Default Airport Buildings [Archive]

Bomber_12th

August 21st, 2020, 12:19

Here are some close-ups showing the quality and variety of some of the default airport buildings in this sim. These were all taken at my local airport, KSGS. Each building has its own normal maps (bump map detail) and specular and reflective qualities.

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Bomber_12th

August 21st, 2020, 12:21

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50252721637_9e6fa293fe_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jyEkn8)

Default KSGS, watching a thunderstorm pass by.

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Greenhouse357

August 21st, 2020, 15:39

John, what does Duxford and Fantasy of Flight look like?

Bomber_12th

August 21st, 2020, 17:22

John, what does Duxford and Fantasy of Flight look like?

Hi Bob,

Fantasy of Flight is within one of the large photogrammetry coverage locations, and the AI hasn't done much with it (at least yet) - normally, at all airports the ramps are replaced with vector-drawn textures so as to cover over the ground textures of the ramps. Because that hasn't been done with FoF, the aircraft that were parked outside at the time the aerials were made are 2D images on the ramps right now. The AI right now also doesn't have the capability to reproduce water towers yet, so the Fantasy of Flight water tower is also just a 2D image. Fun to fly over, but not good at ground level.

I would love to see Dimus' work on Fantasy of Flight brought into this sim.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50253425106_4a2e96362b_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jyHWtU)

Duxford I feel is acceptable as a default airport, though it needs some attention too in order to make it more accurate. All of the 3D objects in the sim are modeled by AI from the Bing Maps aerials, and unfortunately when the Bing aerials were made of Duxford there was a special event taking place at the time and a huge temporary tent-like structure was erected on the east-end ramp, where normally there isn't anything but open parking. The AI saw that in the images and reproduced it as a massive hangar structure. There is also another smaller building nearby that was also only temporary when the Bing aerials were taken. I have a feeling, however, that it shouldn't be very hard to rectify the issues using the developer airport tool.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50253425236_23be033814_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jyHWw9)

Sundog

August 21st, 2020, 19:08

Hi John,

Nice shots. I've been flying around Alaska and just flew into PABI. Very undulating runways here (Cool!) and nice detailed buildings as you noted. BTW, have you seen power lines anywhere? I haven't seen any. Also, Eielson AFB is FUBAR. They're definitely going to have to fix that, along with the lakes between CYXY and PAFA (spire lakes and some bumpy/hilly rivers).

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/attachment.php?attachmentid=78409&stc=1

jmbiii

August 22nd, 2020, 05:47

I know this is asking a lot - would someone snap a couple of pix of KLKU and KCHO in Virginia?

ryanbatc

August 22nd, 2020, 06:00

I see a few hangar like structures but the default airport buildings are frequently residential type or warehouses....grrrrr. And the whole procedural taxiway naming is insane...a lot of airports don't even have control towers....grrrr

Bomber_12th

August 22nd, 2020, 07:35

I know this is asking a lot - would someone snap a couple of pix of KLKU and KCHO in Virginia?

Not asking a lot at all, and I'd be happy to take some snapshots of any airports anyone is curious about seeing.

Here is KLKU. At this time it is still missing all of the airport buildings/hangars, so I am submitting a bug/feedback report to Zendesk to make sure MS/Asobo are aware of it so that the buildings/hangars should be added in one of the future updates.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50254632163_e815d530ef_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jyQ8ie)

Here is KCHO:

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Greenhouse357

August 22nd, 2020, 08:46

Thanks John, for taking the time for those shots. I see what you mean about the two fields, but everything around the areas look great!

FlyingsCool

August 22nd, 2020, 15:04

KASH Boire Field NH and KMHT Manchester a couple minutes away?
I assume Brookline is in game?

TuFun

August 22nd, 2020, 15:39

John checkout Davis-Monthan AFB and behold the bone yard.

Bomber_12th

August 22nd, 2020, 16:45

Bomber_12th

August 22nd, 2020, 16:47

Following on Ted's advice, here are some shots from the boneyard at Davis-Monthan (photogrammetry models):

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Bomber_12th

August 22nd, 2020, 17:45

Some screenshots of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. It's so cool that an airport like this is portrayed so accurately in a sim, straight out of the box.

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jmbiii

August 22nd, 2020, 20:02

Not asking a lot at all, and I'd be happy to take some snapshots of any airports anyone is curious about seeing.

Here is KLKU. At this time it is still missing all of the airport buildings/hangars, so I am submitting a bug/feedback report to Zendesk to make sure MS/Asobo are aware of it so that the buildings/hangars should be added in one of the future updates.

Man, thanks a bunch! Makes me even more looking forward to a new rig. I can see my house!

K5083

August 23rd, 2020, 09:18

Bomber_12th

August 23rd, 2020, 10:15

John,

How about Chino? We never got a decent KCNO scenery for FSX/P3D, how does it look in FS2020? I'd be happy if the museums etc were modeled, but satisfied if it just had period hangars in the right places rather than modern office blocks.

