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Freeware Heron's Nest 2.0 released

roger-wilco-66

roger-wilco-66

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Hi,

IBLUEYONDER / Bill Womack released a new version of the Heron's nest. It is great to see developers use PBR techniques on scenery objects.
The scenery looks absolutely gorgeous and is a profound demonstration of advanced scenery design techniques.


Check
http://iblueyonder.com/portfolio/the-herons-nest/

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Scenery creation has come a long way Mark and thanks to gentlemen( and ladies ) like yourself we are all reaping the benefits.

Thanks for the link . Sounds very interesting and looks great .

Rich
 
OK, downloaded and (un)installed it 5 times. Looks great, but your plane "hangs" 100ft above the ground and when you start to run it falls to the ground and crashes. Looked at the forums and discovered that this stuff gives more problems with FSX than flying fun. These guys must have spend hundreds of hours in designing it and then it's sad that the result is a huge disappointment for a simple flightsimmer. hertzie
 
hertzie said:
OK, downloaded and (un)installed it 5 times. Looks great, but your plane "hangs" 100ft above the ground and when you start to run it falls to the ground and crashes. Looked at the forums and discovered that this stuff gives more problems with FSX than flying fun. These guys must have spend hundreds of hours in designing it and then it's sad that the result is a huge disappointment for a simple flightsimmer. hertzie
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Not sure if you run ORBX FTX Global Vector or EZDok, but you are describing a situation that may occur when either or both need to be updated.

ORBX FTX Vector Configuration Tool needs to be updated after you install any new scenery.
EZ2CA Configuration Tool may need to be run again as well.

Just a thought...
 
On P3D , no previous versions of the Nest or EZCA intalled, it runs flawless. I run FTX golabal vector, but don't think it could be interfering at all. The only thing I see (or rather don't) is the lack of ground shadows of the aircraft. But that might be explainable, if the ground is an 3d object.

I am still with my opinion that this is a really exceptional piece of work.

Mark
 
hertzie said:
OK, downloaded and (un)installed it 5 times. Looks great, but your plane "hangs" 100ft above the ground and when you start to run it falls to the ground and crashes. Looked at the forums and discovered that this stuff gives more problems with FSX than flying fun. These guys must have spend hundreds of hours in designing it and then it's sad that the result is a huge disappointment for a simple flightsimmer. hertzie
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Start a thread over at iBlueyonder forums
Bill has been active there today


http://iblueyonder.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1

Rick
 
roger-wilco-66 said:
On P3D , no previous versions of the Nest or EZCA intalled, it runs flawless.....I am still with my opinion that this is a really exceptional piece of work.

Mark
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I've run all of the previous versions in P3D as well. No issues with any of them, and I agree...exceptional.
IMO, all developers should be investing seriously in learning PBR, especially with 64 bit on the horizon.
 
An old friend, and a new one.... thank-you Alex, YoYo and Bill- what a lot of fun this is going to be! The An-2 is the best way to bring 12 of your good friends to Heron's Nest for the weekend... hands down ;).

Carl

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Hi,

Initially I had an issue with this version. It was caused by the fact that SODE didn't register my FSX (steam edition) After checking the SODE forum I found that (apparrently) Dovetail doesn't always use the same registry keys (or changed them)
Adding one key (install_path) to the registry solved the issue. (See the SODE forum for details.)
So I am back on Heron's nest en enjoining the scenery.

Thanks for this wonderful piece of freeware!

Jan
 
hertzie said:
OK, downloaded and (un)installed it 5 times. Looks great, but your plane "hangs" 100ft above the ground and when you start to run it falls to the ground and crashes. Looked at the forums and discovered that this stuff gives more problems with FSX than flying fun. These guys must have spend hundreds of hours in designing it and then it's sad that the result is a huge disappointment for a simple flightsimmer. hertzie
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Herzie, did you ask for help on the iBY forums? I'm always there to help out with any issues that crop up. In addition, there's an FAQ specifically for this version of the Heron's Nest that should solve just about any problem you encounter. I can't provide support on other forums - there's just not enough time in the day for it. If you'll pose any questions on the official support forum, you'll get help.
 
cavaricooper said:
An old friend, and a new one.... thank-you Alex, YoYo and Bill- what a lot of fun this is going to be! The An-2 is the best way to bring 12 of your good friends to Heron's Nest for the weekend... hands down ;).

Carl

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OMG, why didn't I think of that? The An-2 is a perfect match! I'm getting out my copy now to give it a try...
 
Looks awesome and was going to get it, but why do you have to have me register for an account at your sales website to download a freeware scenery?
 
RKinkor said:
Looks awesome and was going to get it, but why do you have to have me register for an account at your sales website to download a freeware scenery?
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So let me get this straight. I work for hundreds of hours on a scenery. I learn new techniques, try new technologies, all to make it the best it can be, but you have a problem telling me who you are before you download it for free? If that causes you distress, simply don't download it.
 
A thumb's up from me to iBlueyonder. I didn't really had a reason to fly to Maine, but now I suspect it will be a regular route.

Visited the island with a helicopter, no problems. Then tried to get the Comanche in there and managed to crash into the water on the other side, but the house seemed nice enough as I was cruising by it with a slightly worried look on my face.:biggrin-new:
 
spotlope said:
So let me get this straight. I work for hundreds of hours on a scenery. I learn new techniques, try new technologies, all to make it the best it can be, but you have a problem telling me who you are before you download it for free? If that causes you distress, simply don't download it.
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Kudos to you I already said it looked awesome. You are a commercial site that until recently I had not heard of. I try now a days to be carefull on the internet with my personal information because I have plenty of spam coming into my email already. Not saying you would spam I just try to be careful. Again wonderful scenery and best of luck to you.
 
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