FSX. Photo-Scenery for the USA...with BETTER frames than default.
Over the last month or two, Mega-scenery EARTH have been pushing aggressively their new Version.2 Photo-scenery for the whole of the
United States. This is one exciting project that when done, will be amazing to fly across state and see some very realistic sights.
Interesting fact on their website states: "
Flying With Such Realism Doesn't Mean A Performance Hit Either...Framerates With MegaSceneryEarth Are Actually Faster Than Default Scenery"
Interesting eh?
Here's some images of what you can expect from their V2 Photo Scenery
6 comments:
What is there to say? This is wonderful, if you like FLAT scenery. If they actually were able to place structures where structures are, then it would be a breakthrough.
"Flying With Such Realism Doesn't Mean A Performance Hit Either...Framerates With MegaSceneryEarth Are Actually Faster Than Default Scenery" - this is the most stupid thing I've heard since... first releases of Megascenery many years ago (FS2000?). Sure framerates are better cause you don't have any 3D models, no autogen, no 3D airports. Everything is flat. As far as I can see from screenshots (whatever Megascenery writes) the resolution is about 1m/pix. Believe me one person can make such ground for a very large city in 2-3 days + 4-5 days for a water mask (I don't think they support seasonal changes). There is nothing cool about Megascenery in terms of scenery developing. It is more PR than an actual product value. Mega Scenery whole earth coverage? 2030? I am sorry, please don't take this personally, but in my opinion this sucks (although I believe there are great marketing guys working in the company). Do you remember http://www.blueskyscenery.com/download.html ?
"Flying With Such Realism Doesn't Mean A Performance Hit Either...Framerates With MegaSceneryEarth Are Actually Faster Than Default Scenery" - this is the most stupid thing I've heard since... first releases of Megascenery many years ago (FS2000?)."
So, the truth is stupid? Sure it does not have all the 3D objects etc or seasonal changes, but what photoreal product on a similar scale out there does? Its not for everyone, but hopefully you have given it a go before bashing it? Most that try it seem to like it from what I have seen.
"Everything is flat [...] in my opinion this sucks"
Yet it looks from high altitude (>3000ft) better than anything else.
Megascenery Earth v2 is much better at low and high altitude and on the ground than previous versions of the Megascenery line. Flying out of a place like Vail, Colorado was quite breathtaking and not "flat" at all. Need lots of storage of course and not cheap, but so far I am quite pleased with this product.
I have California Megascenery 2. It is anything but flat. Mountains and hills are accurately depicted. Most colors are better than previous versions, but only if the time is set to mid-day. It appears to me early and late daylight hours are merely dimmed. The night mode in my experience is just black, whereas in previous versions the ground light depictions were superb. If I am correct, this is a major disappointment.
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