joyfulsongster

Thank you all for your kind comments regarding my KLAX scenery. It is nice to be reviewed by people who understand the limitations of the technology we have and what compromises have to be wrestled with in order to produce something that looks as best as it can and still be flyable. When I built the KSLC scenery and filled it with objects, many people complained because they couldn't run it. KLAX is a bit larger and in a densely populated area that have textures that greatly hit the FPS, so, I added as much detail as I could get away with on medium fast pc. The scenery looks best on extreme res from at least 400' above ground. I suggest that you get in the Bell 206 and fly around for a while. I have not seen any non-ortho textured airports that can compare. The technology is not available to us for ground level resolution, unless you have access to the airport. And if it were, we still don't have the technology to satisfactorily reproduce such a high amount of information, for such a large airport, in such a detailed area. (Sidenote: Even all statics look awful, when one gets close enough to them, not to mention most all the default X-Plane ground textures, etc., etc. So it's really a matter of what is accepted and what is not.) Bear in mind, that at present, all the other airports in the area are also loaded at the same time and you will begin to see that it was a small miracle that I was able to get away with making it as detailed as it is. For those not happy with my scenery I would like to suggest you try this one: http://x-plane.org/home/tdavis/scenery8/Los_Angeles.zip Also, it is not correct to say the scenery cost $30. The scenery is a free bonus for anyone purchasing $40 or more. Being disabled, I was happy to discover X-Plane and find a way to contribute to making it better, at least in some small way. I appreciate all the understanding and encouraging comments that inspire me to keep going and do better. Jeff Mueller