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DCS flyer / ARMA grunt
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Water way to go…
Another area of focus has been to improve some of the harbours that have airports. Currently in X-Plane these are often masked out and become deep blue sea straight off the shoreline. The new scenery will improve this in areas…. Read More ›
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Various changes!
Over the past couple of days I’ve spent my free time fixing up a few things. Mainly around Queenstown and the central North Island. One area of interest was a dis-colouration of Tongariro and Ruapehu. Fixing the colours is a… Read More ›
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Progress Update: Milford Sounds
The warped imagery around milford sound has been replaced. This is what it used to look like: Now I’ve replaced the ArcGIS imagery with some LINZ:
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Meltford Sounds
Next I’ll be working on the Milford Sounds, an area I’ve never been happy with. There seems to be quick a few issues with this area which I couldn’t get my head around a few years ago. Lazy me. Here’s… Read More ›
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It’s a blog, it’s a plane…
After not using X-Plane for quite a long time, recent improvements in FPS via Vulkan API implementation, and a literal plague, have dragged me back into it. So I thought I’d chip away at a few updates to my Ortho-photography… Read More ›
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Release: Texture Decal Patch
You can download a small patch for each section of my ortho scenery here. This package contains TER files which now include bumpy textures that look like dirt, grass, and gravel at low altitude. This will help with low-level flight… Read More ›
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It’s been a while – Ortho Update
Hello there! It’s been over a year since I did anything with the NZ Ortho set. In fact, I’ve hardly touched X-Plane. That should change as I get a fancy VR Headset at some point. I’ve not been editing the… Read More ›
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Whakatane Patch!
There was a bit of a tile mess going on around Whakatane, so here’s a patch to clean up the area and restore the river. Darren contacted me on the X-Plane forums with this screen shot: Not only is the… Read More ›
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Updated lego brick airport: Napier
Here’s an update to Napier with a new, better terminal… Having a look at Wed, I’ve only just gotten into the terminal kits that allow a building to be constructed using facades that make realistically detailed terminals. I’ve started by… Read More ›
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Ortho Scenery terrain patch for Auckland
Here’s an easy patch for Auckland in my R3 release. It will improve the terrain around Auckland Central, Isthmus and North Shore / Rodney. This will improve the terrain for scenery packs that others in the community are constructing. Pictured… Read More ›
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