Jarrad Marshall Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Welcome to paradise! We are enormously excited to announce Cityscape Honolulu, a comprehensive city and mini-region for Prepar3Dv4. Developed by Frank Schnibben and Holger Sandmann (who you will most recently know from the incredibly popular Australia V2), Honolulu uses ground-breaking techniques to blend photoreal and landclass components to give one of the most detailed scenery packages ever brought to P3D. Covering the entire Hawaiian island of Oahu, Cityscape Honolulu brings to life this stunning tropical location with impeccable quality. From the postcard locations of Diamond Head and Waikiki, to history-laden Pearl Harbor and Ford Island; from bustling Downtown to suburban Pearl City, the entire Honolulu metro area is modeled in unparalleled custom detail. Beyond the city, explore the rugged Ko'olau Range, the laid-back towns of the North Shore, picture-perfect Kaneohe Bay and the beautiful beaches at Kailua and Waimanalo. Of course whilst there is plenty to explore within the scenery, Honolulu is located a short (island) hop from the rest of the Hawaiian chain; and for those of you who prefer your flying more medium-haul, be sure to test your transoceanic navigation skills to American Samoa and the US West Coast. Far more than a regular Cityscape, Honolulu includes a host of details and features. 20,000 unique custom buildings, hand-placed vegetation, 60+ high-detail POI (with complete PBR), road traffic, bridges, night lighting hand-coloured photoreal are just the start. The 3D buildings are created in a totally different method to our CityScene line; Frank's method combines correct footprint, height data and unique textures with highly-optimized modelling to ensure the best balance between performance, detail and immersion. Beyond the metro area, an entire mini-region has been created, with high-detail mesh, custom landclass types, totally overhauled road/rail, coastline, waterbody, waterclass, vertical obstructions, powerlines and more. All eight airfields on the island (five active, three decommissioned) have been greatly improved over the default, and create the perfect bases for you to explore the stunning terrain. FEATURE LIST A complete Cityscape and Mini-Region covering Honolulu and the entire island of Oahu Ultra-HD photorealistic depiction of Honolulu, Waikiki, Pearl Harbor and Pearl City All eight Oahu airports have been upgraded from default to "region standard" - much like you see in AUv2, GES/GEN, etc. Mixture of photoreal and custom landclass textures for best balance between realism, performance and download/disk usage. High-quality mesh, based on high-resolution LIDAR, including underwater bathymetry Complete replacement of all geodata for Oahu for a much more detailed and accurate landscape; shorelines, lakes, road/rail, traffic etc. 23,000 unique custom buildings with exact footprint and height data, combined with 90,000 custom-placed agn buildings Over 60 high-detail POIs, most with complete PBR texturing Detailed depiction of Pearl Harbor with all museums and relevant historical sites Visit the USS Missouri, USS Bowfin and USS Arizona Memorial Numerous helipad locations, including on custom US Navy ships in harbor. Exceptionally detailed hand-placed vegetation using local flora types All vertical obstructions on the island; wind turbines, antennae, power grid towers, chimneys etc Stunning night lighting, including dynamic and 3D lighting for best visuals and performance Exhaustively optimized for best performance using unique modelling and texturing techniques. >1500 sq km of stunning tropical terrain Created by powerhouse developers Frank Schnibben and Holger Sandmann, with additional help from Chris Clack and Gaya Simulations COVERAGE MAPS COMPATIBILITY Cityscape Honolulu is a stand-alone product for Prepar3Dv4; you do not require any other Orbx product aside from our free Orbx Libraries. We can confirm that the package will be compatible with FSDT Honolulu Intl Airport and Bill Womack's Dillingham X. Specific instructions on how to ensure compatibility with these airports will be given closer to release. More information on pricing and distribution will be available closer to release, alongside a plethora of new screenshots. The team are extremely excited about this product, and whilst we work on putting the final touches to the scenery, we trust that you will enjoy this small taste of what is to come! Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Just when I shut the door on P3D , you do this ....... Thanks Orbx . Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradley27 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Incredible work 100%, not an area of the world i personally fly to or would probably start flying to but hats off for such a well done and lovely looking region, great shots too. Be nice if some of the Caribbean islands like Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua, St Lucia could get this kinda treatment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 13 minutes ago, BradB said: Just when I shut the door on P3D , you do this ....... Thanks Orbx . John It will come for XP11 too, no timeframe on that yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai Prout Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 8 minutes ago, John Venema said: It will come for XP11 too, no timeframe on that yet though. Any chance that the full island will be photoscenery or will it be just the Honolulu area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosnowboarder_777 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Wow, this looks amazing. Now all we need is a new version of