Tongass Fjords X Released

Tracy Arm

We were lucky enough to cruise Southeast Alaska in 1996 on our sailboat. The most special day of that trip was the one when we went up Tracy Arm to the Sawyer Glaciers. The only anchorage was at the mouth of the arm, 20 miles from the glaciers. No place elsewhere to anchor, so you have to make it up and back in daylight (that part's easy in Alaska summers). We had fog that morning and were about to give up when it cleared around 11 AM and we decided to go for it on our slow sailboat.

Thanks so much to Holger and Bill and everyone involved in this. :medals: :ernae: It's a whole lot easier heading up there in the Albatross. You've really captured the look. The bergy bits are really cool--we had to push them away from the boat with a boathook (but we did collect some for our drinks that night). The detail you've gotten on the cliff faces is way better than I've seen before in FSX.

Going to be checking out all the places we went in the boat and it's going to keep me busy for quite awhile. :applause:

cheers,
steve :wavey:
 
I see some wonderful screenshots posted here and in other threads already.

All three of us are real glad you folks are enjoying our landscape so much ! That's the icing on the cake!

Keep them screenshots coming, we love 'em !! :wiggle:
 
Ok, I have to chime in again here, this package is absolutely fabulous and seriously I would have paid $200 for it, quality is just something that is far fetched in a lot of products nowadays but this pacakge just drools quality... Yes, I know we are friends/know eachother from around the traps but that has nothing to do with it, this is something special... very special.
 
Cannot believe this sh*t... my most awaited addon this year comes out and what do you know, I get HDD failure on my FSX installation HDD. I mean what are the odds for that
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. The good news is that I managed to download this beauty last night despite my crappy ISP. Hopefully will get my HDD replaced by tomorrow and will eventually be able to install this....:isadizzy:

But the screenies you guys are taking are unreal!:jump:
 
How can you tempt me like that!!! My payware-budget is ZERO!!! Aaarghh this burns so hot...:redfire:

Great screenshots!!!
Alex

PS: How are framerates? I recently "rediscovered" Van+ on my system and it´s still a challenge for my rig though playable on high settings. Is this simmilar or improved on frames? Just curious!
 
Just a note for those buying from the UK - the Flight1 version is currently 7 pounds cheaper than the SimMarket version!!

Flight1 - $35 = £21.16
SimMarket - 33.26 euros = £28.15

In fact even if you are in the US the Simmarket version works out at $39.12

(xe.com)

That means I can buy it and go out and have a very nice breakfast while I wait for it to download!

Thank you Flight1 :ernae:
 
Indeed, but that's mainly because Simmarket is a european based company and has to sell with VAT. That makes a few bucks. And then the purchase in USD is slightly cheaper than the EURO-one from Simmarket on top.

There was a healthy discusstion about that over at Simflight - to the point where all posts ... "vanished". Guess Simflight and Simmarket are very close and don't like outspoken people. :monkies:
 
Oli-TUB said:
Indeed, but that's mainly because Simmarket is a european based company and has to sell with VAT.
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That's the reason I like to buy through F1 system and with US dollars. Plus on my experience, F1 system has been always very reliable, so no need to go the other way.
 
Oli-TUB said:
There was a healthy discusstion about that over at Simflight - to the point where all posts ... "vanished". Guess Simflight and Simmarket are very close and don't like outspoken people. :monkies:
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I noticed that :icon_lol:

But they do make a point of mentioning that they are '... giving a discount to all customers and have lowered the price to a very 'crisis-friendly' price ...' so I am just helping with their apparent public service remit by pointing out that you can get an even more 'crisis-freindly' price by buying it via Flight1 and bypassing Simmarket altogether.
 
I tried to buy it from FSAddon's "slow" server and it down loaded from the F1 wrapper? I am glad however, I much preferred buying it from F1 than Simmarket for reasons stated earlier.
 
Oli-TUB said:
Indeed, but that's mainly because Simmarket is a european based company and has to sell with VAT. That makes a few bucks. And then the purchase in USD is slightly cheaper than the EURO-one from Simmarket on top.

