polygonpusher Posted March 8, 2013 Report Posted March 8, 2013 You guys can release this any time... really. Aaaany tiime... In all seriousness, your team has tons of respect for not ramming this through. It will be quite the work, and definately worth the wait.
RealScenery Posted March 8, 2013 Author Report Posted March 8, 2013 The small town of Los Banos, flying south, with the municipal airport to the left.
RealScenery Posted March 9, 2013 Author Report Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) Flying over the cities of Lincoln and Sun City, north of Sacramento, looking east. Edited March 9, 2013 by RealScenery
RealScenery Posted March 10, 2013 Author Report Posted March 10, 2013 (edited) Flying north over Ruth Reservoir, which provides domestic water to the cities of Arcata and Eureka and many smaller communities on California's northern coast. The R. W. Matthews Dam is visible on the left. Edited March 10, 2013 by RealScenery
GrahamH Posted March 10, 2013 Report Posted March 10, 2013 I can see RealScenery covering the entire planet some day. That would be amazing! I guess that would take a fair amount of time eh?
RealScenery Posted March 10, 2013 Author Report Posted March 10, 2013 I can see RealScenery covering the entire planet some day. That would be amazing! I guess that would take a fair amount of time eh? ... and disk space! 2
RealScenery Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Posted March 11, 2013 East of the town of Willows, flying northwest. 1
RealScenery Posted March 12, 2013 Author Report Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Flying west over Lake Almanor. Mt. Lassen Volcanic National Park is in the distance to the west. Mt. Lassen rises 10,463 feet (3,189 meters) and is the southern-most active volcano in the Cascades Mountain Range which extends from Canada south into northern California. Rogers Field (O05) is visible on the shore of Lake Almanor, under the Cessna's left wing. Edited March 12, 2013 by RealScenery 2
RealScenery Posted March 13, 2013 Author Report Posted March 13, 2013 Flying south over the high desert town of Newell in far northeastern California, just south of the Oregon boarder. The Tulelake Municipal Airport, O81, is below the right wing. In the distance is Lava Beds National Monmument, with the mountains of the Klamath National Forest to the right side of the image.
RealScenery Posted March 14, 2013 Author Report Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) No other city in California, or perhaps all of the USA, is associated with agriculture more than Fresno, in the heart of California's San Joaquin Valley. This flight is overflying Fresno, heading northeast. Fresno-Chandler Executive Airport, KFCH, is shown in the lower right of the image. Highway 99, the Golden State Freeway, is seen to the left side of the image. Highway 180, the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Freeway, is the main route heading east, through the city. Edited March 14, 2013 by RealScenery
RealScenery Posted March 15, 2013 Author Report Posted March 15, 2013 Northwest flight as the late afternoon sun shines where the Diablo Range meets the great agricultural lands of the San Joaquin Valley. The town of Patterson is in the distance on the right side of the image. The Diablo Grande golf club is on the left. 1
RealScenery Posted March 16, 2013 Author Report Posted March 16, 2013 Flying southeast over Eagle Lake, northwest of the city of Susanville, with the morning sun reflecting off the lake. Spaulding Airport, 1Q2, is on the western shore of the lake, directly under the right wing of the Cessna. 2
RealScenery Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Posted March 17, 2013 Flying south from the shores of Mono Lake. Located in California's spectacular Eastern Sierra, Mono Lake is an oasis in the dry Great Basin and a vital habitat for millions of migratory birds. Mono Lake is located in a drainage basin that has no outlet to the ocean, which causes high levels of salts to accumulate, making the lake water alkaline. 1
RealScenery Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Posted March 18, 2013 Flying over an intersting drainage and plateau landscape northeast of the city of Redding. 1
RealScenery Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) Flying southeast of the small town of Anderson, between the cities of Redding and Red Bluff. The Sacramento River is at the top of the image. The Shasta County Highway A17 bridge across the Sacramento River is at the top-left of the image. A beautiful area in which to fly! Edited March 19, 2013 by RealScenery 1
polygonpusher Posted March 20, 2013 Report Posted March 20, 2013 Are we going to see a release this year? I'm starting to worry that you're going to ask us to compile the product from screen shots alone
polygonpusher Posted March 20, 2013 Report Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) Anderson is looking great btw. Edited March 20, 2013 by polygonpusher
Cameron Posted March 20, 2013 Report Posted March 20, 2013 Are we going to see a release this year? I suppose we should add the same info here as we did on FaceBook... The short is: We've gone through multiple re-do's of NORCAL over the last couple of years. Ultimately this makes the product better and ensures longevity after you purchase it. That said, that has not been the only stumbling block! We also re-wrote our entire back-end system, our entire cross platform downloading software/installer (which grabs the files from cloud servers after purchase and installs them automatically for you), added Linux, and optimized our automation scripts. Now we've been showing off these daily teasers with the hopes of showing our completeness of the product. Unfortunately, when 64-bit came out it actually broke the scenery by way of scenery tile alignments and we have been working with Ben Supnik on a fix. As we rely on some tools produced by Laminar to get this done, we are now in a holding pattern while Ben Supnik re-writes some buggy code in MeshTool to correct the issues we have found in 64-bit. The downside to this is it takes time, and uncontrollable time at that. The upside is you weren't able to purchase this product only to have to re-download gigabytes of data in a patch all over again.
polygonpusher Posted March 20, 2013 Report Posted March 20, 2013 Thanks for taking the time to post an update Cameron. I'm sorry to hear about the development challenges - what dosen't kill a project only makes it stronger. You guys will get there, and as you say you'll have an awesome backbone in place. I'm all for short term pain, but long term gain. Thanks for all of the hard work. -Darrick.
RealScenery Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Posted March 20, 2013 Flying northeast over the Diablo Range southeast of the city of Livermore. 1
polygonpusher Posted March 20, 2013 Report Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) Cool! --well no hot... Edited March 20, 2013 by polygonpusher
RealScenery Posted March 21, 2013 Author Report Posted March 21, 2013 Overflying Nevada County Airpark, KGOO, flying west. 1
RealScenery Posted March 22, 2013 Author Report Posted March 22, 2013 Flying east over the town of Selma, about 15 miles southeast of the city of Fresno, in the heart of California's San Joaquin Valley. 1
RealScenery Posted March 23, 2013 Author Report Posted March 23, 2013 Directly overhead the city of Susanville in northeastern California, flying southeast. 1
RealScenery Posted March 24, 2013 Author Report Posted March 24, 2013 Overflying the privately owned Hell'er High Water airstrip (45CL), located east of the small town of Zenia, California.
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