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FSXA ZBAA Beijing International Airport for FSX

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I have done almost all the buildings and ground poly in one file. I think it is more convenient to do since I will not get confuse when I come back to correct some mistake since everything is in ONE gmax file. I have back up, of course. Now I am done and I can clean up the mess that I have done for 4 years much easier than before. But you need to hide something when you do new things to make it less burden to the program. Here is how it looks like:

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It is easier to do the expansion when the airport has new buildings or expansion. You need not to search for the models though hundred of files and not sure if it is the most updated one.
 
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jtanabodee said:
OK, on the way to Simmarket now.
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.....And now in my simulator (P3DV4 so far) :).

Congratulations Tic, it is a massive accomplishment to complete this airport and the result is amazing. I have just taken my first taxi and flight around with an A320 and there are heaps of AI flying in and out. The airport looks great and the performance is excellent for an airport that size.

Well done and thanks!

Now as stated above I think you deserve a well earned rest ;).

Cheers,
 
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Thanks for Peking ZBAA Scenery hard work, i want start by ZBAA.., i know not why! Crash, without Dialog ERROR. I try other scenery, work fine by Bangkok, as Singapore! FSX! Sorry, Which email of Support?
 
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EDDT-Sebi said:
Thanks for Peking ZBAA Scenery hard work, i want start by ZBAA.., i know not why! Crash, without Dialog ERROR. I try other scenery, work fine by Bangkok, as Singapore! FSX! Sorry, Which email of Support?
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Please read your PM.
 
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The city is getting shape. I found that there were a building footprint somewhere but not so accurate. I made this in Gmax. Some of them have information how high they are but not all of them. So, I Use length of the shadow cast on satellite photo to calculate the height of those skyscrapers. Some buildings have been textured but most of them have not been done. I just test the fps impact on the scenery and I think I can build up more buildings.
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Forbidden Palace is almost done.

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I tested the fps on my 12 years old computer looking from the city to the airport. I got 12 fps on such an old computer and this part of the city will be mapped on one 2048x2048 texture. I think it is quite good. I can add more and more buildings until fps drop. Then test on LODs for the whole area. If LODs works to help fps, then I will go on to the other areas in Beijing. This will get the most benefit from both drawcall and LODs. If this plan works, I can add more city on my scenery work such as WMKK and VTBS. I can add Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok to both scenery. It was fun to see the city skyline while your heavy bird approaching the airport on final.

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City skyline is getting in shape from the airport. You cannot use autogen at all since it is too far and autogen will be disappear. There are some default buildings remain. I need to exclude them out since it cause flickering from drawcall batching of the objects with volume shadow. Actually, my buildings can have volume shadow as well without flickering since they are all attached together as one object and map on one texture. No need to batching with other objects.

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jtanabodee said:
I tested the fps on my 12 years old computer looking from the city to the airport. I got 12 fps on such an old computer and this part of the city will be mapped on one 2048x2048 texture. I think it is quite good. I can add more and more buildings until fps drop. Then test on LODs for the whole area. If LODs works to help fps, then I will go on to the other areas in Beijing. This will get the most benefit from both drawcall and LODs. If this plan works, I can add more city on my scenery work such as WMKK and VTBS. I can add Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok to both scenery. It was fun to see the city skyline while your heavy bird approaching the airport on final.

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City skyline is getting in shape from the airport. You cannot use autogen at all since it is too far and autogen will be disappear. There are some default buildings remain. I need to exclude them out since it cause flickering from drawcall batching of the objects with volume shadow. Actually, my buildings can have volume shadow as well without flickering since they are all attached together as one object and map on one texture. No need to batching with other objects.

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Well, after this I suppose you just continue with the Great Wall ;D
 
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jtanabodee said:
No... it is too far.
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I hoped I could provoke you :D It is actually quite visible on the Northern approach to Beijing, however without an updated terrain mesh I guess it will be nearly impossible to get right... Anyway adding the skyline already increases realism a lot.
 
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Anyway adding the skyline already increases realism a lot.
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True but remember the most important thing is frame rates. I like to fly not just screenshots.

If this is being added to the FS9 version could we have the option to add the city or not please.
 
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Thinking of PBR material, it would be nice if I can have real reflection of those buildings
 
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Tic, just bought the FS9 version of your ZBAA scenery. Outstanding work done to a very high standard indeed. Even with my bloated AI the performance of the airport is excellent. Outstanding night lighting. A very impressive scenery.

One small issue to report. The night texture for your static 744 is misnamed so the model shows up without textures in the sim.

Thanks again for doing a FS9 version.

Greg
 
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