Simviation Forum - The Quest for Better Textures: freeware packages

May 9^th, 2006 at 7:22am

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What do you think of these texture improvement freeware packages?
- Airland 1.0 (runway and taxiway textures)
- Dynamic Water Texture Set (sea and ocean water)
- Inland Water and River Textures 2.0 (river and lake water)
For the water, I am currently using the "morewatr.zip" package, but I'm not happy with it.

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Reply #1 - May 9^th, 2006 at 10:55am

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I'd tell you what I think, but I don't know where to find any of them. Give us some links, so's we can check 'em out and let you know our opinions.

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Reply #2 - May 9^th, 2006 at 11:38am

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- airland1.zip
- pwover16.zip
- aawater2.zip
All of them on www.flightsim.com
I didn't write it before because I thought these packages were well known.

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Reply #3 - May 9^th, 2006 at 1:23pm

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For groud textures try Bluesphere project or Silver Wings and
For ground haze, bluesphere has the best color selection

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Reply #4 - May 9^th, 2006 at 3:15pm

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I'm currently using BlueSphere, but I'd like a package with higher definition rather than one with a different colour nuance.
Silver Wings should be good, but I've read that it's not so good from higher altitudes.
Anyway, I've just installed the above mentioned packages. As soon as possible I'll post my impressions as to if they actually improved my water textures.

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Reply #5 - May 9^th, 2006 at 10:55pm

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For ground textures use Lennarts. They are great

Get Koorbygen for your Autogen, TreeMod for trees, FSSkyworld for Sky and Clouds

Water I use Ashars, but with effects turned OFF. Best way to do it, as no stupid circulating "waves" but instead a really realistic flow

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Reply #6 - May 10^th, 2006 at 2:54am

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I have been able to find Lennart's ground textures, Ashar's water textures and Koorbygen, but not TreeMod or FSSkyWorld. ???
Anyway, it seems that the freeware "Koorbygen Lite" package (the one I've been able to find) only alters building textures for the USA area.
I don't understand this: why don't these textures apply to other areas as well?
Also Lennart's textures seem to apply only to "Europe and certain parts of North America and New Zealand". ???

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Reply #7 - May 10^th, 2006 at 1:50pm

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Also Lennart's textures seem to apply only to "Europe and certain parts of North America and New Zealand". ???

You can choose to put them onto N. America, S. America, Europe and Oceania I believe. I myself "tweaked" them to make them cover my entire FS globe, and if you want to know how, just say and I'll (try to) remember so I can tell you. Grin

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Reply #8 - May 10^th, 2006 at 1:56pm

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I am interested Grin

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Reply #9 - May 10^th, 2006 at 8:04pm

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Search for FS Sky World (make sure you seperate the names) over at AVSim. Took me ages to find . . . Roll Eyes

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