An examination of the maximum resolution at which terrain can be displayed in FS2002 and FS2004. IMPORTANT! Since this article was written, FS2004 Update has restored FS2004 to 19m capability.

What we find (5)

Comparing this with the previous page, you'll see that there is no difference at all apart from slight differences with the shading. The conclusion that can be drawn from this is that regardless of the setting of TMVL, the maximum terrain resolution which can be displayed in FS2002 is ~19.1m, equivalent to LOD 11 and TMVL=21.

Next-->

Recent News: Scotflight for FSX version 1.1 released 2007-12-21; New! Scotflight for FSX: Highlands & Islands 2007-08-30; Visual Flight Farnborough released 2006-10-30; FSX trial version released 2006-08-10; Video: RIAT Fairford 2006-07-13; More news…