alpilotx Posted July 23, 2014 Report Posted July 23, 2014 After a longer waiting time, I could finally complete the new addition to the HD Mesh Scenery v2 series, Japan!Basically it shares the same improvement, which were already present in all the other HD Mesh Scenery v2 regions. The highlights in Japan are:updated OSM data (Japan received a very big update trough government sponsored data)vastly improved landclass data (© JAXA)additional tree linesYo can find the download links (torrents are not up for Japan, but should come online in the coming days) - as always - on my website:http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-hd-scenery-mesh-v2/#DownloadPlease also make sure, to read the installation instruction (which are identical across all HD Mesh Scenery v2 tiles):http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-hd-scenery-mesh-v2/#InstallationAnd there is also an addition tree lines (without farms - would not have worked so easily for Japan) overlay scenery, which you can get on the respective download page:http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-tree-lines-and-farms-v2/Finally, there are - of course - also some screenshots (mostly comparison between default and HD):X-Plane 10 HD Mesh Scenery v2 JAPAN - default and HD comparisons 9
hobofat Posted July 23, 2014 Report Posted July 23, 2014 Thank you thank you thank you! I've been waiting for this one with baited breath. I really enjoy flying around Japan, having lived there for 4 years. I am also currently working on a bunch of lego-brick airports for it as well! Downloading now. 1
alpilotx Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Posted July 23, 2014 .... I am also currently working on a bunch of lego-brick airports for it as well ...Good to hear that ... because Japan is badly underrepresented in the X-Plane world! 1
hobofat Posted July 23, 2014 Report Posted July 23, 2014 Japan is badly underrepresented in the X-Plane world! A shame really because the X-Plane scenery really captures the non-urban Japanese scenery very well (80% of Japan is forested mountain terrain, which is a strong point in X-Plane scenery, imho). But hopefully this will all change soon! The uniformity of Japanese airports makes for fairly quick building in WED.
greggerm Posted July 23, 2014 Report Posted July 23, 2014 Impressive improvements seen in the before/after shots. Too bad I don't fly in Japan!
alpilotx Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Posted July 23, 2014 Too bad I don't fly in Japan! Is somebody stopping you from doing so ? I mean seriously ... thats exactly the great point of a flight sim ... you can fly wherever YOU want 1
greggerm Posted July 23, 2014 Report Posted July 23, 2014 Is somebody stopping you from doing so Of course not! I just have no familiarity with Japan, so the improvements would be lost on me.... This stands in contrast with your North American HD mesh which ratcheted up the realism in areas I am familiar with, making it all the more valuable! That work in Japan is sure to make some people very happy! All in good fun!-Greg
alpilotx Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Posted July 23, 2014 ... as a side note: I have never been to Japan either, nevertheless I had some great joy flying over the "new" landscape while testing it.
hobofat Posted July 23, 2014 Report Posted July 23, 2014 For an idea of the stark differences, start up at RJOC - Izumo Airport in default scenery and then with the HD mesh, the default is missing an enormous lake with a 50 km circumference!
alpilotx Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Posted July 24, 2014 For an idea of the stark differences, start up at RJOC - Izumo Airport in default scenery and then with the HD mesh, the default is missing an enormous lake with a 50 km circumference!Which is all due to the massive improvements in the OSM data (as i told above). The default Global Scenery was relying on OSM data too, but much older data ... and at that time, Japan was missing a lot of data. In the meantime, Japan received a substantial improvement trough government donated data, which has greatly improved that region (up to a point,where its almost too much data for X-Plane ) ... 1
niebieski Posted July 24, 2014 Report Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Danke schön, Andras! Just flown short hop from Tajima (RHBT) to Miho (RJHO) and really enjoyed it! Posted screenshots here. Edited July 24, 2014 by niebieski
captainamerican Posted August 7, 2014 Report Posted August 7, 2014 Someone has to develop some nice japanese airports for v10, especially Tokyo
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