Ground Environment

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 06 May 2006, 10:29

Thanks v much Dave. Do the textures look crap when you are on the ground though?

Post by **DaveB** » 06 May 2006, 11:52

As far as I can tell Chris.. they look no different to the default stuff.. you know, the big blurs that only become clear at altitude/distance. I'll try and find an example for you so that you can see for yourself

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 06 May 2006, 12:28

I took the pluge and purchased it. Had a quick look around London/Essex and I'm not that impressed. The colours look washed out and dull.

Quixoticish · Post by **Quixoticish** » 06 May 2006, 13:15

Sorry if I've come into this thread so late. I bought Ground Environment and was fairly unimpressed. It was a step up from the default FS terrain but didn't look anywhere near as nice as the freeware reality packs. I also suffered from horrendous "blocking" of textures when it was installed, with only a short distance around my aircraft being rendered, and everything in the distance being displayed as a fuzzy mess.

John · Post by **John** » 06 May 2006, 13:29

I know it's not meant to, but because some of the textures are 'common' my 'BEV' installation has improved my whole set up, inc the UK and they're working on specific European textures at the moment I believe.

Here's a few links...

http://www.flightsim-bevs.com/index.php ... itemId=454
http://www.flightsim-bevs.com/index.php ... itemId=304
http://www.flightsim-bevs.com/index.php ... itemId=117
http://www.flightsim-bevs.com/index.php ... &Itemid=52

Regards

John

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 06 May 2006, 14:25

The textures are a little better then stock FS9 but the autogen is far superior. Its far more dense and cities actually look like cities.

A bit late, but you can see what I mean here:
http://forum.fsscreenshots.com/dcboard. ... 007&page=2

Quixoticish · Post by **Quixoticish** » 06 May 2006, 14:59

jonesey2k wrote:The textures are a little better then stock FS9 but the autogen is far superior. Its far more dense and cities actually look like cities.

A bit late, but you can see what I mean here:
http://forum.fsscreenshots.com/dcboard. ... 007&page=2

I can see the distant blurring problem I had in those screenshots, glad to know I'm not the only one. I think it is present all the time, for me it is just much more apparent with GE installed.

Post by **DaveB** » 06 May 2006, 17:53

Chris..

I too have the distant blur problem despite the fixes. It's got better but still not as clear as the default. No gain without pain I suppose :roll:

ATB

DaveB :tab:

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 07 May 2006, 16:55

CB,

I use GE and FE and took a few shots in my area today...but no cities here...

The other shots are here:-

http://forum.fsscreenshots.com/dcboard. ... =full&page

But I don't think they will really answer your query :think:

Charlie Bravo · Post by **Charlie Bravo** » 07 May 2006, 18:10

I did a flight last night across the UK and I'm getting used to them. From an altitude they do look pretty good but I still think the colours are a bit washed out and yep I've also got the blurry problem.

Thanks for the shots/comments chaps.