MSE 2.0 Hawaii or Hawaii Photoreal?

[big-mike]

MegaSceneryEarth 2.0 Hawaii is on sale at PC Aviator AUS for AUD$3.00.

http://www.pcaviator.com.au/store/product.php?productid=555210&cat=716&page=1

8 Islands,but a few cloud coverage issues.
What is the difference to the Hawaii Photoreal sceneries mentioned here?

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?92236-freeware-hawaiian-airports-2-available

Mike

[Kowalski65]

For the price,MSE is a bargain(& thanks for the link,I didnt know I could get 40% off today so got a couple more areas :))
I think the freeware is some airports, not the whole chain.

[vonstroheim]

Don't forget to check Javier Trinidad's freeware Hawaii Photoreal scenery. Big Island was released not so long ago, but I didn't try it yet (4.4GB!)... Looks promising...
http://www.hawaii-photoreal.com/

George Keogh's airports are also very nice. Both packages should mix quite well (Javier made several patches (http://www.hawaii-photoreal.com/downloads/patches/)to avoid conflicts).
http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=George+Keogh+Hawaiian+Airpor ts&CatID=root&Go=Search

Javier's Hawaii Photoreal works best with Raimondo Taburet free 10m mesh (hawai10_2.zip @ flightsim.com)

http://u.jimdo.com/www63/o/s14917c5f328a05db/img/ieedae22d25d2183f/1415744738/std/image.png

http://u.jimdo.com/www63/o/s14917c5f328a05db/img/i7744d4d6bf4fbb2c/1414166228/std/image.png

http://u.jimdo.com/www63/o/s14917c5f328a05db/img/i53bb957da28d263d/1422988039/std/image.png

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/333882maui.jpg

Screenshots by Javier Trinidad. More here http://www.hawaii-photoreal.com/galleries/ and https://www.facebook.com/hawaii.photoreal

[vonstroheim]

Some fresh screenshots (by me) of Lanai and Molokai with Javier Trinidad's Hawaii Photoreal scenery and George Keogh's Hawaiian Airport Packs. FSX cannot be any better than this, don't you think? And this is for free...

Lanai:

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/718500lanai1.jpg

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/613043lanai2.jpg

Molokai:

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/806052molokai1.jpg

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/913431molokai2.jpg

[vonstroheim]

Molokai (cont'd):

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/323066molokai4.jpg

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/220289molokai3.jpg

Kahoolawe:

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/765418Kahoolawe.jpg

Molokini:

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/756138Molokini.jpg

With Dino's Aermacchi MB-326E, Coolsky Douglas DC-9, and Captain Sim Boeing 737-100, and Lagaffe's C180

[gray eagle]

Ford Island Navy Base Hawaii. Ford Island Navy Base located in the beautiful Hawaiian Islands (HI). This scenery adds some combat ramps, static aircraft and ships. Also adds a ILS approach on runway 4. This file will not impact your frame rates. By J. D. Starseed.

http://i61.tinypic.com/10pc2dl.jpg

http://simviation.com/1/browse-Scenery-63-97

[vonstroheim]

Oahu Ford Island NALF by George Keogh (avsim)

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/433042fordisland.jpg

Hawaii Big Island by Javier Trinidad (freeware Hawaii Photoreal (http://www.hawaii-photoreal.com/) scenery)

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/772963bigisland.jpg

The Hawaii freeware offerings are quite good, but needs a little work to enjoy.
So far Oahu and Kauai are not available yet (edit: check out Kauai by Ironhand at Lockonfiles (http://www.lockonfiles.com/files/category/28-fsx-scenery-packs/)).
So MegaScenery Earth 2.0 Hawaii is certainly a good deal at $5...

[vonstroheim]

Oahu available, Molokai updated!

Javier Trinidad's freeware Hawaii Photoreal scenery: http://www.hawaii-photoreal.com/news/

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/690984molokai.jpg

Milton's Harpoon over Molokai

[wallydog]

Oahu available, Molokai updated!

Javier Trinidad's freeware Hawaii Photoreal scenery: http://www.hawaii-photoreal.com/news/

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/690984molokai.jpg

Milton's Harpoon over Molokai

Oahu has recently been release and is a beauty. The entire island chain is now available in photoreal and Oahu is IMHO the best freeware version.

[vonstroheim]

Oahu has recently been released and is a beauty.

Yes indeed! Some screenshots from Hawaii photoreal (http://www.hawaii-photoreal.com/news/) Oahu:

Honolulu Int'l (default airport with included Afcad fix)

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/793975oahu2.jpg

Dillingham, Kalaeola, and Kaneohe (with George Keogh airport pack @ avsim)

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/755523oahu1.jpg

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/771612oahu3.jpg

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/423817oahu4.jpg

To get this nice darker ocean color, I'm using FS Water Configurator (http://www.strikingsoftware.com/forum/index.php?topic=2982.0) Public Preview (DX9 and DX10 compatible)

I'v uninstalled payware MegaCity Hawaii (Honolulu/Oahu). I was quite happy with it, but it's a bit dated (2006) and it shows. Javier Trinitad's Oahu is simply much better.

[nakajima]

Beautiful screenshots, Vonstroheim! :encouragement: