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Winds were gusting at about 25-30kts today at a few airports in the area... decided to get some practice done. View My Video

After the successful release of "HD Mesh Scenery v3" last December, the new "UHD Mesh Scenery v1" tries to push the limits of the X-Plane 10 scenery engine even further. The general characteristics of "UHD Mesh Scenery v1" are identical to those described in HD Mesh Scenery v3. The main differences (and improvements) are: 30m resolution DEM elevation data instead of 90m DEM data.(once more) massively increased mesh density ... by roughly factor 2.5 to 3! This is not only beneficiary to the better representation of the higher res DEM data, but also - once more - improves landclass and forest detail.Because of this, the "UHD Mesh Scenery v1" Scenery is very heavy on hardware resources and will only run smoothly on modern, higher end PCs. Its very important - before even considering a download - to have at least 16 GBytes of RAM and a modern / powerful GPU! Covered Regions (see coverage on the download maps below): Europe - AlpsUSA - Colorado Mountains (parts of New Mexico)USA - Canyons and Mountains in Arizona / NevadaUSA - Mountains in Montana (5x5 degree area)USA - Sierra Nevada (Yosemite etc.)Picture of Europes Coverage: Picture of USAs Coverage: Because of the limited regions, the overall file volume is "only" 8.7 GBytes (spead across 5 ZIP files), and is available via the following sites: flightsim.com (with direct download AND very important: BitTorrent seeding)isdg.com.auaerosoft.comx-plane.org (coming later)All informations, possible updates, installation instructions, and download links can be found here: http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-uhd-mesh-scenery-v1/Here are the official screenshots accompanying the release of UHD Mesh Scenery v1. Just follow the links to my picasaweb albums: https://picasaweb.google.com/101666907909842492197/UHDMeshSceneryV1FINAL?authuser=0&feat=directlink(all screenshots come in pairs - they are comparisons between UHD and HD quality! The first of each pair is UHD, the second HD - but there are also caption for each picture to make this clear). I recommend all users: first start with one of the smaller regions (for example: Sierra Nevada). Download it, install it, test if it works and then get the other regions!Use BitTorrent (via flightsim.com) if possible, to avoid traffic congestion at the download sites!PLEASE take the time to read the short but important instructions! They help you (and then me) to avoid the most common mistakes!Have a lot of fun! Andras Fabian www.alpilotx.net PS: I would like to ask all users, who are fluent in other languages than English or German (and have time), to please spread this news in other forums / new sites Screenshots

LSZH-LFMN/Zurich-Nice Jardesign A320neo I can recommend this route to anyone who likes sightseeing!!! I took off from Zurich and bursted through the low clouds. Then continued climbing and turning south over the alps. The flight takes about 50 minutes and the scenery you get to see is absolutely stunning!!!

Sadly without a mic... so only engine-noise and nothing to say.... HD-mesh v3, ZL18 Szenery and w2xpl beta 6 generated world: Philip

Not today, but went out for a short flight with B-HIG last week Entering port shelter Bumpy ride out of tolo

Well I guess that's a compliment for the SimHeaven stuff, but FlyTampa has a tonne of buildings, so it's hard to beat that. Some different views, I use the free Dubai airport on .org and basically whatever free stuff anyone makes, I'd buy something commercial if someone released something for XP.

Trying out the new UHD Mesh v1 over Yosemite. This starts to give maxed out Retina iMac a bit of a workout. Terrain, Terrain, Terrain

Sounds like fun, Shame I'm in England!

I wish the 152's in Montreal would look like this...

Ah! Took a guess from your flair, never seen a 172 with the side vents... I'm jealous of how much you've flown... I'm at 60 hours and not escaped the 152 yet... aren't really any better options where I fly, whatever you hire will be guaranteed to have 20 years under its belt and only enough work done to keep it airworthy! Still great fun to fly though

It's actually a 172! I used to fly an extremely beat up 152 but I've started training with friend CFIs who don't charge for the training so I've increased my airplane budget

Wow, that 182 looks super luxurious compared to the beat-up 152s I fly... Must cost a fortune though!

Thanks! From memory it's Simheaven's photo scenery of Dubai but don't think they support it anymore. It's certainly nowhere near as good as FlyTampa but I can't be bothered converting stuff. With a few landmark's that you can get on x-plane.org it makes for a passable Dubai.

Yes.