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    A bit disappointed after purchasing PAKT Ketchikan International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator Support Forum

    Posted · Edited by Bram Stikkel

    As a information to Orbx I would like to let know here, I am a bit disappointed after purchasing the 

    PAKT Ketchikan International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator that is on Thursday sale at the moment.
    Compared to the version of this airport for FSX and P3D, it is just not as great as I was used to expect from Orbx products in the FSX/P3D productline.
    And I know, it didn't cost much, certainly with the Thursday sale action. But should I expect a quality-level that is pricelevel related? I hope not.
    One thing I used to love from PAKT Ketchikan International Airport for FSX and P3D, were the very wel worked out hight level differences that is so distinctive of this airport.
    In the Microsoft Flight Simulator version the levels are much more equal, so with far smaller hight differences. Besides that, there are strange effects in the mesh around the airport.
    I do like the worked out surrounding  of the MSFS version airport. The south-east waterside areas close to Ketchikan International Airport, have been worked out beautifully. Many objects that bring alive the surroundings. The north-west part of the watersides however, shows several blurry in texture objects and far less modelled objects. It would have been nice, if this side would have been modelled as beautifull as the south-east area.
    I do not want to be a just complaining customer. In the past years I have purchased a great lot of Orbx addons and they were all fantastic!
    And I do realize, there is a lot of work to do on the Microsoft - Asobo side.
    But for the first time in my long Orbx relation, I do notice some hesitation now. Not only because of this product only, but also when looking at the screenshots coming with other MSFS products on the website. Might also have to do with the fact, animated people and animals - like in Objkect Flow technology for FSX-P3D - seem not to be possible yet. 
    But for what I know from develloping, it should be possible to create smaller mesh files that are very detailed, for close around the airport. And e.g. a lack of such detailed mesh around Ketchikan, makes me feel it is an not really finished product.
    I hope and expect Orbx want to keeps going for the same level of quality in MSFS products as they used to have with the FSX-P3D addons.
    Keep our expectations high, Orbx! You did it for years! I would really appreciate if you keep going for it related to MSFS.
    Kind regards!
    Bram Stikkel

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    Still missing part of Suriname river after november 2018 Update Global Vector

    in Vector Customer Report Archive - Please do not post support requests here

    Posted

    I received an answer from Stefan Schaefer from Pilot's.

    Stefan writes: "the contract with ORBX ended and they took over all Vector development. "

    Therefore I hope, someone from Orbx will look into this topic.

    In earlier days there was a need to put ordernumbers as information below the topics, as proof of purchase of the products. I this still needed and is this the reason there is not any reply to this topic until now? If nessecary I can ofcourse provide the ordernumber but I suppose this is not needed anymore since this is easy to check in the ORBX Central database

    With all understanding for busy periods, could somebody of ORBX please give a reply...

     

    Still missing part of Suriname river after november 2018 Update Global Vector

    in Vector Customer Report Archive - Please do not post support requests here

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    Hello Orbx,
    First ofcourse: thanks for the recent update of Global Vector. It is great, you guys and gals keep improving products and I really appreciate that.

     

    I expected an error I brought in a few months ago - and that was suffixed as Noted - to be solved in this update, but it was not.
    Therefore I would like to attrackt your attention to it a second time. It is described here: 

    Hoping ofcourse it wil be solved in the next Vector update or if needed in the next LC South America update ... :-)
    Thanks!
    Bram Stikkel

    Missing big part of Suriname river next to Paramaribo

    in Orbx Global Vector Support

    Posted

    Hello Orbx team,
    Today I discovered, a significant part of the Suriname river, just next to Paramaribo, is missing. Since it is about water, I suppose this is an Global Vector issue, but it could also be an issue of Open Landclass South America, maybe.
    Probably the screenshots make clear what part is missing. There is a screen with the real situation taken from Google Earth. Another screenshot shows FSX with Global Base, Global Vector and Open Landclass SA. The situation in P3Dv4 is the same, by the way.
    A remarkable thing is, there is a "small stream' vector running through the landscape, following the line of what should be the northern border of the very wide part of the Suriname river at that location.
    Hope you can fix it.
    I did not check every river, but at least there is another place more to the south, where Vector shows a small stream instead of a wider river.
    Maybe you can check all the big rivers for these kind of errors.

    However, the most remarkable one is certainly the missing part east of Paramaribo.

    Thanks!
    Bram 

    Google Earth screenshot 50 procent.png

    Situation now with Orbx Global Base -Vector and OLC SA 50 procent.png

    Situation now with idication of the present small stream 50 procent.png

    Freeware airport requests

    in Orbx Freeware Support Forum

    Posted

    What a great idear to centralize the requests!
    And thank you all, guys and gails, who create these freeware addon fields.


    Well, ofcourse I can add some wishes too,,,

    What I really would like to see, is a field in the Northern Territory, Australia,  named Gove. It has a very interesting surrounding too, with oil and mining companies. It has a very unique shape of passenger terminal, build in shapes of the Aboriginal culture. Ofcourse this can become a payware field too...

    The other area I hope to see some freeware field too, is mountainstrips in Indonesian Papua. We have great addons for Papua New Guinea and maybe something like that is possible for Papua too.

    Greetings !
    Bram


     

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