About FScene
Do you fly over England's green and pleasant land and think that it could be a
little more...friendly?
Have you noticed that the scenery around Acapulco is a bit flat for such a big
conurbation? Are your seasons looking similar?
It's time to apply the FScene
effect! This innovative software transforms the default scenery textures of
Microsoft's Flight Simulator to something with far greater realism. Mountains,
forests, jungles and deserts take on a new 3-dimensional feel; the countryside
is subtly transformed and urban areas look more... urbane. The world's
continents are improved across the four seasons as the generic ground textures
are replaced with more realistic ones.
The program is replacing thousands of ground-textures with new texture files,
that are specially designed to match the characteristics of the landscape on
the different continents much better than the default ones do...
Additionally, a special drawing technique applied to the textures gives them
almost the impression of being three-dimensional. No matter if you fly over
cities, springtime meadows, Carribean Islands, or south american rainforrest,
FScene will turn every flight into an optical experience of enhahnced realism.
FScene includes
spring, summer, autumn and all winter textures to give your flying a makeover
that
lasts all year!
Frame rate-friendly textures won't slow your flying down!
When we describe this software as critically acclaimed we mean it!
Don't take our word for it! Read these comments:
"The effect on urban areas is simply spectacular." avsim.com
"A subtle and visually satisfying improvement..." PC Pilot classic 5/5 stars
Armchair Aviator Award winner! - Andrew Herd (Flightsim.com)
Q. What does FScene actually do?
Answer.
Flight Simulator uses a large number of textures to define the ground you see
when flying. These textures are applied based on the type of ground it is.
Farm, rock, desert, fields, villages, towns, cities, forest, woods and so on.
They are also varied depending on the part of the world you are in So, for
instance, forests in England will look different from forests in Australia.
Finally they are varied according to the season of the year. FScene provides
enhanced replacement for a large proportion of these default textures. Each
volume replaces the default textures for a particular area of the world. The
FScene versions are designed to give a much more 3-Dimensional visual effect
and also created using shades that are much more realistic for their location
in the world.
Q. Does FScene work in all seasons?
Answer.
Yes. FScene provides matched replacements for all the seasonal versions of the
textures it supplies. The seasonal versions of the textures are carefully
designed to give a more realistic variation than that provided by the default.
Q. Will FScene work with 'Roads and Rivers' addons?
Answer.
Yes. The default roads are still used by FScene and these will be disabled and
replaced in the same way
Q. Will FScene work with addon mesh terrain scenery such as MyWorld, FSTerrain,
Ultimate
Terrain or FSGlobal?
Answer.
Yes. FScene replaces the ground textures in Flight Simulator and just as the
default textures will flow to match the ups and downs of the terrain so will
FScene.
Q. Will FScene work with custom airport sceneries such as British Airports or
World Airports.
Answer.
Yes. FScene will only affect the ground outside the perimeter of airports. All
the default airports and any custom ones you have installed will appear exactly
as intended. Only the ground outside the airport will be changed and the
increased realism of the FScene textures should make your airports look even
better from a distance.
Q. Will FScene work with photographic terrain scenery such as the VFR
Photographic scenery packages available for England and some other parts of
Europe?
Answer.
No. The way Flight Simulator handles Photographic scenery is different from
the way it handles the normal ground terrain. With Photographic terrain Flight
Simulator prevents the display of the normal ground textures and replaces them
with individual photographic tiles. The same is true of the default Flight
Simulator ground textures they are turned off in areas where Photographic
scenery is in use. You can still install and use FScene even if you have
photographic scenery for some areas. Outside the photographic areas the FScene
textures will appear. Inside the photographic areas the new ground textures
will not be visible.
Q. Does FScene affect the Flight Simulator Autogen trees and buildings?
Answer.
No. FScene is carefully designed to work with the default autogen in Flight
Simulator. It also has the added advantage that its enhanced 3D appearance can
give the ground a much more 3 Dimensional appearance even from heights where
the autogen is no longer visible.
Q. Will FScene slow down the performance of Flight Simulator?
Answer.
No. Definitely not. The replacement textures are of exactly the same size and
format as the default ground textures. You will see exactly the same level of
performance after installing FScene.
Q. Will FScene make any permanent changes to my Flight Simulator that cannot be
undone?
Answer.
No. Just replace the ../world/texture folder with the backup you made when
installing FScene.
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