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Orbx Palm Springs released!
- Thread starter Tim-HH
- Start date
KPSP and Global
Ryanbatc,
When Orbx says KPSP needs FTX Global now, what they really mean is that this scenery is designed and colorized with Global in mind and the terrain textures were made to blend seamlessly with the Global background textures. It will still 'work' without Global but you may notice some boundary color and/or texture differences where the KPSP coverage area touches the background scenery you have installed now. This may or may not bother you. KPSP is located geographically in what will eventually become Orbx's Southern California (SCA) Region, and Vlad ,the KPSP designer, is already on record as saying that when the SCA Region is eventually released, KPSP will be updated and re-released by Orbx to blend seamlessly into the SCA Region scenery.
Stan V
Ryanbatc,
When Orbx says KPSP needs FTX Global now, what they really mean is that this scenery is designed and colorized with Global in mind and the terrain textures were made to blend seamlessly with the Global background textures. It will still 'work' without Global but you may notice some boundary color and/or texture differences where the KPSP coverage area touches the background scenery you have installed now. This may or may not bother you. KPSP is located geographically in what will eventually become Orbx's Southern California (SCA) Region, and Vlad ,the KPSP designer, is already on record as saying that when the SCA Region is eventually released, KPSP will be updated and re-released by Orbx to blend seamlessly into the SCA Region scenery.
Stan V
ryanbatc
Charter Member
Thanks, and I bought it hehe.... I'm a huge fan of Pilot Edge so I went for it anyway.
Wow. Really really really good on fps! Of course I say this and it borders default scenery. But the airport itself and ag is smooth. I rarely get 30 fps locked anymore with addons but with the Legacy and FTX PSP I was maintaining 30 fps. No clouds though and no AI traffic. I didn't touch the config panel so whatever default is is what I was using.
Honestly blending on the SE side of the area is superb with default. I admit it is a little more harsh on the mountain side but doesn't bother me at all!
A few pics from FSX. (These aren't super pretty like on the orbx page but will represent what FSX without any ENB should look like)
Wow. Really really really good on fps! Of course I say this and it borders default scenery. But the airport itself and ag is smooth. I rarely get 30 fps locked anymore with addons but with the Legacy and FTX PSP I was maintaining 30 fps. No clouds though and no AI traffic. I didn't touch the config panel so whatever default is is what I was using.
Honestly blending on the SE side of the area is superb with default. I admit it is a little more harsh on the mountain side but doesn't bother me at all!
A few pics from FSX. (These aren't super pretty like on the orbx page but will represent what FSX without any ENB should look like)
Roger
Senior Administrator
I'm downloading now
My guess is they needed some revenue (it's been a while since they had a product to sell) and even if socal is not yet released I'm happy to be able to venture south from Monterey via Global. They have been releasing a lot of triple installers and patches recently which is good to see so I understand their need for some cash.
My guess is they needed some revenue (it's been a while since they had a product to sell) and even if socal is not yet released I'm happy to be able to venture south from Monterey via Global. They have been releasing a lot of triple installers and patches recently which is good to see so I understand their need for some cash.
Christoph_T
SOH-CM-2016
Nice screenshots!!!
Normaly I am flying only in the european region, but this one could be a good stay for the winter;-)
I'll wait for some reviews but I am already sure that everyone will say AWESOME!
Normaly I am flying only in the european region, but this one could be a good stay for the winter;-)
I'll wait for some reviews but I am already sure that everyone will say AWESOME!
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
Crap, another product I'm not going to be able to live without! : ) So cool to see a scenery like this for a place I've actually been to and drove through. The airport can be considered a warbird field as well, as the Palm Springs Air Museum is located there, with some of their aircraft operating from the airport. There are also some airshow events that are held there. I've noticed in some of the preview screenshots shared in the ORBX forum that the Palm Springs Air Museum buildings, and even outdoor aircraft, are modeled/textured in great detail. Also makes for a nice little warbird flight, to fly from Chino to Palm Springs, or the other way around.
Besides the incredible mountains in the region, the other thing that remains in my mind is all of the hundreds upon hundreds of wind mills, and I see that detail hasn't been missed either. : ) It looks like the detail in the cities around the airport will also make for some very immersive flights around the area.
Besides the incredible mountains in the region, the other thing that remains in my mind is all of the hundreds upon hundreds of wind mills, and I see that detail hasn't been missed either. : ) It looks like the detail in the cities around the airport will also make for some very immersive flights around the area.
ryanbatc
Charter Member
As a heads up - I went over to the orbx forums to post my applause for the scenery. Turns out some users pointed out the fact that I'm missing a ton of trees. I think that's because I don't own FTX Global. So if you like trees you'll want to hold off unless you buy Global. I didn't think there were any trees in this area but there are! The ones at the airport boundaries ARE present but the city does not have them. Doesn't really bother me but probably a good reason why I was getting extreme excellent performance hehe.
vora
Charter Member
If you want to try it with trees anyways you have to install the latest OrbXLibs. If you like it better without trees you have to delete the libs again.