FS Altitude Australia is the scenery that will add to your Flight Simulator X® a homogeneous photo-realistic coverage, for the entire Australia, Tasmany and New-Zealand representing a total surface of 8 millions sq. km.

HOW DOES IT WORK? 

Microsoft Flight Simulator X® uses several layers of generic textures in order to cover the surface of the globe. These textures have been adjusted altogether to generate a random repetition to infinity. These repetitions can hardly be perceived when soaring at a low altitude but become very present above 20 000 feet (6 000 m).
The primary objective of FS Altitude Australia is to replace these repetitive textures very few realistic by real photo – textures.
The second objective is the cohabitation of this low-resolution photo-realistic texture with all other components of the Flight Simulator®, such as the default textures, the airports, 3D objects, and autogen.
The low resolution of the photo-realistic texture used can not provide a sufficient visual rendition at low altitude, it deactivates by leaving the place to other Microsoft Flight Simulator X® default textures or any other add-ons previously installed.

FS Altitude is able to manage this notion of “priority” by exploiting the multi-resolution display system of the graphic motor of Microsoft FSX: the level of resolution displayed depends on the distance of the aircraft (that is your point-of–view) according to a given point.
It means that you can represent the textures of FS Altitude as a “coat” covering the entire terrain, except one “cone” of several kilometres of diameter right under the aircraft. Within this round drawn by the cone on the ground, it is FSX default that is displayed just as if FS Altitude did not exist: autogen is displayed, high-resolution textures are displayed as well as all other add-ons previously installed.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
 

• photo-realistic textures covering Australia, Tasmany and New-Zeland on more than 8 millions sq. kms
• Easy activation/de-activation by simply clicking on the scenery in the Scenery Library
• Optimised loading time and refreshment
• Re-treated textures for an optimal visual effect at high altitude
• Summer ground textures only
• Off-shores, lakes and rivers entirely cut out and replaced by navigable water-texture
• Geo-referenced adjustments assure the maximum compatibility with other scenery add-ons, airport scenery, etc.
• Full compatibility with all other add-ons (scenery, mesh, landclass, airport) in FSX
• Full compatibility with all other future extensions of FS Altitude Development process 100% conform with the SDK specifications of Microsoft FSX, assuring the compatibility when new versions released

Imagine flying your favorite jetliner at Flight Level 350 and seeing the real world as far as the eye can see.... right to the horizon!
Well now you can with this groundbreaking scenery title - FSAltitude.

Now your high altitude flying in your favorite jetliner is no longer over an artificial world... it's now over a photoreal world recreated from sateliite imagery.... and it's photo-real as far as the eye can see.

Fly above the entire world exploring the bird-eye-views from one country to another, discover the magnificent landscapes, lakes, mountains, riversides and coasts... See it as you would in real life.

Where default FSX landclass scenery just gives you repeating tiles - FS Altitude renders you a realistic image of the actual world rolling beneath your aircraft.

This is one gap that has been left missing in Flight Sim scenery. That gap has now been filled. FSAltitude is fully compatible with FSX default and add-on sceneries. Due to a multi-resolution display mechanism, as you descend your favorite low altitude scenery (default or photoscenery) automatically kicks in.

Now, thanks to FS Altitude, you truly get the best in low and high altitude flying.
If you wanted to add true visual realism to your airline flying, FS Altitude is the product you have been looking for!


Please view this high quality video showing you just what you get with FS Altitude


http://www.francevfr-us.com/fsaltitude/videos/fsalt1.wmv

PRODUCT FEATURES

User friendly and easy installation Frame Rate friendly with no need for a powerful system Provides a replacement to repeated FSX LandClass for an optimal rendering of terrain Homogeneous textures all over the world (contrast, colors). Sea-coasts, rivers and lakes while preserving the reflecting water effects of FSX, as well as the standard or customized WaterClass 14.25 m/pixel resolution with optimized colors and quality Easy activation/de-activation by simply clicking in the Scenery Library - no need to install or uninstall any other file outside the Scenery Directory of the Scenery Compatible with other Mesh products and Photo-realistic sceneries of higher resolution Less cluttering of memory for the terrain textures at low resolution provides a faster and widespread display Quicker flight loading than of standard photo-realistic textures. Scenery package specifications Full Western Europe - about 3 million square miles Optimized and recolorized 14.25 m/pixels ground textures High quality satellite imagery with less that 0.01% cloud interference. Product Coverage Map