megascenery earth...

**Daveroo** · October 21st, 2013, 12:55

im wanting to get megascenery earth "california"..but id like to have some honest opinions products wise.i have the orbix Los angeles ,in your diffferant and much varying opinions,should i buy the entire state and remove the orbix?..should i wait for the orbix northern california?...

my thoughts are to get megascenery california..then add nevada,arizona,new mexico and oregon as these are the places i fly,im not into alaska or pnw,so seriously..should i just do the megascenery and add to my colection slowly?...

**paiken** · October 21st, 2013, 13:19

Depends on your tastes Dave. Megascenery products usually don't have ANY autogen buildings or vegetation, so once you get down low, all you'll see are textures. Once you're up above 3000 ft, it doesn't really matter much and the photoreal experience is really nice if you're familiar with the area.

**Warhawk1130** · October 21st, 2013, 13:59

Originally Posted by Daveroo

im wanting to get megascenery earth "california"..but id like to have some honest opinions products wise.i have the orbix Los angeles ,in your diffferant and much varying opinions,should i buy the entire state and remove the orbix?..should i wait for the orbix northern california?...

my thoughts are to get megascenery california..then add nevada,arizona,new mexico and oregon as these are the places i fly,im not into alaska or pnw,so seriously..should i just do the megascenery and add to my colection slowly?...

Not to sway you either way, Dave. I bought the cali pack for 200.00 about 9 months ago. At first I was happy, then noticed in many areas in central cali that alot of tiles had a transparent green overlay to them that ruined the experience for me. I tried to have it corrected with no success...no one answered my emails, so, I took it off and went with the orbx global which was much more satisfying. Will not purchase anymore mega packs due to the customer support issue.

**MCDesigns** · October 21st, 2013, 14:07

ORBX Los Angeles?? You mean Aerosoft?

**orionll** · October 21st, 2013, 17:17

Alternately, you could try the freeware BlueSkyScenery: http://www.blueskyscenery.com/CA.html. They have California (on the page I linked to), in addition to various other states.

**Daveroo** · October 21st, 2013, 18:26

Originally Posted by MCDesigns

ORBX Los Angeles?? You mean Aerosoft?

yes..aerosoft....

**gdavej** · October 22nd, 2013, 12:57

Originally Posted by Warhawk1130

Not to sway you either way, Dave. I bought the cali pack for 200.00 about 9 months ago. At first I was happy, then noticed in many areas in central cali that alot of tiles had a transparent green overlay to them that ruined the experience for me. I tried to have it corrected with no success...no one answered my emails, so, I took it off and went with the orbx global which was much more satisfying. Will not purchase anymore mega packs due to the customer support issue.

Are you talking about megaScenery v2.0? since they only released California as v2.0 about 2 months ago. There was an earlier version (v1.0 I guess) available until then.

**Quicksand** · October 22nd, 2013, 13:15

Dave, I bought MegaScenery for Virginia, where I live. As said before, above angels 3 its beautiful... Then something bit me and I got FTX Global.... Never looked back.. Its all according to what you want to see out of the cockpit at a given altitude.. I never saw myself saying this until I tried it, but for me FTX Global is awesome.. If you're a high altitude guy the line is somewhat fuzzy... With Megascenery there is no autogen on the ground.. You can see for miles. No trees, etc.. After you take off and climb above angels 3 it is awesome, higher more awesome still. That is its strongpoint IMHO.. I like FTX Global better because you don't have to climb above angels 3 for things to feel and look right.. Just my two pennies...

**Daveroo** · October 22nd, 2013, 13:37

alright guys,i like your input here...ill be getting FTX global as im a low and slow flier.....thanks to all.

**Odie** · October 22nd, 2013, 14:25

Originally Posted by Quicksand

Dave, I bought MegaScenery for Virginia, where I live. As said before, above angels 3 its beautiful... Then something bit me and I got FTX Global.... Never looked back.. Its all according to what you want to see out of the cockpit at a given altitude.. I never saw myself saying this until I tried it, but for me FTX Global is awesome.. If you're a high altitude guy the line is somewhat fuzzy... With Megascenery there is no autogen on the ground.. You can see for miles. No trees, etc.. After you take off and climb above angels 3 it is awesome, higher more awesome still. That is its strongpoint IMHO.. I like FTX Global better because you don't have to climb above angels 3 for things to feel and look right.. Just my two pennies...

Hey Quick, to piggy-back on Dave's post for a minute, I have a base install of FSX (just off of the discs), will FTX Global alone give me better visuals for the ground, or is there an another program that needs to
be used in conjunction with FTXG? I like the appeal of having one product doing the Global-thing that will be good no matter where I fly from.

***Deacon211*** · October 24th, 2013, 05:46

One other thing worth mentioning.

The one thing that Megascenery has going for it is what I'll call "surface detail". What I'm referring to is the way that a hilly area might have a green frosting of growth on it where the valleys may remain brown...especially in the high desert. This is also noticeable in rugged mountainous areas where the deep cuts in the mountainside look great in Megascenery. It's a subtle thing that adds some nice realism to the terrain that the Landclass isn't detailed enough to capture, but Megascenery (being photorealistic) can reproduce.

On the other hand, built up areas are in that in between area where they really look off since you can see every muddy textured parking lot. Airfields also suffer from this effect since the FSX airfield often does not overlay the "picture" beneath it.

Personally, I think Megascenery looks best and is my default for desert areas (SoCal, AZ, NV) where the lack of autogen isn't so glaring whereas FTX Global makes FSX in general look great in forrested regions.

Deacon

***Roger*** · October 24th, 2013, 09:10

Originally Posted by Odie

Hey Quick, to piggy-back on Dave's post for a minute, I have a base install of FSX (just off of the discs), will FTX Global alone give me better visuals for the ground, or is there an another program that needs to
be used in conjunction with FTXG? I like the appeal of having one product doing the Global-thing that will be good no matter where I fly from.

Yes Odie I believe it will. The landclass presently is the default but over the coming year ORBX are adding vector and landclass for many areas as add-ons. Watch out for the free demo Iceland coming very soon.

***Deacon211*** · October 24th, 2013, 16:18

Just an addition. Here's what I was speaking of earlier:

Both of these were taken near Meteor Crater AZ. Notice the nice textures around the crater walls and the vegetation in the gullies.

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