I found the missing bridges!

[nathantw]

I found the missing bridges that everyone has been saying were missing.
They're in Des Moines, Iowa. I was just flying around there for no
particular reason and on the river there's no less than 4 bridges not more
than a few hundred yards from each other. Then to top it off there's another
bridge about a mile further.

For the people who said that there aren't any bridges, we now know the true
story. Iowa actually bought them, then disassembled and rebuilt them in Des
Moines!

Oh, on a trip from Chesapeak Bay, MD to Baltimore I saw a bridge that was
actually crossing a river, but unfortunately all the cars that needed to use
it had to be part boat, part 4x4 because the entrance/exit was in the river.
D'OH!

[nathantw]

but the box was so shiny and pretty.

"GUess" > wrote in message
...
>
> There IS intelligent life on this newsgroup!! One of the smart few who
didn't have to be the first on the
> block to buy a lame product that never lived up to its predecessor.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 19:52:18 -0700, Cyber Chum > wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 00:39:03 GMT, "nathantw"
> > wrote:
> >
> >>I found the missing bridges that everyone has been saying were missing.
> >>They're in Des Moines, Iowa. I was just flying around there for no
> >>particular reason and on the river there's no less than 4 bridges not
more
> >>than a few hundred yards from each other. Then to top it off there's
another
> >>bridge about a mile further.
> >>
> >>For the people who said that there aren't any bridges, we now know the
true
> >>story. Iowa actually bought them, then disassembled and rebuilt them in
Des
> >>Moines!
> >>
> >>Oh, on a trip from Chesapeak Bay, MD to Baltimore I saw a bridge that
was
> >>actually crossing a river, but unfortunately all the cars that needed to
use
> >>it had to be part boat, part 4x4 because the entrance/exit was in the
river.
> >>D'OH!
> >>
> >
> >I'm glad I didn't buy FS2004 and am still using FS2002.
>
>
> Dr. Speedbyrd :>

[fred]

As experienced in fighting water, we Dutch play it save.
In Amsterdam we covered all the tunnels with bridges.
Is this called "Double Dutch" ?

fred (eham)

"Bodo Hesse" > wrote in message
...
> I flew cross Florida and missed the bridge near Ft.Myers Beach.
> But after maxing out all display sliders the bridges appear (also to
Sunibel
> Island).
>
> Bodo
>
> "nathantw" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> m...
> > I found the missing bridges that everyone has been saying were missing.
> > They're in Des Moines, Iowa. I was just flying around there for no
> > particular reason and on the river there's no less than 4 bridges not
more
> > than a few hundred yards from each other. Then to top it off there's
> another
> > bridge about a mile further.
> >
> > For the people who said that there aren't any bridges, we now know the
> true
> > story. Iowa actually bought them, then disassembled and rebuilt them in
> Des
> > Moines!
> >
> > Oh, on a trip from Chesapeak Bay, MD to Baltimore I saw a bridge that
was
> > actually crossing a river, but unfortunately all the cars that needed to
> use
> > it had to be part boat, part 4x4 because the entrance/exit was in the
> river.
> > D'OH!
> >
> >
>
>

[Byron Miller]

Fs2004 runs like a charm for me.

You sure your video card doesn't suck? With fs2002 i always had the
"runways in the sky" bug. Don't see that anymore and my frame rate is up.
Bridges - well, i fly IFR most of the time so i'm 18k+ feet above seeing
much :)

And when i'm puddling around in my 150 i'm practicing at an airport or
flying around the mountains.

All of which look much better in FS2K4.

Don't dog it just because you don't own it yet :)

"GUess" > wrote in message
...
>
> There IS intelligent life on this newsgroup!! One of the smart few who
didn't have to be the first on the
> block to buy a lame product that never lived up to its predecessor.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 19:52:18 -0700, Cyber Chum > wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 00:39:03 GMT, "nathantw"
> > wrote:
> >
> >>I found the missing bridges that everyone has been saying were missing.
> >>They're in Des Moines, Iowa. I was just flying around there for no
> >>particular reason and on the river there's no less than 4 bridges not
more
> >>than a few hundred yards from each other. Then to top it off there's
another
> >>bridge about a mile further.
> >>
> >>For the people who said that there aren't any bridges, we now know the
true
> >>story. Iowa actually bought them, then disassembled and rebuilt them in
Des
> >>Moines!
> >>
> >>Oh, on a trip from Chesapeak Bay, MD to Baltimore I saw a bridge that
was
> >>actually crossing a river, but unfortunately all the cars that needed to
use
> >>it had to be part boat, part 4x4 because the entrance/exit was in the
river.
> >>D'OH!
> >>
> >
> >I'm glad I didn't buy FS2004 and am still using FS2002.
>
>
> Dr. Speedbyrd :>

[paul s]

nathantw wrote:
> I found the missing bridges that everyone has been saying were
> missing. They're in Des Moines, Iowa. I was just flying around there
> for no particular reason and on the river there's no less than 4
> bridges not more than a few hundred yards from each other. Then to
> top it off there's another bridge about a mile further.