August

Hey August! Chino, overall, looks pretty good, but it is missing most of the Planes of Fame hangars and all of the colorful hangars behind the control tower (like the Allied Fighters hangar). It's also missing the executive hangars at the eastern-end. I'm going to send a report on the missing hangars to Zendesk. The area around Chino is photogrammetry, made from the highest resolution aerial imagery, so it looks spot on and extremely detailed. Unfortunately, though, the Santa Anna River is significantly flooded right now in the sim due to the rivers/stream/lakes data, so I am sending a report on that to Zendesk too. Flying over Lake Matthews, a common spot for air-to-air photography with the Chino warbirds, it is absolutely gorgeous.

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FlyingsCool

August 23rd, 2020, 16:58

KASH Boire Field

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KMHT Manchester a couple minutes away?

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NH16 Brookline

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Thanks! After asking you for the pics, I said, screw, just get it. You know you're going to get it and might as well not wait. Except for the pond to the north which should be just swamp, Brookline looks AMAZINGLY accurate! The south end of KASH looks great, the north end needs some work (the hangars shouldn't be so tall), Manchester looks pretty good, and the surrounding areas of all these airports looks stunningly awesome. I flew into KAFN after cruising around Mt Monadnock, and it's exactly as I remember flying in an out of it (well, a little too much grounds people, haha, but I'll let that go :) ). This sim is stunning. The east side of Moosehead lake looks awesome, the west side of the south end could use some work.

But, overall, I felt like I was flying again (it's been at least 5 years since I've been up for real in the area, and nearly 20 since I've flown extensively. Planning to get up again soon, hopefully regularly). Despite the lack of planes I'd like to fly, as you've said, the ones that are there are good enough, (not to mention I was thisss close to buying a Cirrus back in 2001, and it could still be my next plane), and I really finally can fly in the sim and not keep thinking, "Oh, I've got to spruce this area up, add some landclass here", etc. I could just concentrate on flying... Yay!

(Oh, and my house is spot on, not white like mine, but the neighborhood, spot on )

K5083

August 23rd, 2020, 20:23

Thanks for the Chino pics, John. That's pretty good, I guess. Needs work by someone who knows and appreciates the place. Same with Rhinebeck; the strip is fine, but the buildings need that Golden Age Simulations touch. The prison and stockyards around Chino look good; I can see the cows, and almost smell them.

I suppose it would have been too much to hope that the MS team would include a vintage buff who would make sure that the top vintage aircraft destinations were modeled. Maybe they will bring one on in the future. It would be nice to see our favorite haunts consistently represented, rather than rely on the uneven work of third parties.

August

Tom Clayton

August 23rd, 2020, 20:39

I honestly don't think the rest of the FS world would generate enough interest in vintage for MS to invest in it. It'll likely be third-party dev's that tackle that.

FlyingsCool

August 24th, 2020, 05:20

I honestly don't think the rest of the FS world would generate enough interest in vintage for MS to invest in it. It'll likely be third-party dev's that tackle that.

That was my thought. If the hangars are Missing as opposed to just generic models, that tells me there are plans to add them in the future. That could be a third party developer or Asobo is modeling them themselves.

Planes of Fame and Fantasy of Flight are both associated with MS. I remember years ago visiting Fantasy of Flight, and they had a bunch of sims set up using CFS I'm pretty sure it was.

Bomber_12th

August 24th, 2020, 06:46

In continuing to report on any airports missing hangars/buildings (as I did throughout the alpha/beta), I have now today received auto-generated messages back from the dev team, with regard to all of the latest airport reports I've filed since the release of the sim, describing the free "World Updates" that will start to be released every 2-3 months. These will focus on specific regions at a time and the airports and cities within them, with further fine tuning, updates and more details. This will include injecting into each specific region at a time, all of the latest updates from the Bing data, new hand-modeled airports, new hand-modeled points of interest, and new challenges/missions.

I have noticed in some cities, like when I visited Gdansk in Poland, that some key landmarks are missing, even from the AI, which might very well suggest that they've already been removed form the AI in order to make way for hand-modeled versions at some point down the road.

falcon409

August 24th, 2020, 07:04

Amazing screenshots John. I do have one I'd be interested to see from the air. . .KGYI (North Texas Regional). It was Perrin AFB in the 60's and my last PCS base and is down the highway from my Apartment. Thanks for the great shots.

Bomber_12th

August 24th, 2020, 07:32

Here are some shots of KGYI. Unfortunately this one too is missing most of its buildings/hangars at this time.

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falcon409

August 24th, 2020, 08:27

Thank you John.

