Google Earth as ground textures????

Forum dedicated to Microsoft FS2004 - "A Century of Flight".

Google Earth as ground textures????

Postby N2744X » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:39 pm

Hi everyone,
                 I thought that I had heard somewhere that it was possible to used google earth as ground textures in FS2004. Is this possible? Also, is there any way to get 2d or 3d vehicles to show up moving on roads?

Joe
Last edited by N2744X on Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
"Orange County Traffic, Chancellor N2744X, Departing runway 03, Orange County"
User avatar
N2744X
2nd Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant
 
Posts: 79
Joined: Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:00 pm

Re: Google Earth as ground textures????

Postby PD87 » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:44 am

There are Many photoreal ground textures available for FS9, found here on SIMV, or AVSIM.

http://www.blueskyscenery.com/   ;)
[center]Image
Jack's New Beast - GateWay GT5628 - Vista, Intel Core2 Quad 2.4GHZ, 3GB DDR2, 500GB HD, Nvidia GeForce 8600GTS-OC 256MB DDR3, Dell 22" WS LCD[/cente
User avatar
PD87
Captain
Captain
 
Posts: 618
Joined: Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:32 pm
Location: Riverside

Re: Google Earth as ground textures????

Postby Groundbound1 » Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:55 am

I agree whole-heartedly with PD, Bluesky's sceneries are AWESOME :o! If you perform a search for "photo-real scenery" at almost any flight sim website around, your almost sure to find something. There is also a very nice tutorial describing the "do it yourself" method of photo-real scenery development posted here:

http://www.flightsimworld.com/forums/in ... opic=13800

As far as the moving vehicles and such go, that would need to be done using AI add-ons. There are a few out there, but you can expect a good performance hit while using most of them.
Last edited by Groundbound1 on Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:59 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Groundbound1
Major
Major
 
Posts: 1670
Joined: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:59 am
Location: Michigan, USA


Return to FS 2004 - A Century of Flight

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 375 guests