RE: [Flightgear-devel] Small scenery comparison

2003-08-14 Thread Al West
Well I was hoping to create some scenery based on the 25m DEM files for the UK. I have access to the data but at the moment I'm struggling in compiling flightgear and terragear. Once I get that out of the way I hope to post some samples here. I'm also working on a Harrier model (probably GR7

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Small scenery comparison

2003-08-14 Thread Alex Perry
From: Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.megascenery.com/images/ba3n.JPG http://www.megascenery.com/images/ba3w.JPG http://www.a1.nl/~ehofman/fgfs/gallery/test/VanNuysCA.jpg Speaking from personal experience, * I find that omitting horizon haze makes the two MSFS look quite silly. * The

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Small scenery comparison

2003-08-14 Thread Jim Wilson
Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: This is just a small comparison between MSFS2004, MSFS2004/MegaScenery (http://www.megascenery.com/) and FlightGear/VMap0 data. I don't think any conclusions can be drawn from it, but it can be usefully and it is fun: Default MS FlightSim 2004:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Small scenery comparison

2003-08-14 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:26:47 -, Jim Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: * They all show the reservoir, but FGFS doesn't apply a texture around the edge to imply the white zone without vegetation due to changing levels.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Small scenery comparison

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Hofman
Alex Perry wrote: From: Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.megascenery.com/images/ba3n.JPG http://www.megascenery.com/images/ba3w.JPG http://www.a1.nl/~ehofman/fgfs/gallery/test/VanNuysCA.jpg Speaking from personal experience, Excellent. * I find that omitting horizon haze makes the two

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Small scenery comparison

2003-08-14 Thread Lee Elliott
On Wednesday 13 August 2003 22:18, Erik Hofman wrote: [snip...] * Both the main airports in the field of view are far too easy to see in FGFS, and you can even see Hawthorne and Long Beach's (?) locations too. That is definitely wrong; even LAX should be almost invisible from here. * In

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Small scenery comparison

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Hofman
Jim Wilson wrote: The FlightGear view shows a lot more green, than is probably realistic. Is this the data or the way it is interpreted? I guess that's urban growth after the VMap0 data was created. As you can see the green areas are mostly around airports. In the MSFS scenery that's all