[jhb] Re: Farm Strip Atmosphere
- From: "Paul Reynolds" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:46:04 -0000
Negative, default folder arrangements for both FS9 and X though VFR Scenery
itself is on separate drive to FS in both cases. I'm too lazy to go through
the hassle sorting AIO. <g>
Paul
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From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 31 January 2011 21:25
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Farm Strip Atmosphere
With a bit of luck I'll finish the job tomorrow.
Before I send it out, how many are, like me, running the Horizon scenery
in All In One arrangement?
Gerry Winskill
On 27/01/2011 12:37, Gerry Winskill wrote:
> What started out as a definite chore is turning into a voyage of
> discovery.
>
> With the Treescapes autogen trees in use I decided to work my way
> through the farmstrips, to see if any woody changes were indicated. In
> many cases they are. Sometimes I've chopped down a few of Darrens,
> sometimes added my own. It would be tedious but for the effect the
> trees have. Very ordinary looking strips become stunning, when the
> real world trees are in place. The trees also divert the eye from the
> crappy buildings etc.
>
> One tool that has made the job easier is Google Earth. In many cases
> the camera views are available, so the real life tree types and sizes
> can be reproduced. The other point that emerges from GE is the nature
> of the strips. No club houses, often no hangars and almost certainly
> none of the tyres and markers that I've used, to define runway and
> parking areas. With my recent change of graphics card there are many
> cases where the strip is so readily identifiable, in FSX, that the
> markers are not really needed.
>
> From the attached GE photograph of Dowland, in Devon, the other point
> that jumps out is the narrowness of the landing strip. Not much wider
> than a light aircraft's wingspan, it's bordered by standing crops.
> With the surrounding trees there are bound to be all sorts of odd wind
> effects, with no room for error. FSX, by comparison, is an absolute
> doddle. However, I read recently of a design prog which can provide
> tall grass etc. Off to do a search, to see if I can't make life more
> difficult!
>
> Gerry Winskill
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