PHNL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Cedergren Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Yes would prefer photoreal for all of the Island too, no more landclass scenery for me espeially in a beautiful location like this. Looks very nice though and I just hope the free Hawaii-Photoreal can be added for a full Oahu Island photoreal experience. Nice to hear the FSDT Honolulu and Bills Dillingham will be compatible, I am the proud owner of both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbague1 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I'd love to see the Caribbean get a face lift like this. I'm sure Orbx could do an amazing job with that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Harrell Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 O. M. G. Jarrad, you are the man! I need to dust off the yoke. Bravo, my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvidencePlz Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Oh my God holy mother of everything that's holy! Yet another day one buy for me. Really trying not to spend much on current generation of flight sims due to MSFS 2020 but ORBX products are way too tempting. And the U-boot lookalike U.S.S. Bowfin submarine totally sealed the deal for me. May maestro Signore JV live for another 200 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Oh my gosh, I wonder why I'm not getting these email notifications as I subscribe to this sub-forum. I just saw this on FSElite and came right back here to see this. I have to say I've been waiting for this since the earliest days of FSX 32 bit. Hawaii was my most used area. This will be an absolutely instant buy! Well done Jarrad, I'm sure it will be of the highest quality, I wish this was released like right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvidencePlz Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 how/where to buy Bill Womack's Dillingham X for p3d 4.5? Searched in google but can't find anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeBird Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Dust2Dust said: how/where to buy Bill Womack's Dillingham X for p3d 4.5? Searched in google but can't find anything. I believe it is not available anymore and it is only for FSX. So you have to shoehorn it in. I tried but was getting lots of issues so deleted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Cedergren Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I dont think its available for P3D. I purchased it for FSX way back but it works without any problem in P3D latest version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrad Marshall Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 26 minutes ago, Todd Harrell said: O. M. G. Jarrad, you are the man! I need to dust off the yoke. Bravo, my friend. 6 minutes ago, Jack Sawyer said: Well done Jarrad, I'm sure it will be of the highest quality, I wish this was released like right now! Thanks guys, but all credit needs to be directed to @Holger Sandmann and @Frank Schnibben - they are the developers of this project. I've had no part in the development of this; I just took a couple of screenshots Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jarrad Marshall said: Thanks guys, but all credit needs to be directed to @Holger Sandmann and @Frank Schnibben - they are the developers of this project. I've had no part in the development of this; I just took a couple of screenshots Cheers Then a huge note of thanks to Holger and Frank, you guys make it look easy and provide some wonderful scenery, I'm ecstatic about this because I never thought I'd see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Aloha Frank and Holger! Stunning looking screenshots! This has been a long requested scenery for many simmers, and I am excited to see it coming to fruition! It will be great to explore this scenery, especially since I just recently was stationed there for three years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lars Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Oh this is sweet sweet news indeed! And it'll be compatible with FSDT's PHNL. Honolulu is always worth a flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lars Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 50 minutes ago, Jack Sawyer said: I just saw this on FSElite and came right back here to see this. Haha, same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, Captain Lars said: Haha, same here. This will really make my year Lars because now I can fly the big jets back and forth across the Pacific. Highly anticipated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andInTheGame Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Oh damn, I don't have P3D, but when it's available for X-Plane it's a definite purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb613 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Hi Folks, Man - that looks good... Oh - don't forget - many of the concrete buildings on Ford Island still had bullet holes in them back in the 80's/90's... Pretty cool being able to reach out and touch history like that... And you guys definitely get the nod from this Submariner - nice model... Regards, Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregmorin Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Outstanding!!!! Thank you Frank and Holger. