ORBX Global Released [Payware]

Bomber_12th said:
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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thank you very much, worked as u said it would:jump:
 
ryanbatc said:
Can someone show me the KDLH area... inland near the airport and out over the river and harbor areas ? And KGFK the town to the east of the airport and area to the south. Thanks
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Leaving KGFK to the south:

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Grand Forks

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Duluth :

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All sliders at max (no road traffic). Rex weather (the theme i mean). DX10. (i see no problems so far, Roger) Average fps 50/60. Sliders at max not advisable over big cities Like NY, SF, London, Paris, etc. Atleast not with my medium system. ( i7 980x @ 3.33 Ghz, GF GTX480, 12GB ram. W7pro64)

Best thing since FSX sliced bread if you ask me.

cheers,
jan
 
Wow...great looking textures. If you have add-on converter x maybe it's converting textures on the fly?
 
Just jumped on the bandwagon and bought this...but it'll be tonight or tomorrow before I get a chance to install it. :(

In the meantime can anyone who has it installed post some pics from Ireland,please?:)

I'm using the Irish VFR photo sceneries at present and am curious how Global looks in the region.
 
Looks tempting for sure. Are "all" airports (small single runways) more realistic in ORBX and are without the default "40,000" acres around them.

It is a bit expensive - I'm replacing my HDD for a SSD this month so ORBX will have to wait till next month.....

Thanks

David
 
Same here Pepere....a bit pricy.

I will make the investment, but need to finish the build first.

Also, I still need to catch up with their other products....I'm falling behind!!! Help!!:icon_lol:
 
I am curious to see how this works in Asia, could anyone please post some screenshots of favorite long-haul destinations like Bangkok, Bombay, Goa, Singapore or Hong Kong?:jump:

Cheers,
Sascha
 
Roger said:
Wow...great looking textures. If you have add-on converter x maybe it's converting textures on the fly?
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Not sure what you mean, Roger... ?

I suppose the DX-10 fix is for nightflying only ? I haven't seen any DX-10 anomalies during the day... (haven't done any nightflying yet).


Here are some more screenies :

Paris:

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London:

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Tokyo Narita:

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Italy, Bolzano:

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Aspen Pitkin:

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San Diego:

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Guess this city and you'll aquire the utmost respect from yur fellow simmers ( and from Orbx too i suppose :cool: ) :

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If u like more to follow.

cheers,
jan
 
I'd love to check (before buying) how FTXG improves the photoreal experience (at the border of a photoreal area and the default scenery). I'm using a lot NL2000 and BlueSky sceneries. Can someone post 2 examples like these? Please try not to cheat with fancy lighting or weather, and please no GEX, UTX, etc... I don't have any of these. In these 2 screenshots I was flying at 10.000ft, zoom is 50%, weather all clear, season is Springtime, time is 12:00 PM.

First NL2000, the border between Netherlands (NL2000) and Germany (default FSX) at the vertical of EDLV Niederrhein (with the freeware UKMIL Typhoon v1.3) :

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Now Blue Sky Scenery. Here is KENV Wendover at the border of Nevada and Utah, same setting, but at 20.000 ft. (with Sim Skunk Works F104-G v1.4).

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I know I should post at Avsim or Orbx, but I feel more at home here... Thanks!
 
It isnt a poblem of FTX Global but developers of phototextures. Better to do soft transitions (transparents effects) between default textures and photoreal. Its lazy work.
 
YoYo said:
It isnt a poblem of FTX Global but developers of phototextures. Better to do soft transitions (transparents effects) between default textures and photoreal. Its lazy work.
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Sure but NL2000 should work well with FTXG (it's already noo too bad with default FSX), and Blue Sky Scenery is yet to offer the whole of Nevada, they don't need transitions. And dry area are known to be challenging...

But since we can't have photoreal sceneries for the every part of the world, FTXG should be an improvement when flying in-between... At least I really hope so.
 
If anyone is flying around Vermont, USA.. In ORBX - - - I sure would like to see a Burlington airport and surrounding area air photos.

David
 
I'm getting serious stutters with this installed. This is a new computer, and I haven't yet applied any "anti-stutter" tweaks of any kind yet. Haven't had too, as I've been getting great frame rates with most all sliders maxed out. Will have to dig through the "tweaks and guides" threads now...
 
Flew around Burlington VT and shot a few Kodaks: Didn't get stutters this time. Hmm. Maybe the plane.

 
PRB said:
I'm getting serious stutters with this installed. This is a new computer, and I haven't yet applied any "anti-stutter" tweaks of any kind yet. Haven't had too, as I've been getting great frame rates with most all sliders maxed out. Will have to dig through the "tweaks and guides" threads now...
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That is odd, even with the night lighting enabled I see zero FPS impact. It may even be better than default, not sure as I am locked at 30 FPS. The only tweaks I did was to run my vanilla FSX.cfg through Jesus Altuve's site (http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html).
 
Kiwikat said:
That is odd, even with the night lighting enabled I see zero FPS impact. It may even be better than default, not sure as I am locked at 30 FPS. The only tweaks I did was to run my vanilla FSX.cfg through Jesus Altuve's site (http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html).
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Rgr, it now appears to related to a couple of planes. The VS SBD Dauntless is the worst offender for some reason. The Just Flight Hurricane was what I was flying when I made the above complaint, but I was first flying it without FTX Global turned on. Upon activating it through the "FTX Central" application, got stutters. But some planes, like the A2A Spitfire, no stutters. Will still go over the various tweaks (ty for the link)
 
YoYo said:
Greece now.
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Thanks for showing Greece Yo Yo!

I always thought that ORBX textures are much on the green side. Such colours would not look right in southern Europe which is a bit more "brown" let's say in many areas. That picture kinda proves that. It would of course also depend on the season and your picture would be OK for springtime in some places. It would also depend a lot on the landclass used.

If any kind soul uses UTX Europe, I would appreciate a few shots of mainland Greece and some islands. I would not want to throw away my GEX setup with which I am quite happy for my area atm.
 
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