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Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:44 am
by squilky
Looking to get some add on scenery to spruce up my game playing experience. Mostly interested in better looking mountains, trees, and ground textures in general. I don't really care much about the roads. Would FS Terrain by Flight1 be a good choice?

Thanks

Mike

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:42 am
by rmac
I Have purchased A few add on scenery for fs9 and found the best was genesis add on, the price was right and you can download at there sight after you pick the areas you require. Be warned it takes over 45 minutes to download in some cases or you can order cd.
rmac

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:00 pm
by codered
I hear good things about FS Genesis.  I don't own it, but I still hear good things about it.  There are plenty of freeware terrain meshes available in the Simviation Library. ;D  Also you can check through the library for airport scenery and scenery for cities and bush pilots. ;D

You would be amazed at what you can find.  Promise us one thing, that you will read the Readme files before you install the download or product.... ;D

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:41 pm
by JBaymore
I'll add my "vote" for FSGenesis terrain mesh, landclass, and American Roads and Streams.  Good stuff.

No framerate hit that I can see.... in fact in some places better rates than the "defaulty"  ;)  mesh.

best,

................john

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:01 pm
by squilky
Thanks for the info guys. I'll check out some of the freeware mesh stuff and see how I like it. The FSGENESIS stuff looks amazing, but it may have to wait a little while till after the holidays.

Thanks again!

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:17 pm
by Gunny04
I own FS Genesis, Europe, and Canada And its nice mesh but Doesnt change textures..... I need better textures myself, any recomendations? Oh and FS Genesis is excelent The best I have seen yet! Cheers

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:44 pm
by JBaymore
Gunny,

But they do have a landclass update for the US...... it makes stuff appear more realistic as to "what is where".

best,

...........john

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:38 pm
by Gunny04
I must have missed it, does it come with the FS genesis I bought or do I get seperatly? cheers

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:09 pm
by JBaymore
It is a separate add on.  And it is only for the USA right now.

best,

.............john

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:25 am
by Gunny04
Thanks! Will get that for sure..... Cheers, Gunny

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:36 am
by squilky
So if Genesis won't make things look better, what exactly is it's intended use?

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:29 pm
by Gunny04
Acurate Land elevations..... Basically makes mountains look a bit better to me lol and more acurate Cheers!

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:52 am
by Fly2e
Posted by: Gunny04 Posted on: Dec 7th, 2004, 6:29pm
Acurate Land elevations..... Basically makes mountains look a bit better to me lol and more acurate Cheers!  

Exactly what Gunny said! See my shots!

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 1098587363

Dave

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:54 pm
by squilky
Wow great screenshots!!!! Are those the Rockies?

Re: Best Scenery Addon

PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 11:56 am
by krylite
Got FSGenesis Landclass, West Coast, and Roads, Utilities and Railroads. Glad I did. Example. Yosemite looked horrible in default. Now it looks like the park and the advantage of FSGenesis is that it covers a wider area for less the price than a competitor for less area though that could change. ..

Roads update 1.1 patch just came out a few days ago. When you buy something from FSGenesis you also get an account where you download free upgrades and patches. Big bulletin board too with multiple support topics where you can report bugs and communicate with the designers.