Comments on: Some Recut DSFs for X-Plane 10.30

By: Andras Fabian

Andras Fabian — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:49:38 +0000

In reply to Nickster.

>>> But what interpretive aberration put those flat square fields on a wooded hillside?

Quite likely not interpretation but data (know the GIGO principle?). Outside of Europe, North America the landclass data is less accurate and has lower resolution … thus it can easily have “aberrations” when comparing the resulting scenery is with reality. This is something, where quite likely only better (much better) raw data could make a real difference …

By: Nickster

Nickster — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 05:22:50 +0000

Lukla – the last screenshot – looks like the most accurate yet. Have I seen the real airfield? No, but in developing the custom scenery I have spent countless hours examining photos of it.
The earlier XP 1o Lukla has a crease across the rwy which I had to smooth over with an obj. Will have to modify the apron again to fit the new terrain but the area looks much more realistic than current version.
But what interpretive aberration put those flat square fields on a wooded hillside?

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:03:35 +0000

In reply to Gerald Muench.

I think we have a “usability bug” in the installer – I’m still trying to understand the details, but I think it’s possible that if you don’t have your global scenery DVD in the drive when you run the update, you might not get the Sydney fix.

Try running the DVD installer from the desktop and picking “update” with the DVD in the drive…that may detect the missing file.

By: Gerald Muench

Gerald Muench — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:16:19 +0000

In reply to Ben Supnik.

Hmm – I ran the updater and the version is 10.30b8, but I still see the grassland in Botany Bay.
Any advice ?

By: Tom Curtis

Tom Curtis — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:33:33 +0000

In reply to Chris K. The V2 HD mesh looks great, and runs great on my iMac and PCs. sot that fixes my PERSONAL problem, but unfortunately, there are quite a few people who either can't get the new v2 HD mesh or their system can't handle the additional load. But regardless, I'd sure like to see the default mesh fixed.

By: Chris K

Chris K — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 03:57:22 +0000

In reply to Tom Curtis.

Hi Tom,

The V2 HD Mesh from Andras corrects the triangle of grass between the perpendicular runways at KSFO on the south side. Your Golden Gate scenery looks much better. I won’t know about the I80 on the Oakland Bay Bridge tho, but I suspect it was also fixed in the V2 HD mesh.

– Ck.

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 22:35:21 +0000

In reply to Tom Curtis. It did not, and weirdly I did not see the bug report - I'll have to look in the reporter files.

By: Tom Curtis

Tom Curtis — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 15:29:55 +0000

I filed a bug report on the dsf for KSFO about a week after X-Plane 10.0 was released. The shoreline around the airport is totally hosed and there is a narrow land mass across the bay where the Oakland Bay Bridge is. I’ve been patiently waiting, but I sure hope the SanFrancisco dsf make it in this recut.

By: Chris K

Chris K — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 13:38:20 +0000

In reply to Andrew Clements.

Yep, and already updated the YSSY Kingsford Smith Intl (ISDG) Scenery. (Had some new interesting roads show up which needed some culling. Looks like there’s a ton more road data than the original 2011 cut)

Looks great to have the water back, I agree! ….Now Joe won’t throw a tantrum on his twitchtv feed every time he flies his Q400 or 732 into Sydney =)

– CK.

By: Alpilotx

Alpilotx — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 22:54:09 +0000

In reply to Alpilotx.

Freddy (and Ben) …. I did the check myself, and just like I suspected: at KNBG, you can see that strange mountain (spike), only when you use HD Mesh Scenery v2 (which is a know bug … as stated above). Whereas with pure default Global Scenery (in 10.30 beta 8) the mountain (spike) is not there. So, no bug on the default Global Scenery side!