FSX RealNZ TEKAPO

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Postby Ian Warren » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:09 am



























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Postby creator2003 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:21 am

Wow that looks wicked ,love the colors around the place ,are those the winter textures there aswell ? though the trees have no snow on them ? but all looks cool the same cant wait to add this to my fsx library thumbup1.gif
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Postby PiperDriver » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:19 am

Cool screenshots. I still use FS9 blink.gif
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Postby Ian Warren » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:49 am

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Cool screenshots. I still use FS9 blink.gif

Robin ( Toprob) Corns freeware Tekapo is available at AVSIM along with many others for FS9 , best you start d/loading smile.gif they are just as brilliant , a superb showcase for the RealNZ Scenery , for those best get your credit card warmed up cool.gif
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Postby toprob » Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:15 pm

creator2003 wrote:
QUOTE (creator2003 @ Sep 8 2008, 09:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wow that looks wicked ,love the colors around the place ,are those the winter textures there aswell ? though the trees have no snow on them ? but all looks cool the same cant wait to add this to my fsx library :thumbup:



Snow on autogen trees is, I think, controlled by a 'seasons' file. I did think about creating a seasons file just for this, but in the end it didn't get done -- the resolution of a seasonal scenery just isn't high enough to place the snowy trees just where you need them.

In the end the seasonal textures were designed more to fit in with the default surrounding textures, rather than based on reality -- otherwise it just stands out too much from the default. It would have been nice to do a real snowy Tekapo, but like most of NZ in FS the winter is a bit lacking in snow. I've been flying around Mt Cook the last couple of days, and even in the middle of winter there's not a lot of snow!

In FSX you can choose a 'winter' weather theme, in which case the whole country is covered in snow, but since this is tied to the weather rather than the season there is no way to logically build a matching scenery -- I've tried and failed...

Wanaka won't have seasonal textures, and I didn't intend to do them for Tekapo, but in the end I've gone a bit overboard with Tekapo...
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Postby Charl » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:14 pm

Just need a few Gippslands...goodonya for going the extra distance with the snowy landscape.
I reckon it adds much more than just a season to the basic scenery.
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Postby toprob » Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:14 pm

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Just need a few Gippslands...

... and a Nomad or two.
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Postby waka172rg » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:56 pm

when are these little puppies due out? New_Zealand_etc.gif thumbup1.gif
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Postby Charl » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:08 am

waka172rg wrote:
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when are these little puppies due out? New_Zealand_etc.gif thumbup1.gif

They're out therealready...
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Postby RobCook » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:05 pm

As a Kiwi in Australia these images make me sick - homesick! Excellent
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