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Need advice on FS9 scenery enhancement

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SSI01

Charter Member
I am seriously considering enhancing the FS9 scenery I have beyond the downloads for specific airports, water effects, and clouds I am currently using. I am wondering what scenery program produces effects such as those seen in this beautiful screenshot showing Milton Shupe's latest effort that I just copied, and am using solely for illustrative purposes:

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The clarity of the mountains, tree textures, and cloud textures is what I'm looking for on my machine.

The objective is to reach the above level of detail without overstressing the video card or sucking up memory to the shriveling point. A reasonable price would be nice, too.

Any input would be most helpful.:salute:
 
And mesh. Go to fsgenesis before the sale ends.

And FScene ground scenery.

And Feng trees freeware.

And Ultimate Terrain.
 
Gee, thanks - I went to the link, nothing there except the thread, I looked for a link but didn't find one in the original posting - where do you find these tutorials?
 
I'll see if I can find my copy and PM you if I do, but you might try PMing OBIO, he wrote it and probably still has a copy. I would suggest you read the thread through, it has a lot of good suggestions. HTH
 
SSI01 said:
Gee, thanks - I went to the link, nothing there except the thread, I looked for a link but didn't find one in the original posting - where do you find these tutorials?
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sorry SSI01,

it may have been an attachment and lost when the rest were, seems everyones attachments have gone, including my albums.
 
And of course lets not kid ourselves....if your graphic card is already breathing hard running FS at your present detail and settings, chances are that the more you improve on the visuals the more asthmatic it will become until you need to bring out the paddles and the gel. Very very rarely is there a free lunch in FS.

I don't know about this particular shot you posted as an example, but I have a good friend down under who had a true artists instinct for composing screen shots. And while he constantly upgraded his system both in soft- and hardware he normally used the PAUSE key to really get the best quality ones. Pause increase the FS fidelity settings and then take the shot.
That is one great improvement in FSX actually because you can save a graphics setting strictly for that purpose and another one for flying and simply swap back and forth.

Cheers
Stefan
 
Okay SS101, found the file so check your PMs. I don't think OBIO will mind, It is solely his work and he deserves all the credit for it
so I will try and attach it here, but it may not work given the recent problems with attachments. here goes




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unfortunately while the post is still there the attachment of the guide has disappeared, that is why I reposted it here
 
Thank you Sunny & Norab; family currently here from out of town, will investigative all suggestions ASAP and report what I've discovered re: sim appearance and performance.:salute:
 
Folks I'm not sure this is connected with the download from RhumbaFlappy's site or not - when attempting to start FS9 I get the startup screen, then get to the "select aircraft" screen, with the windowed aircraft rotating, etc - and then the screen begins to rapidly go on and off, very rapidly. I can maneuver my mouse across the screen, with difficulty, and was able to back out of FS9. I noted this didn't start until I completely downloaded all the 5, 7, and 8 files from RhumbaFlappy's site. I haven't installed them yet, just put them in a folder on my desktop. According to Avast, I'm virus-free, and the same thing with MalwareBytes. Not sure what's causing this. I tried running another sim this morning and discovered it wouldn't run as it says it failed to recognize DirectX9.
 
Never heard of anything going kaput just because you downloaded files, except of course for a real sneaky virus. The RumbaFlappy files have at least not done anything to my systems when I used them....but that was ages ago. And things may have happened along the way.

Stefan
 
Re: the problem - a quick "burp" administered to the system (complete shutdown & restart) fixed things, at least so far.

I plan on coming back up to ask about installation instructions once I have all the files downloaded. So far I've got all the mesh files OBIO mentioned in his upgrade tutorial - RF's 5, 7, and 8 level meshes plus the JIT 10 level meshes and West Coast mesh set as well. Concentrating now on all other files. Downloading them into one folder, then scan for viruses & malware, then come back for advice on how and in what order to install.
 
All files are chased down and downloads are complete - with the exception of the one file Obio said was on Megaupload - go to that site and you get the technicolor screen from the FBI telling all of us about those dastardly characters formerly running that site.

Does anyone know where the file Obio mentions, done by Pablo Diaz and containing for the sky/sun, is located?
 
Thanks, I did - His HDE (High Definition Environment) file is there all right, both versions in fact (as mentioned by Obio), however, there is no file relating solely to the sun/sky, which is also described by Obio and was originally on Mega-Upload.

I will probably be able to add it later without problems once I find it, and what I've got right now is pretty good for sun effects, I think. Time to do the scans for trojan horses, etc and then come back up for air!
 
The sky was in the Pablo Diaz package I just installed about a week ago.

Just checked that thread. The filename is hdev2.zip
 
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