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KJFK Review on avsim.com - Dispraise?
Ray:
Hello all,
just came across the review of KJFK of FSDT by Colin McFadden. I don't know with which settings he was testing the scenery, but the ground textures on my system do not nearly look as bad as he complained about they would.
An example given in MacFadden's review:
and on my lousy Pentium III 900 Mhz, 1 GB SDRAM, 128Mb Gpu System in FS9:
Someone should tell him to use the proper settings! :o :)
virtuali:
You should probably post the same message on Avsim feedback review section.
Ray:
--- Quote from: virtuali on November 15, 2008, 12:47:42 pm ---You should probably post the same message on Avsim feedback review section.
--- End quote ---
Done. :)
_Dre_:
The reviewer has his facts and his PC all twisted. He stated that the ground textures are the obvious weakness to the scenery (wtf?). He lost all credibility with that statement. If he had taken one look through the screenshot forum he would have quickly realized his PC was a mess and that the scenery is in the top 5 in the "best sceneries ever" category.
coolcolin09:
Hey guys, I'm Colin McFadden, the AVSIM Reviewer assigned to this project. I contacted support during the making of the review asking what the best settings would be for the scenery, and never received a response. I'm not saying they simply ignored it, but perhaps it was overlooked or wasn't sent correctly? I'm not sure. But I will take the blame for not posting in the forums about it; for that I apologize.
Let me clear some things up, though.
In my review, I NEVER stated that it was a bad scenery, nor did I say it doesn't deserve to be in the top 5 of the "best scenery ever", this scenery could definitely be in the top 3 for that matter! I love it, and I enjoy flying in and out of JFK with it. Perhaps my words about the taxiway textures in the review were a little harsh, but I won't back down about the point I was getting at; and I'll admit it here as well: I wasn't impressed with the taxiway textures...NOT the tarmacs, etc - I'll be sure to revise the review and make that point come across clearer.
The taxiways in this photo are obviously lacking the "crispness" that the Chicago scenery below shows. I'm just stating what I see. (IMAGE COURTESY OF: kinm - FSDT Forums member)
I'm much more impressed with these textures from FSDT's KORD scenery. (IMAGE COURTESY OF: Nick Churchill - FSDT Forums member)
I received input from from other various users as well, all of which admitted that while everything else was awesome, the taxiways clearly lacked the quality of the rest of the scenery.
I have absolutely no problem what-so-ever if you guys would like to give me the best settings to use. I also have no problem in revising my review; let's work together and figure this out. However, I'm just not sure as to how you aren't seeing what I'm seeing? In Ray's photo up top, there is a difference between mine and his, but not too much of a difference. The edges of the textures are definitely a little crisper, but it's not substantially better than the shot I took, is it?
Thanks for your feedback everyone; I'll keep in touch with my editor and edit my review if I find the taxiway textures improve with different settings. Have a great weekend!
- Colin McFadden
coolcolin09 [at] msn [dot] com
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