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Volume 1 - Western Europe - DVD Edition - now available
Complementary scenery add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator X
INTRODUCTION
FS Altitude is the scenery that will add to your Flight Simulator X a homogeneous photo-realistic coverage, for the entire Western Europe representing a total surface of 5 millions sq. kms.
How does it work?
Microsoft FSX uses several layers of generic textures in order to cover the surface of the globe. These textures have been adjusted altogether to generate a random repetition to infinity. These repetitions can hardly be perceived when soaring at a low altitude but become very present above 20 000 feet (6 000 m).
The primary objective of FS Altitude is to replace these repetitive textures very few realistic by real photo –textures.
The second objective remains the cohabitation of this low-resolution photo-realistic texture with all other components of the Flight Simulator, such as the default textures, the airports, 3D objects, and autogen.
The low resolution of the photo-realistic texture used can not provide a sufficient visual rendition at low altitude, it deactivates by leaving the place to other Microsoft FSX default textures or any other add-ons previously installed *.
FS Altitude is able to manage this notion of “priority” by exploiting the multi-resolution display system of the graphic motor of Microsoft FSX: the level of resolution displayed depends on the distance of the aircraft (that is your point-of –view) according to a given point.
It means that you can represent the textures of FS Altitude as a “coat” covering the entire terrain, except one “cone” of several kilometres of diameter right under the aircraft. Within this round drawn by the cone on the ground, it is FSX default that is displayed as if FS Altitude did not exist: autogen is displayed, high-resolution textures are displayed as well as all other add-ons previously installed.
* it concerns add-ons developed for FS2004/FS9
Technical specifications:
- - Scenery realised entirely with photo-realistic textures covering Western –Europe on more than 5 millions sq. kms
- - Easy activation/de-activation by simply clicking in the ‘Decor Library’ of FSX
- - Optimised loading time and refreshment
- - Re-treated textures for an optimal visual effect at high altitude
- - Summer ground textures only
- - Off-shores, lakes and rivers entirely cut out and replaced by navigable water-texture
- - Geo-referenced adjustments assure the maximum compatibility with other scenery add-ons, airport scenery, etc.
- - Full compatibility with all other add-ons (scenery, mesh, landclass, airport) in FSX
- - Full compatibility with all other extensions of FS Altitude – outside Europe
- - Development process 100% conform with the SDK specifications of Microsoft FSX, assuring the compatibility when new versions released
System Requirements:
- Pentium 4 processor 2Ghz or above
- 1GB RAM minimum
- Graphic adapter 256 MB minimum
- 25 GB free disk space
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Scenery specifications:
- Full Western Europe - about 5 Millions km²
- Optimized and recolorized 14.25 m/pixels ground textures
- Cloud coverage < 0.01%
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