Death Valley + HolgerMESH Freeware Released

[JayKae]

PRESS RELEASE:
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Death Valley + HolgerMESH Released!

Photoreal scenery for FSX SP2 created at a resolution of 2m/pixel (some interesting areas has been made at 1m/pixel, like Trona), with autogen and enhanced nightlights. Summer Season Only. There are some very nice lakes with animated water. You will see that this area presents so many interesting things to see, it’s not only the desert... there are fantastic farms and rural environments, very cute cities, industrial areas and the scenery changes a lot during the
day.... you will see fantastic colour nuances depending on the time you fly. It’s also beautiful in the night, we experimented with a new method to realize the nightlights, very realistic, that we will apply also to the future sceneries. The HolgerMESH is included in the zipfile you download but has it's own installer so you can use it if you desire but you do not have to if you do not desire to do so.
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Download your manual

http://aussiex.org/ozxdistro/manuals/Death_Valley_README!!.zip

Download the scenery

http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=525

[Mithrin]

Downloading now! Looks great!

[SirBenn21]

Some screenies would be nice. :wiggle:

[gigabyte]

Thanks JayKae, I am downloading now, everything I have seen from OzX is amazing so I know I am going to love this.

SirBenn21 - it is a huge D/L but as soon as I finish and can get airborne I post a couple of screenies (if someone does not beat me to it). But trust me if this is half as good as the rest of their stuff (and I am betting it is better with the new light effects) you will not be disappointed.

[VFR Alexander]

Jay.... Death Valley is in Louisiana :ernae:.

Looks interesting :).

[6297J]

It's downloading pretty quickly here. I'm really looking forward to this :jump:

[JayKae]

Looking forward to your findings gentlemen, the download should be pretty quick it is utilising my CDN server :)

[flewpastu]

WOW, Amazing just amazing. When these guys make the USA like the Australia addons they are gonna put other addons out of buisness.

Bill

[EgoR64]

:applause::ernae::applause:

Sweet, did a little training in that AO, many moons ago, Looks fantastic !!

Thx & Many Cheers !!

:icon29:

[Thoe6969]

Jay.... Death Valley is in Louisiana :ernae:.

Looks interesting :). Not unless they moved it,allways been in California as far as I know.:isadizzy:

[6297J]

I've just taken my F16 for a spin in the Valley - it's magnificent, absolutley magnificent!!
Thanks go to all involved :ernae:

[Helldiver]

Where do you download it? I hit everything there and nothing responded. Does this also include Ridgecrest and China Lake in the scenery?

[PRB]

Where do you download it? I hit everything there and nothing responded. Does this also include Ridgecrest and China Lake in the scenery?

From the PDF file, the affected area covers the following airports:

Furnace Creek (L06) California
Stove Pipe Wells (L09) California
Lone Pine (O26) California
Beatty (KBTY) Nevada
Independence (207) California
Trona (L72) California
Inyokern (KIYK) California
China Lake (KNID) California

To download, click the 2nd link provided by JayKae. That page has a "download file" button, which takes you to another page with a "download file" button, which downloads a file that, when run, downloads the actual scenery file. If I have that right...

[gigabyte]

Here are a couple of shots from a quick "Fly-about" I just had... I am Lovin this....

??? OK so that did not work, lets try this again...

[Henry]

From the PDF file, the affected area covers the following airports:

Furnace Creek (L06) California
Stove Pipe Wells (L09) California
Lone Pine (O26) California
Beatty (KBTY) Nevada
Independence (207) California
Trona (L72) California
Inyokern (KIYK) California
China Lake (KNID) California

To download, click the 2nd link provided by JayKae. That page has a "download file" button, which takes you to another page with a "download file" button, which downloads a file that, when run, downloads the actual scenery file. If I have that right...
That is correct
and a great tool for downloading
can always pause it when you need to
Thanks guys
and it is almost in Louisiana
well about 50% to go:icon_lol:
LOL
H

[gigabyte]

Just one this time...

Sorry not sure why my attachments are not showing, they are jpg and not oversize???

[Cazzie]

Thanks Jaykae, downloaded and installed, but I must head out to VIR and fly later this evening.

Death Valley is really nothing to look at in real life, think Afghanistan in the US. It is a barren, ugly place.

Caz

[Barvan40]

Just one this time...

Sorry not sure why my attachments are not showing, they are jpg and not oversize???

Gigabyte, you are not doing anything wrong. SOH is still restoring files to the new server and some things are not up yet.

[Henry]

Just one this time...

