CITYSCAPE PORTLAND FREEWARE - Now Available!

Still no go for me. Norton is blocking it and saying its infected. AAARRRGGGGG I tried downloading from the two mirror links and nada. Oh well.
 
Shylock said:
Still no go for me. Norton is blocking it and saying its infected. AAARRRGGGGG I tried downloading from the two mirror links and nada. Oh well.
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Do you have any indication that a NORTON component called "Sonar" is the origin of the infection message? I had a number of error messages from that component in my NIS 2011 accompanied by associated quarantine action - so many that I turned off that one component permanently. Since then, I have had no more false infection messages from NIS - and as far as I know, no viruses either.
 
Try what Stan said and again please report it with Norton, I did already for you. Also what you could do, is deactivate Norton, install the scenery and activate Norton again, it should leave the files alone.
 
Thanks Stan that did it. I just built this PC and Norton came free with the MB. Norton on my older rig did not have this feature on it. Woot Woot!!!

Jay I have reported it all three times to them and hope they straighten it out on their end for other users of Norton.
 
limjack said:
A long long time ago I used to take my (then) girlfriend up to Mt. Scott and watch the sun go down. I feel like I am right there. Thank again for your hard work on the package, I love it!!!

Jim
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What did you do after the sun went down? :173go1:
 
You guys are the best JayKae. It will probably cartoon my frame rates, but I have friends in Portland and it will be worth it for screenies. :>)

Caz
 
Its nice, ill use my words carefully.

With the upcoming Canberra Cityscapes - im expecting quality, much higher than this! I noticed all the bridges were complete, and the main CBD was - but for the amount of time it took, I was honestly expecting more.

But it doesn't matter - its freeware, I enjoy it and thats what matters right? FPS are perfect on my system (30FPS going over bridges in the A2A Spitfire).

I like it and will contunie to use it. :jump:
 
Thanks for all the great comments everybody!



Hi Aidan,

Thanks for your interest in the Portland freeware.

It is hard to appreciate the time involved in modeling the CBD of a large city if you have not made scenery at all, so your impression as a non-scenery designer is understandable.

It may help if you can display a freeware city scenery that sets the benchmark you were expecting.

Obviously Freeware survives on the good feeling and the reception it receives on release. Your comments possibly don't aid that, and it might be worth choosing even more care when posting in the future.

Cheers
Tim Harris
 
Tim-

The timeframes, I could not agree more - im not a scenery designer (I take my hat off to you, ive tried but have failed on many occasions, even with the fantastic tutorials at Ozx!)

I generally do not look for photoreal w/ autogen cities/regions (unless it is an regions/airport from either Orbx or FlyTampa - I only buy scenery from those two vendors).

Im sorry if I offended you in anyway with my comments (but they are my personal opinons, everybody has a different opinon, some will love it, some will hate it.), but as I said at the end of my last post;

I like it and will continue to use it
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Aidan Sandri said:
.... but for the amount of time it took, I was honestly expecting more.
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Aidan Sandri said:
...The timeframes, I could not agree more....
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I find your two posts at odds, Aidan.

I note your role reviewing at Avsim, and surely in this capacity you are aware that you need to substiate claims you make, rather than simply making wild "pie in the sky" comments.

I think Tim's suggestion of a screenshot to explain what you expect from good freeware scenery is a great idea, and I'll certainly be interested also. Even some verbal detail about what should have been included, when compared to other freeware cityscapes you have seen or reviewed.

As they say, you need to "put your money where your mouth is", then we can all better understand your expectations.

So what sort of detail is reasonable to expect? I await your screenshot of a comparable scenery to find out.

Cheers,
Ian Routley
 
Let's choose our words carefully here gents. The product is freeware and we don't bash freeware: if we don't like it we delete it.
 
Roger said:
The product is freeware and we don't bash freeware: if we don't like it we delete it.
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Exactly! :applause:

In any event, I think that the scenery is of good quality and enhances the Portland skyline in OrbX PNW nicely. I am grateful for this free addition from FTX.

I have flown over it a lot in the past two days, as I am still tweaking the settings on my new pc to try to find a compromise between near max sliders in Orcas etc and something a bit lower over the cities. Still........... that's my problem to sort out! :rolleyes:.

Cheers
Paul
 
I was able to easily spot some of Portland's world famous landmarks.. like Voodoo Donuts ;)

Much, much more then good enough detail for freeware, and better then alot of payware I have seen. Thank you very much to everyone involved.
 
I feel well qualified to make comments on this particular package, as it's what I see every time I go outside. What Tim has captured with this cityscape looks very much like the Portland I know and love. I feel right at home flying it! Early in the process of building this, I tried to help out by modeling some low-poly bridges that looked good but weren't too complex, and I quickly threw in the towel. It's tough to make 'em look right while on a strict poly budget. Tim has really excelled here on that count.
 
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