Things To See In FS9

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:33:56 GMT, "Neil E. Baird"
wrote:


"Bill Irvine" wrote in message
.ca...
Rapanui:
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~ito-nori/e11.htm
Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on Earth. The island is
over 3,000Km far from nearest lands, Tahiti and Chile. Just four B767
flights a week between Santiago and Tahiti stop over here, the two are
east
bound and the others are west bound. When the airplane arrives, the small
terminal building is crowded with the people who had come to meet or to
see
off passengers.

fs9: SCIP Mataveria, 11000' runway Isla de Pascua; S27*09 W109*26

Is that Easter island itself? I found that but wasnt sure if it was the
right island as there was nothing to see there.

Yes it is. I made the same mistake in FS2002 you're probably making
now: You'll have to turn on as much detail as possible on the grafix,
and look very close to see the statues. There are many of them, but
they are pretty small from the air.

Best would be to land your 'heavy' there, then take a helicopter for a
tour around the island, up close, slow and low.


--
Groeten,
Boudewijn.

I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that island
and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the settings as high as
they go. Maybe they are where all those missing brides are.(LOL). I also
didnt know Easter Island had another name.

"Boudewijn van Ingen" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:33:56 GMT, "Neil E. Baird"
wrote:


"Bill Irvine" wrote in message
.ca...
Rapanui:
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~ito-nori/e11.htm
Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on Earth. The island
is
over 3,000Km far from nearest lands, Tahiti and Chile. Just four B767
flights a week between Santiago and Tahiti stop over here, the two are
east
bound and the others are west bound. When the airplane arrives, the
small
terminal building is crowded with the people who had come to meet or to
see
off passengers.

fs9: SCIP Mataveria, 11000' runway Isla de Pascua; S27*09 W109*26

Is that Easter island itself? I found that but wasnt sure if it was the
right island as there was nothing to see there.

Yes it is. I made the same mistake in FS2002 you're probably making
now: You'll have to turn on as much detail as possible on the grafix,
and look very close to see the statues. There are many of them, but
they are pretty small from the air.

Best would be to land your 'heavy' there, then take a helicopter for a
tour around the island, up close, slow and low.


--
Groeten,
Boudewijn.

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 Neil E. Baird wrote:

I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that island
and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the settings as high as
they go.

That may be part of the problem. With all settings full I couldn't have
found those heads if they'd been jumping up and down and waving at me.
They blend in too well with the terrain textures and especially the
autogen trees.

Try turning autogen off, leave other scenery settings on high, then drop
terrain specs (mesh detail, texture size etc.) to minimum. Now fly
SLOWLY around the coast. Once you spot a head you can crank the details
back up.

Alternatively, go to the coordinates in the screen shot:

http://www.denali.org.uk/fs2004/easter.jpg

--
Kev
__________________________________________________ ________________________
"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country."
Ian Rush

I found even a fallen statue. Face looking right ito the sky. First thought
it was a strange shaped rock.
The MS people gave us nice suprises.

fred

"Kevin Reilly" wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 Neil E. Baird wrote:

I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that
island
and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the settings as high
as
they go.

That may be part of the problem. With all settings full I couldn't have
found those heads if they'd been jumping up and down and waving at me.
They blend in too well with the terrain textures and especially the
autogen trees.

Try turning autogen off, leave other scenery settings on high, then drop
terrain specs (mesh detail, texture size etc.) to minimum. Now fly
SLOWLY around the coast. Once you spot a head you can crank the details
back up.

Alternatively, go to the coordinates in the screen shot:

http://www.denali.org.uk/fs2004/easter.jpg

--
Kev
__________________________________________________ ________________________
"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country."
Ian Rush

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:34:19 +0100, Kevin Reilly
wrote:

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 Neil E. Baird wrote:

I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that island
and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the settings as high as
they go.

That may be part of the problem. With all settings full I couldn't have
found those heads if they'd been jumping up and down and waving at me.
They blend in too well with the terrain textures and especially the
autogen trees.

