The first XP12 True Earth map - Great Britain North - has been released by OrbX and it comes with a MASSIVE 90% discount for owners of the XP11 version.
https://orbxdirect.com/product/gbr-north-xp12

If you don't have it already it's $44.99AUD+taxes (approx US$29.33 | €27,10 | £23.29) but if you have the XP11 version that drops to $4.50AUD+tax - that worked out, even with PayPal's poor exchange rate, at £2.92.

Q8Pilot did a first look stream yesterday if you'd like more details on what's in the scenery.

 

Edited March 22, 20242 yr by Matchstick

Wow! Now I want Portugal and Spain... The two most beautiful places in the whole MilkyWay...

The price is great news for the owners of the previous XP11 version.
Q8Pilot reviews are always full of exceptionals, phenomenals, extraordinary, sensationals, etc, can't really rely on him.

I know youtube compresses most of the detail bit I skipped through the video and was not really impressed, seen a lot of blurry stuff.

With that said, if they release GB South with the same discount for previous owners I will jump on it like a kangaroo

Edited March 22, 20242 yr by peroni

Does X-Plane 12 have the ability to add seasons to ortho, or can ortho developers do that eventually? I'd hate flying over permanent summer terrain again.

Edited March 22, 20242 yr by Sethos

Seasonal colors are in the libraries for default X-Plane scenery.  

Ortho scenery is texture based images only.  The textures would have to be changed manually and somehow added.

Edited March 22, 20242 yr by GoranM

3 hours ago, Matchstick said:

The first XP12 True Earth map - Great Britain North - has been released by OrbX and it comes with a MASSIVE 90% discount for owners of the XP11 version.
https://orbxdirect.com/product/gbr-north-xp12

If you don't have it already it's $44.99AUD+taxes (approx US$29.33 | €27,10 | £23.29) but if you have the XP11 version that drops to $4.50AUD+tax - that worked out, even with PayPal's poor exchange rate, at £2.92.

Q8Pilot did a first look stream yesterday if you'd like more details on what's in the scenery.

 

great thanks for this.  Should look good with the new EGCC scenery up north.

I'm enjoying it... just waiting for Central and South to complete the area.

10 hours ago, jcomm said:

¡Guau! Ahora quiero Portugal y España... Los dos lugares más bellos de toda la Vía Láctea...

+1000 I m from LEAL!!

wahoo, looking forward to finally getting this, thank you OrbX. (how do the shorelines look up close?)

GREAT news!

I hope all the other TE areas get the same treatment.

 

21 hours ago, GoranM said:

Ortho scenery is texture based images only.  The textures would have to be changed manually and somehow added.

The orthos do change colour somewhat (e.g. Snow in winter, and more brown colours in autumn), the sim has done this for a while now.

Looks great,  snowy textures look really nice at the end as well.

14 hours ago, mSparks said:

(how do the shorelines look up close?)

2 hours ago, tonywob said:

The orthos do change colour somewhat (e.g. Snow in winter, and more brown colours in autumn), the sim has done this for a while now.

Shows how much I know about scenery.  

3 hours ago, tonywob said:

The orthos do change colour somewhat (e.g. Snow in winter, and more brown colours in autumn), the sim has done this for a while now.

That's what i was looking for, that's great. Thanks Tony.