Sorry not sure why my attachments are not showing, they are jpg and not oversize???
we are still working on it
but make sure the Max Files size is no more than 976.6 KB and you should be able to upload them.
H

[PRB]

Awesome! It looks just like Death Valley! :d I always thought Death Valley is spectacularly beautiful, despite, or perhaps in part because of, it’s bleakness. Magnificent desolation!

http://www.prbsystems.com/pics/dv1.jpg

http://www.prbsystems.com/pics/dv2.jpg

http://www.prbsystems.com/pics/dv3.jpg

[Helldiver]

I don't find any download file. You must be enchanted. How do I find the download file? Why all the mystery?
I'm glad to see they have China Lake and Inyoken listed. I spent a lot of hot days in that place.

[PRB]

Helldiver,

The 2nd of JayKae's links brings you to this page:

http://www.prbsystems.com/pics/download1.jpg

Scroll down until you see the Download File button. Clicking it brings you to this page:

http://www.prbsystems.com/pics/download2.jpg

Click the Download File button on this page to download an executable file that will download the actual scenery installation zip file, which is huge...

[6297J]

Click on Download and read the instructions -

http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?autocom=downloads&req=download&code=confirm_download&id=525


edit: You have more patience (and quicker broadband) than me PRB!

[Moses03]

This looks great. I do a lot of flying around there. :applause:

Moses

[Cactuskid]

Excellent! :applause: Thanks Antonio and Holger! Nice package! I just did a short hop from Independence to Eastern Sierra Reg'l in Bishop and except for a difference in color, this mesh blends beautifully with Blue Sky's Sierra Nevada package! Very nice work! :ernae:

[gigabyte]

we are still working on it
but make sure the Max Files size is no more than 976.6 KB and you should be able to upload them.
H

Thanks guys, I am not sure what is going on, the files were 191K so well with in limits, and I tried to upload twice, but even the second time when I selected just a single file nothing appeared after the Finished Upload was displayed...

Oh well no big deal there are screenies up now so the request was answered, there is plenty of time for me to add stuff in the future, I am just thankful that we have such a dedicated staff and admins who got this board back up after a full server crash, it's been said before but you guys are the best Thanks Bunch for all your haard work...

[JoeW]

I just made a flight from Furnace Creek to Stove Pipe Wells in a Cub. This is great.

I posted some screenies but they don't show.

[DaveKDEN]

No screenies here, but the scenery is amazing!!! :applause: Shows just how realistic FSX can be, with the right scenery installed. Said it before, and I'll say it again, MS should have hired Holger. Thanks goodness he's still actively involved in scenery development for FS. Should keep FSX viable for a long time to come.

[Barvan40]

Awesome!

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/th_VOZ_Death_Valley_001.jpg (http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/?action=view&current=VOZ_Death_Valley_001.jpg)http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/th_VOZ_Death_Valley_002.jpg (http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/?action=view&current=VOZ_Death_Valley_002.jpg)http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/th_VOZ_Death_Valley_003.jpg (http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/?action=view&current=VOZ_Death_Valley_003.jpg)http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/th_VOZ_Death_Valley_004.jpg (http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/?action=view&current=VOZ_Death_Valley_004.jpg)http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/th_VOZ_Death_Valley_005.jpg (http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/?action=view&current=VOZ_Death_Valley_005.jpg)http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/th_VOZ_Death_Valley_006.jpg (http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/Barvan40/?action=view&current=VOZ_Death_Valley_006.jpg)

[MCDesigns]

Stunning scenery, thanks to all involved!!:ernae:

[robcap]

Hi,

I downloaded the files (twice).
Both times I can see 3 files, but I cannot extract Death_Valley.exe
The mesh exe works fine, and I can read the PDF.
Any suggestions?

Cheers, R.

[JayKae]

We had someone else with a similar problem and it turned out to be the Windows inbuilt extractor ( http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2582&hl= ) so maybe do the same as he did and see if it helps you ?

[Tim-HH]

Hi Rob,

I had the same "problem"...I tried to unzip the file with the default WinXP unzip tool but it didn't work. Then I tried it with 7-Zip and it worked without any flaws :)

Thanks Antonio, Holger and Jay for this great scenery :applause:

Greetings
Tim

[robcap]

Thanks for the tips, Tim and Jay, got it running, and it's absolutely brilliant,
Thanks for giving this scenery package to us!,

R.

[Ferry_vO]

Downloading right now, at 1.08 MB/sec, so only 16 minutes to go!

:applause:

[JayKae]

Glad you got it going mate and you are welcome :)

[Henry]

Hi,

I downloaded the files (twice).
Both times I can see 3 files, but I cannot extract Death_Valley.exe
The mesh exe works fine, and I can read the PDF.
Any suggestions?

