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dvj said:
ORBX Central is a download app and managment tool that supports your purchases and manages all of your ORBX scenery, it is not a web location. You can do purchases and updates through it. If you are not aware of ORBX, They can be found by doing a web search.
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So I'm at work, and I don't have MSFS on my work computer, just FSX:Steam, and for whatever reason the Orbx Central app doesn't allow you to shop addons for software you don't have installed (which is silly I think, they should allow you to peruse whatever version of Flight Sim you want in it). I hadn't had a chance to check their website.

Even so, I didn't know if the images were from Europe or Alaska or where in the world it was.
 
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Javis said:
Must be the Barringer Crater near Flagstone, Arizona, right ? Mammoths walked there !
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That would be the one! Fun fact - if you draw a straight line from there to Phoenix Sky Harbor and fly at 8000', make sure your altimeter is set correctly. There's a peak that you'll fly just to the right of, and the terrrain under you is probably about 50' below your wheels! That little 172 was working hard at that level, but she made it!
 
Bomber_12th said:
Just as a word of caution, much of what it is in the ORBX Darrington product is just the changes to the airport itself (which I don't think are all that necessary, especially since the MSFS version is represented quite completely, unless you plan on flying there a lot). Most of what is seen in the preview images is actually stock/default scenery.

This is the default Darrington area, with no addons. You can compare some of these directly to the ORBX product images and see how little is actually different/how much is actually the exact same with or without the product.





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Oh boy. I need to check this out. I had not looked at Darrington Muni before the purchase. Oh well, I've lost more than $7 on cheap wine. ;-) If ORBX is just doing airport ehnancements, and rehashing FSX textures, people will wise up to this strategy quickly. Off topic I guess.
 
Bomber_12th said:
Just as a word of caution, much of what it is in the ORBX Darrington product is just the changes to the airport itself (which I don't think are all that necessary, especially since the MSFS version is represented quite completely, unless you plan on flying there a lot). Most of what is seen in the preview images is actually stock/default scenery.

This is the default Darrington area, with no addons. You can compare some of these directly to the ORBX product images and see how little is actually different/how much is actually the exact same with or without the product.







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Bomber, from the looks of this image, have you done tree reduction? I'm doing a direct compare to the Orbx offering, and my trees are taller.
 
Vegas Area

Did an online flight just now from 1G4 to KVGT. Using the Bonanza mod everything went pretty well but my fps dropped periodically within the Las Vegas area. I took a bunch more but here's just a few starting with Lake Mead.

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Sort of hard to tell but Nellis AFB is just beyond that mountain off my right wingtip

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McCarran in the haze

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Final RWY 12R KVGT North Las Vegas

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Remember the turmoil (literally) his amazing L-39 evoked when it was released for FSX ? Outstanding quality and innovation as ever there was and out of the blue too ! Might be a chance he will surprise us again, He's an innovator afterall and i suppose there's lots of ground for that in MSFS. Fingers crossed!
 
Javis said:
Remember the turmoil (literally) his amazing L-39 evoked when it was released for FSX ? Outstanding quality and innovation as ever there was and out of the blue too ! Might be a chance he will surprise us again, He's an innovator afterall and i suppose there's lots of ground for that in MSFS. Fingers crossed!
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Would be amazing to see a native MSFS L-39 lotus style in the near future :jump:. Fingers crossed indeed.
 
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