K5083

September 2nd, 2020, 06:29

Hey John,

Got another question/flyover request for you. How are military air bases handled in FS2020? I haven't seen much on YouTube about them. One of the enduring annoyances of FSX and P3D was how sketchy the military bases were. You couldn't even select a parking slot in the flight planner, let alone opt to fly military ATC procedures, and there was little in the way of specialized military buildings, vehicles, and ground facilities. I'd be curious what the military bases are like, both in the US and around the world. Any ones, really, but Edwards, Nellis, Andrews, Pensacola, Selfridge, CFB Trenton, Cold Lake, RAF Coningsby, are just a few of the ones I like to fly out of in P3D, or would, if they weren't so boring.

Thanks,

August

Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 08:00

For the most part they're all there (as far as I've seen) and looking pretty good. Contrary to FSX, and the way they handled military airports then, now there are parking spots at the military airports (sometimes a ton of parking spots!), but you will also now find some times a lot of civilian aircraft at those airports/bases too. I'll get some screenshots of those you've listed.

erican2

September 2nd, 2020, 08:43

Hi John, it seems a bit rude to ask someone to check out a couple of airports. I learnt to fly gliders at Pocklington in the UK it's a small airfield so is probably not listed.
But I had flying lessons from Humberside airport and sandtoft is a small airfield nearby.
Two airports in the states that gliders fly out of Nephi U14 and Heber KHCR 36U both of these areas will probably look stunning in the new sim.

Thanks Dave.

Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 08:48

No problem, Dave, I will check those out and post some screenshots. I enjoy doing this, as I get to see areas that I probably never would have thought to otherwise, and I often find myself going back to those areas again.

Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:34

I took a few screenshots of each of the military airports you listed, August, as well as a few more sprinkled in.

Here is Edwards:

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Edwards Auxiliary:

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:35

Nellis looks fantastic, though it is missing a number of hangars right now.

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Had to include a screenshot of the nearby Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:38

Andrews looks pretty good. It's in a lower resolution area and a section of the tarmac apron is missing, showing the aerial image instead (should be very easy to fix).

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:40

Like Nellis, Pensacola is situated within the highest-resolution/photogrammetry, but is also missing several structures right now.

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:42

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:43

I really like this one and its location/surroundings.

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:45

Another great one, I think. I love that you can see the outdoor display aircraft in the aerials.

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:46

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:47

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:48

This one is missing a number of buildings/hangars.

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Nearby town looking really nice:

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:50

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:51

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:52

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:54

A couple more closed RAF air bases - Bentwaters and Woodbridge.

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Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:55

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298071808_a64db4a063_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCELoC)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298752251_b10ba2d779_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCJfEp)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298071568_5082343f65_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCELju)

Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:56

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298904427_24a1f32722_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCK2U8)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298071283_add52810a8_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCELez)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298071098_fbe6906f06_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCELbo)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298070988_2500e4e93d_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCEL9u)

Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 10:59

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298753136_039624c296_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCJfVE)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298752951_7d3f9932d4_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCJfSt)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298905222_960eee5310_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCK38Q)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298752666_3b87c112bf_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCJfMy)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298752481_d32abe19b1_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCJfJn)

erican2

September 2nd, 2020, 11:29

Mildenhall was one of my favourite airshow destinations, well organised unfortunately no longer run due to security risks. Likewise Waddington airshows are no more.

Tom Clayton

September 2nd, 2020, 11:39

Now I'm gonna have to buzz Dyess to see my old stomping grounds there...

Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 12:16

Dave, here are a few shots of Pocklington, as well as a couple of nearby airfields, Melbourne and Full Sutton.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50299144611_3438e107f0_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCLgie)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50299144456_824b54c813_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCLgfy)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50299295717_a5aa291b0a_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCM3dv)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50299295487_1a12da00b5_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCM39x)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50299143746_b8212f1cd8_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCLg3j)

Tom Clayton

September 2nd, 2020, 12:36

Yep - I was afraid of this... At both KABI (Abilene Regional) and DAFB itself, several of the important buildings and hangars are just rooftops painted on the ground.

erican2

September 2nd, 2020, 12:38

Thank you for taking a look, It's very convincing. I really like the fields.

Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 12:52

Here is Humberside:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50299409872_e5dd4c05d4_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCMC9G)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298574853_ed97526501_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCHkVP)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298574748_98ecbaffed_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCHkU1)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298574683_4ab4e55170_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCHkST)

Bomber_12th

September 2nd, 2020, 12:53

And Sandtoft:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50299409427_60f49ce71b_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCMC22)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50299257351_a004f38151_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCLQP2)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50298574373_41184737a2_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jCHkMx)

erican2

September 2nd, 2020, 13:07

Thanks for posting Humberside and Sandtoft. Sandtoft almost looks like a photograph, the buildings are not right but it's a very small airfield out in the sticks and it is a better representation than the default FSX version. You can see the old layout of the original airfield.
Most take off and landings are on RWY23, Fsx always started you at the wrong end of the runway.