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"First International Gliding Competion 1937"
Wasserkuppe scenery will impress you!!. Go back to the old times, take off by bungee launching, stay over the ridge getting height and try to thermal. You don't have much time, much height or more opportunities. If you know show it!! Try multiplayer, every player will start from ground, almost at the same time, there can't be more challenging competition (movie).
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SotS Gold Patch v6.42
I have increased the horizon distance and detail, but be careful it has a strong effect on your frame rate so keep it low. I have improved pitch controlability, you can flight in formation now (try to be a Spitfire in the BoB scenery, zoom out the view to make it easier). And finaly fixed club triangle task, it should be finished correctly now. 
Patch v6.17
Thorough revised version. It includes voice intercommunication. Press "Tab" to transmit. You have to set it in the Configuration window first. You can return to text mode pressing Ctrl+Tab when on flight.
Adicionally in previous patch:
1. New stall and spin model (movie)
2. New shadow algorithm
3. Joystick buttons definition
4. New wing tube
5. Clouds improved
6. Geographic references can be displayed on the simulation pressing Ctrl+L
7. Included new task settings (FAI, Cylinder, Line,...)
8. fixes fog problem in ATI graphic cards
9. Ridge effect bug fixed.
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 Virginia004.zip "The Blue Ridge" this new scenery was prepared for my friend Mark:
"......if you are down near the treetops and running fast you still can hit air rough enough to bounce your out of the seat and up against the top of the canopy......"
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Chile-Santiago:
This scenery was a request from my friend Phil. It is intended
to be distributed together with SotS in the new book of Terry
Delore, world distance record.
Every new scenery I made surprises me and I should say that I’ve been totally astonished by the Chile countryside, the mountains at the border of the city climb to incredible heights progressing to the North-East to get the fantastic 7000 meters of the Aconcagua. Santiago is a big capital, the biggest city of Chile with over 5,000,000 people. It has three airports, Merino, Cerrillos y El Bosque. I select this last one as launching runway for the gliders.
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Segovia003.exe
Try new Central Spain scenery to get the best of Gold version. It is a photorealistic scenery at high resolution around historical Spanish city of Segovia (movie).
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Additionaly in patch 5 I have fixed some problems with the "on-line session" option to make multiplay easier. I have included some death zone for bank control, above all with motor planes (shooting is easier now). I have reduced to a minimum some graphic artifacts, making terrain rendering very smooth. I have fixed some problems with the results window. Improved stalls. Streched cloud field out to the horizon. Fixed some problems with the F8 and F9 padlock options. Real road maps can be used now (without distortion). Included webcam device for view panning. Included an option for fast qualifcation for those impatient users. And some other small points I don't remember now.
Really the webcam is a funny feature. I have included it to get the idea of what can be to use your head to move your view. At the beginning I had some pain in my neck :) and was easy to become sick.... but eventually it really gives your flight a more real feeling. Another serious problem is that is much more difficult to control your speed, so I use the automatic speed control (press Shift+A). Press F1 to center the view. I have included a death zone parameter in the webcam configuration box. I set it to 3. You can use your mouse to adjust the height if you move it slowly. One way can be to use it with your left hand. You can press the "8" key in the keypad to move up or down. You can able/disable webcam pressing Ctrl+W.
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