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Hi i have 2 copies of v5 install 1/ on my cockpit with a GTX1070 driving 3 32in curved screens in my cockpit, handles it well the PC struggles in build up areas so must keep the sliders back a little, the second runs on my test PC which is a ageing i7 with a GTX760 works great with a 24in monitor and no stuttering. One thing I will add is I moved over to v5 when Microsoft started trashing FSXSE and then released a copy as freeware prior to the release of MSF. I decided to reinstall SE last week to explore the possibility's of producing a copy of TNW to sort it out, wow Steam has really gone to work on it the 3D trees for my money are better than Orbx I know Orbx are credited with the best quality plus the new mesh is very acceptable, my advice is have a look at FSXSE more airports more aircraft better comparability and runs very stable with lots of improvements. I'm not a insider but to me Lockheed Martin is been limited by Microsoft because of 1/ Microsoft Flight 2/ Lockheed |Martin do not have a entertainment licence for FSX which is the base program.

Hope this helps Howard

Sorry for been away for a little while but been tide up with with TNW2021 for P3Dv5 and glad to get back in my comfort zone just to clarify the TNWRTO on C: is the first thing the TNW installer creates, it makes a complete backup of all the directories that TNW uses it can be safely deleted when you are 100% happy with the results. From the start of Howard Mix back in 2007 the idea was to try and eliminate the synthetic look and the scenario ( I've just flown past that cloud) hence the re-branding to The Natural World it was at that point I was happy with the results, although there is still a lot in there which was created on early freeware editors it the over all effect that is my main focus to much detail in some cases I find has a adverse effect, Thanks for the feed back its always welcome.

Stay Safe, not just in the air, its on the ground the real danger is. Howard

Hi all thanks for the feedback just to clarify a couple of points, the first thing the TNW installer dose is make a complete backup of all the folders it uses and places them on our C: so you can restore the part or all the instillation. with regard to the second FS2004 directory that is not purposed to happen I will have to rebuild the installer and upload. I must admit I did not test it I just uploaded it after converting for a two part download and install to back into a single, sorry about that, just been that busy creating TNW for P3D v5 and FSXSE plus building a new AMD computer a i9 equivalent to go in my cockpit.

Howard

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Yes the spec's are good you will have no need to worry about frame rates you can max all the sliders out a also have a look at the

Tweaks for FS9 on modern PC's on my website to open and sparkle things up.

Howard

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I got the new Global 2020 mesh for P3D v5 which looks about the same as the old Global NE which would not install but it is possible by moving all the installed files from old installed sim them adding to the Scenery Library in P3D not perfect though, I produced The Natural World 2021 scenery available in the store here, therefor visited a lot of airport I did not see an real problems and given that the mesh all used to be done from the same raw data you might be OK, mesh and good scenery makes for a much more realistic flight.

Howard

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I have had no Orbx scenery to test but I would say yes, If installed first then no Orbx would work as normal. I had FSX Steam before Microsoft screwed it and the other simmers I new uninstalled orbx installed my scenery then reinstalled Orbx worked well In steam also worked in my well acclaimed FS9 version which today is still very popular today, the beauty of doing that is you get enhanced scenery in the areas Orbx do not consider viable

Howard

The Natural World 2021 for P3D v5 available here on flightsim.com at a discounted price. I intend to expand it to run on all FSX based sims in time to come

Howard

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TNW2021 is a program that upgrade all the landscaping worldwide in P3D v5 to a more detailed and varied environment, it also corrects all the autogen and 3D vegetation to look real and natural as it does in the real world.

Howard has always had a great love of the natural world and has been recreating the virtual world since 2007 to look and feel as near to the real world as is possible. The aim is not just to increase the detail in the landscaping which he has done to great effect, but just doing that doesn’t always work, it’s more about removing the synthetic computer generated look which makes the pilots flying experience even more immersive

TNW2021 covers the whole world so no matter where you fly you don’t need to buy a addon to get the area looking good giving VFR and high flying pilots a greater sense of variety and realism plus total freedom to go anywhere knowing that TNW will be there.

TNW does not have any mesh programming of its own, Howard has produced TNW2021 with only a detailed pay ware mesh installed (not even a airport). I make no apology for this, the reasoning behind it is to show what can be achieved with varied and detailed ground environment and a good quality mesh to produce the wow factor, the screen shots have been shot with the mesh still active in the sim, the YouTube vids below have not been edited airbrushed at all, the stuttering is my ageing PC it cant handle P3D and creating HDMI vids.

