VFR Photographic scenery

[kingmarktheaviator]

This morning VFR photographic scenery arrived!  I only got the Central UK, SW UK and Wales, and E and SE England, but its still all really good.  What are other people's opinions on this scenery?

Mark

[kingmarktheaviator]

Sorry forgot something, I went past Ivybridge near Plymouth on it and was surprised to see my school, its a shame you cant damage it in any way, might be benefitial for some of the teachers there !!!

[Jimbo]

LOL

[ozzy72]

There is a nuclear bomb effect available Mark

[kingmarktheaviator]

haha, yes LOL

[|| Andy ||]

What are other people's opinions on this scenery?

I reckon the colours are to strong, resulution is rubbish.. and it doesnt have a good refresh time...

[Zaphod]

I agree with Andy. The refresh times are a problem. You have to fly slow and high (above 2000 ft) to see the scenery, and then the details are a little blurred.
All in all though it's good to be able to fly by your own local landmarks!

Zaphod

[kingmarktheaviator]

i have been able to run it with MIP mapping at full spec and it has been good.  Most of the flying i do is VFR above 2000 ft anyway so it works out well.

[|| Andy ||]

i have been able to run it with MIP mapping at full spec and it has been good.  Most of the flying i do is VFR above 2000 ft anyway so it works out well.

So have i  ;)

But it still looks kinda wrong with the colours..
And the refresh rates are still dead whatever spec you run your fs at..

[C]

I agree with Andy. The refresh times are a problem. You have to fly slow and high (above 2000 ft) to see the scenery, and then the details are a little blurred.

But it does say that on the box...

On my new machine it runs very well, so the only problems I have are the resolution and the colours, but considering they are taken from photos all taken from about 5000ft and on different days, times and weather they're a good little package.

[Zaphod]

I think the reason that I have refresh problems may be that my hard drive runs at 5400 rpm which I think by todays standards is slow, and therefore the scenery doesn't load quick enough. I don't actually run the scenery in FS9 anyway but still use it in fs2002. You can't apparently have it working on both systems at once.
Still a good product though if most of your flying is VFR.

Zaphod

[|| Andy ||]

I think the reason that I have refresh problems may be that my hard drive runs at 5400 rpm

Well mines on 10k and i still have that problem lol...

[Fozzer]

I purchased two of the packages from JustFlight a long time ago: Wales and the West of England, and Central and South England....

[bm]

Fozzer - have you tried any of the addon Autogen available?
http://www.vfraddons.co.uk/vfrtopfiles_view.php

Whilst there are problems its a scenery designers dream! a. because it gives you a perfect template & b. you can make low fps impact scenery due to the lack autogen. My main complaint is the over-strong colours in some places & the resolution.