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Offline Fud

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Thats HUUUUUUGE!!!
« on: June 28, 2011, 07:54:23 PM »
How about making the buildings, barns, trees etc the same size they would in real life at "x" altitude. I was flying at 2k and noticed barns and trees the size as if I were flying several hundred feet off the ground. I'm at 13k and can still make out the barns etc...
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Re: Thats HUUUUUUGE!!!
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2011, 08:09:59 PM »
I'm at 13k and can still make out the barns etc...

Nothing wrong with that.

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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2011, 08:10:52 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2011, 08:25:21 PM »
Next time you fly, check how high you are when you lose the ability to identify individual cars on the highway.  Use the flight tracking screen to see your altitude.

For me it is around 20,000ft.
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Re: Thats HUUUUUUGE!!!
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2011, 09:28:14 PM »
I've jumped out of planes from 3k to 23k and I don't recall barn size buildings being that large at 3k etc or 2k
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« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2011, 09:41:37 PM »
I can pick out tractor trailers on the highway at cruising altitude in a jet......whatever that happens to be
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« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2011, 09:43:35 PM »
I can pick out tractor trailers on the highway at cruising altitude in a jet......whatever that happens to be

35-40 thousand feet or so...

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Re: Thats HUUUUUUGE!!!
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2011, 03:27:38 AM »
yes...you can pick out cars and trucks etc from 30k...just making sure size of objects correlate to altitude that's all
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« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2011, 04:02:56 AM »
If you put your airplane next to the barn in the game and the two are correctly sized, what is wrong?
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Re: Thats HUUUUUUGE!!!
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2011, 06:41:50 AM »
nevermind, misread what fud was reporting...i get just the opposite effect.
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Re: Thats HUUUUUUGE!!!
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2011, 08:21:22 AM »
If you put your airplane next to the barn in the game and the two are correctly sized, what is wrong?

You are correct...now go to 6000 ft and the barn should be much smaller than whats shown in the game. The size of the barn is like your at several hundred feet.
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« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2011, 08:28:45 AM »
You are correct...now go to 6000 ft and the barn should be much smaller than whats shown in the game. The size of the barn is like your at several hundred feet.

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It doesn't change, it's the same size..
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« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2011, 09:11:22 AM »
I think he's trying to say that the size of the barn won't change, but it should appear smaller and smaller the higher up you go... Just a guess...

I predict this will not get resolved if my assumption isn't correct.


In reality, I can see barns in rural areas up to cruising alt (35-40k as previously stated)?

The barn will seem smaller, but it shouldn't appear microscopic at 6k like you're making it sound like it should be.
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« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2011, 09:25:56 AM »
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« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2011, 09:37:50 AM »
I think he's trying to say that the size of the barn won't change, but it should appear smaller and smaller the higher up you go... Just a guess...

I predict this will not get resolved if my assumption isn't correct.
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In reality, I can see barns in rural areas up to cruising alt (35-40k as previously stated)?

The barn will seem smaller, but it shouldn't appear microscopic at 6k like you're making it sound like it should be.

Not microscopic just how they should appear at "X" altitude.
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