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianV Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Fantastic achievement. It doesn't get anymore beautiful than this. Fabulous on all accounts. Congratulations, I hope it will be a huge success and will tempt you to do a similar job with the green jewel of Kauai and the iother islands of scenic Hawaii. A first-minute buy for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonDominique Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Oh my god Please make this scenery FPS friendly. (i mean with FSDT airport) Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F737MAX Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Cityscape - as in Canberra, Nice/Cote d'Azur style tech and not CityScene Gold Coast, Barcelona, Orlando and Belgrade-type tech? That's a lot of work if it's the former. My only concern over this fantastic looking scenery is performance. I still really want to have the ability to control autogen buildings / 3DM buildings using a control panel Level 0,1,2,3 selection which allows the user to choose the percentage amount that is displayed (made available for all CityScene and TE products). Nonetheless, it's extremely likely that I will be picking this one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Performance is not an issue, I can run this at 4K with all major sliders maxed at 4xMSAA, including high shadow and reflection settings. Getting around 30fps without any problems at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireRx Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I've been waiting a long time for this. When can we expect to get it, John? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVSandleben Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 3 hours ago, John Venema said: Performance is not an issue, I can run this at 4K with all major sliders maxed at 4xMSAA, including high shadow and reflection settings. Getting around 30fps without any problems at all. Well, your system is not exactly average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosqr Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Can't wait to get this one Thank you Jarrad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 hour ago, KVSandleben said: Well, your system is not exactly average. If it helps I'm getting the same performance as JV. Specs below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Very pretty but you've spoiled us with True Earth and there's no turning back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Just now, olderndirt said: Very pretty but you've spoiled us with True Earth and there's no turning back. I like it OND, like a lot. If I had the entire world in XP with TE I reckon I'd need a petabyte or two, or three. Since I like both sims this is a huge bonus for me, I can see myself spending a great deal of time here and making trans-Pacific flight to and from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazaboeing Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Looking GREAT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Grant Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I spend a lot of time flying around this island, so this new release is most welcome. I can confirm that Dillingham X works fine on an ORBX base in P3Dv4.5, once you have resolved the airfield elevation issues using the Global Vector config tool. You can see this in my recent Soaring video:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Finally something different... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1vannah Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 My wallet is open ... one question ... Flight Sim Jewels has done a bang up job on freeware scenery for all of the Hawaiian island chain ...do you know if this will work in conjunction with your Masterpiece? Their freeware is payware quality(actually I am a donor)and I want to run both ... integrate Orbx Oahu with their entire Hawaiian scenery ... can you advise ... or test? Thanks for this City/Island scape. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanlaoge Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Why not use full ortho coverage as it’s only 1500 sq miles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Hi all, Quote My wallet is open ... one question ... Flight Sim Jewels has done a bang up job on freeware scenery for all of the Hawaiian island chain ...do you know if this will work in conjunction with your Masterpiece? Their freeware is payware quality(actually I am a donor)and I want to run both ... integrate Orbx Oahu with their entire Hawaiian scenery ... can you advise ... or test? Thanks for this City/Island scape. Greg, there are three airports on Oahu in George's coverage: PHJR John Rodgers Field, NPS Ford Island, PHNG Kaneohe Bay. Ford Island seems to have more detail in our rendition (it's decommissioned anyway). For PHJR and PHNG it's should just be a matter of deactivating our respective airport files but we'll have a closer look for any compatibility issues.. Quote Why not use full ortho coverage as it’s only 1500 sq miles? It's actually ~1,500 sq km (~630 sq mi). Unfortunately, unlike for the conterminous US States, there's no high-resolution imagery available for the Hawaiian archipelago that can be used in commercial products. At >USD25 per sq km for commercial licenses even a relatively small island like Oahu would cost too much to fully cover. Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greybeard Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Hi Holger, please keep up the good work. You will soon see just how popular this type of scenery is when it is released and the severs go ballistic. The old methods of scenery production combined with some newer methods has made things come along in leaps and bounds. Just amazing stuff. And the bonus will be that you won't need to add yet another drive to handle it. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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