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Azores X - Azores island group

AndyPaul

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Hello there,

a quick introduction to this project:

I will be re-creating the Azores island group in FSX which will eventually include mesh, landclass and the airports. The reason for this is that I am missing a decent freeware out there, hence this project came to life. No phototexture will be included as I want to make use of the new FTX Global which likely will be required at the end.

What has been done so far are the mesh using SRTM3 data with a LOD range between 6 - 11 and the coastline. The raw mesh had quite a lot of stair-stepping, adding FractionBits=3 to the .inf for the resample tool did solve it though.

Enough talking, let the screenies speak (With FTX Global in Hybrid mode)

Let me know if like what you see and whether you're interested in this project! :)

Cheers

EDIT: All screenshots show the custom landclass with FTX Global textures (FTX Global in Hybrid mode), so please all credit should go to Orbx with their FTX Global texture package
 

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Well, I would as it's freeware but if it's going to need FTX global then it's not for me.
 
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Hi

sounds good and looks good. I'm working currently on new AFD's for all Airports of the Azores. If you want we could work together this would save you time by focusing on the tertain and I can fucus my work on the Airports.

The first three are already online and can be downlaod here


Kai
 

AndyPaul

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Sounds good, let's collaborate on this one! :)

You do the airports, I will do the meshes, coastlines and landclass. If you need any buildings modelled for the airports, let me know as well. I'm using Blender and ModelComverterX. My texturing skills are not pro but we could do some magic to have it look like payware ;-)

Also: German

Grüsse,
Andreas
 
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there was an interesting and important USA air base in Azores in the cold war era, don't know if exist right now.
 

Heretic

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there was an interesting and important USA air base in Azores in the cold war era, don't know if exist right now.

Lajes.

It's still used as a stopover on transatlantic flights.



Well, I would as it's freeware but if it's going to need FTX global then it's not for me.

I want to make use of the new FTX Global which likely will be required at the end.

Umm....FTX Global only consists of repainted ground textures for FSX, so it's not required at all.

(The only thing is that the final look of the landscape will be slightly different for people running stock FSX textures or GEX.
 

AndyPaul

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FTX Global also changes the way how landclass is placed in FSX via several files such as lclookup.bgl. Hence, if I adjust the landclass to FTX Global's way of doing, it might just not look as intended. Of course it will work without it but it won't look as it should.

cheers
 
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Than you!!! Can't wait to see my archipelago in FSX with FTXG textures! :D
This + TS Sceneries = :eek:

Any date? :p

Obs: It's possible to add some city data?
 
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FTX Global also changes the way how landclass is placed in FSX via several files such as lclookup.bgl. Hence, if I adjust the landclass to FTX Global's way of doing, it might just not look as intended. Of course it will work without it but it won't look as it should.

cheers

Well, you did say originally 'FTX Global which likely will be required at the end'
So will it be required or not ?
 

AndyPaul

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Some more screenies from Terceira. This is a wip, the forest and cities simply are vector landclasspoly's ontop of a base landclass (Cool_Irrigated_Cropland). It looks ok, although a lot of work has to be done still. :) I hope that the transition from urban to vegetation can be improved somehow. I will see how it looks when the whole island is covered.
 

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Hi,

I also look forward to it but hopefully not as amateuristically unreal as the freeware ones you find now (just like you said).
I still wonder how you are going to make all those hortensia hedges around the pastures on Terceira (and the cows in them), though:).

Roby

PS Lajes still serves as a hub for the USAF as I have even seen the C-5 Galaxy land there recently.
 

Heretic

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FTX Global also changes the way how landclass is placed in FSX via several files such as lclookup.bgl. Hence, if I adjust the landclass to FTX Global's way of doing, it might just not look as intended. Of course it will work without it but it won't look as it should.

Then just put a disclaimer in the product description or readme.

Making it "FTX Global exclusive" *will* scare away lots of users.
 
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