[jhb] Re: Farm Strip Atmosphere

  • From: Gerry Winskill <gwinsk@xxxxxxx>
  • To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:02:37 +0000

I seem to remember that George Davidson produced a tool that automatically allocated AIO distributed files, to the correct Vol and Area destinations. Perhaps someone on the list has a copy?


Popular opinion seems to support the view that AIO gives better performance results. Unlike FS9, the FSX Horizon version doesn't take long to convert to AIO.

Gerry Winskill

On 31/01/2011 21:46, Paul Reynolds wrote:
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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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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