[Flightgear-devel] RE: [FGFS-Devel] FS2002

[Michael B. <Mic...@ep...>]

Hi,

> Guys, check out the new MSFS2002 screens
> at www.flightsim.com...
>
> One word.... AMAZING !!!
> (The the Peter James says it
> runs faster than FS2K, well, sort of...).
>
> I wonder why the have got all the ideas
> we used to play around here implemented
> (all the fine details and such....).

There is one feature which in my ears sounds really bright. It's called
AutoGen and it is supposed to automagically create houses, trees etc. out of
the textures, i.e. where the texture says 'within this area there are
houses' it creates a bunch of real 3D houses (at least that's what I
understand from the announcements). This is contrary to prior MSFS scenery
where houses etc. have to be inserted "by hand" (which is still possible).

It's quite hard to believe, but several people who have seen and played the
alpha version report very good framerates even with this feature activated.

It is clear that via AutoGen you can only insert default houses, not the
Empire State Building or the like, but still. I think as you guys are just
at the beginning of implementation of 3D stuff this might be worth thinking
about.

Regards, Michael

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