ORBX Global Released [Payware]

heywooood said:
developer screenshots are not always going to show things the developer does'nt want them to show
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There is a user screenshot forum which already has lots of FTX Global traffic. (This is in addition to the devloper and beta-tester 'preview' forum.)
 
if and i mean a huge IF..i had the 91 usd to buy this..id do it because this would make me fly other parts of the world im curious about..like russia..south america..other places..
 
I can finally fly directly east from Billings, Montana and not see a definable border, like I was crossing into someone else's yard.

I have Orbx CRM, and that was one of my biggest pet peaves was the hard transition between CRM and GEX.
Well, with any Orbx and GEX border.
With FTX Global's "Hybrid mode" it's pretty much gone.
I could see a slight transition, but I really, REALLY, had to look hard.
Plus, the Orbx NA scenery seems to be entirely intact.

I'm looking forward to cross-country flights now. I really am.

GEX made some changes to the look of their product a few years ago I was never entirely happy with.
It made my local area I live look rather poorly, IMHO.
FTX Global makes it look right, now.
The fields are the color they should be this time of year.
GEX was always this odd patchwork of yellowish green colored fields.

The Black Hills of South Dakota LOOK like the the Black Hills of South Dakota, finally.

I traveled around the globe a bit before I had to hit the bed.
Africa looks stunning, especially Kenya. I use the SceneryTech landclass for that area.
The Himalayas around Lukla look the best I have seen, I really couldn't see a transition between Aerosoft's Lukla scenery and Global.

Those of you that know me, know I'm not a big fan of Orbx after the way they have treated myself and other members of this forum.
I am always reluctant to spend anymore money on their products, especially $100 bucks on this one.
But I was also tired of not wanting to fly locally because it just didn't look right with GEX.
I tired MegaScenery 2.0 and was very disappointed in that as well.

I really am actually looking forward to exploring my state once again.
I have no regrets buying FTX Global.
And I have to admit, after looking at the OpenLC (Open Landclass) demo area in Croatia, that Orbx will be producing down the road, I'll probably be picking that up for specific area's as well.
It definitely looks like a better defined Landclass product than UTX.
I guess sometimes new can be better.

:cowboy:
 
Dain Arns said:
I can finally fly directly east from Billings, Montana and not see a definable border, like I was crossing into someone else's yard.
It definitely looks like a better defined Landclass product than UTX.
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UTX is of course a lot more than just landclass: lot's of vector data, like roads, objects and night lighting. Landclass just gives you texture/autogen placement information.
 
Any rough idea on how long it takes to download?
I see there is a download with dvd delivery option, might be worth it to get a backup copy in case something happens to hard drive or download process.
 
Amazing new textures !

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Paul Anderson said:
Any rough idea on how long it takes to download?
I see there is a download with dvd delivery option, might be worth it to get a backup copy in case something happens to hard drive or download process.
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Paul, that's sort of like asking how long it takes to eat dinner. It sort of depends on you - or rather, your internet connection in this case. I've got a decent 60Mb/s cable connection, and I downloaded all 4GB+ in about 20 minutes. Your mileage most certainly will vary. :icon_lol:
 
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I can finally fly directly east from Billings, Montana and not see a definable border, like I was crossing into someone else's yard.
It definitely looks like a better defined Landclass product than UTX.
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TheGrunt said:
UTX is of course a lot more than just landclass: lot's of vector data, like roads, objects and night lighting. Landclass just gives you texture/autogen placement information.
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If you are going to quote me, use the full sentence.
Don't cut and paste things to make up something I did not state in an attempt make me sound like I don't know what I was talking about, sport.

I am quite aware of what UTX does, I WAS referring to the landclass portion of it and making a comparison to Orbx upcoming OpenLC addons they have been talking about.
Got it? :mad:
 
Paul Anderson said:
Any rough idea on how long it takes to download?
I see there is a download with dvd delivery option, might be worth it to get a backup copy in case something happens to hard drive or download process.
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I'm on Comcast and using the Flashget download manager it took me about 2 hours to download. As usual, YMMV.
 
Well my wife just bought it for me as a early B-Day Pressie. installed and now flying around Cuba and it is just as Cuba should be as I remember. Will have to try out my Canuk Stomping grounds in NWT and Nunavut and US stomping grounds around Green Bay and NE WI and Yupper land. Now as a penalty for getting my pressie early IO the wife a new Kitchen remodeling err.
 
It certainly looks very good! Can those of you guys who already bought it post a screenie of your favorite spots? That would be much appreciated!

Sascha
 
Thanks for the downloading time replies.
One other question.
Is it recommended to remove any landclass items (eg. SceneryTech and others)?
 
Well I bought it and so far have downloaded 3 times and upon trying to unzip it get the same message:
The Compressed(zipped)Folder is invalid or corruped.
sent and email to the FltSimStore so hope the will straighten it out.:isadizzy:
 
Reddog, if you'd like, download WinRAR and use that to unzip it (you don't have to pay anything for it). I've noticed with the really large .zip files, such as from ORBX, the regular windows unzipper won't work for me and it will throw up that same message - where as WinRAR has no troubles, with the exact same .zip file.
 
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