NZFF

Today i was lucky enough to catch up with Ian Warren and Marsbar for an afternoon ale. Ian was working on some VLC with Robin.....it was all very interesting.
I have to say....it is stunning.....i flew Ian's Gannet over the sounds, over picton to nelson and toward the coast....having the details explained to me as we went.....stunning

Timmo and Robin, if you get to see this post.....pat yourselves on the back....or shake your own hands or something....you too Ian.
Granted, Ian has a big horsepower pc ...but (without going on to much) it was bloody amazing.

Timmo, have you thought about other applications for that (VLC) other than the sim......you should (i have an idea for you)


Forget the ozzy stuff.....when this(VLC) becomes public.....simming wont be the same.

Ian, thanks again for the help today.......now get back to work!!....youve got autogen waitng......

So, did you manage to stealth in there and download a copy to a zip drive or anything?

Man, I so want VLC

Venge wrote:

QUOTE (Venge @ May 30 2010, 10:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

So, did you manage to stealth in there and download a copy to a zip drive or anything?

Man, I so want VLC

No , sorry Chris....secruity is very tight. .....and Ian has this monster cat (marsbar) watching everything
Ian did take a couple of screenshots....he might post if he gets time......worth a look.

Arrrr Marsbar Top Security
Its not strange to see the coast line like this anymore , few months back , exactly how it looked

Again this is covering the South Island , the North is my next haunt , really the areas i no .







Photoreal , Yes this still has to be updated as data becomes available , so many areas to cover and a lot has been done .

Will there be replacement ground textures and trees like in FTX? I used to bag on FTX for poor performance but now I have a highend PC I'm in love with it. Problem is that Aussie is mostly flat. I'll deffo be getting VLC (if it is ever released) but I wonder now, how it'll compare.

s0cks wrote:

QUOTE (s0cks @ May 31 2010, 03:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Will there be replacement ground textures and trees like in FTX?

No. There's a topic or post about Tim or Robin explaining about this somewhere on NZFF.

s0cks wrote:

QUOTE (s0cks @ May 31 2010, 03:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Will there be replacement ground textures and trees like in FTX? I used to bag on FTX for poor performance but now I have a highend PC I'm in love with it. Problem is that Aussie is mostly flat. I'll deffo be getting VLC (if it is ever released) but I wonder now, how it'll compare.

Yes, VLC is first and foremost a super Landclass upgrade. However there's no reason why it couldn't go hand in hand with a texture upgrade, in fact it will include some new textures just to get thing started... I would imagine that following the release of VLC we'll see non-vector and non-landclass additions, such as new textures, localised autogen, and airports. Although I am still putting together my own plan for VLC 'addons', and won't get too specific at the moment, I definitely have some little freeware airports in production, designed to take advantage of the landclass improvements of VLC, plus some actual NZ autogen.
Provided things go as planned, there will also be some Real NZ payware airports which will be built on a VLC base, rather than a photo scenery, which will overcome some of the issues with trying to blend photo scenery into the default landclass.

From my point of view, performance will be a major goal throughout -- I don't want to see stuff crammed into NZ just to make it look pretty, so each new feature will need to prove itself performance-wise.

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ May 30 2010, 11:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Arrrr Marsbar Top Security
Its not strange to see the coast line like this anymore , few months back , exactly how it looked

Holy cow! That looks amazing. Ian, what mesh are you using there? Stock, Red Baron 20m, 40m or something else?

Johnno wrote:

QUOTE (Johnno @ Jun 4 2010, 12:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Holy cow! That looks amazing. Ian, what mesh are you using there? Stock, Red Baron 20m, 40m or something else?

Thanks Johnno , its looking very smart , thats with the Red Baron 20m , i do believe Tim 'Timmo' Barnes may be devolping a mess to go with the VLC

Please allow me to bend at the knees and praise your work, this is looking splendid, Ian. Looking forward to more,

dharris wrote:

QUOTE (dharris @ Jun 10 2010, 11:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Please allow me to bend at the knees and praise your work, this is looking splendid, Ian. Looking forward to more,

Don , Its not my work , simply looking at it , checking details for Tim , the AGNs Marty was talking about is for a couple freeware scenery,s in the works .

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jun 14 2010, 10:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Don , Its not my work , simply looking at it , checking details for Tim , the AGNs Marty was talking about is for a couple freeware scenery,s in the works .

I will stay on bended knee, just in Tim's direction, thanks for clearing that up. Great look so far. Don

dharris wrote:

QUOTE (dharris @ Jun 11 2010, 03:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I will stay on bended knee, just in Tim's direction, thanks for clearing that up. Great look so far. Don

This scenery , the more i look at it , the more NZ and defined it really is as a land class really points out plantations with logging tracks , the highways and roads with traffic , lay a photo real scene down as i am working on , the traffic nearly drives past my place 100 meters/yards from Yaldhurst Rd , It is pretty dang impressive

I'll post some screens later today .

Whats VLC? Some heavily detailed project?