RealScenery Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Posted February 8, 2013 (edited) Flying over the beautiful hills of the Lake Del Valle recreation area, northeast of the city of San Jose. The water reflection and atmospheric effects of X-Plane 10 are amazing with photo-based scenery. Edited February 8, 2013 by RealScenery 1
Cameron Posted February 8, 2013 Report Posted February 8, 2013 Show us Yosemite! The Yosemite area was covered in the Mammoth screenshot set dated the 16th. I'm sure we'll show more as the time comes.
RealScenery Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Posted February 9, 2013 (edited) Flying over Redding, California, population 90,000. Redding is surrounded by mountains on the north, east, and west, with agricultural farm lands to the south. In this image, the Sacramento River is on the right. Enterprise High School is below and to the right of the airplane. The Redding municipal airport (KRDD) is in the background to the upper left. The major highway seen on the right side of the image is Interstate 5, the major north-south highway on the U.S. west coast, which stretches from Canada to Mexico. Edited February 9, 2013 by RealScenery 1
polygonpusher Posted February 9, 2013 Report Posted February 9, 2013 Yay!! *Throws money at the monitor... let's go!
RealScenery Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Posted February 10, 2013 (edited) Flying over Tomales Bay, just a few minutes flying time north of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco Bay Area. The Point Reyes National Seashore nature reserve is to the right as we head south toward the Bay Area in the early morning. The Nicasio Reservoir is in the distance on the left. Edited February 10, 2013 by RealScenery 1
RealScenery Posted February 11, 2013 Author Report Posted February 11, 2013 More of the beautiful Pacific coast. This is near the city of Arcata. 1
RealScenery Posted February 12, 2013 Author Report Posted February 12, 2013 Early morning flight over the city of Mount Shasta, with Black Butte in the background. 1
polygonpusher Posted February 12, 2013 Report Posted February 12, 2013 Is the terrain mesh a higher overall resolution than the default X-Plane scenery? With fantastic imagery such as this it's hard to tell one way other other... Just curious.
RealScenery Posted February 13, 2013 Author Report Posted February 13, 2013 Is the terrain mesh a higher overall resolution than the default X-Plane scenery? With fantastic imagery such as this it's hard to tell one way other other... Just curious.Thanks again for your nice comments! RealScenery uses 1/3 and 1/9 arc second elevation data, which is roughly an elevation point every 30ft/10m (1/3 arc second) and 9ft/3m (1/9 arc second), which renders very nicely in-sim. Laminar has to produce scenery on a world-wide basis, so they have probably taken the approach of using a courser (less detailed) resolution, so they have the same consistency of detail world-wide.
RealScenery Posted February 13, 2013 Author Report Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) A beautiful sunset flight over the South Bay as the city lights just start to turn on and mix with the natural daylight. The city below is the San Jose and Milpitas area, looking north. Edited February 13, 2013 by RealScenery 1
polygonpusher Posted February 13, 2013 Report Posted February 13, 2013 Beautifull. Keep up the good work, and remember, for each person that bothers to post here there are a hundred others eagerly awaiting release day.
RealScenery Posted February 14, 2013 Author Report Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) The city of Red Bluff, in far northern California, is a small city positioned along the Sacramento River, about 30 miles / 48 kilometers south of Redding. This flight is transitioning from south to north, flying over the Red Bluff Municipal Airport (KRBL). The Sacramento River is in the background, along with the bridges of Antelope Boulevard and Interstate-5. Edited February 14, 2013 by RealScenery 1
RealScenery Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Posted February 15, 2013 Flying north toward the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (KSJC). The colorful salt evaporators of south San Francisco Bay are visible in the distance. The Interstate-880 freeway, also known as the Nimitz freeway, is seen as the dominant roadway on the south side of the airport, near the bottom of the image. 2
RealScenery Posted February 16, 2013 Author Report Posted February 16, 2013 Heading south over the town of Dixon, located between the cities of Sacramento and San Francisco. The two dominant transportation features are Interstate-80 on the right side of the image and railroad on the left. The cities in the distance are Vacaville and Fairfield. Travis Air Force Base is in the far upper left of the image and is home to C-5 Galaxies, KC-10 Extenders, and C-17 Globemaster aircraft. 1
simulloyd Posted February 16, 2013 Report Posted February 16, 2013 I am very pleased to start my visits to these forums with gorgeous shots of my home state. I can't wait to see more.
RealScenery Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Posted February 17, 2013 I am very pleased to start my visits to these forums with gorgeous shots of my home state. I can't wait to see more. Welcome to X-Pilot, sumulloyd and thank you for the nice comments about the NorCal scenery!
RealScenery Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) An early morning flight looking south from the city of San Jose toward the cities of Morgan Hill and Gilroy. Highway 101, also known as El Camino Real, is the dominant roadway on the left side of the image as it extends south from the large interchange with Interstate-280 in the lower left. The Santa Cruz mountains are visible on the right in the early morning sun. Edited February 18, 2013 by RealScenery
Orcair Posted February 17, 2013 Report Posted February 17, 2013 Can I have a pic of Los Gatos - my former town ? Anyway it looks amazing!
JazAero Posted February 17, 2013 Report Posted February 17, 2013 Fantastic eye candy, I feel like I'm watching those endless billboard TV commercials [just kidding] it looks great! I feel Austin's "plausible world" is somewhat of a joke. I think he should've stuck to the real world. His plausible world Is probably the greatest mistake he has made with this program. But that won't stop me from flying it everyday. I've seen many posts on other forums which people wished he would use X Terra or something similar. In spite of the fact he does not like ortho photos I find they are the only way to fly VFR from point A to point B and know where the hell you're going by way of recognizable landmarks.
john82088 Posted February 17, 2013 Report Posted February 17, 2013 The only negative is that this process takes a lot of time to complete. I am really looking forward though to when it is available.
RealScenery Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) Can I have a pic of Los Gatos - my former town ? Anyway it looks amazing!Fantastic eye candy, I feel like I'm watching those endless billboard TV commercials - just kidding it looks great! I feel Austin's "plausible world" is somewhat of a joke. I think he should've stuck to the real world. His plausible world Is probably the greatest mistake he has made with this program. But that won't stop me from flying it everyday. I've seen many posts on other forums which people wished he would use X Terra or something similar. In spite of the fact he does not like ortho photos I find they are the only way to fly VFR from point A to point B and know where the hell you're going by way of recognizable landmarks. Thank you both for the nice comments! To keep this forum focused on NorCal screenshots, leading up to release, I've started a new topic to address plausibility. Edited February 17, 2013 by RealScenery
JazAero Posted February 17, 2013 Report Posted February 17, 2013 Thank you both for the nice comments!To keep this forum focused on NorCal screenshots, leading up to release, I've started a new topic to address plausibility.Thank you but it was not necessary to start a new topic with my post. If I had gone off topic I apologize. I also noticed that you misquoted me in the forum topic anyway. It was not my intention to start a whole plausibility debate as that has been done already. I was merely trying to elucidate why I would prefer your scenery over the plausible scenery. So please close out the other topic unless you wish to start one on your own. Thank you JimJazAero
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