Screenshot request for KRAS Airport and surrounding area

[goshawk45]

Hey everyone,

I am trying to decide between Orbx ftx global with openLC North America and megascenery earth. I am kinda leaning more towards Orbx because of the night lighting. Can someone take a screenshot of KRAS (Port Aransas,Texas) with Orbx global and openlc, just to give me an idea of how the scenery will change? I know its a goofy request, but I haven't been able to find any Texas examples of Orbx online.

Thanks,

Goshawk45

 

[Scianoir]

Hey everyone,

I am trying to decide between Orbx ftx global with openLC North America and megascenery earth. I am kinda leaning more towards Orbx because of the night lighting. Can someone take a screenshot of KRAS (Port Aransas,Texas) with Orbx global and openlc, just to give me an idea of how the scenery will change? I know its a goofy request, but I haven't been able to find any Texas examples of Orbx online.

Thanks,

Goshawk45

Hi!
Here you go - a couple of screenshots of the immediate airfield area, the causeway leading to the mainland and the nearby town on the mainland. Hope these help you make your decision!

Bill

 

[goshawk45]

Thank you very much for the screenshots, it looks way better than default. I think I will grab orbx ftx and openLC.

 

[Scianoir]

Thank you very much for the screenshots, it looks way better than default. I think I will grab orbx ftx and openLC.

The overall appearance definitely looks much better than default scenery mainly due to the much improved textures and new replacement autogen. The Orbx regions were even better, particularly in terms of geographical accuracy, but unfortunately (but not surprisingly) Orbx seems to have abandoned development of these for FSX. You might however also want to consider grabbing Orbx Vector to improve the accuracy of roads, railways, coastlines etc particularly if you do a lot of VFR flying.

Bill

 

[goshawk45]

Thanks Bill, do you think vector will kill my fps, i've heard rumors?

 

[falcon409]

Thanks Bill, do you think vector will kill my fps, i've heard rumors?

Untrue, LC only places cities, rivers, shorelines, parks, golf courses and so on in a more correct location than the tiled default textures. No fps hit that I've ever noticed and I have an older setup.

 

[goshawk45]

Thanks Falcon409 for the clarification.

Regards,

Goshawk45