There was a healthy discusstion about that over at Simflight - to the point where all posts ... "vanished". Guess Simflight and Simmarket are very close and don't like outspoken people. :monkies:
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SimMarket and simFlight are basically one and the same ;-)

FSAddon is not. But then again, I am the managing editor of simFlight.

I did NOT think that the discussion between simMarket's owner and myself at THAT particular place in the internet was one to have. As simFlight managing editor.

As owner of FSAddon.com I am more than happy to discuss our pricing decisions on our forums, if the need is felt for that.

Also needless to say that Miguel and I have some different views on the current pricing.

And in the end, if people here had rather paid 34 Euros instead of our 'low' price, then please send me a note and we'll happily comply !

Somehow it is never appreciated when you try do do people a favor. Go figure :kilroy:
 
I wouldn't say that. For me it looks like a few folks around here waited for the F1-wrapper-version and bought TFX this way. It's not only even more affordable but also very easy to buy that way. I really like the F1-wrapper-system.

By the way, could anyone comment on how well TFX blends into UTX? Are the borders very visible? I had no time to testfly yet as house work has to be done first...
 
Well, thanks to the lively discussions here and on simFlight, we now had to raise the price on our own website so it matches the simMarket price.

In all honesty we didn't think much of it when we set the prices, but Miguel over at simMarket DOES have a point that it seems unfair to let his customers pay more than those serviced through Flight1's wrapper.

So we've adapted the US$ price to reflect actual exchange rates.

The CD price remains the same because we make and ship those ourselves.
 
And those that have paid already? And might I ask if you intend to update your wrappers on a weekly basis to reflect currency changes from now on and to please Simmarket? I bet Miguel will not be so interested in an update when Simmarket looks better when the exchange rate changes. Bah...

Point or not I think it's your product and you put whatever price stamp on it that you see fit. I don't see me purchasing anything from Simmarket anytime soon after that...

But back to my UTX-question. Does TFX fit in nicely or are there visible borders? I also own Plum Island and I've a hard time spotting the edges - very well blended in.

And one last question (if I may). Is there a guide somewhere regarding the optimal settings for TFX - I mean mesh and texture res etc. ORBX had a few nice guides bundled that I could use to get the best visual appearance. What should be the settings for TFX?

Thank you very much in advance. Best regards.
 
Francois said:
Well, thanks to the lively discussions here and on simFlight, we now had to raise the price on our own website so it matches the simMarket price.

In all honesty we didn't think much of it when we set the prices, but Miguel over at simMarket DOES have a point that it seems unfair to let his customers pay more than those serviced through Flight1's wrapper.

So we've adapted the US$ price to reflect actual exchange rates.

The CD price remains the same because we make and ship those ourselves.
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Lively discussions? I'm struggling to find any discussion about Tongass at all anywhere other than in this thread.
Regardless, does this mean that the price will be different again this time next week, depending on the exchange rates?
The pound does seem to be gaining on the dollar at the moment (http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/currency/default.stm) maybe we should all wait a bit longer.
Makes me wonder who is in charge here, FSAddon or Miguel?

Surely as boss of FSAddon and managing editor of Simflight/SimMarket you have a conflict of interests Francois?
 
Oli-TUB said:
And those that have paid already? And might I ask if you intend to update your wrappers on a weekly basis to reflect currency changes from now on and to please Simmarket? I bet Miguel will not be so interested in an update when Simmarket looks better when the exchange rate changes. Bah...

Point or not I think it's your product and you put whatever price stamp on it that you see fit. I don't see me purchasing anything from Simmarket anytime soon after that...

But back to my UTX-question. Does TFX fit in nicely or are there visible borders? I also own Plum Island and I've a hard time spotting the edges - very well blended in.

And one last question (if I may). Is there a guide somewhere regarding the optimal settings for TFX - I mean mesh and texture res etc. ORBX had a few nice guides bundled that I could use to get the best visual appearance. What should be the settings for TFX?

Thank you very much in advance. Best regards.
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There is no UTX for Alaska as of this release, so no worries about compatibility. Holger was also working with Allen Kriesmann on UTX/Alaska, so you can be sure that whenever it is released, Tongass will be taken into consideration.

The user manual here has a short section on suggested FS settings. There are only a couple that are crucial (mesh resolution and texture resolution), so we've noted them.
 
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