Trough of Bowland - Pendle

Nick C · Post by **Nick C** » 22 Jan 2007, 21:31

I took a trip from Blackpool to Barnoldswick (where I live) this evening but didn't start taking pictures untill I entered the Trough of Bowland.

This shows the detail of the Horizon photo scenery.

Please click on the picture below to see all the screenshots.

hinch · Post by **hinch** » 22 Jan 2007, 23:35

woooow super nice! what plane is that? if that's FSX's default extra...then wow again!

Nick C · Post by **Nick C** » 22 Jan 2007, 23:51

Yes it's the FSX default Extra. It's perfect for short VFR flights due to it's perfect visibility. It's also very smooth and easy on the FPS!

PhilipsCDRW · Post by **PhilipsCDRW** » 23 Jan 2007, 00:21

Very nice! This scenery is the strongest reason in favour of getting FSX and a dedicated 120GB HDD to go with it...

That and the alleged improvements to VC performance.

Are you using a 6DoF TrackIR? Or is there fancy head-lag in the FSX VCs?

Nick C · Post by **Nick C** » 23 Jan 2007, 00:25

Yes I'm using TrackIR, but you can also use the HAT switch on your joystick if available or hold down the space key and pan with your mouse. There is head latency built into the FSX as well by default.

Vulcan_to_the_Sky! · Post by **Vulcan_to_the_Sky!** » 23 Jan 2007, 19:34

That scenery is truly amazing...if I had more money I might even buy it! It captures Pendle Hill Perfectly

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 23 Jan 2007, 20:21

Its turned my opinion of FSX around completely! With this its the absolute dogs danglies..!

It does have several bugs that Horizon have released patches for though. :think:

PhilipsCDRW · Post by **PhilipsCDRW** » 24 Jan 2007, 00:17

I assumed that you were using a 6DoF TrackIR because the view is canted in the shot you show.

I find FS9 with the photo scenery to be quite frustrating - the textures don't update quickly enough. I'll fly, get frustrated that the ground I'm over now has blurred lo-res textures, pause and point the spot camera at the ground, wait for textures to load and then continue... is FSX improved in this regard (relative to FS9)?

Post by **Trev Clark** » 24 Jan 2007, 13:10

Whay patches have been released? I registered with them and have heard nothing. I also want the night textures, that were promised on the box...and removed by them when the disc went gold :sad:

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 24 Jan 2007, 13:56

calypsos wrote:Whay patches have been released? I registered with them and have heard nothing. I also want the night textures, that were promised on the box...and removed by them when the disc went gold :sad:

Hi Trev

apparantly there were issues with the master copy of the disc. Therefore when the discs were being pressed at the manufacturer all the bugs and issues were transferred to the general public. Which I guess makes us beta testers!

Not good.

However the technical support from the staff at Horizon has been second to none and most queries have been addressed very quickly.

The night textures are not ready yet. And neither is the landable water facility within the Mainland.

If you check their forum you will find out more.

http://forum.horizonsimulation.com/index.php