Well... I did it...

[Mothball]

I shelled out the cash for Ultimate Terrain X USA today. I must honestly say... I am very, very impressed... so impressed with it, that, well, I'll put it this way... I would pay four times the price of FS Global X 2008 for Ultimate Terrain X USA in a heart-beat. Did I mention that I am very impressed with Ultimate Terrain X USA? ...  8-)  8-)  8-)  8-)  8-)  8-)  8-)  8-)  8-)  8-) Semper Fi, Dave

[Sean Grenyer]

Yeh I love it too. Can't wait for the Alaska version to appear next year and Europe shortly after.

Sean

[Mothball]

Hmm... :-/ Yeah, I didn't notice that at first. I had to go back and read the advertisement again. They've got USA X & Canada X, but...  :-? Just doesn't seem right. I don't "fly" that far north, so it doesn't bother me. It would seem that if you're doing that much work all the way around an area like that, that you may as well just do the whole area, but that's just me.



I have to brag about the Active Sky X/X Graphics bundle also. I did a 5.5 hour VFR night "flight" in a Cessna 172 from north of New Orleans, LA along the gulf coast across "Hill Country" of central Texas to my hometown of Laredo, TX. I HAVE TO brag about how real and accurate the clouds and lingering misty, vapor that you really experience in the gulf coast area. In the "Hill Country", the clouds look different, but still accurate in that area, along with type of turbulence that you would experince in that area also. Now I have to do a day "flight" and see if I get caught in one our infamous "pop-up thunderstorms"  ;)  Semper Fi, Dave

[BFMF]

[quote]I have to brag about the Active Sky X/X Graphics bundle also. I did a 5.5 hour VFR night "flight" in a Cessna 172 from north of New Orleans, LA along the gulf coast across "Hill Country" of central Texas to my hometown of Laredo, TX. I HAVE TO brag about how real and accurate the clouds and lingering misty, vapor that you really experience in the gulf coast area. In the "Hill Country", the clouds look different, but still accurate in that area, along with type of turbulence that you would experince in that area also. Now I have to do a day "flight" and see if I get caught in one our infamous "pop-up thunderstorms"

[Mothball]

Yeah, Active Sky X/X Graphics are that good in my opinion. I could see a definate difference in the way the sun shines on the water the cloud cover is very nice and realistic. there are definate fog layers here and there across bodies of water depending on the size of body of water. You have a definate mist in the air in hilly and mountain areas along with snow caps at the higher mountain elevations. The road and the road traffic are awesome with a myriad of types of vehicles on the roads. Lakes, streams, and ocean sections seem to have the proper water colors, meaning, smaller inland lakes are a bluer color and the Mississippi River and Delta are a much dirtier color. The Pacific Ocean is blue and San Fransico Bay is a mix of "not-so-dirty,not-so-blue" color. Trees, buildings, residential, and industrial areas look really nice and are extremely sharp and very detailed also, even at 2-3,000' AGL. ASX also seems to have endless weather themes. You can get real time updates,

[BFMF]

Maybe I'll find a place with high speed internet and buy them. Otherwise, it will take quite a while to download them on slow dialup

Hey Esselbach, You wouldn't happen to have cleared those minefields for me in Desert Storm, back in '91 by any chance, did you? Either way, I'm alive today because of you guys, the Army's "Tiger Brigade" and two Air Force A-10 Wart Hogs. I found myself in a "little situation" while driving about ten thousand pounds of 81mm mortar rounds in a six-by out there. I made it through the first minefield without any harrassment, but while moving through the second minefield, I had some Iraqi arty "walking" towards me quite quickly. Their last shot came in at about 800m out, not danger close, but still, it was a bit distracting to say the least. One of our heavy machineguns mounted on a Hummer took care of pesty sniper also. Thanx and Semper Fi, Dave

Nah, i'm only 21 and I just recently returned home from my first deployment since I enlisted three years ago. The last year was spent clearing roads of mines, IED's, misc explosives, ect for the infantry, armor, Marines, Special Forces, Iraqi Army, ect in the Anbar Province of Iraq.

I do remember Desert Storm. I was kinda young to really care and pay attention, but I do vaguely remember it

[Mothball]

Nevertheless, You did a damn good job out there. Thank you for your service and most of all... welcome home, Brother.


And, just some real friendly advise, make absolute sure that you get a full copy of your SRB (Service Record Book, I don't know if they still call them that) and a full copy of your Medical Records before you leave active duty, or get them from St. Louis immediately if you have already been discharged, and try to get some "buddy statements", listing approximate dates and whereabouts of certain key events that you and your buddies experienced and hang on to them - You'll thank yourself in fifteen years or whenever you decide to go to the VA and get a pension. A Vietnam Vet told me this not too long after I got home, and I didn't listen. I am "lucky" that everything has turned in my favor in my dealings with the VA, it's a nice check  ;) ... PM me if you need anything. Semper Fi, Dave

[BFMF]

I've been discharged from active duty, but i'm going into reserve status, so i'm still 'in' for a few more years. I've got some copies of paperwork, but I still need to copy more stuff in my 201 file concerning awards, and paperwork involving IED attacks and injuries among other things...

I'm sure you're familiar with how the military is good at losing records...

[Stubbedtoe18]

Does it improve FPS as well as the graphics?

[Mothball]

Esselbach:  I am indeed familiar with sudden disappearance of such paperwork... Before the 1st Persian Gulf War, we went through so many innoculations of... all sorts, as you probably did also, and it IS quite strange how all of a sudden the VA doesn't have my medical records  [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]  and St. Louis doesn't have my medical records  [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif] and they both seem to pointing their fingers at one another  [smiley=angry.gif]... kinda makes ya wonder. And, of course no one was ever exposed to radiation in New Mexico in 40's & 50's, Agent Orange never existed, and... Gulf War Syndrom ?!?!?!  [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]   [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]  [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]  [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]  [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]....WHAT?!?!  [smiley=grin.gif]  [smiley=grin.gif] What's that? What the hell are talking about?  :o  :-/ Yeah....



ST16:  I did not notice any difference in FPS. I usually leave everything on my FSX set up one or two knotches below full blast. It has a slight and constant skip, but I don't find it agrrevating during flight, but it is aggrevating during taxiing. That was before I downloaded these sceneries, everything is still the same. I would probably do better overall if I toned everything down to the mid range levels, but I'm just a full blast kind of person. You won't see me on my motorcycle... for long  ;) Semper Fi, Dave

[BFMF]

[quote]Esselbach:

[Mothball]

Very cool, I think you'll be equally as impressed...Semper Fi, Dave