This must be the surprise we we wondering about? 

 

Edited January 28Jan 28 by St Mawgan

Disrgrd

Edited January 28Jan 28 by MPL
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MPL, I think I swapped my screenshot for a video at the same time you posted yours 🙂

Bit more info here - 

https://www.flightsimulator.com/city-update-13/

Edited January 28Jan 28 by St Mawgan

Nice! Looking forward to this.

[EDIT:  It's released now too.  Obtain it via the Marketplace]

Edited January 28Jan 28 by JYW

I guess I'll need to disable Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego as I use SamScene3D Modern Cities. 

Interesting ... from Asobo I take it ... wonder how it compares to the San Francisco Cityscape I have from Orbx?

 

4 minutes ago, Wise87 said:

I guess I'll need to disable Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego as I use SamScene3D Modern Cities. 

Might want to take some screenshots of SamScene3D first and then compare with Asobo ... some of the terrain resolution and buildings look worse than SamScene3D based on that video.

Do I need to have PG enabled to see the full impact of improvement from this Update, or will it look better even with PG disabled, which is typical for myself…?

Thanks.

Just took off from KSBA flying up the coast - I'm guessing the world and his wife are flying here at the moment as performance is pretty bad. I might try again tomorrow. 

edit - pausing to type that seems to have helped a little. 

Edited January 28Jan 28 by St Mawgan

18 minutes ago, P_7878 said:

Do I need to have PG enabled to see the full impact of improvement from this Update, or will it look better even with PG disabled, which is typical for myself…?

Thanks.

Yes, because it’s a photogrammetry update 

I don’t see any mentions of hand crafted POI

 not sure if you need the update for updated elevation maps.

Edited January 28Jan 28 by Tuskin38

I wonder if LA finally matches the 2024 trailer lol

Also they fly right over Apple HQ in the trailer. That’s the circular building that takes up most of the shot

Edited January 28Jan 28 by Tuskin38

21 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

I don’t see any mentions of hand crafted POI

Some POI listed in the public announcement are not only photogrammetric derive objects: https://www.flightsimulator.com/city-update-13/ one easy example is the Coronado bridge at San Diego.

City Update in California? Again this region updated? This clearly shows that for certain regions, Microsoft can source data effortlessly. It's a reality. This stands in stark contrast to the rest of the world, where recent mapping data (let alone photogrammetry) is either nonexistent, incomplete, or restricted by governments. It’s a shame considering how vast the rest of the world is, but it's the reality for a developer trying to build a 'digital twin' on our PCs and consoles

 

Edited January 28Jan 28 by vbazillio

Sounds like a really big one, though photogrammetry for most of California was already in the sim.  I'm guessing that this has been improved, updated and created with TIN.  I will enable and try the major cities with and without Samscene later.

Looking forward to this in one of the areas I teally like to fly.

Vincent - I guess we will have to check all your recently upgraded airports to see if they are all correctly aligned now as well as any payware airports we have.

Is it recommended to delete rollingcache before or after city update?

Just now, peloto said:

Is it recommended to delete rollingcache before or after city update?

Nope, unless you've crashed your sim where there is a slight possibility of rolling cache corruption (very slight).