I think it alleviates the need for the Tile Mod at least in NA where I fly.  FS 2024 looking good so far.

dd

definitely not - still 12 year old Bing for Australia

I'm wondering what terrain morphing/popping is like with mountains and hills in 2024?

MSFS 2024 must be using some different terrain images when compared to MSFS 2020, as the horrible mismatched colouration joint line east of EHLE Lelystad is apparently not there in MSFS 2024. I would be interested to know if the "Sahara dust bowl" textures that are prevalent in southern England when using MSFS 2020 are also present in MSFS 2024.

5 hours ago, Rocky_53 said:

I'm wondering what terrain morphing/popping is like with mountains and hills in 2024?

I am flying with both LOD's at 200, and I think it is better than 2020. 

I still see the odd morph but it doesn't seem to bother me so much, maybe because the scenery seems so much better to start with.

Things that bug me are the yellow runway turn off signs still popping up at a short distance, same as in 2020.  I wish they would fix that.
LOD settings don't affect it, so it must be an internal setting.  I am thinking it might actually be a left over from FSX, so Asobo might not be able to find it!   

46 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

I am flying with both LOD's at 200, and I think it is better than 2020. 

I still see the odd morph but it doesn't seem to bother me so much, maybe because the scenery seems so much better to start with.

Things that bug me are the yellow runway turn off signs still popping up at a short distance, same as in 2020.  I wish they would fix that.
LOD settings don't affect it, so it must be an internal setting.  I am thinking it might actually be a left over from FSX, so Asobo might not be able to find it!   

Interesting Bob. I was hoping that local LOD thing would have been sorted out by now. I find it really bad at some airports and not at others. I'm sure they could mend it if they put their mind to it. I notice at Inibuilds Queenstown in particular, on approach to Rwy05, almost on top of the runway and all the baggage carts begin popping into view! That's just one example, of course there are many. It would be great if it could be sorted.

Edited February 11, 20251 yr by Rocky_53

4 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

 I would be interested to know if the "Sahara dust bowl" textures that are prevalent in southern England when using MSFS 2020 are also present in MSFS 2024.

No. They're still using the previous Bing data for the UK as far as I can make out.

The resolution is far superior, especially over previously 'melty' London but it's still that late summer/early autumn image.

 

7 hours ago, jaytee73 said:

definitely not - still 12 year old Bing for Australia

I don't understand, with the MapEnhancement Mod, you can get the New Bing Maps as well as a bunch of others, yet MSFS is stuck with the old Bing Maps. Can't Asobo figure this out?

37 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I don't understand, with the MapEnhancement Mod, you can get the New Bing Maps as well as a bunch of others, yet MSFS is stuck with the old Bing Maps. Can't Asobo figure this out?

The Bing Maps department price for the latest data exceeds the Flight Sim department budget.

The lottery of Orthos is like that, some areas get better, others get worse and others stay the same.

If you go outside North America and Europe everything gets worse in general, some areas look better in fsx with mods than in MFS.

24 minutes ago, flyingscampi said:

The Bing Maps department price for the latest data exceeds the Flight Sim department budget.

So how does Map Enhancement mod get this for free?

Whatever it is they are using in 2024 I certainly feel no need to use the Map Enhancement Mod which I found to be essential in 2020. It just looks so great straight out of the box. 

30 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

So how does Map Enhancement mod get this for free?

I was half-joking about corporate cost centres.

The map mod is free. I think there was a similar issue with FSLTL dropping FSHud support recently, because FSLTL's data source objected to a commercial product using its service.

Maybe Asobo could make FS2024 free, then we get new maps 🙂

AFAIK they haven't switched to all of the new imagery yet. It's still using the same imagery that 2020 is using in some places.

Like if you compare LA imagery in the second trailer to what it is in 2024 right now it's not the new stuff.

But there is new photogrammetry in several USA countryside areas, the Grand Canyon, Glacier National Park and Yosemite Valley. There may be others, but those are the only ones I know of.

Edited February 11, 20251 yr by Tuskin38

On 2/11/2025 at 6:54 PM, Tuskin38 said:

But there is new photogrammetry in several USA countryside areas, the Grand Canyon, Glacier National Park and Yosemite Valley. 

Yeah, and that's what they use to promote the product