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[Simmo W]

Yes the aussiepak/voz install can be confusing to some, but it's all in there- Baz has done a great job, massive effort. YMML can always be improved, again it does have performance issues, although not as extreme as YSSY! It should run better in 10, as it seems to eat .objs for dinner.

[-TheoGregory]

Looks great! One piece of constructive I have is that the domestic terminal is WAY to tall. About 2x too tall The airbridges should be coming out of 2nd floor, not the first. But that's just me being a picky little ass . All in all, a fantastic effort. I think a custom runway wouldn't go a miss either. PM me if your interested in that!

[larjeet]

Chris Im dizzy and its your fault Just downloaded your Christchurch scenery From the Org .I spent about 20 minutes circleing over the Airport not believing what I was seeing . This is definatly one of the most realistic sceneries that I have scene . It should become the standard to which all future scenery is compared . I had tried the Beta so when I saw you had posted it at the org I had to download it .

Thanks Larry

[chris k]

Hey larry,

Cool.! Thanks man for the Kudos. Sorry to hear you're dizzy =)

This was a project in terms of: "I know XPlane 10 is completely capable of something like this"

I also wanted something to show that X-Plane is not ugly (When it's done "right" so to speak....) as compared to "other" sims.

BTW, Laminar Research.... I'm more than happy to quit my job and do stuff like this full-time, if the financials work out =) (cough cough.. Tom.. cough cough.. make sure Ben sees this! heh..)

- CK.

Edited by chris k, 03 February 2012 - 12:51 AM.

[chris k]

-TheoGregory, on 02 February 2012 - 09:18 PM, said:

Looks great! One piece of constructive I have is that the domestic terminal is WAY to tall. About 2x too tall The airbridges should be coming out of 2nd floor, not the first. But that's just me being a picky little ass . All in all, a fantastic effort. I think a custom runway wouldn't go a miss either. PM me if your interested in that!

Hey Theo,

Yeah, I am limited by the Objects I already had at my disposal. The Terminal Building was an FSX conversion from a while back; so I'm kinda stuck with "working with what I have". I'm not an Object Modeller (never used, never tried, and don't necessarily want to learn.... instead leaving that to more capable people). however, if *someone* wants to submit to me a new NZCH Terminal, I'd be more than happy to accept it into the scenery! =)

(bit by bit I am thinking that the remaining FSX converted objects will be replced by native XP objects).

As for the runway - The runway is indeed there BTW - change the .POL file definitions from "taxiways +1" to "runways +1"; and you'll see that the orthos line up nicely; however I felt that they just didnt have good enough resolution to replace the XP generated ones. (looked too blocky for my tastes.. so I hid them underneath)

However, this wouldn't stop someone like yourself texturing a hi-res "Runway Object" (I can give you the original 4200x3600 PNG files which I dereived the scenery from @ 10 cm resolution); and then overlaying that object on top of the XP Runway. Feel free to disassemble my .DSF file and see if you can add in the runway object on top.

The other route is yet-another-series-of-ortho POL files, which are then themselves layered on top of the existing ortho and runway.

Unfortunately both approaches means we're painting the same patch of ground 4 times. (1ce for base texture, 1 for ortho, 1 for XP runway, then 1 for Object/Runway .POL). Altough, I'm already paiting it 3 times right now... 1 more shouldnt hurt too much =)

- CK.

Edited by chris k, 03 February 2012 - 12:50 AM.

[chris k]

X-Plane 9 Compatible version Released:

http://forums.x-plan...&showfile=15898

- CK.

[OlaHaldor]

Wow, that's a rich experience.

[chris k]

Thanks man!

Like buttah... but with OpenGL. =)

- CK.

Edited by chris k, 03 March 2012 - 10:45 AM.

[chris k]

Hehe Andy.. have a look at this:

 737_21.jpg   373.04K   32 downloads

and these:

 737_19.jpg   376.32K   38 downloads  737_18.jpg   345.74K   37 downloads  737_17.jpg   386.06K   31 downloads  737_16.jpg   400.92K   24 downloads

(x-plane.org) NZCH Christchurch OSM2XP Bilding Scenery Enhancement

I'm about to marry the two together..... Christchurch is going to be "the place to be" for XP10 =)

- CK.

Edited by chris k, 03 March 2012 - 10:44 AM.

[Swashbuckler]

Fantastic effort and work Chris...

On ya mate!?!

[woweezowee]

very nice airport, very well done!