Talking about missing bridges. The correct Severn Bridge, Bristol Channel,
UK has gone from FS2004, it was there in FS2000.

--
Paul S

[ThrashATL]

"Byron Miller" > wrote in message
...
> Fs2004 runs like a charm for me.
>
> You sure your video card doesn't suck? With fs2002 i always had the
> "runways in the sky" bug. Don't see that anymore and my frame rate is up.
> Bridges - well, i fly IFR most of the time so i'm 18k+ feet above seeing
> much :)
>
> And when i'm puddling around in my 150 i'm practicing at an airport or
> flying around the mountains.
>
> All of which look much better in FS2K4.
>
> Don't dog it just because you don't own it yet :)

I agree completely. The look and feel of the scenery took a big leap
over 2002 along with the weather. Cessna Caravan Amphibian hopping
on the lakes of Alaska is incredible.

[Byron Miller]

Back when i used FS2k2 i had a Celeron @ 1000 mhz, 512 megs of ram and a
geforce 3 video card. I still had runways floating in the sky, scenery
wasn't as lush and airports were as bland as ever.

In fs2k2 most airports look more like airports rather than a motel 6 with a
parkinglot shaped like a runway out in the middle of nowhere.

The scenery is more abundant. I recognize water towers, radio towers, new
roads, more buildings, more of everything.

FS2k4 is worth the price, and i'm glad they didn't try and stiff us with a
"Pro" version this year either!

--
-byron

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"Cyber Chum" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:48:17 -0400, "Byron Miller"
> > wrote:
>
>
> >You sure your video card doesn't suck? With fs2002 i always had the
> >"runways in the sky" bug.
>
> On what video card was that? The only time I ever saw a graphics
> problem in FS2002 was with the very early drivers for the Radeon 8500,
> which was easily fixed by using Omega drivers at the time. I use a GF4
> now and FS2002 plays flawlessly on it and bridges are where they are
> supposed to be. I've looked at many screenshots of FS2004 and it
> doesn't look to me like they are much better than FS2002.

[Bryan]

Another expert who knows all about 2004,just by reading reviews and looking
at screen shots.

Try actually seeing it run,before gloating how clever you are for not buying
it


"GUess" > wrote in message
...
>
> There IS intelligent life on this newsgroup!! One of the smart few who
didn't have to be the first on the
> block to buy a lame product that never lived up to its predecessor.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 19:52:18 -0700, Cyber Chum > wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 00:39:03 GMT, "nathantw"
> > wrote:
> >
> >>I found the missing bridges that everyone has been saying were missing.
> >>They're in Des Moines, Iowa. I was just flying around there for no
> >>particular reason and on the river there's no less than 4 bridges not
more
> >>than a few hundred yards from each other. Then to top it off there's
another
> >>bridge about a mile further.
> >>
> >>For the people who said that there aren't any bridges, we now know the
true
> >>story. Iowa actually bought them, then disassembled and rebuilt them in
Des
> >>Moines!
> >>
> >>Oh, on a trip from Chesapeak Bay, MD to Baltimore I saw a bridge that
was
> >>actually crossing a river, but unfortunately all the cars that needed to
use
> >>it had to be part boat, part 4x4 because the entrance/exit was in the
river.
> >>D'OH!
> >>
> >
> >I'm glad I didn't buy FS2004 and am still using FS2002.
>
>
> Dr. Speedbyrd :>

[Mark Cherry]

In ,
paul s wrote:

> nathantw wrote:
>> I found the missing bridges that everyone has been saying were
>> missing. They're in Des Moines, Iowa. I was just flying around there
>> for no particular reason and on the river there's no less than 4
>> bridges not more than a few hundred yards from each other. Then to
>> top it off there's another bridge about a mile further.
>
> Talking about missing bridges. The correct Severn Bridge, Bristol
> Channel, UK has gone from FS2004, it was there in FS2000.

Which is the 'correct' Severn bridge, then? Last time I looked (real-world)
there were two.... (not to mention 'The Bridge on the River Wye' <groan>)

If you want to be really picky, you could say that the original one is the
Severn Bridge (ex-M4, now M48)
and the other one is the 'Severn Crossing' (M4).

Maybe it's what the other bloke said - you need to set the scenery detail level
high enough before certain bridges appear (at the expense of frame rates
everywhere else... <shrug>)



--�
regards,

Mark