It's a shame that 'autogen' just isn't smart enough, or have enough data, to place all your local roads and buildings just where they really are. Its an even greater shame that it sometimes places trees right on the runway threshold, but you've got to admit it, whatever continent, whatever the time, whatever the weather, FS2004 and FSX both do a great job of giving us something to look at until we reach the top of our descent.
Now, if you use a product like the 'Matrox - Triple Head To Go', or if you've replaced the Microsoft scenery with your favourite VFR photographic scenery, then added a high resolution terrain mesh to boot, you've got such a good visual flight setup that you've gone and created yourself a dilemma.
You're nearing your destination. You want to have a look for the Visual Reference Point that marks your entry into the CTA, you want to because you can, because you've got the scenery that can. So you press 'W' - world view. You need to take a look at your IAS so you can lower your flaps, so you press 'W' - instruments. You need to check your position on your downwind leg. You press 'W' - world view. You need to check your prop RPM. You press 'W' - instruments.
OK, OK, but you see my point. 'World view' has always been a frustration of mine. I don't want to keep hitting 'W' to make a choice between instruments with a porthole view of the world outside, or a clear view of the sky but with no instruments.
I want to know my IAS and the prop RPM, and I want to use World View to keep a watchful eye on all you would be TCAS alerts.
And by the way, I want those extra frames per second that World View gives you, all of the time.
FSNightingale displays your aircraft instruments on a second PC, allowing you to run your FSX or FS2004 PC, whatever your setup, in full screen mode all of the time.
FSNightingale 1.0 - Cessna 6 is the first version of FSNightingale to be released and is free to download and use!
See www.fsnightingale.net for more information.
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