FSX users have you checked out TileProxy?

Here is my TileProxy config file

Note that I've placed my cache folders on my D: drive, so change the config to suit your system (cache_folder=d:\TileProxy\cache.service1 <- change this).

Secondly some of the lines below have to be in one line (the module config lines) or it won't work. On my 1920x1200 screen everything looks okay, but be aware of this.

Acme Globe is a dummy at this point.

Have fun. :D

#
# Start a line with # to comment it out.
#
# Read the manual for help with configuration. Do not contact the
# author about the configuration for particular services. Thank you.
#

[TileProxy]
lod_distance=1000
fast_mode=No
#source=Virtual Earth
source=Google
#source=Acme Globe Service

[Acme Globe Service]
cache_folder=cache.acme
network_module=libnettile
module_config="server=http://server*.acmeglobe.com|path=/terraintile?pos=%s&v=10|quad=ABCD|balance=0123|agent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; The TileProxy Project)"
max_lod=13
min_level=9
max_level=17
color_hack=No
color_level=0
bulk_extend=25

[Virtual Earth]
cache_folder=d:\TileProxy\cache.service1
network_module=libnettile
module_config="server=http://a*.ortho.tiles.virtualearth.net|path=/tiles/a%s.jpeg?g=52|quad=0123|balance=0123|useragent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)"
max_lod=13
min_level=9
max_level=17
color_hack=Yes
color_level=13
bulk_extend=50

[Google]
cache_folder=d:\TileProxy\cache.service2
network_module=libnettile
module_config="server=http://kh*.google.com|path=/kh?t=t%s&n=404&v=17|quad=qrts|balance=0123|useragent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)"
max_lod=13
min_level=9
max_level=17
color_hack=No
color_level=0
bulk_extend=25
 
Some TileProxy tips

Be sure to download the 2nd beta version of TileProxy - it lets FSX start somewhat faster.

Flight loading times can be as long as 10 minutes or more, so be patient when loading up for the first time. With the faster planes you can "get ahead" of tileproxy somewhat and the textures will start to get all blurry. Hit pause and do something else for 10 minutes.

TileProxy streams the scenery from Google as you fly, but once its downloaded you don't have to be online to see the new stuff. It only downloads scenery in the vicinity of your plane.

This stuff fragments your hard drive bigtime after a few hours, so defrag regularly - you will notice the difference in load times.

The 2nd version of TileProxy messes with the FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION FSX CFG setting and changes it to 2. If you have a dual core machine set it back to the default of 0.33 or your frame rates will tank. TileProxy also sets your level of detail radius to minimum. If your PC can handle it, increase the level of detail radius back to whatever you prefer.
 
I just keep getting timeouts and "Fetching tile xxxx failed". Very annoying.
It IS downloading images tho, as the cache folder is getting bigger - it just takes frikkin' ages.
 
Yeah, it does a lot of timeouts and it does take ages. I've been building up a map of SA now for the last week and am nowhere near done.

I've no idea how much bandwidth it takes, seems my Telkom ADSL got capped this morning (although the usage email states nothing used - not untypical), so I've switched to my SAOL account.
 
hey andre, thx for the headsup

ive copied the INI file posted here and tried LAX last night. it does take a long time, but it does seem the work.

if i take the top down mode and zoom to out to see the greater LA it clearly resembles Google earth, however in the cocpit the terrain resolution is VERY low. all my settings are set to high detail in FSX.

any ideas how i can improve it?
 
zoidberg, not all locations in Google have the same detail. Check out my last screenshot above, that one is one of the islands in Hawaii - can't recall the name, but the author gives the name in his readme as a recommended place. The second shot is also in the same area and shows how the outside view and cockpit view can look equally good. The third shot is near Interlaken in Switzerland. The first shot is somewhere in SA.

Sometimes you have to pause the sim for several minutes to allow it to catch up with the scenery. Once the scenery has downloaded its there permanantly though.

The screenshots I took were with the level of detail radius set to max, but you can try lower settings which will give somewhat faster load times and avoid the blurries to a certain extent.

I've been running this stuff with autogen and traffic turned off to try and allocate as much CPU time to the scenery as possible.

A trick I've been using is to create a flightplan that covers the area of scenery I'm interested in and have the sim fly it on autopilot in the background while I do something else. The slower you fly, the better.
 
TileProxy beta 3 with support for SP1:
http://sourceforge.net/project/down...ror=kent&filename=TileProxyBeta3.zip&67443265

From the Readme:

Changes as compared to Second Beta Release

Added a compatibility mode for Flight Simulator X Service Pack 1. This mode is triggered with the "sp1_mode" switch in the proxyUser.INI file. It allows for more efficient tile access - TileProxy will always load exactly the mipmap (detail) level requested by FSX and therefore it has to download less data from the Internet.

The tileproxy.sys filter driver has changed significantly and became incompatible between Beta 2 and Beta 3. It may be required to unload the previous Beta 2 version from memory after upgrading (or simply reboot after you have performed the Beta 3 installation).

The 64 bit driver now has the Windows Server 2003 as build target, which hopefully also loads and executes fine on 64 bit Windows XP systems.

The nettile DLL now has two additional options which allow for fine-tuning the maximum number of simultaneous requests as well as the connection bandwidth (which has an influence on the timeout values). So you can now run high bulk_extend values even on slow Internet connections without getting timeouts. I wouldn’t recommend running TileProxy on dialup though ;)

Added coverage for the Capetown Peninsula, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro and the Canary Islands.
 
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zoidberg said:
this is what my FSX looks like at Interlaken atm, ive spent a long time at the airfield with no real impovement so im stumped :confused:
Click to expand...

Dunno what causes that. I've seen something like that on the odd occasion and what usually helps is to exit FS and shut down tileproxy and try again in the same area.
 
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