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Departing for sunnier locales

Posted:
Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:14 pm
by reachva
Reach Airways 241 departs from Brisbanes runway 01 in poor weather for the early morning flight to Hamilton Island.

So many screens seen of sunny happy locations so thought it was time for something a little more appropriate for showing the Australian Winter.
Re: Departing for sunnier locales

Posted:
Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:17 am
by pfevrier
Very nice screenshot, the weather definitely looks a little bumpy

Re: Departing for sunnier locales

Posted:
Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:23 am
by reachva
It was quite a bumpy departure yeah, hand flew the aircraft until I was above the worst of the winds before engaging the AP (was about FL120 I think). In stark contrast Hamilton Island was dry with a very easy (albeit slight crosswind) final.
Re: Departing for sunnier locales

Posted:
Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:31 am
by jetprop
Is that REX or HDE clouds?
Re: Departing for sunnier locales

Posted:
Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:25 am
by reachva
These are Rex essentials clouds (number 51 I think, can't remember precisely as I chose at random). I use the 2048 resolution textures as they look fine and free up texture memory elsewhere to avoid getting OOM around orbxs YBBN (mostly on final).
I did have the HDE clouds installed but don't often use them much now as I'm quite happy with the way the new Rex weather engine works, the layering is a nice touch. Couldn't believe the fog I saw this morning in sim with visibility reduced to only a few feet. Had a very natural look to it as well unlike the default fog which suddenly vanishes above a fixed height.
Re: Departing for sunnier locales

Posted:
Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:40 pm
by lunitic_8
Awesome shot! Looks good!
8-)
Re: Departing for sunnier locales

Posted:
Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:20 pm
by Flying Trucker
Very nice...
