Jarrad Marshall Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Welcome to Hollywood! We are enormously excited to announce Hollywood Burbank Airport, a comprehensive airport and cityscene package for Prepar3Dv4 & v5. Seasoned developer Matteo Veneziani has spent the past twelve months (since Olbia Costa Smeralda) creating one of our most expansive airport products to date. Beyond the immediate airport vicinity, the scenery includes a large section of the northern Los Angeles metro area, encompassing the entire San Fernando valley and surrounding mountains. As one of our most requested destinations, an incredible amount of attention has been spent finessing all the details of the airport, including complete PBR textures, unique GSE, vehicles and static aircraft. A key focus of this project has been performance optimization, with ground-breaking techniques implemented to ensure a seamless experience with your favorite addon aircraft. Burbank airport is one of the primary airports of the Los Angeles area, with mainline carriers flying to destinations across the US. As the closest airport to downtown LA and the major film studios, it is also highly popular with corporate traffic, as well as being a major cargo hub for FedEx and UPS. Matteo has modeled the airport with incredible attention to detail to both airside and landside aspects. The custom static aircraft can be disabled or enabled via control panel settings, as well as a host of other performance-based preferences. Aside from trans-continental flights to locations such as Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas and Denver, Burbank is located a short distance from favorite Orbx destinations such as Palm Springs, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Monterey. Beyond the airport boundary, explore the enormous 1400km2 coverage area. Encompassing the entire San Fernando Valley and surrounding mountain ranges, the extended cityscene component includes dozens of custom landmarks, custom autogen vegetation, high resolution DEM and hand-edited orthoimagery. Special attention has been paid to the film studios, commercial areas and Universal Studios theme park to the south of the airport. Cross over the Hollywood Hills to explore the Griffith Observatory and iconic Hollywood sign. All non-residential buildings have been created using new modelling techniques, ensuring a balance between high detail, unique content (no repeated roof textures) and accuracy. As well as the main airport, the scenery also includes several rooftop helipads, and most importantly, lite renditions of both Van Nuys and Whiteman general aviation airports. Special care has been given to optimization with this project. Aside from techniques used in other recent projects, a key factor in the performance of Burbank is the large coverage area. Using the same advanced optimization methods implemented in projects such as Innsbruck, Palm Springs and Santa Barbara, the project has also been designed to work seamlessly with either Global Base or SCA Southern California (landclass region), depending on the flying style and preference. Understanding the performance issues often associated with the LA basin, and every effort has been made to optimize scenery for extended approaches into the airport. COVERAGE AREA AT A GLANCE - Complete ultra-HD rendition of Hollywood Burbank Airport (KBUR) - Custom modelling throughout, with complete PBR textures - 1400km2 of extended cityscape scenery with complete SoCal vegetation types & building agn - Covers the entirety of the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, as well as surrounding mountain ranges and Hollywood Hills - Beautiful hand-coloured and edited ground textures at 30cm & 1m resolution - Dozens of points of interest, including major film lots, Universal Studios, Hollywood Sign, Griffith Observatory and more - Unique GSE and static aircraft fleet unique to Burbank - don't expect to see generic airside vehicles or unexpected aircraft types - Custom vegetation, grass and non-airside detailing - Optimized for use with default and well-known AI programs - Incredibly detailed landside approaches - all industrial buildings, parking lots and retail/fast-food areas modeled in full - High-resolution 10m DEM - All non-residential buildings as custom 3D models with unique roof textures - 2x Bonus Lite Airstrips: KVNY Van Nuys and KWHP Whiteman - Several skyscraper helipads available for your rotary wing adventures - Implements start-of-the-art optimization techniques to ensure best performance - Developed by Matteo Veneziani COMPATIBILITY - Designed to work best with Global Base or Orbx SCA Southern California LC Region (or both!) - Completely compatible with OpenLC North America (requires Global or SCA in addition) - Completely compatible with Vector (requires Global or SCA in addition) We hope you enjoy the first previews of Matteo's latest work. Please keep an eye on the forums and our social media over coming weeks for more information and shots. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airwolf Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 OMG!!! Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow yay - I see Simpsons!!!! D'oh this I have to have in my sim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micstatic Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 dynamic lighting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosqr Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Yes, yes, yes!!! This looks great Keep them coming Love new sceneries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambrewis Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Day 1 purchase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabs79 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Guess I'll pass on this one, I go down to single digit frames in the LA area even without a highly detailed airport scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medx421 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 To quote Al Pacino..."Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianThePilot Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Very excited for this one. Will be a purchase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signmanbob Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Definitely another day-one purchase! Absolutely beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPL19 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Did you model the red and white stacks at the power plant just SE of Whiteman? The Four Stacks Visual into KBUR is one of my favorite approaches. Orbx SoCal just has a single generic stack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonDominique Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 OH MY GOD ! Orbx, you never cease to impress me. So many incredible details... Mum !! I need a better computer Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianV Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 you can't be serious. This is looking unbelievably good. Wonderful news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mburkhard Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 This looks to be a nice challenge for flying in and out of there due to high terrain around the airport. Will you model the large structure (factory?) that is used as a reference for the Four Stacks Visual Approach? That would be perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonDominique Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 To give a tip to Matteo, the "config box" will be of crucial importance if we want to fine tune and optimize the FPS. Some recent products dont' have "config box" anymore. But again, very much anticipated scenery ! Dom Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisper Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Finally, "Van Nuys !!!" .... i was waiting for so long !!!!! thank you Orbx !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinMatsu Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 WOW !!! I can see my apartment near Burbank Airport. They even have my company water tank tower logo (Disney) right. I just hope the performance is good, using SoCal with the Los Angeles autogen surroundings, it takes a toll on the sim which is not enjoyable in some cases with the killer frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobu86 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Take all of my Money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetstream1 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Oh sweet lord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Any plans for XP11? Having the airport would be nice a long with any enhancements this could add to TE South California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadtom65 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Mobu86 said: Take all of my Money! Ok I will give you my address. . Yes a definite buy for me too when it’s done for XPlane. Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregmorin Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Amazing work! I am in! Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greybeard Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Funny thing, I was just landing at LOWI Innsbruck yesterday and said to myself, gee I wish we could have more Orbx airports of this sort of quality and whamo! here we are. Really looking forward to the release in the not too distant future. Well done team. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mets747 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 From the days as a child with my mom taking me to the fence at the end of runway 15 watching the planes depart over heard to 18 years later down the road me working for the Airlines there for 7 years, BUR will always be my home airport and hold a special place and im absolutely thrilled we will finally have a FANTASTIC scenery for my little hometown in the sim. Thank you Orbx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 This is looking just grand! Looks to be full of wonderfully looking little treasures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Another first class airport with masses to look at in the surrounding area. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Pergau Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Incredible! Fantastic work! That is one of the cities to visit on my families bucket list. We may have to visit virtually for now with this scenery Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 You truly must be kidding us. DUDE MODELLED HALF OF LA!!! This is incredible! Even for Orbx this is amazing!! If I have to go out and rob a liquor store, I am getting this on day 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Garcia Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Masterpiece....one Oscar for Matteo please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlightsWithJoel Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Where I took my first few hours of flight lessons. We would use Getty Museum and then....I think is was some department store for approach reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adf Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I will be waiting very (im)patiently for this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mawson Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 hurry up already . This is looking great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caluma65 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Looks absolutely superb! Cheers, Calum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiril Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 when is it coming out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviator49 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Nothing better than the suspense of waiting for another awesome add on. Thanks Orbx and Team. Eagerly waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medx421 Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Get this thing to @Iain Emms! Need to see some first, more, and final shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted June 4, 2020 Share Posted June 4, 2020 Great place to fly to!! But is there any chance for a "heavy" version of Van Nuys? For years I've been thinking KVNY would be the perfect addition to the Orbx style airports in the US, even kind of a "base" for GA flying in the whole virtual region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mawson Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 On 6/5/2020 at 3:55 AM, DeeJay said: Great place to fly to!! But is there any chance for a "heavy" version of Van Nuys? For years I've been thinking KVNY would be the perfect addition to the Orbx style airports in the US, even kind of a "base" for GA flying in the whole virtual region. totally agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarval Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 OMG! What I see coming is fantastic to improve the Orbx Souhtern California !!!! But ask that you have V. 4.4 .... minimum. System Requirements Minimum Physically based rendering (PBR) requires Prepar3D Version 4.4 and above. How can I know which version 4 .... do I have? ... I hope your help, please !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto2 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 With P3D running choose Help from the menu bar on top and then choose About Lockheed Martin in the drop down. You will then see the version along with other info. I think the first two numbers (e.g. 4.5.xxxxx) are the version number and the rest of the numbers are the release number or something like that. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarval Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Tank you Stiletto2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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