Yes, I guess I should have been more specific about this. The real
"Isla de Pascua" (a quite literal translation of "Easter Island")
apparently does not have many trees, as I learned here, just like you
do now.. ;-)

Try turning autogen off, leave other scenery settings on high, then drop
terrain specs (mesh detail, texture size etc.) to minimum. Now fly
SLOWLY around the coast. Once you spot a head you can crank the details
back up.

Alternatively, go to the coordinates in the screen shot:

http://www.denali.org.uk/fs2004/easter.jpg

Indeed, from the runway, you could even taxi to some statues,
following the 'roads'. If you go northeast from the tower, starting a
clockwise tour around the island, you'll find groups of statues every
mile or so.


--
Groeten,
Boudewijn.

Hi Boudewijn,

Or d/l the Jaguar XK120 car and drive around?

Regards,
John
"Boudewijn van Ingen" wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:34:19 +0100, Kevin Reilly
wrote:

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 Neil E. Baird wrote:

I don't know whats going on. I must have covered every inch of that
island
and still cant find those statues. I cranked up all the settings as high
as
they go.

That may be part of the problem. With all settings full I couldn't have
found those heads if they'd been jumping up and down and waving at me.
They blend in too well with the terrain textures and especially the
autogen trees.

Yes, I guess I should have been more specific about this. The real
"Isla de Pascua" (a quite literal translation of "Easter Island")
apparently does not have many trees, as I learned here, just like you
do now.. ;-)

Try turning autogen off, leave other scenery settings on high, then drop
terrain specs (mesh detail, texture size etc.) to minimum. Now fly
SLOWLY around the coast. Once you spot a head you can crank the details
back up.

Alternatively, go to the coordinates in the screen shot:

http://www.denali.org.uk/fs2004/easter.jpg

Indeed, from the runway, you could even taxi to some statues,
following the 'roads'. If you go northeast from the tower, starting a
clockwise tour around the island, you'll find groups of statues every
mile or so.


--
Groeten,
Boudewijn.

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 09:41:55 +1000, "John Ward"
wrote:

Hi Boudewijn,

Or d/l the Jaguar XK120 car and drive around?

It "skids" around, rather than driving, in my experience. ;-)

But yes, that is an option. ;-)

[snip]


--
Groeten,
Boudewijn.

I think its readme files say something about having AutoRudder on, or is it
off - anyway. :-))

Regards,
John
"Boudewijn van Ingen" wrote in message
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 09:41:55 +1000, "John Ward"
wrote:

Hi Boudewijn,

Or d/l the Jaguar XK120 car and drive around?

It "skids" around, rather than driving, in my experience. ;-)

But yes, that is an option. ;-)

[snip]


--
Groeten,
Boudewijn.

In article , Boudewijn van
Ingen said:

Yes, I guess I should have been more specific about this. The real
"Isla de Pascua" (a quite literal translation of "Easter Island")
apparently does not have many trees, as I learned here, just like you
do now.. ;-)

Does anyone here know *why* there are so few trees?

And since at least one person in this thread has found a statue
(upturned), I wonder if should be called Easter Egg Island?

Sometimes I crack myself up.


--
Neil Trotter, Canewdon, UK

Neil Trotter wrote in
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In article , Boudewijn van
Ingen said:

Yes, I guess I should have been more specific about this. The real
"Isla de Pascua" (a quite literal translation of "Easter Island")
apparently does not have many trees, as I learned here, just like you
do now.. ;-)

Does anyone here know *why* there are so few trees?


The consensus at this point seems to be "because they were all cut
down".

If you dig around at
http://jcolavito.tripod.com/lostcivilizations/id12.html, you can find some
mention of the tree issue. Best to ignore everyting related to the nutcase
von Daniken (repeatedly misspelled on this page).

With trees on the island, moving and erecting the statues becomes
less of a mystery.


- Al.

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