Cheers, R.
i had the same problem in vista
so instead of running it i extracted it
and it worked
H

[Roger]

Poor old WinZip struggles because the file is over 1 gigabyte. I have win rar on my system so I used that to extract the files.

[Gdavis101]

Very nice! Thank you for the scenery.. Simply gorgeous!

[Moses03]

Flying around at dusk really brings out the depth in the textures. Phew!

http://i42.tinypic.com/mrstax.jpg

[CodyValkyrie]

Great scenery! Really do love it. Will make for some great cinematic purposes in the future.

I did see one small error... Just north, northwest of Furnace Creek there is a large hole.

[edit: tried to attach picture with no luck. You can't really miss it though.]

[Roger]

Some shots:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/dv-1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/dv-2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/dv-3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/rogera/dv-4.jpg

[JayKae]

The large hole is a MESH issue ( I think ) that was picked up by the devs but as far as I am aware they could not do anything about it, hence the disclaimer in the manual about 'amateurs' making the scenery and there might be 'imperfections' :)

[stovall]

JayKae, this scenery is really fantastic, in fact the best I have ever seen. I drove the area from San Diego to Northern California (Redding) last November up hwy 395 and from what I see you hit the nail right on the head. Thanks you so much. I will be flying out of China Lake for quite a while.

[BananaBob]

Great work gents! :ernae:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4676/thksorbx.jpg

[JayKae]

Hey guys, just to clarify, I am just the admin over at OZx, I only built the installers and manual pdf, all the work was done by Antonio, Maurizio ( two Italians believe it or not!) and for the mesh it was Holger Sandmann :) Thank you for the kind words though, it is appreciated!

[Wombat_VC]

It looks so tempting that I should send up an Aermacchi SF.260 to go after that DC-3! :icon_lol:


Awesome! It looks just like Death Valley! :d I always thought Death Valley is spectacularly beautiful, despite, or perhaps in part because of, it’s bleakness. Magnificent desolation!

http://www.prbsystems.com/pics/dv1.jpg

http://www.prbsystems.com/pics/dv2.jpg

http://www.prbsystems.com/pics/dv3.jpg

[robcap]

It looks so tempting that I should send up an Aermacchi SF.260 to go after that DC-3! :icon_lol::kilroy:It's a DC2 (sorry, couldn't resist:d) Great shots, Thanks PRB:ernae:

[Nick C]

Great shot's guys.

Bob stop by and say hello some time! :wavey:

[JayKae]

Great scenery! Really do love it. Will make for some great cinematic purposes in the future.

I did see one small error... Just north, northwest of Furnace Creek there is a large hole.

[edit: tried to attach picture with no luck. You can't really miss it though.]

Could you please have a look at the coords for us? We cannot find the hole... that would be great!

[6297J]

Could you please have a look at the coords for us? We cannot find the hole... that would be great!

Me neither. Where is it?

[CodyValkyrie]

Sure thing mates.

Coords:
Lat: N36 34.76' Lon: W116 57.65'

http://www.jaggyroadfilms.com/misc/pictures/hole1.jpg

http://www.jaggyroadfilms.com/misc/pictures/hole2.jpg

[Wombat_VC]

:kilroy:It's a DC2 (sorry, couldn't resist:d) Great shots, Thanks PRB:ernae:
Oh my bad. I couldn't tell my 747 from my A380. :isadizzy:

[GypsyBaron]

Took a little sightseeing flight around the Death Valley area today.

The range of colors in the terrain is amazing!

Paul
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Gypsy_Baron/TEMP/DV_2.jpghttp://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Gypsy_Baron/TEMP/DV_3.jpghttp://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Gypsy_Baron/TEMP/DV_4.jpghttp://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Gypsy_Baron/TEMP/DV_5.jpghttp://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Gypsy_Baron/TEMP/DV_6.jpghttp://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Gypsy_Baron/TEMP/DV_7.jpghttp://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Gypsy_Baron/TEMP/DV_8.jpghttp://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Gypsy_Baron/TEMP/DV_9.jpghttp://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Gypsy_Baron/TEMP/DV_10.jpghttp://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c24/Gypsy_Baron/TEMP/DV_1.jpg

[JayKae]

Thanks Cody, appreciate it mate :) I shall let the devs know

[JayKae]

Cody, I flew those coordinates and so did the devs and they are not having the hole there. A suggestion that was made was that maybe our HolgerMESH is not in the higher priority in your library ?

