Tree coverage on St. Maarten.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:54 pm

First off this is some amazing scenery to say the least. St. Barth is my new favorite of the Caribbean. What I have a problem with is the tree coverage on the island of St. Maarten. Seems a little sparse. Also there's any airport north of TNCM on the island of St. Maarten that received absolutely no attention. It looks kind of odd sitting there there with no buildings or detail at all...

Other than that this scenery is truly amazing. I was a skeptic about you guys doing this area but now I see I was wrong. You did a great job. I just hope more trees can be added and the other airport on St. Maarten get's address in some kind of way. To have the whole island done and this little airport forgotten about kind of kills the joy of flying over the island in a way...

Post by **martin[flytampa]** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:07 pm

First you mean FS9 or FSX? In the FSX version the trees are currently sparse on purpose because on my tests dense trees showed an unacceptable effect on performance. We hope this changes after FSX-SP1.

If FS9: I assume your autogen slider is set to Maximum? If you can post a screenshot that would help.

Post by **martin[flytampa]** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:08 pm

The other airport north on St Maarten I skipped in favor of adding Saba island which I found more interesting.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:13 pm

Sorry Martin I'm using the FS9 version...

Post by **martin[flytampa]** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:01 pm

Does the autogen look like in this shot?

I placed trees in a way that they appear in dense groups/clusters. I prefer this clustered visual over filling all green areas with trees because then the spacing between them becomes too large.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:04 pm

I was going to post a pic but it seems you already know what I'm talking about.

paolom3 · Post by **paolom3** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:01 pm

how come i cant download that file

Post by **martin[flytampa]** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:01 pm

paolom3 wrote:how come i cant download that file

You mean you cannot see this picture "autogen.jpg" that is attached to the previous post? It does not load even if you wait long enough?