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Add custom scenery entry for Earthview high res textures, Earthview screenshots, cleanup
(add youtube tutorials for installing scenery (2020) and using terramaster (2017), cleanup) |
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[[File:SOTM-Sept17.jpg|thumb|Hawaii scenery - "weeping wall" waterfalls near PHLI]] | [[File:SOTM-Sept17.jpg|thumb|Hawaii scenery - "weeping wall" waterfalls at Mount Waialeale on the island of Kauai, 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: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 | [[File:Bell_412_in_Iceland_(Flightgear_2019.x).jpg|thumb|Iceland scenery - having [[:Category:Screenshots_of_overlays|overlays]] enabled shows extremely high 3d detail like small rocks, plants, or individual grass blades]] | ||
[[File:SOTM-Mar19.jpg|thumb|Madrid scenery with [[Areas_populated_with_osm2city_scenery|OSM2City output]] for Spain]] | [[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 airport used by the C172p tutorials (PHTO and Hawaii islands). Additional scenery can be installed by the user | 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 airport used by the C172p tutorials (PHTO and Hawaii islands). Additional scenery can be installed by the user - this includes scenery automatically downloaded as you fly from Terrasync servers. | ||
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). | ||
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=== Custom scenery === | === Custom scenery === | ||
[[File:Asia.jpg|thumb|[[Earthview]] orbital renderer at high sun - with high resolution texture packs installed.]] | |||
[[File:SOTM_2019-04_Space_Sauna_by_GinGin.jpg|thumb|[[Earthview]] orbital renderer at low sun showing light from cities. The [[Space_Shuttle|Space Shuttle]] shows the glow from the heat of hypersonic re-entry.]] | |||
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. | 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. | ||
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* [[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). | * [[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. | * [[Project3000#Download_the_software_and_shared_models|Project 3000]] for buildings and objects for 4000+ airports. | ||
* [[Earthview#Installing_and_using_customized_textures|Earthview high resolution]] texture packs. Earthview is Flightgear's orbital renderer capable of handling large view distances without numerical problems. People using high altitude and space craft should select the texture pack that their GPU can handle - [[Earthview#Requirements|depends]] mainly on GPU memory (VRAM). | |||
(August 2020) | (August 2020) | ||