[CodyValkyrie]

Cody, I flew those coordinates and so did the devs and they are not having the hole there. A suggestion that was made was that maybe our HolgerMESH is not in the higher priority in your library ?
I'll see what I can do. Thanks mate. I'll let you know what I come up with.

[JayKae]

Excellent mate :) Hope to hear from ya soon then

[Paularx]

ooooh !
Very nice - Great scenery guys ! :ernae:

Roger, would you kindly tell us where to get the bare-metal paint for the OV-1 Mohawk - It's sooo pretty and shiny..... must have it.:jump:

[Holger Sandmann]

Hi guys,

that hole actually looks more like an incorrect flatten for a water body than a mesh issue (notice the sharp edges, which are untypical for terrain data). Cody, do you have any add-on installed that includes water bodies, like Ultimate Terrain X?

Cheers, Holger

[CodyValkyrie]

Actually yes, I'm running UTX. I suspected after it might be on my end that it might be an issue, but I wasn't quite sure. Any suggestions to fix this? I still am not at my computer but rather at work.

[Roger]

ooooh !
Very nice - Great scenery guys ! :ernae:

Roger, would you kindly tell us where to get the bare-metal paint for the OV-1 Mohawk - It's sooo pretty and shiny..... must have it.:jump:


Paul,
It's just one of Tim's standard paints with the alpha channel upped. If you pm me with an e-mail address I'l send you what I've got.

[Henry]

Is that between L06 and L09?
I am using UTX but see no holes
H

[Holger Sandmann]

Hi Cody,

I just re-activated my UT-X USA and don't see the hole then either, like Henry. Not sure what's responsible unless you maybe have an older version of UT-X that had lake elevation issues (wild guess).

Another option is to temporarily deactivate all non-default addon entries in your scenery library (including "Addon Scenery") and check whether that helps. If it does re-activate half of the entries, check again, etc., until you've narrowed down the addon.

Cheers, Holger

[CodyValkyrie]

Holger, I am certainly using the latest versions of all software as I JUST RECENTLY built my computer and made sure to have the latest software of all products I own. Now, I haven't dug into it tonight, however I plan on tomorrow spending a bit of time with it and hopefully can come up with a solution or a better direction to perhaps lead us towards a result. I thank you for taking this time to work with me mate.

I must say, regardless of this issue which is seemingly on my side, this scenery is a MUST HAVE and I think many would agree with me that it would be successful even if it was payware.

Cheers and keep up the good work. More soon!

[tigisfat]

Will this scenery work okay with megascenery socal?

[Piglet]

Isn't that hole part of the San Andreas Fault?!?!:ernae:

[GypsyBaron]

Isn't that hole part of the San Andreas Fault?!?!:ernae:

Not yet! :)

Stay "tooned"...

Paul

[EgoR64]

:ernae: -

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm30/EgoR64/dv7.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm30/EgoR64/dv6.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm30/EgoR64/dv3.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm30/EgoR64/dv2.jpg

[JayKae]

Very nice shots mate, very nice :)

[Naismith]

Superb piece of freeware. Thanks very much

[bkeske]

Just installed.

Nothing short of amazing.

Incredible.

...and Naismith...Hot Rats is one of my all time favorite albums...nice avatar. :mixedsmi:

[Mr.Mugel]

Yes, took some flights over it, really impressive!

Big thanks to everyone involved!

[EgoR64]

:ernae: !! It just keeps getting better !! Phew what a Good Sunday !! :icon29:

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm30/EgoR64/dv12.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm30/EgoR64/dv10.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm30/EgoR64/dv9.jpg

[Piglet]

Looks nice.
Is anyone else having trouble getting the scenery to show up in FSX SP2 Acell?
My install seemed to go OK, activated in scenery library, but no new scenery shows up. Ummm....

[EgoR64]

:wavey:

Hi Tim,

Mine did not show up at first, however my issue was I did not add it to the Scenery Library. I have Accel SP2. I added the Ozx_World/Death_Valley in my root directory - is at the Top

[JayKae]

@Cody did you ever figure out your problem?

@piglet, maybe make sure you have got it in your library as Ego suggested?

[EgoR64]

Paul,
It's just one of Tim's standard paints with the alpha channel upped. If you pm me with an e-mail address I'l send you what I've got.
:wavey:

Hi Roger,

Can I PM my email as well ?

While I love the OV, One of my Favs is the Bronco, is there a metal paint for this too !! That would look sooo Coool !! :running:

Cheers !!

[hinch]

http://i39.tinypic.com/b8uzxj.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/rarsyr.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/1zp1obc.jpg

Landed in a random oasis complete with narrow runway and tiny parking space...

http://i43.tinypic.com/4tnhpl.jpg