Natural Beauty: Orbx NA Blue Pacific Northwest Preview

**CodyValkyrie** · November 2nd, 2009, 22:30

I'll let the video do the talking.

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YouTube Stream:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhApzPe9YrA

SimTube Stream:
http://simtube.com/video/3743/Natura...thwest-Preview

High Resolution Download:
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Regards,
-Cody
Owner, Jaggyroad Films

**Tylerb59** · November 2nd, 2009, 22:35

Excellent work, Cody!

I look forward to seeing shots around Arlington/KAWO

**bstolle** · November 2nd, 2009, 23:19

WOW, this looks extremely professional & beautiful....does this mean I have to delete my tongass fjords?

Regards

Bernt

**CodyValkyrie** · November 2nd, 2009, 23:50

Originally Posted by sg38

WOW, this looks extremely professional & beautiful....does this mean I have to delete my tongass fjords?

Regards

Bernt

No way man! Keep em both!

***Daube*** · November 3rd, 2009, 01:53

wow....

**Helldiver** · November 3rd, 2009, 02:39

Just unbelievably good. It what everybody wishes Flight Simulator would be. I wonder how big an area it covers. I suspect that it would take a powerful machine to run it. Even in the video I saw a couple of places where the frame rate lagged. I wonder what kind of computer they used to make the movie.

**Zorg_DK** · November 3rd, 2009, 05:17

Great video - It looks amazing.

FTX Australia has better fps than stock FSX on my system.

**dswo** · November 3rd, 2009, 06:34

What grabs me here are the snowlines. New (but still generic) landclass tiles...or photoreal?

**foreigndevil** · November 3rd, 2009, 06:37

Really great clip and the perfect music to accompany it! Very well done!

And some gorgeous scenery this will be ...

**ryanbatc** · November 3rd, 2009, 06:40

Some shots from their site appear to use photoreal textures above the tree growth line on the mountains. I think it also said on the site that the major cities have photoreal textures.

**limjack** · November 3rd, 2009, 07:13

That looked stunning!!!! I have to say that it looks very much like the real thing here in the Northwest. Looking forward to this package. Nice video Cody.

Jim

**kjb** · November 3rd, 2009, 07:14

Very impressive

tigisfat · November 3rd, 2009, 07:32

I have to play devil's advocate here. Don't get me wrong, I love their work, especially the airfields, but sometimes their outlying scenery doesn't get me. Some of those shots sure look just like default scenery at dawn or dusk with REX on for effect. The default scenery can look impressive under those conditions. I buy plenty of their airfields, but I have yet to buy their regional packs for this reason. Their free demo of tasmania turned me right off. It's not bad, it's just not worth buying to me. If anyone wants to see what I mean, check out the lakes right in the middle of Tasmania.

**dswo** · November 3rd, 2009, 08:08

Originally Posted by tigisfat

...check out the lakes right in the middle of Tasmania.

Other products -- Tongass Fjords, Ultimate Terrain X -- are better at rendering water contours. What I like about the region packs -- and I don't have any of the payware airports -- are the replacement texture tiles: rich colors, lots of detail, highlighted with autogen. Mind you, I think the default tiles are pretty good too.

**ryanbatc** · November 3rd, 2009, 08:13

Originally Posted by tigisfat

I have to play devil's advocate here. Don't get me wrong, I love their work, especially the airfields, but sometimes their outlying scenery doesn't get me.

I smell what you're stepping in dude...

And I agree

**rwmarth** · November 3rd, 2009, 08:23

Looking great! When are they coming to the midwest????

**crashaz** · November 3rd, 2009, 08:25

Im in love. Anytime you can get Orbx, Holger and Bill collaborating on something.... I consider it already a done deal before the release is even out.

Excellent work and I am always in awe of the production quality of your work Cody!

Now @ the team...gratuitous begging.... you guys should think of doing the Southwest next... think how much easier it will be having to add much less in the way of trees!

**Kiwikat** · November 3rd, 2009, 08:30

Originally Posted by rwmarth

Looking great! When are they coming to the midwest????

Hopefully soon! FTX Great Lakes would be a nice package. :mixedsmi:

**Tim-HH** · November 3rd, 2009, 08:37

A wonderful video! Thanks Cody!

Greetings
Tim

**Dain Arns** · November 3rd, 2009, 09:03

Originally Posted by CodyValkyrie

I'll let the video do the talking.

The video did the talking, and frankly I am disappointed. You do great work Cody, please don't take this post the wrong way. It's what you do quite well and please, this is not a personal attack against you.

But these are harsh times economically for many of us, and I'd like to see something straight forward and way less over-emphasized. That was too hyped for my taste, my apologies.

I want to see this package in normal FSX conditions. I want to see what this gal looks like in broad daylight not the romantic light of dusk. I want to meet her mother first. I want to see what she is really going to look like down the road.

And quite bluntly to Orbx, I'm tired of seeing "Sold Separately!". You want to sell me this fancy car, you better include the tires, or make me an incredible deal to want to buy those tires separately.

**spotlope** · November 3rd, 2009, 09:05

Of course, the shorelines and water contours are only as good as the source data from which they're drawn. In the PNW, the available data are excellent, and the result is just plain eye-popping. Combine that with custom terrain textures, high-res mesh, vastly improved autogen, hundreds of enhanced airports, and judiciously-placed patches of phototerrain, and it's not even fair to compare it to the defaults.

Once the PNW demo is out, try it. That's all Ima gonna say.

**foreigndevil** · November 3rd, 2009, 09:44

Originally Posted by spotlope

Combine that with custom terrain textures, high-res mesh, vastly improved autogen, hundreds of enhanced airports, and judiciously-placed patches of phototerrain, and it's not even fair to compare it to the defaults.

Once the PNW demo is out, try it. That's all Ima gonna say.

Although the default PNW is not terribly bad, I wonder how it can be compared to this? I have fond memories of a vacation in the PNW and this FTX scenery just looks like the real thing and brought those memories back to life. Eagerly looking forward to the result of all your hard work!
BTW, even if one doesn't buy the extra airports, I'm sure there will be plenty of freeware airports to fly from and to (there are plenty for OZ, too).

**spotlope** · November 3rd, 2009, 09:51

True that. Of course, if people don't buy the extra airports, I might have to go live in a box down by the river.

**Dain Arns** · November 3rd, 2009, 10:01

Heck I'm going buy it anyway, and the add-on airports, so Bill can live in a van down by the river...

**CodyValkyrie** · November 3rd, 2009, 10:09

I don't take it as a personal hit at all... Let me emphasize some points about the product however.

1) Over 400+ airports have been redone in the base regional package.
2) The package covers areas in BC, Washington, Oregon and northern California.
3) As you can see, there are "other" products already in the works for it, however unless specifically stated the scenes are shot directly from the regional package. The mountain shots, Bonneville Dam, St Helens, etc etc etc. This is all in game, and running beautifully.
4) There are numerous shots available on the website which covers different lighting conditions, and 70% of this video is shot in mid day with cloud coverage (bright perfect sunny day in the northwest, no way man!). If the lighting turns you off, you can blame me directly because that was totally artistic interpretation.

Of course, I am a marketer, and I think I do my job well... however, I do stand by products we advertise and we make every attempt to only align ourselves with products we ourselves support. I don't want my company to be known for marketing shotty products, however there are always disagreements about "quality."

At any rate, thank you all for watching the video. I'm loving this product at the moment as this is my back yard (live in Fairview). I hope that some of you agree when it comes out this helps bring us back to the old GeoRender days, but for today's simulator.

Cheers gents!

-Cody

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