RealFlight G3 Manual - Great Planes Software Support

CUSTOMIZABLE AIRPORTS
RealFlight G3 offers you unprecedented freedom in designing your own flying sites.
With the new G3 objects, your airports will look more realistic than ever before.
Your imagination is the only limit.
• G3’s graphical interface allows you to create entirely new fields with a
mouse and a few simple keystrokes.
• Choose from hundreds of objects!
• Complete freedom to insert, remove, move, rotate and size scenery
objects.
• Adjust the lighting to suit your personal tastes
• Use as many runways as you want, positioned and oriented the way you
want.
GRAPHICS
G3 represents a huge leap forward in the realm of realistic rendering. No other
simulation comes close to matching the look and feel of the models or the virtual
world around you.
• Realistic shading on all objects, including the airplanes and helis. G3
even includes object self-shadowing for added authenticity.
• G3’s reflectivity characteristics utilize an environmental map that
accurately reflects objects in the scene.
• Transparency. RealFlight uses transparency to model the rotor blades
of the helicopter, the airplane propellers, exhaust and smoke from the
aircraft, aircraft canopies, and atmospheric effects such as rainbows.
• High-resolution graphics, including visible panel lines and moving
control surfaces, for added realism and authenticity.
• Optimization—G3 allows you to customize the resolution of the
textures, the graphics, and the terrain independently to achieve the most
realistic look and feel for the simulation. This control also allows the
user to tailor the program options to match the performance of his/her
PC.
• Aircraft offer moveable control surfaces such as: ailerons, elevators,
rudders, etc. You’ll also note movable props, rotors and retracts, all of
which add to the authenticity of the simulation.
SOUND
• Employs Doppler-correct VirtualRevolution sound technology,
heightening the realistic effect with true recordings of a variety of
power plants throughout their RPM range. The recorded power plants
include everything from 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines to actual
turbines.
• RotoSonics creates realistic helicopter sounds, accurately modeling the
sounds of auto rotations as well as other aggressive maneuvers.
• Doppler-correct stereo effects. As the aircraft crosses the field, the
engine sounds follow; just like its R/C counterpart.
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