Switzerland

Grand Canyon

The Milford Sound, New Zealand

USA, Blue Ridge Mountains

https://youtu.be/iBCTxGDf0Is

Howard

Hi It is possible to draw a road onto a ground texture I have edited them for years and still at it for P3Dv5, the problem is there are only 7 textures in a set which are repeated so you would see the bit of road again and again and in other parts of the world. Not really possible to if it covers over a more than one texture I seem to remember seeing a long time ago a program to place all the road from a map but never really looked at it so cant help, airport builder If you can see a small access road.

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Whoops wrong link, correct one below, best to download and view full screen at the correct zoom Dropbox is a little lacking in that respect.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lmlzitymtt4189w/TNW%20v5%20Semi%20Arid.zip?dl=0

Howard

Hi again, some screen shots as promised, these are of Semi Arid Areas and one Arid, best viewed full size to see what detail I am aiming for.

In answer to the question about earlier versions I am not ruling it out but due to Covid restrictions I cant get access to v4 files and structure, I move over from FSXSE.

Link below for screenies.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jhvqpl6x2yecozv/TNW%20v5%20Trees%20%281%29.zip?dl=0

I will at time be placing info on my web site about v5 but I'm not keen on online communications due to my disability.

Stay Safe Howard

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Hi Sorry I should have posted some progress updates but just been that busy changing my cockpit and finding my way round P3D as its a sim I have never used, I stuck with FSXSE which was looking Fab before Microsoft took back control and screwed it before their release of there latest rendion, normally I have people round for a flight experience in my cockpit so taking advantage of the lock down. However I'm glad to announce that the trees in P3D still need a little tweaking to stop them changing the shading as they zoom in and out other wise they look really really great, will teak them after I release the prog. I have done a lot of work on the ground texturing and after doing a flight over Switzerland I've decide am not going to install my Switzerland Pro latest version as it looks that good. The mesh in the screeny's on my site is Global 10 I just added the files from my FSX into the Scenery Library moved them down to just above the default, I have never seen Global l0 look so good with very little elevation issues. I am still on track to release version 1 this month I was hoping for freeware but having hardware problems with my old i5 so might have to make it low cost pay ware or donation which is something that I have manage to avoid in the passed it will be posted here on flightsim.com and be well worth the wait with free life time updates, it will be called The Natural World 2020 I will post some screen shots soon.

Howard

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Hi most of you will never here of me but I first started producing scenery in about 2006.

Knowing that it is going to be quite a while before I can afford the hardware to do the new rendition from Microsoft justice I bought a copy P3Dv5 after Microsoft totally trashed my FSXSE which I had looking great with a lot of privet updates that I had produced.

So now to v5 as you must have noticed the 3D trees are totally unreal and for me they make the sim unusable, I am nearly finish the first run of the upgrade and will be releasing them on Flightsim.com next month the second run will better colour coordinate and be a update, I have also identified a lot of ground texture issues some of which I will include in this release hopefully the full scenery package will include some buildings plus clouds improvement and a Texture Swap Program for those flying mainly semi arid and arid areas.

I am 76 and not in the best or health but hopefully I will have all this work behind me and back doing what I enjoy most apart from been with the long suffering wife, and that's FLYING.

Download wide angle screen shots so far

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jhvqpl6x2yecozv/TNW%20v5%20Trees%20%281%29.zip?dl=0

stay safe Howard

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I to am 76 and have run SE in my home build cockpit, and totally fed up since MS clawed back control of FSX since then things have started going pear shaped, things may settle down after the release of 2020 on ever update since then the update have turned SE into a sim that not nice to fly. may of the ground textures have been made very blurry with a grey effect over them and down sized to a 1/4 of the original size that's the same as FS 2004/2002 ground textures, plus some building have had a blue mask placed over them. That about says it all, I have been working and burning the mid night oil to fix this and have my sim looking a lot belter than new with 2.03 GBs-3,943 files of enhanced texture . have you got the disk or download version, I'm dyslexic so don't visit this forum normally, and mainly respond quicker to emails so best let me know by email if you respond to this post.

Howard

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Hi Steve Their is just the same FS9 Service Pack 1, needed for a lot of new addons which you can download from my DropBox as its has been deemed to old by Microsoft and therefore removed from there site.

