FSX again.....
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- Chris Sykes
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FSX again.....
Just for a change decided to have a flight in FSX.... :tuttut: BAD IDEA!!! just reminded me why i dont use FSX....
1, Cr*p scenery mesh, Sorry but WTF was M$ thinking when they did the mesh??? how can we fly over water when its as hilly as the land???
2, Cr*p scenery textures, argh im getting 15/30 FPS in a heli and the scenery just doesnt look nice!!! This is with the first setting of autogen on.
3, Boats from in ports (for instance the Portsmouth high rise with the Ark royal at Southampton) cannot get moving or just jig about as if they cant move due to the hillyness of the water!!!
Sorry for a rant and yes i can see the potential in FSX but did M$ just take off once and never looked down or did they expect us to fork out more £££ for mesh and scenery??? Isnt that just like buying a new car with no engine??? TBH the only reason i have FSX now using up HD space is for Beta testing!!!
BTW did anyone notice how the Vista background looks just like the presention video on "how" FSX and DX10 will look???
1, Cr*p scenery mesh, Sorry but WTF was M$ thinking when they did the mesh??? how can we fly over water when its as hilly as the land???
2, Cr*p scenery textures, argh im getting 15/30 FPS in a heli and the scenery just doesnt look nice!!! This is with the first setting of autogen on.
3, Boats from in ports (for instance the Portsmouth high rise with the Ark royal at Southampton) cannot get moving or just jig about as if they cant move due to the hillyness of the water!!!
Sorry for a rant and yes i can see the potential in FSX but did M$ just take off once and never looked down or did they expect us to fork out more £££ for mesh and scenery??? Isnt that just like buying a new car with no engine??? TBH the only reason i have FSX now using up HD space is for Beta testing!!!
BTW did anyone notice how the Vista background looks just like the presention video on "how" FSX and DX10 will look???
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I love a lot of features of FSX, particularly the sensation of flight and the new views. However I've had to shelve it for the time being as my one major gripe is with the autogen; even with everything maxed and good fps it "pops up" from nowhere in a manner that is mind numbingly depressing to watch. You can see full autogen for about 10 miles, then everything past that is devoid of features, there is no gradual blending of the detail.
Oh, and the default airfields are far worse in FSX, so many of them are sat on plinths in the middle of nowhere or surrounded by high cliffs.
I think there is a lot of promise in FSX but it was clearly released early and needs another 12 months to mature.
Oh, and the default airfields are far worse in FSX, so many of them are sat on plinths in the middle of nowhere or surrounded by high cliffs.
I think there is a lot of promise in FSX but it was clearly released early and needs another 12 months to mature.
- Chris Sykes
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Hi chris, Yep default airfields are Cr*p, im currently reading up on fourm post on the SP1 over at simflight, and guess what they arent including??? Yep fixed mesh!!! Argh
EDIT: Just readin the PTaylors blag and he says something about the landclass being inc in SP1 but also says on simflight that its not inc....
EDIT: Just readin the PTaylors blag and he says something about the landclass being inc in SP1 but also says on simflight that its not inc....
- basys
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Hi Folks
Chris -
What aspects of the mesh need fixing ?
Or is it you'd like a better mesh for somewhere ?
If you're talking about ridges in water,
they're nothing to do with mesh.
HTH
ATB
Paul
Chris -
What aspects of the mesh need fixing ?
Or is it you'd like a better mesh for somewhere ?
If you're talking about ridges in water,
they're nothing to do with mesh.
HTH
ATB
Paul
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- Chris Sykes
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- basys
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Hi Folks
Chris -
No worries,
thought you'd discovered some new mesh problem
re: FSX rigs
We have an workaround for user piloted a/c,
which hopefully will be beta'd shortly.
AI choppers are another matter.
ATB
Paul
Chris -
No worries,
thought you'd discovered some new mesh problem
re: FSX rigs
We have an workaround for user piloted a/c,
which hopefully will be beta'd shortly.
AI choppers are another matter.
ATB
Paul
I've never felt so frustrated....... died so frequently/spectacularly/or needlessly....... yet had so much fun, in a long time.
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