Technical Question: Ground Textures

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Hey guys,

I would like to know how difficult it would be on the technical side, to replace the ground textures with a more higher resolution? Like the quality that e.g. Navigraph has. 15m per pixel is preeeetty low. In terms of CPU/GPU power or data traffic, this shouldn’t be that hard.

Or does project metal also include a more detailed ground? Anything staff might be able/allowed to tell?

Greetings!

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I do belive it has been said that project metal will bring graphic changes, the simulator will be changed a lot- I assume that means graphical improvements in all areas, including ground. I’m sure we will never get crystal clear images like MSFS or something, but new things are to come soon. Not so sure about the technical side of your question, but hope this helped.

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Hello,

This won’t answer your questions about whether if project metal has changed ground rendering, but should give you an idea on what entails behind the scenes on rendering.

  1. Adding more detail would mean that lower end devices have a harder time rendering the world and take longer load times as well as experiencing (client side) lag spikes. From a marketing perspective, this is not a good move for IF.
  2. All of the airports and ground terrain seems like they may be cached on the client side. This is only a guess from the fact that you are able to do a flight completely offline(after you load the application). Adding more detailed textures will either mean that devices will take more cache space or a complete entire rework on how IF loads terrain.
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Short answer is that there are many devices which people use to run Infinite flight. Not everyone is using a Samsung Galaxy Ultra. Some are using Motorola and Nokia :skull: Phones with less power. Infinite flight needs to be universal or else you will have people complaining about performance or speed.
Regarding Microsoft Flight simulator it runs on pcs which is different since before you buy it they give you a list of minimmum requirements for the game and most people know what they are doing unlike smartphone users who aren’t as tech savvy. Hence IF can’t have more detailed buildings.

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