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YSSY Sydney Kingsford Smith Intl (XP10)
Sydney, Australia - v1.41
Aug 10, 2014
WARNING: Use at Your own Risk. We assume no responsibility for blown up power supplies or melting GPUs.
Requirements:
- X-Plane 10.20 (http://www.x-plane.com/)
- OpensceneryX 2.0 (http://opensceneryx.com/)
- Texture Compression ENABLED (else you'll blow X-Plane's 3.5Gb RAM Limit)
This scenery runs around 860 Mb loaded at "extreme" resolution compressed w/X-Plane 10 Loaded.
Uncompressed, and you're into 1.4-1.5 Gb, meaning you're dangerously close to crashing XP10_32bit
- A Modern Video Card with MINIMUM 512Mb VRAM.
This scenery fully runs at or around 512Mb of VRAM when loaded in XP10 with "very high".
I highly suggest this setting for now until XP10_x64
- You will want to run this scenery at "very high" or "extreme" Texture Resolution, or else the effect is lost.
Sorry to the users with 256Mb VRAM or less. This just isn't going to work out for you.
Time to think of upgrading, since XP10 uses almost 300Mb all by itself, with nothing loaded.
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SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING ELSE ON YOUR COMPUTER if you have a 512 Mb Video Card!
You will need every ounce of VRAM in your card for this scenery!
Kill any Web Browsers, Desktop Wall Paper, and anything that couple possibly use Video RAM.!
- If you get some texture swap, look around a little bit at the beginning in all directions, and let it settle.
- Go to External views as well, zoom far out and back in, X-Plane will start swapping out unused textures.
- Go to rendering options, toggle between full-screen to windowed and back. For some reason, this also works for me to optimise the VRAM.
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Credits:
Many people have generously donated their time, skills, and objects. This could not have been done without them.
- Ropeless (Many Many Many Many Photoshopped Tiles, Concrete Gables from YSCN - Thanks to the Doctor!)
- Fenriz (Many Many Photoshopped Tiles)
- SimmoW (Photoshopped Tiles)
- GaryBKK (Various Shipping Containers, Container Crane)
- Sethesus (Checkered Huts, Electrical Junction Boxes, YSSY Tower, Signage, Clutter)
- HenryT (Checkered Huts, Clutter)
- Nickster (Radio Mast, Radar Ball, Red shipping containers, dumpsters, diggers, bollards, Clutter)
- Skyflyer (HungryJacks, Billboards, McDonalds, Signage, Clutter)
- Laminar for the LOWI XP9 Buildings.
- Nerarmap.com for the Orthophotography Imagery at 15cm resolution (free redistribution and derivation for noncommercial use)
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Additional Files/Enhancements:
I highly suggest using Jack's (FlyJSim's) "über-kewl" Asphalt replacement textures found here for proper runway effect:
Hi-Res Replacement Asphalt Textures
I also suggest the Vehicle Library Extension found here, and crank up the 'Number of Cars". Looks great!
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Bugs/Todo:
Still some stuff to do - I'm aware of them i.e:
- Some Gate Markings/Centrelines aren't finished yet.
- Certain Buildings are simply "stand ins" until we better XP10/OSX objects
i.e. "Delta Hangar" should be Qantas Hangar, and "USPS Post Office" should be Australia POST.
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License:
This scenery is Dorito-ware. Meaning that if you like it, you are obligated to send us a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos.
The Australians have never heard of this flavour, and it's impossible to purchase it here in Sydney.
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Author's Notes:
This Scenery took 5 Months of planning, editing, assembling, and a complete Team of like-minded dedicated people.
I was very fortunate to have met and worked with an awesome and talented group of individuals on this project.
My hats off to Ropeless, who was by far the most dedicated individual and "photoshopping-machine" on this project. =)
Without his tireless work and encouragement, this project would have never gotten off the ground.
This scenery is dedicated to the entire X-Plane Community. You know who you are =)
© 2012-2014 chris k
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P.S. You like Photoscenery?
Try this one: NZCH Christchurch Airport Photo Scenery (XP10)
Or this one: YSCN Camden Airport Photo Scenery (XP10)
What's New in Version 1.41 See changelog
Released
- 1.41 Update
- Aug 10, 2014
- Fixed Library.txt EXPORT directives for random containers; library objects are case-sensitive (thanks to wehrlipub for the report)
- Added 2 more exclusion zones to ensure compatibility with MIXX's Sydney Scenery
- Place this scenery higher than MIXX's in order to get our airport displayed, but use his Downtown buildings. The MIXX airport objects will be suppressed, showing the ISDG scenery instead.
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- 1.4 Update
- Aug 09, 2014
- - Various fixes for the DSF Recut of the Sydney Area / Botany Bay water
- - Culled M5 tunnel back a bit as it was encroaching on the taxiways
- - Fixed various houses and forests showing up on airport property
- - Excluded various residential roadways that overlapped airport taxiways
- - Added various exclusions in case the user uses the MIXX Sydney Scenery (should suppress the other package)
- - Some beaches are excluded far away from the airport, unfortunately is a byproduct of the DSF
- - Re-worked many objects to use common ISDG library (bollards, gables, autogates)
- - Fixed various centreline joins on Taxiway C
- - Changed OpensceneryX stencils for Skyflyer's hi-def ISDG stencils
- - Added 2nd stories to facade-based Terminals
- - Adjusted cargo terminal random-wall generation for predictable walls
- - Retextured Domestic Jetstar Terminal (2x resolution)
- - Added Proper Radar Tower (Seth's animated dish from YPAD Project)
- - Added Red Spot-Lights next to Wig-Wags (as in reality)
- - Added Red Hold Short recessed lighting (as in reality)
- - Adjusted all runway hold-shorts for consistency of type and lighing
- - Updated Start positions for Hold Short positions
- - Included SkyFlyer's Yellow-on-Black Taxiway centrlines (Aussie Style)
- - Added Magic Lighting to Windsocks
- - Changed standard XP10 windsocks in favour of Australian Lit Windsocks
- - Fixed Missing Concrete and Asphalt aprons on the southwest parking ramps
- - Fixed Z-Fighting Issue with Domestic Terminal
- - Adjusted all runway hold-shorts for consistency
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