Tongass Fjords X Released

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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No, I am not following exchange rate fluctuations. The issue in this case was that we did not look AT ALL at that. Add to that the VAT issue simMarket (and officially all EU customers have) and there is ample room for discussions.

Yes, I am running FSAddon. At the same time this is also a very small industry and it doesn't work to be at war with everybody.

I realize there will always be people who thrive on conflict. Especially in forums. I don't. ;-)

As for UTX:
there IS no UTX Alaska yet. So I can't tell you anything about the borders. But since Holger Sandmann was heavily involved with the development of it, I think I can safely say that it will not be a problem, IF UTX Alaska get released.

As for the settings of TFX: On Page 24 of the manual there's information to that extent, under the chapter Technical notes and Tips.
As you will see there is not so much to 'tune' on TFX since much of the product is 'just' an improved replacement of existing files.
 
Thanks, I must have overlooked the settings in the manual. Guess I need to look again. For an 'improved replacement' it looks mighty fine though ;-) Just flew around Sitka for a few minutes and it's really a nice place to be - and an fps-friendly one too. Too bad I wrecked all kind of havok trying to land my Cat in the harbor though. All those damaged boats will cost a bit. And I've prolly lost my virtual license for that stunt... :kilroy:

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Part of TFX is in Canada isn't it? And there should be a border to UTX-Canada. Or am I mistaking here?

But may I ask how those purchases from yesterday will be handled? It's not on my cc-statement yet but I guess they'll stay at 35USD? Or will those be charged 39USD now too (in reverse so to speak)?

Edit: Whoops, Francois already answered in the meantime. Thanks again. A bit of a pity for those who waited but I guess that makes us early birds even happier...

Edit2: Ok, just found the suggested settings. That already helped. I had mesh set to 10m and had seem some odd things but with 5m it looks fine. Gues I better **** next time. My apologies.
 
Nice scenery! :applause: Guess there's alot to explore in the next months. Only need something smaller with skies for the glaciers... A2A, are you reading?
 
Hi guys,

the boundary between UT-X Canada is pretty much seamless as far as roads and lakes and rivers go, few as they are. However, you'll definitely notice when you leave Tongass X as the default ground textures will take over again (or whatever replacement package you may have installed). I've extended our texture coverage a bit so that the transition doesn't happen right at the outer edge of Tongass X but it has to happen somewhere ;-)

For UT-X Alaska Allen and I will make sure that all landscape elements remain compatible. For example, Allen is integrating all the water files I've already completed for Tongass, Misty, and Glacier Bay.

Cheers, Holger
 
I have a question that made me think about this while reading this topic. Of all the places to buy the addon's from what percentage to the places like simmarket take off each sale from the Devs? I ask due to making a choice of where to buy it from.
 
The only ones who can answer that with any authority are the devs, and since we've got relationships with each of the sellers, it behooves us not to discuss internal matters like that on a public forum. Let's just say we're happy to have you buy it from whatever vendor you like. The percentages are so close to one another that it doesn't make that much difference in the overall scheme of things.

How's that for an evasive answer? :kilroy:
 
I admit to having experienced some dismay this morning when I saw the earlier posts about the FSAddon price increase.

I had specifically downloaded from FSAddon yesterday in the hopes that Francois and friends would get more of my money than they would through a larger distributor, and because it was cheaper than the alternative.

But I put off installing until this morning and I feared that I was going to have to pay more.

I shouldn't have worried; I got Tongass for the cheaper price.

But I will have to be honest here and say that my first reaction on flying for less than 5 minutes was that I would have happily paid much much more.

This is am amazing piece of work and deeply immersive.

I spent a couple of years flying Beavers up and down both of the real world equivalents of "Tongass" and "Misty" and all I can say is that Mr Sandmann and Mr Womack have nailed it perfectly.

Well done and thanks to Francois for publishing it.



Rick Grant
Calgary
 
Congratulations on the fantastic release guys! This just made bush flying that much better.

While as a U.S. resident I feel the pain of the price increase, it does indeed bring us in line with our European brothers/sisters--which I'm sure they appreciate! And as an added point...it's only a $3.95 increase, I'm really sure I'll manage! Heck...a latte where I live goes for like $6.
 
I paid the high price and I don't care because I hope FDAddon continues to exist to shell out more of those great scenery's. Heck I even donated some dough to FSGenesis because he's also on the brink of bankruptcy :kilroy:

BTW Francois, Holger and Bill: great stuff!
 
hmmm... since i sort of contributed to the package, (read: repaints for the original Tongass FS9) I really think i should get a small discount on this one. :173go1: j/k of course. Will buy it as soon as the budget allows. Congrats on the release!

regards
Bjørn Erik Henriksen
 
Thanks everybody for your business and your nice and enthusiastic comments. Being simmers ourselves it helps knowing that what we make brings some fun in other's peoples lives and not only some dollars in our pockets. :ernae:
 
wallyboard said:
Francois,

Have you made any headway fixing the log-in problems for the TongassX forums?
Cheers
Larry
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As fa as I can tell nw there are only TWO people who can't seem to log in. Everybody else has no problems.
I have not been able to determine yet what they have done to the system as to be considered 'bad users' by the security system.. sorry :-(

The new forum will take some more time to install, since I don't have a lot of time currently and don't want to lose the existing data.
 
Thanks anyway Francois (re:forum log-in). I can browse anyway, and if necessary post on the regular board.
Larry
 
Just been to Petersburg for the first time, also a nicely done place!!!

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What is most impressive is, if you change to top-down view and zoom out. You have to zoom out and zoom out and .. and zoom out before you can see the borders of the "treatment area" and get an impressive idea of the scale of things.
 
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