New York City in 3D on Virtual Earth!!!

2829 Views 15 Replies 10 Participants Last post by Wizzard, Jun 27, 2007

Electrify

Discussion Starter · Jun 19, 2007 (Edited)

http://local.live.com

Looks nothing short of incredible!!! However, I recommend you view it on a very good PC, since it really is massive... Also, to minimize building load times, super-size the cache (In the upper right corner: Options>3D Options) to 40GB if you are viewing without textures, and 50GB if you are viewing with textures.

EDIT: Just realized I did a double post, mods if you could delete the first one it would be awesome

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cincobarrio

· #2 · Jun 19, 2007

omg, i want to play gta in that city.

Electrify

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jun 19, 2007

NewYorkMantle said:
omg, i want to play gta in that city.

GTA3 (and soon GTA4) both take place in Liberty City, which is a ripoff of New York. Also Spiderman 2 and True Crimes: Streets of New York both take place in realistically modeled versions of NYC, all ready to explore.

Hope that helps

cincobarrio

· #4 · Jun 19, 2007

yeah i had true crime. the manhattan represented in the game was okay, it was only street accurate; all the buildings were random/inaccurate. - can't fault the devs though, it would be impossible to do every building perfect (like in that VIDEO!)

a.s.p.

· #5 · Jun 19, 2007

NewYorkMantle said:
yeah i had true crime. the manhattan represented in the game was okay, it was only street accurate; all the buildings were random/inaccurate. - can't fault the devs though, it would be impossible to do every building perfect (like in that VIDEO!)

i played through it once, and if i remember correctly, there were buildings where certain landmarks were supposed to be, like the ESB and flatiron.

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EtherealMist

· #6 · Jun 20, 2007

Im looking forward to Liberty City...

AirJay78

· #7 · Jun 20, 2007

I bet the new GTA based in NYC will be pretty accurate

cincobarrio

· #8 · Jun 20, 2007

i doubt it. liberty city's 4 boros combined are supposed to be roughly the size of 3/4 of manhattan or some shit. - i don't care about accuracy in gta4 though; it's a parody of nyc and it'll be awesome (remember, GTA1 was developed in the UK and was their stereotypical view of violent america + humor)

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Xusein

· #9 · Jun 22, 2007

GTA4 will not feature SI. :lol:

KevD

· #10 · Jun 22, 2007

How do I get virtual earth?

New Jack City

· #11 · Jun 24, 2007

Anyone try out the new "Street View" on Google Maps?

http://maps.google.com/maps?tab=wl

You can go on your neighborhood block...it's sick.

paul.skyscrapercity

· #12 · Jun 24, 2007

How do you look around the 3d buildings like that?, Wish you could add the WTC like you can with google earth,.

KevD

· #13 · Jun 26, 2007

Maybe I'll ask again... How do I get this Virtual Earth? Did you guys buy it? Is it part of google earth or what?

Wizzard

· #14 · Jun 26, 2007

KevD said:
Maybe I'll ask again... How do I get this Virtual Earth? Did you guys buy it? Is it part of google earth or what?

Just run Google Earth and turn on 3D buildings, you can also change the view angle so it seems like being in that city.

KevD

· #15 · Jun 27, 2007

Wizzard said:
Just run Google Earth and turn on 3D buildings, you can also change the view angle so it seems like being in that city.

yeah, I know about the 3d buildings... but I've never seen them with texture and colour. I can only see the buildings as big white buildings...

Wizzard

· #16 · Jun 27, 2007

Maybe it depends of the certain buildings or the city, or maybe also of the computer configuration

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