Link:- https://www.dropbox.com/s/zviaob6id9uns4r/FS9%20SP1upd.zip?dl=0.

There is also a Tweaks document on my web site, which can be copied and pasted, on how to get FS9 looking good on a modern PC well worth doing, my Natural World 2019 scenery upgrade (freeware) is loved by many dedicated simmers so worth a try, info on my web site, email me for a download link as its not on any other web sites. you also receive a link to a goody bag wit it containing some essentials for FS9.

Howard

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If my memory save me correctly which is a rare thing nowadays on the site that was selling it which that copy did not fully work correctly the developer made a post and stopped them, he said that he did not mined it been distributed free or words to that effect "I hope I am not crossing the line on flightsim.com 's piracy policy" it was at that point because you cant buy a key now for such a brilliant program, I started to pass it on to friends and fellow simmers free but mainly TNW users, I have not had a issue since as

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I have been into flightsim for more years than I can remember, in that time have seen many simmers have a burn out and take a break meaning to come back after a rest, sadly most never do. Which means that they never say goodbye to the many who have known about them, so all we can do is thank them for there input. I myself tend to head of in a different directions with the many different sims and different things to do from scenery to designing new circuitry and switching to my cockpit, because of health problems I tent to not go out in the winter so set myself tasks and goals, the summers I love in the garden and weather permitting I spend all day jobbing out there and spend little time thinking about simming as support work takes most of my time on the computer.

My advise is not to do the same thing but set your self new challenges its what mankind has done to achieve the world as we know it today.

Howard

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I don’t rate the Aces team, many of which were snapped up by Lockheed Martin to work on P3D. The FSX experience is not a patch on FS9 although FSX is a lot more detailed and vivid the Land Class is rubbish. I get FSX users reverting back to FS9 quite regularly. One just needs to look at the default P3D v4 scenery to see what a bungling mess it is, maybe new blood is a good thing. I think Microsofts new rendition will run on win10 which has a lot of Xbox it, but can’t comment on it further as I have never had anything to do with Xbox. FS9 still remains the most comforting sim in my mind FSX Steam default with all the updates looks pretty good now

Howard

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Hi Rayburrow Check out my freeware site it’s not photo scenery but upgrades the whole of FS2004 worldwide to bring it more into this decade. It will not interfere with any photo scenery you have installed apart from making its look clearer and bring thing like airports into view from a much greater distance, my tweaks will also improve the visual experience and running of FS9. Links below "I ony repond to email requested"

Howard

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Hi Hans This has a feel of low level malware. all the main Anti Virus Progs do not bother about malware that is only tracking or collecting none secure info, but as with the majority of malware/Viruses it is not very well written and can end up chocking itself and stopping PC processes. Won't do any harm installing something like (Malwarebyts) on a 30 day free trial, if this is not the problem it may well get you PC running better.

LINK:- https://store.malwarebytes.com/ "tip only remove stuff that is labelled Malware"

Howard

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Hi I have installed 2004 a lot for other simmer I and finding now that the disc's are suffering age symptoms which then tend to give the type of problems you are experiencing.

I then downloaded a FS2004 ISO torrent. burnt it to a DVD bingo sorted, never a problem now, and the DVD runs none stop without the need to change the CD or click next. Sorry I cant send a link but my laptop went terminal and I lost it.

Howard

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Without necessarily wishing to open a Pandor's Box, I have always been happy to feedback and have done so. Whilst on the subject, what about Neils and/or admins do something about the case where the original uploader is not contactable? This is not a technical problem. This is a management problem - the solution simply requires someone to make a policy decision about this. End rant mode.

Hi I am also a software developer for 2004 since the launch of FSX and do appreciate constructive feedback, if the feed back is pointing out a issue with my TNW program I always work with the simmer to improve my program as many will testify. I always put my details on the end of a link or posting in a hope that I get feedback in such a way that it leads to an improvement in TNW software, sadly this is not always the case as I have quite often found out at my cost and can well understand those that do not post their details with their freeware. I know 5 simmers that have developed good software but they do not upload because of the trolls, sadly for all the simmers that are missing out. Thankfully Flightsim.com does take a very dim view and are proactive in trying to stamp out this behaviour and would recommend this site if you have any qualms on uploading

Howard TNW2016

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