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Update for 2020.x. Intro: terrain included in installer, check against screenshots to prevent misconceptions, & add modern screenshots. Update custom scenery info
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[[File:SOTM-Sept17.jpg|thumb|Hawaii scenery - "weeping wall" waterfalls near PHLI]] | |||
[[File:SOTM_2019-06_Ice_and_fire_by_vnts.jpg|thumb|Sicily scenery - the [[volcanos|volcano]] Etna snowcapped in winter with a low level eruption, near LICC]] | |||
[[File:Bell_412_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2019.x).jpg|thumb|Iceland scenery with [[:Category:Screenshots_of_overlays|overlays]] enabled]] | |||
[[File:SOTM-Mar19.jpg|thumb|Madrid scenery with [[Areas_populated_with_osm2city_scenery|OSM2City output]] for Spain]] | |||
FlightGear comes with a limited set of [[scenery]] in the base package. This is to keep initial download sizes small. The base package includes the region around the featured airport for each release (which is Iceland for Flightgear 2020.x), and the area containing the training airport for the C172p (PHTO and Hawaii islands). Additional scenery can be installed by the user. This includes scenery automatically downloaded as you fly from Terrasync servers. | |||
FlightGear comes with a limited set of [[scenery]]. | |||
If you locate yourself at an airport and see nothing but water, you probably did not install that scenery area (correctly). | If you locate yourself at an airport and see nothing but water, you probably did not install that scenery area (correctly). | ||
For examples of what scenery looks like at high-ish settings in developed regions see the [[:Category:Screenshots_at_high_settings|high settings screenshot category]]. This is a useful way to check you have enabled or turned up all the scenery features, and a useful a way to check you are using the all the features of the weather & environment simulation - the [[Howto:Make_nice_screenshots|article on screenshots]] also covers turning on various settings. | |||
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|[[File:Austria_in_Autumn_in_FlightGear_2019_01.jpg|thumb|800px|left|Panorama of Innisbruck airport (LOWI) in Autumn with a [[FlightGear_Newsletter_February_2015#ALS_Volumetric_Grass|2nd]] type of grass enabled. Click to view full size.]] | |||
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== Types of scenery == | == Types of scenery == | ||
There are basically three types of scenery (in order of detail): | There are basically three types of scenery (in order of detail): | ||
; World scenery | ; World scenery 2.1 | ||
: Reasonable level of detail scenery spanning the world and scenery objects, such as for example landmarks and airport buildings. | : Reasonable level of detail scenery spanning the world and scenery objects, such as for example landmarks and airport buildings. | ||
; TerraSync scenery | ; TerraSync scenery | ||
: Basically the same as the world scenery. In addition it also contains the latest scenery objects added by fellow FlightGear users to the [[Scenery Objects Database|scenery objects database]]. | : Basically the same as the world scenery 2.1. In addition it also contains the latest scenery objects added by fellow FlightGear users to the [[Scenery Objects Database|scenery objects database]]. | ||
; Custom scenery | ; Custom scenery | ||
: Non-official scenery covering all the way from small areas to very large areas, often with a high level of detail. | : Non-official scenery covering all the way from small areas to very large areas, often with a high level of detail. | ||
The default scenery is two 1 by 1 degree tiles surrounding the San Francisco Bay area from the World scenery. | The default scenery is two 1 by 1 degree tiles surrounding the San Francisco Bay area from the World scenery. | ||
{{caution|'''Do not mix scenery''' types in the '''same directory'''. It may cause problems like custom scenery being overwritten by the TerraSync or TerraMaster utilities, TerraMaster getting locked etc.}} | {{caution|'''Do not mix scenery''' types in the '''same directory'''. It may cause problems like custom scenery being overwritten by the TerraSync or TerraMaster utilities, TerraMaster getting locked etc.}} | ||
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=== Custom scenery === | === Custom scenery === | ||
Custom scenery is available for certain specific areas. They are distributed separately either due to their license or because their level of detail is not suitable for low-end machines. See [[Suggested Airports/Scenery]] for a list of custom scenery projects. | Custom scenery is available for certain specific areas. They are distributed separately either due to being only part of a single landmass that has not been re-built completely, being work-in-progress, waiting to be integrated to Terrasync, their license, or because their level of detail is not suitable for low-end machines. | ||
See | |||
* [[Suggested Airports/Scenery]] for a list of custom scenery projects and an update on state of well developed areas. | |||
* [[Areas_populated_with_osm2city_scenery|Areas populated with OSM2City scenery]] for buildings, roads, power-lines, and objects for regions and entire countries based on Open Street Maps data. There is an [[Osm2city_worldbuild|OSM2City build for the entire world]] in progress with most areas already completed (July 2020). | |||
* [[Project3000#Download_the_software_and_shared_models|Project 3000]] for buildings and objects for 4000+ airports. | |||
(August 2020) | |||
== Installing World and custom scenery == | == Installing World and custom scenery == | ||