F18 Desert Network Theatres

. F/A-18 Korea Network Theatres No.2

First I would like to tell you some general notes. In Network Theatres No.1 I modified original F18 Korea textures. Some of them were mixed with parts of a satellite image.
Now I attempt to create whole new landscape textures. All these textures are based on real satellite images.
Don't expect too much variety, because possibilities are very limited. Almost all network landscape is covered by one texture ( except several areas ). Therefore you see repeating textures while flying. Its size is 128x128 pixels and real size on the ground is approximately 5 km ( cca 3 miles ) Resolution is then 40m per pixel. The result is simple: no fine detail is possible.
But all the same I hope that my textures will make flying with Hornet more enjoyable ...

Forests near Mount Saint Helens
First let's fly close to Mount Saint Helens ( Washington).

It is surrounded by forest and this was the inspiration for this texture. In May 1980 there was a big volcanic eruption. Unfortunately you can't see the volcano itself. You can imagine it somewhere over the horizon ...

Diablo Range & San Joaquin Valley
Now we move south to California.

There you can see these two areas, which are in fact close to each other . It is also a place with permanent geological activity. Even five little quakes can occur there during a day.

Bad Lands in South Dakota
The next trip is east to South Dakota. There are many corrugations and gullies.

Peruan mountains & deserts with mysterious Nazca plain
And now we will fly south again

but a few thousands miles further as far as Peru. Here we can fly above mountains and deserts. We can also discover the mysterious plain called "Nazca". We will see darksome lines and figures which are visible from higher altitude only. The figures in this landscape textures are enlarged from it's real size ( 50 - 300 m) in order to be visible in this texture resolution.

The lines aren't exactly copies of the original because I haven't a map of the whole plain.

My lines are my own creation. However, the figures are based on the real patterns.

REQUIREMENTS:

Flight simulator - F/A-18 Korea and 3Dfx card.

INSTALLATION:

Installation is simple. Download desired file and then unzip all *.3df files in the zip archive to folder ..\F18Korea\Textures\ and overwrite the original files.

If you want to restore the original textures in future, first you must back-up the original files ttex100.3df thru ttex109.3df or you can download Fallon theatre from Network Theatres No.1 Then you can fly!

MLK Design October 1998