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[John Venema]

Hello all,

Just stumbled on this lovely part of Norway (Bodo area) during some testing of FTX Global, thought I would share them here.


































More coming soon from around the world.

[FriLa]

Thanks for the new screenshots, they look fantastic!
As we have heard, streets, shorelines and mesh are the same as the default FSX. Now a comparison would be interesting, how the same view looks with default textures and autogen buildings and trees!
Regards,
Fritz

[kaboki]

The textures looks somewhat belivable, but to bad there is no landclass, mesh and improved coastlines. I really hope you guys do Norway someday(Region pack) as there isn't any payware scenery made for Norway yet.
I can't really see me buying this FTX global. The reason I started buying Orbx scenery in the first place whas for the details that I couldn't get with GEX/UTX, buying this would be some step backwards for me and I never fly in default areas and this is like default just with some nicer textures.

[mra]

For someone from the southern hemisphere, I would have thought that Norway Global was an eye opener to someone who does not have any idea of Norwegian terrain. If this is going to be default terrain, I can't wait.

[John Venema]

Forgot to include these shots over the airport and city:

The textures looks somewhat belivable, but to bad there is no landclass, mesh and improved coastlines. I really hope you guys do Norway someday(Region pack) as there isn't any payware scenery made for Norway yet.
I can't really see me buying this FTX global. The reason I started buying Orbx scenery in the first place whas for the details that I couldn't get with GEX/UTX, buying this would be some step backwards for me and I never fly in default areas and this is like default just with some nicer textures.

FTX Global is all about giving you the Orbx look and feel for the whole world, not to provide mesh, landclass and all the usual region details. A full-featured Orbx region takes many months and a lot of developers to craft, and at the rate we are going it would take decades to complete the whole world. So FTX Global given you a half-way solution so that there is no stark contrast when leaving one of the full-featured Orbx regions.

Additionally, there is nothing to stop you adding mesh, landclass and other vector addons to sit under and over our textures. That's the beauty of freedom of choice

We also have a texture artist creating brand new textures for FTX Global each month, continually improving the feel of certain areas around the world.

Finally, FTX Global will come with monthly DLC for free - each month there will be new content added to improve parts of the world bit by bit, i.e landclass, airports, POIs etc. Think of FTX Global as a "platform" which continually evolves and improves over time.

[Capnsully]

That sounds promising John, sometimes ppl forget how big the world is. This is still a major achievement from what I can see, some beautiful landscapes.

Maybe a Norwegian could chime in, ESP comparing it to default.

[A.B.]

Finally, FTX Global will come with monthly DLC for free - each month there will be new content added to improve parts of the world bit by bit, i.e landclass, airports, POIs etc. Think of FTX Global as a "platform" which continually evolves and improves over time.

improvements around the world? Monthly? Free? Sold!

[John Venema]

That sounds promising John, sometimes ppl forget how big the world is. This is still a major achievement from what I can see, some beautiful landscapes.

Maybe a Norwegian could chime in, ESP comparing it to default.

Better to compare to Google Earth rather than FSX Default. I think FTX Global is damn close looking at the shot I put up (see above)

[Capnsully]

Check out Tromso, a beautiful airport and surrounds ripe for development (hint..)

[hughp]

Those shots look like a big step up from default and an equally big distance from "Orbx region" quality, so about what you'd expect, a true "half -way solution". Thats good enough for me. And a lot better than waiting til 2017 or whenever to fly Japan, Greece, Norway and all the other places I'd like Orbx to do. And if some talented developers in Norway improved on the default coastline data and mesh how great would those shots look?

[Andy Ri]

Better to compare to Google Earth rather than FSX Default. I think FTX Global is damn close looking at the shot I put up (see above)

Hey Mr. John, can you show us few shots from another part of Europe like Eastern Europe and also few very cold pictures from Greenland.
Thanks

[JJJackson]

The textures looks somewhat belivable, but to bad there is no landclass, mesh and improved coastlines. I really hope you guys do Norway someday(Region pack) as there isn't any payware scenery made for Norway yet.
I can't really see me buying this FTX global. The reason I started buying Orbx scenery in the first place whas for the details that I couldn't get with GEX/UTX, buying this would be some step backwards for me and I never fly in default areas and this is like default just with some nicer textures.

This already exists!!!!! Andrew Thomson, Hasse Ramberg and others has it all in their AoN Norway and NSX II Norway and it is FREEWARE!!!!. I have been a BETA-tester and have now used the released v 3.22 (AoN) and V 1.0 (NSX II) for some months. Sincerely hope that they will fit in well in the FTX Global Norwegian area.

Jack
the Swede in Spain

[Manuel Bigot]

Great job, that's interesting approach. Do you planed the night and season texture change ?
Because Norway ... that's white 5 month by year ...

[John Lovell]

I think ftx global is a fantastic idea. As JV said, nothing stopping you adding other landclass and much add ons.. for instance; Fs Genesis and UTX to sit underneath.

The prospect of ftx global receiving constant updates and a dedicated team working on it has me sold .

Much - meant to be Mesh.. phone auto correct.. dont you just love it!

[moonman]

This looks very, very promising!

[Wildbird]

This already exists!!!!! Andrew Thomson, Hasse Ramberg and others has it all in their AoN Norway and NSX II Norway and it is FREEWARE!!!!. I have been a BETA-tester and have now used the released v 3.22 (AoN) and V 1.0 (NSX II) for some months. Sincerely hope that they will fit in well in the FTX Global Norwegian area.

Jack
the Swede in Spain

This is completely true. If you add all the scenery like Airports of Norway (accurate airports), Norway Scenic X II (coastlines, lakes and rivers), Norway Quality Mesh, and lots of other stuff, with UTX and FTX Global underneath it all, what you will end up with is something that will be equal to an ORBX region. The freeware addons for Norway are absolutely amazing. I can't wait to see all of this come together with Orbx textures.

[ShawnG]

In particular the Oslo airport that is in the airports of Norway Pack is fantastic, with PR

Mr. Venema are you using any sort of UTX or landclass addon, or is that default FSX mesh and LC?

[mikee]

Very nice shots, FTX Global looks to be very promising! I agree with Frila that a comparison with fsx default textures would be interesting!

[masterhawk]

Hi, I will buy FTX Global. It's looking awesome. I already own the whole GEX package by flight1. But I will replace it. One question: Add-ons like mesh (FS Global Ultimate) and landclass (SceneryTech) for the whole earth exists. No need to include it in FTX Global. But might it be possible to include vector data like shorelines, rivers, and streets?

[John Venema]

Mr. Venema are you using any sort of UTX or landclass addon, or is that default FSX mesh and LC?

For the Norway shots above I installed SceneryTech EU Landclass and also FSGenesis 10m NeXTMap Mesh Correction, I don't have any mesh for Norway installed, my bad.

After reading Wildbird's post about Norway ScenicX II ... I downloaded it and it certainly improved the coastlines and made towns less urban. Tromso now looks more accurate:





That is the beauty of FTX Global, it's like a giant sandpit for lots of freeware and payware addons and gives you freedom to add what layers you want. Of course Orbx will do a proper FTX Norway region with the bells and whistles (likely in 2014) and that includes Norwegian government data and aerial imagery from the area. But until then, this is a very nice Plan B