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MS2020 - The Map Replacement mod with latest Bing maps

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41 minutes ago, Langeveldt said:

I don't know if it's placebo or not, but does this mod get rid of the blurry distant mountains and terrain?  

Texture LOD in my area around Denver CO, US has been degraded in 2020.   I'm hoping as the weeks roll on they will restore full LOD that I've become very used to over the years hence I can easily see the degradation in the mountains making up the Front Range.  Also hoping that budget concerns, and perhaps getting more folks on to 2024, aren't going to be the factors that end up keeping this LOD diminished.  

Noel

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Aircraft used in MSFS 2024:  Fenix A320,  Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.

 

20 minutes ago, Noel said:

Texture LOD in my area around Denver CO, US has been degraded in 2020.   I'm hoping as the weeks roll on they will restore full LOD that I've become very used to over the years hence I can easily see the degradation in the mountains making up the Front Range.  Also hoping that budget concerns, and perhaps getting more folks on to 2024, aren't going to be the factors that end up keeping this LOD diminished.  

Yeah Cape Town and Worcester in South Africa with distant mountains just look really poor in the sim.  I have seen some improvement with this mod, but I'm wondering if it's purely placebo. 

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This post was poorly timed. I find a way to make 2020 exciting again to explore then the fan gets clogged with the brown stuff. 

Russell Gough

SE London

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Just want to mention the latest versions work with MSFS 2024 as well

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Here is a comparison with default Asobe vs Latest Bing version. To test this I switched them over live (don't try this at home it will overstress MSFS!). If started normally you would get either luminous green ASOBE or natural latest maps uniform over whole terrain.

I'm sold now I can't go back to default.

I had to be quick with this as I rotated whole strip was bright green the tiles were catching up to the plane fast!

The cut-off point is right at the start of the runway you can see the line of demarcation between tiles from the left hill to right buildings.

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Russell Gough

SE London

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14 minutes ago, sloppysmusic said:

I had to be quick with this as I rotated whole strip was bright green the tiles were catching up to the plane fast!

Hey, I believe that’s SKPS Antonio Nariño, unless my eyes are cheated by some spell! 🧐

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1 hour ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Hey, I believe that’s SKPS Antonio Nariño, unless my eyes are cheated by some spell! 🧐

I did that approach using the Lear with my handmade route from earlier! Used TDS 750 for VNAV and programmed altitudes in. Was SUBLIME!! So smooth I kept taking screenshots as I was testing out the Google maps (non-pro) option for this mod. Will share link in a few. We need a @Cpt_Piett video NOW lol :D

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Russell Gough

SE London

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Might need change title of this thread but here is a test with non-pro Google maps. At altitude pretty poor, bad colour matching as warned by MOD manual, but down low a different story. Make your own mind up folks! Of course it will vary hugely depending on your region. Be very interested to test out UK and USA soon.

https://imgur.com/gallery/sierrasim-skps-skmd-map-enhancement-mod-google-maps-non-pro-JLYHsRQ

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Russell Gough

SE London

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In the middle of the 2020 server issues last evening, when it finally started working again, I discovered this issue with the map mod and the 777.  The mod caused the 777 CDU buttons to stop working while trying to set up a flight. I finally uninstalled the mod, and then 777 was fine. Reinstalled mod , back to the problem. I did this three times proving that the mod was definitely causing the problem. That was enough for me.

 

 

 

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