 103.8 27 27 HONOLULU, HI United States 103.3 103.3 29 28 SAN FRANCISCO, CA United States 103.2 103.2 30 29 ADELAIDE Australia 103.1 103.1 30 29 HELSINKI Finland 103.1 103.1 32 31 BRISBANE Australia 102.8 102.8 33 33 PARIS France 102.7 102.7 34 34 SINGAPORE Singapore 102.5 102.5 35 35 TOKYO Japan 102.3 102.3 36 37 LYON France 101.9 101.6 36 36 BOSTON, MA United States 101.9 101.9 38 37 YOKOHAMA Japan 101.7 101.6 39 39 LONDON United Kingdom 101.2 101.2 40 40 KOBE Japan 101.0 101.0 41 44 BARCELONA Spain 100.6 100.2 42 45 MADRID Spain 100.5 100.1 42 51 OSAKA Japan 100.5 99.6 44 41 WASHINGTON, DC United States 100.4 100.4 44 41 CHICAGO, IL United States 100.4 100.4 46 43 PORTLAND, OR United States 100.3 100.3 47 53 LISBON Portugal 100.1 98.9 48 46 NEW YORK CITY, NY United States 100.0 100.0 49 51 MILAN Italy 99.9 99.6 49 47 SEATTLE, WA United States 99.9 99.9 51 48 LEXINGTON, KY United States 99.8 99.8 52 49 PITTSBURGH, PA United States 99.7 99.7 52 49 WINSTON SALEM, NC United States 99.7 99.7 54 53 NAGOYA Japan 99.5 98.9 55 55 BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom 98.3 98.3 55 55 TSUKUBA Japan 98.3 98.3 55 55 GLASGOW United Kingdom 98.3 98.3 55 55 LOS ANGELES, CA United States 98.3 98.3 59 59 CLEVELAND, OH United States 98.2 98.2 60 60 MINNEAPOLIS, MN United States 97.9 97.9 61 62 ROME Italy 97.4 97.4 62 63 MIAMI, FL United States 96.3 96.3 63 64 YOKKAICHI Japan 96.2 96.2 64 65 DETROIT, MI United States 96.1 96.1 64 61 ST. LOUIS, MO United States 96.1 97.6 66 66 ATLANTA, GA United States 95.7 95.7 67 68 LEIPZIG Germany 95.5 95.4 68 68 HOUSTON, TX United States 95.4 95.4 69 67 OMUTA Japan 94.9 95.5 70 68 HONG KONG Hong Kong 94.3 95.4 71 72 SAN JUAN Puerto Rico 92.9 92.9 72 73 PRAGUE Czech Republic 92.3 91.8 73 71 KATSUYAMA Japan 91.4 93.1 74 74 BUDAPEST Hungary 90.2 90.8 75 75 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia 88.9 88.9 76 76 MONTEVIDEO Uruguay 88.2 88.1 77 77 PORT LOUIS Mauritius 87.7 87.7 78 79 ATHENS Greece 87.6 86.8 79 78 BUENOS AIRES Argentina 87.4 87.3 80 80 LJUBLJANA Slovenia 87.0 86.6 80 85 DUBAI United Arab Emirates 87.0 85.2 82 84 VILNIUS Lithuania 86.6 85.9 83 81 SANTIAGO Chile 86.5 86.5 83 81 TAIPEI Taiwan 86.5 86.5 85 83 CAPE TOWN South Africa 85.7 86.0 85 86 WARSAW Poland 85.7 85.1 87 89 SEOUL South Korea 85.2 83.0 88 92 ABU DHABI United Arab Emirates 84.1 82.6 89 91 TALLINN Estonia 83.7 82.8 90 87 JOHANNESBURG South Africa 83.3 84.0 91 88 LIMASSOL Cyprus 83.2 83.2 92 98 RIGA Latvia 82.9 81.9 92 90 PANAMA CITY Panama 82.9 82.9 94 94 MONTERREY Mexico 82.6 82.2 95 94 TUNIS Tunisia 82.4 82.2 96 94 VICTORIA Seychelles 82.2 82.2 97 97 PAPEETE French Polynesia 82.0 82.0 97 93 PORT ELIZABETH South Africa 82.0 82.3 99 102 BRATISLAVA Slovakia 81.7 80.5 100 103 SHANGHAI China 81.6 80.1 http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_r...ties_worldwide/Dave, you need to start a more effective lobby! :)Daryl ShuttleworthLevel-D SimulationsSupport & Documentation

[Manny 1,293]

Does the Vancouver+ add on scenery have custom runway texture or default runway texture? Manny

[jonpatch 1]

Hi Manny, I know I answered this elsewhere, but for folks who followed this thread, Vancouver+ uses mostly default runway textures. There are some custom textures on the apron at CYPK.Jon

[Mace 1,906]

>Vancouver is heaven on Earth.... when it's not raining that>is :-)>>Bryan>There are two seasons in Vancouver. The Rainy Season, and the Less Rainy Season.RhettAMD 3700+ (@2585 mhz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (Guru3D 93.71), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2gb Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8 (1T), WD 150 gig 10000rpm Raptor, WD 250gig 7200rpm SATA2, Seagate 120gb 5400 rpm external HD, CoolerMaster Praetorian

[Guest]

Since this thread is back I might as well toss these in here. I like to fly out of CYPK my self. Vancouve+ is so vast that once I find a standout location, its hard to find it again, not that the whole area isn't standout. http://sio.midco.net/FTP4/vancouver6.jpghttp://sio.midco.net/FTP4/vancouver9.jpghttp://sio.midco.net/FTP4/vancouver7.jpghttp://sio.midco.net/FTP4/vancouver+.jpg