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Just a couple more points which I forgot to mention, but are very important! There are some rules applying to the beta, and you will be advised of these and will be required to acknowledge that these are accepted before downloading. I won't go into them here, except for a couple -- you cannot share the beta with anyone else, whether or not they 'own' the scenery through prepay etc; You cannot post any review, information or screenshots of the beta! If you don't like the scenery, please tell me, and supply reasons, and I'll consider your issues, but please give me the chance to deal with...

Ok, good timing, I'm taking a lunch break... spicy noodles, 'developer's budget lunch.' I'd love to have working doors etc, and one day I'll do this. It is reasonably easy to do with SODE, and I already use some SODE elements -- air bridges and windsocks, for instance. But there are some reasons why I don't do hangar doors. First of all, I only model what I can see. I've said before that I have no imagination, or artistic ability, so if I don't have a photo of it, it won't happen. There are two hangars at NZCH that I've actually see inside of, and modelled inside, the two big yellow things at...

Thank you for the fast answer! And yes, you were right. It only affects Wellington and in Nelson it is quite sparse. So I do not have a technical problem there. I understand the pain when it comes to trees in residential areas as I am working on sceneries myself. But I found a way in QGIS that makes it a lot easier and faster. And the result is absolutely sufficient for flightsim purposes. There is a function in QGIS that lets you spread random points in an area. I do that to my residential areas and subtract the areas where I have buildings already: The result is: With a little additional...

Although I'm pretty much committed to NZCH for a while (working towards X-plane and Aerofly FS2 versions for a while yet after the Prepar3d/FSX version) the Wellington photoscenery is still a real option. I have two kids living in Wellington, and they both are keen to have me visit. Ha, they'll learn... I have said I'll visit after I release NZCH for Prepar3d, so if I plan it right I should get to see a lot of the place. I still have thousands of city photos, which I haven't even sorted through yet. So Woofington's might actual be on the agenda!

I'm looking forward this this also, pre-purchased and can't wait for the release. Coupled with RealNZ Dunedin and the new Mlviz ATR 72-600, will make for a lot of fun.

Nailed it Robin!!! Turns out no SP was installed. Installed both SP1 and SP2 and wow.... what a difference. Loading has sped up to what I remembered before too. Had to reinstall orbx because the mesh seemed screwed up. I had the south island almost part of the Wellington coastline lol. A very happy camper :groupwave: Cheers, Paul

Hi Robin, as always, happy to be a tester. I am still running FSX with NZSI. Cheers Phil

ToProb:Using the Move Up/Down buttons on the right of the dialogue box, move both the Vector Land Class and Vector Land Class Terrain entries so they sit just above the default scenery items such as 'Propeller Objects', or 'Global, Generic & Vehicle Libraries'. 'Vector Land Class DTM' should be moved so it sits below 'Vector Land Class'. ToProb, Thanks a zillion for this great answer above and I am hoping it will not mess up your three Godzone airport sceneries. To all who posted replies and gave great help to me, Thanks a zillion for your kindness and great help especially Timmo who...

It seems like I've made no real progress during January, so no closer to giving a release schedule for NZCH. I did mention an issue with Prepar3d v4 following the 4.4 update, which has been driving me balmy, and no real closer to a solution. And of course summer's here with a vengeance, so sometimes it is just too hot to work!!! Also, all week I've been trying to solve an issue with my site downloads, which were giving errors to everyone. This has now been fixed, but for a while I was thinking that I'd need to move away from Cloudfront -- it's freaky how much I rely on them, and how little...

Great info, thanks Rob. I need to check again what I already have installed from you that might use SODE (like Dunedin, for example); I did a "Client Update" and "Scenery Update" for P3Dv4.4 recently, so perhaps I do need to reactivate SODE as you suggest. I'll probably do that when you release ChCh and I 're-activate' my enthusiasm for the sim! ;) Cheers

Just no rest for scenery designers is there?

Haha. You sure you didn’t have the beers before you went for a walk?? The trenches I had have gone after a reinstall of Orbx NZSI

Thank you very much Robin - this is very much appreciated Regards - Ran

Ok, just saw this after I replied to your email -- I'll assume it was you and not someone phishing....

Yeah, the Subscription/compilation scenery is only partly annotated with autogen, it really depends on the available data -- if there are building 'footprints' available, then there are plenty of buildings, otherwise it means placing them manually -- something which in an 'ongoing' project. There are still a lot of places not covered by footprint data, which is a nuisance -- when it is there, it is great! Thanks for the comments and feedback, appreciated!

Yes agreed. The gates work well with the iFly 737 after I tweaked them but the AI just doesn't seem to want a bar of it. I may have to slew the aircraft around until I get a position where it works. NZDN Gate 1 is tricky because it is fixed. Gate 3 has wheels.

Sounds good, thanks @Doug One of these days when I not landscaping, assembling shelves, putting up washing lines, etc, etc, etc ... I may even get to download and install. Still have my various Saitek panels to get working again yet ... tbh, I keep getting side-tracked by theHunter:Call of the Wild! ;)

Picked up Dunedin recently for P3Dv4 and it is fantastic! Looking forward to your additional products!