missions involves taking an ultralight up over an African wildlife preserve to locate a lost baby elephant You start out on a dirt strip up close and personal with the local fauna Gotta dig that zebra pattern paint job
The tree the dominates the middle of my backyard has a problem It is being eaten alive by a great many aphids You ll have to excuse the poor focus The Macro setting of my camera doesn t seem to work very well But for all of natures problems there is a natural solution which can be seen in
Switching locations just a bit now we re over Seattle looking at Mt Rainier The sports stadiums stadia I suppose for the Mariners and Seahawks are rendered in some detail
The Stardust Circus Circus and Stratosphere Bumping up the clock to midnight we can appreciate the lighting effects Note the internal ***pit lighting in this closeup of the airplane
Looking back at Caesar s note the detail of the seal at the top of the building and more of the Bellagio water show The new Wynn has been rendered very well they got the colors down just about perfectly
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And back where we started looking at the Luxor and Mandalay Bay Mixing things up again we ve jumped into a King Air 350 for a little flying in the Bahamas note the different ground scenery and the very different water colors
The new Wynn has been rendered very well they got the colors down just about perfectly The Stardust Circus Circus and Stratosphere
MGM Grand really is that green at night And back where we started looking at the Luxor and Mandalay Bay
for bonus and multiplier symbols This configuration also happens to have a small 6 display set just below the reels for showing the player s credit balance and current wager information This photo shows another angle on the 26 video product in the background with a pair of 42 video games on the right and just a bit of the 46 Colossal cabinet on the left Lighting is
but hopefully you can see the LED effects in the bonus boards of those 26 games and also get a sense of the scale of these cabinets with a real live person in the picture for comparison Here s another shot of the same end of the booth as the picture directly above Unfortunately I didn t get a non flash version of this angle so the screens of the games are not clear at
Likewise the I 5 bridge from Portland to Vancouver Washington is rendered pretty accurately Interestingly it looks like a lot of care went into including specific landmark bridges in Portland while there are no specific buildings included except for the Oregon Convention Center
Heading back down to the South along the Strip The Mirage volcano is out in force
Gotta dig that zebra pattern paint job Now some of that lush African flora
The Mirage volcano is out in force MGM Grand really is that green at night
This maneuver is not recommended but DAMN check out the ocean in this picture I am just in awe of the water effects at times This maneuver is also not recommended if you don t wish to be shot down getting ready to buzz Washington D C
Note the detailed signage for The Mirage Danny Gans is a fantastic show by the way Looking back at Caesar s note the detail of the seal at the top of the building and more of the Bellagio water show
This maneuver is also not recommended if you don t wish to be shot down getting ready to buzz Washington D C One of the cool features of FSX is the inclusion of a ton of scripted missions from the basic flight instruction modes through to seriously difficult flight challenges One of the more
fee required It s got nice views of the area but I do think it s worth the small fee to get up close and personal with the scenery The best view is of the Southern canyons in the area
on the left and Aladdin now Planet Hollywood Paris and Bally s on the right Also visible are the Barbary Coast barely Flamingo and Treasure Island now known simply as TI Note the detailed signage for The Mirage Danny Gans is a fantastic show by the way
of the controls switches are interactive with the mouse so you can actually manage all systems without keyboard reference if you like I happen to prefer the keyboard for speed accuracy While the water effects are I think the most graphically impressive aspect of FSX the sky effects ain t too shabby either Check out the high level clouds here
Upon takeoff to the West from McCarran International Airport we re lined up to buzz the Strip from South to North starting with Mandalay Bay and Luxor Continuing on we can see the major hotels at the Southern anchor of the Strip at Tropicana Avenue Excalibur Tropicana MGM Grand New York New York Monte Carlo
First we start off with a little joyride in a Grumman Goose as immortalized in the short lived 80 s TV series Tales of the Gold Monkey This is at the simulator s default location near Friday Harbor in the San Juan islands of Washington State The water effects in FSX are pretty amazing note the reflections and general
and the downtown skyline is pretty amazing but it s not in the simulator The automatically generated urban ground scenery actually makes for some pretty ridiculous building locations
repaint the resulting patch We ll see how that goes This evening Wednesday night I took a quick picture of the gaping hole in my family room ceiling for your viewing pleasure On the bright side the tile itself looks fantastic and the carpet ain t half bad either I ll be sure to post pictures as soon as I get a chance to take some in the daylight
Washington State ferries in the Puget Sound Note the major difference in texture quality between the aircraft and certain other elements on screen That ferry is not looking too sharp The virtual ***pit mode of FSX is pretty detailed and much better than in previous versions You can look around inside the ***pit in any direction and all of the controls switches
too low to handle the machine This is a specialty cabinet so most casinos would only put one on the floor Some of the bigger places with thousands of machines might place 3 or 4 Anyhow now that we ve gotten past the show hopefully things will settle down just a bit Of course there s always the next deadline but at least I won t be personally trying to code a
Bumping up the clock to midnight we can appreciate the lighting effects Note the internal ***pit lighting in this closeup of the airplane Heading back down to the South along the Strip
you can glimpse the occasional giraffe as well I was distracted trying to take this snap shot just before a rather uh less than perfect landing which ended the mission prematurely And that s all I have to say about that
Once again we magically transport further South to Las Vegas Since we want to take our time enjoying the view of the Strip we ve moved back down to a little Cessna 172 Upon takeoff to the West from McCarran International Airport we re lined up to buzz the Strip from South to North starting with Mandalay Bay and Luxor
Continuing on we can see the major hotels at the Southern anchor of the Strip at Tropicana Avenue Excalibur Tropicana MGM Grand New York New York Monte Carlo A bit farther North we can see Bellagio including water show and Caesar s Palace on the left and Aladdin now Planet Hollywood Paris and Bally s on the right Also visible are the
While the water effects are I think the most graphically impressive aspect of FSX the sky effects ain t too shabby either Check out the high level clouds here Switching locations just a bit now we re over Seattle looking at Mt Rainier
displays about the local wildlife rock formations and general history of the area The drive goes up into the canyons and at the highest elevation there s an overlook of the entire area From the overlook I took pictures in all directions this panoramic image was stitched together from 15 separate photos here s another handy tip if you intend to stitch photos
in this photo makes it hard to see but those are 3 white reel strips in the middle with a red strip on the left and a blue strip on the right which contain bonus and multiplier symbols This is a shot of the title that I ve been working on for the past month or so It s another 5 reel mechanical game with video top bonus Again there are three white reels in the middle
impressive each box can be backlit by an LED grid capable of displaying one of more than 65 000 unique colors which really sets our machines apart from others you might see in a casino The picture below shows off the 4th type of game configuration that we displayed a 5 reel mechanical machine similar to the old school slot machines when physical reels spin around
another shot of the same end of the booth as the picture directly above Unfortunately I didn t get a non flash version of this angle so the screens of the games are not clear at all Finally again a shot of the center of the booth and those massive 46 cabinets The person in the foreground is standing about 10 feet away from that game more or less I believe those
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