John Venema Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 EGJA Alderney is on short finals! PLEASE NOTE: Whilst every attempt has been made to port the original Earth Simulations product over to P3Dv4, there are some features missing due to the inefficiency of the original 3D models and how they were implemented originally. Also many of the source materials were not organised in source folders correctly and files were missing meaning some features may be absent. Finally, the imagery we have licensed is from a different supplier, as we were not able to to transfer the original imagery license that was purchased by ES for their version. This means the imagery is not as crisp as the original, but still quite sufficient. To compensate for these issues with the porting, we have decided to release this as an ultra affordable budget destination at only AU$14.95 (approx £7.50, €9, USD$10) Furthermore, as an early xmas present for you all, the product will be release into the end-of-year sale at a further 50% off! (AUD$7.50, £3.75, €4.50 and USD$5)!! So for less than the price of an Uber you can make a nice hop from EGHI Southampton and back again Look for Emmsie's final shots very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregmorin Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Thanks John! Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Friggin' awesome JV...what an extremely generous and nice Christmas present from Orbx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTigerM Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 A far from capricious decision. Appreciated TTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldboy43 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Thank you John. cheers Karoly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianV Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 You guys are just the best. I wish you all at.Orbx a very merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and yours. The same goes for all fellow flyers in these great forums, best wishes for 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfirth Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 2 hours ago, John Venema said: there are some features missing due to the inefficiency of the original 3D models and how they were implemented originally. Also many of the source materials were not organised in source folders correctly and files were missing meaning some features may be absent. Finally, the imagery we have licensed is from a different supplier, as we were not able to to transfer the original imagery license that was purchased by ES for their version. This means the imagery is not as crisp as the original, but still quite sufficient. Can you tell us which features 'may' be missing please? What's the difference in imagery resolution please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 looks fantastic..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbrindles Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Much appreciated John, I've been waiting for this for a long time...Guernsey and Jersey next please! Merry Christmas to all at ORBX, and all my fellow ORBXeteers! Don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I can't find it.... I am sure it is right in front of me but I can't find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Thank you for that John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZ13 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 EGPH half price please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Low Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Does it include Casquets Lighthouse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Petford Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Thank you, John! Really looking forward to having this one back in my library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Christopher Low said: Does it include Casquets Lighthouse? It does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 A totally munificent gesture by you and the team JV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airwolf Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Thank You - It looks amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jencas Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Thanks a lot and merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of the team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patster-NZ Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Thanks to you all! If there are 'missing items', how will we know? Will we actually care? What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve. Thanks once again JV and Team, have a truly wonderful Christmas, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfirth Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 4 hours ago, Patster-NZ said: If there are 'missing items', how will we know? Will we actually care? People may have used the original ES scenery. some features were more obvious than others. Unless you know what is missing, it's impossible to know how relevant they may be to anyone. It is highly subjective ofc! My question wasn't a moan at all as I'll undoubtedly pick it up regardless, I was just curious :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGunard Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Cheers JV! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiley Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Cheers John, fantastic news and looking forward to purchasing. Merry Xmas Regards Miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rod55 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Bonzer, John! How did you know I like hopping around this set of historic, charismatic (and monied) islands? So: Birmingham-Southampton-Alderney ………......…..Vertx DA62 should look the part ….it's a 'beaut'! Rod EGBB XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX …......………………………………………………...…………. .. … … ._______________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badl4ndz Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Hmm, is Alderney in the Bermuda Triangle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikbenik Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 49 minutes ago, Badl4ndz said: Hmm, is Alderney in the Bermuda Triangle? If you're not able to control your plane....yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaking Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 When and how can we obtain it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAW9DV Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Hi, Thank you for still considering us FSX users with this! A big thank you! If you do Guernsey and Jersey too, I will definately drop the UK2000 scenery version of Jersey and buy yours! Thank you again John. And it was great to see you at Cosford! Take care, regards, Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkurun Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Will Alderney (and the other forthcoming channel island sceneries) be released for Xplane as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Whyte Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I just bought and installed Alderney into my system...what a beautiful add-on this is! The scenery, town buildings and layout, airport features, even horses corralled near the airport! Breathtaking and the performance on my old system is spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtrooper Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Are the textures seasonal please (I don't believe the Earth Simulations original was)? What is the resolution (GSD) of the orthophotography (ground textures)? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfirth Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 8 minutes ago, Airtrooper said: Are the textures seasonal please (I don't believe the Earth Simulations original was)? What is the resolution (GSD) of the orthophotography (ground textures)? Many thanks It was, resolution of original ES scenery was 30cm pp, first time it was done in FSX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtrooper Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 1 minute ago, kevinfirth said: It was, resolution of original ES scenery was 30cm pp, first time it was done in FSX Ah, my mistake! ORBX state they had to use different orthos though, due to licensing, so I wonder if the "new" version is still 30cm and seasonal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 It is still seasonal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtrooper Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 7 minutes ago, Nick Cooper said: It is still seasonal. ... and 30cm resolution? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Hello, please have a read of the release announcement, which answers your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfirth Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 52 minutes ago, Airtrooper said: Ah, my mistake! ORBX state they had to use different orthos though, due to licensing, so I wonder if the "new" version is still 30cm and seasonal? I very much doubt it, the origin imagery was licenced from the Jersey government. I attempted years ago to source similar imagery to complete a Jersey scenery but the terms and conditions insisted upon wereruinous, so I completely understand why Orbx used different imagery. I think they used 1mpp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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