Godzone update! Sort of...

FSX. Albeit not a very recent update. As it turns out, I am a bit late on this one. Sometimes I forget about our friends at Godzone as it's so seldom they release an update. And as you all know, news has really been nil the last couple weeks and I have mostly refrained from creating "filler" posts. So it's times like this when I am reminded to check all the little guys too! Here is the latest update on Wellington from earlier this month.

Note from the developer:

"Not a lot of updates lately, although work is progressing — there are always long development periods where the more tedious stuff is done. It’s better to get onto this early, otherwise it just might not get done. I have revisited Wellington Airport, though, to update my photo resources. It still amazes me how accessible the airport is. I guess it has to be, being so compact, but it is just so different from Christchurch Airport, where you can’t really get to see anything interesting from the public areas.
One of the goals with the new Wellington scenery is to know when to hold back for performance reasons. At least once a week I fly around the scenery boundary and watch the frame-rates, just to make sure that they are still manageable. The old Real NZ Wellington always came with a warning, based on the Meatloaf song — Two out of three ain’t bad. This meant that you can’t expect to run a scenery like Wellington without some adjustment for performance. The area includes a lot of features which drain FSX the most — a city very close-by, bounded by water, plus a reputation for bad weather. However this time around developers have discovered a number of techniques which keep performance without having to leave out too much custom detail.

Here’s a shot (click to see it larger) which includes the current autogen, looking towards the airport, and with a bit of the CBD. The only concession to performance here is the water settings, down to Mid 2x, which I actually prefer the look of, anyway.
I admit that the default Bell isn’t the same as a complex payware jetliner, so this still needs to be tested to make sure that the weight of a complex aircraft won’t break this particular camel’s back. Still, I suspect that if you regularly fly a FPS-hungry jet, you won’t need to see every house in Wellington. You can’t hover over Karori in a 777, after all. Still, with FPS averaging around 50 here, there’s still wriggle room. Oh, wait — there’s another concession here, I’ve turned off Bloom, as this just does stupid things to performance on my system, with very little gain.
Back to the topic, though. Well, actually, no, I did intend to explain a couple of changes to the Godzone website, hence the title of this post, but I’ll leave it for the moment. Still, the post title is too good to throw away, so I’ll keep it:)"

http://windowlight.co.nz/godzoneWP/

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