Simviation Forum - Late afternoon hop.

Nov 15^th, 2009 at 7:12am

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A few shots from a late afternoon hop in the Tongass wilderness. Enjoying the default FSX Maule Orion, with skis here seeing as how its winter.

On a frozen lake/Fjord, with lumps of the nearby Glacier trapped in the ice for the winter....

Heading out after take off. Slowly, but surely, building altitude...

Suns setting fast, best stop sight seeing and head for home....

Back safely and all switched off. Couple of beers and a huge moose steak should finish the day off just fine

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Thanks for looking.

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Reply #1 - Nov 15^th, 2009 at 8:29am

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#2 looks great! postcard like.

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Reply #2 - Nov 15^th, 2009 at 8:31am

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wow, fantastic set! good job!

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Reply #3 - Nov 15^th, 2009 at 9:58am

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All are nice, but #2, Shocked

gorgeous!

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Reply #4 - Nov 15^th, 2009 at 10:52am

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Very nice... Wink

Shot #3 is very good.

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Reply #5 - Nov 15^th, 2009 at 12:32pm

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You're making a very strong statement for FSX, especially since my new FS9 made absolutely no difference. How's it been around large airports of with lots of clouds?

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Reply #6 - Nov 15^th, 2009 at 1:00pm

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Thanks for the comments

olderndirt, my frame rates take a drop over big cities. Its worst at the airports. I have increased some of my settings since my other posts, mostly increasing the traffic amounts. Still have not made any of the tweaks yet either. Comming out of LAX with the 'building storms' setting I see about 20-25 fps, thats flying through the (hde) clouds in an airbus.

I stick to the small, light aircraft for FSX and it works a treat for me (locked at 45fps, minor drops to about 40fps). I will say though, when you do get a fps drop, it is alot smoother than the same event in FS2004.

All the best.

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Reply #7 - Nov 17^th, 2009 at 5:05pm

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Mr Shanks wrote on Nov 15^th, 2009 at 1:00pm:

olderndirt, my frame rates take a drop over big cities. Its worst at the airports. I have increased some of my settings since my other posts, mostly increasing the traffic amounts. Still have not made any of the tweaks yet either. Comming out of LAX with the 'building storms' setting I see about 20-25 fps, thats flying through the (hde) clouds in an airbus.

I stick to the small, light aircraft for FSX and it works a treat for me (locked at 45fps, minor drops to about 40fps). I will say though, when you do get a fps drop, it is alot smoother than the same event in FS2004.

All the best.

I think I can live with it - hope, so - order's been made. Will let you know how it does for me.

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Reply #8 - Nov 18^th, 2009 at 12:25pm

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Well I hope FSX works out fine for you, installing the acceleration disc made such a difference to mine.

Any way, best of luck with it !!!!!!!

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Reply #9 - Nov 19^th, 2009 at 10:37am

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Mr Shanks wrote on Nov 18^th, 2009 at 12:25pm:

Well I hope FSX works out fine for you

Did yours come with SP1 built in or did you have to download? I see SP2 is available.

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Reply #10 - Nov 19^th, 2009 at 1:56pm

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olderndirt wrote on Nov 19^th, 2009 at 10:37am:

Mr Shanks wrote on Nov 18^th, 2009 at 12:25pm:

Well I hope FSX works out fine for you

Did yours come with SP1 built in or did you have to download? I see SP2 is available.

Sent you a private message, Good luck !!!

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Reply #11 - Nov 19^th, 2009 at 11:26pm

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What airport did you start your flight at?

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Reply #12 - Nov 20^th, 2009 at 12:25am

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BrandonF wrote on Nov 19^th, 2009 at 11:26pm:

What airport did you start your flight at?

Hi,

I started out at....

PAPG, Johnson Petersburg, N56*48' W132*57' and made a short (not so short in the Maule!) hop over to the Patterson Glacier which is North West of Petersburg. You can just see the airfield lights in the bottom left of shot 3. The scenery is FSAddon's Tongass Fjords payware. Quite pricey, but worth every penny. 80,000 km² of this kind of scenery to explore

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Reply #13 - Nov 20^th, 2009 at 12:27am

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Thanks!

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