I am creating New Plymouth scenery for Flight Simulator. No one has done anything about New Plymouth so far, so I have decided to finish a project that I started many years ago, but never completed. It gets rather depressing flying into my home town airport, with only blocks as buildings awaiting you.
These are my first attempt from about three years ago, I think FS2002. I never got around to finishing this project and I could not convert it over to the newer versions of Flight Simulator, as there were compatibility issues, so I have to start from scratch.
As you can see this was half finished, but it should give you an idea of what it will look like when newer scenery is finished.
These are screenshot from 3ds max showing the development of the building in their early stages. The scenery shouldn't be finished for a while yet, I have lot of other project to get done. There is a new back road behind the rear trees since this aerial photo was taken. They keep changing the airport so much that it is hard to keep up!
As for the New Plymouth city itself, I will try and get that done after the airport. I am doing the CGI for a movie which involves New Plymouth city. This involves mapping the city completely virtually. I can convert the 3D model used in the movie and use them for Flight Simulator. The cool thing about FSX compared to FS2004 is they have mapped out all the roads in the country, this makes it very easy to place scenery objects in cities.
Ché
.
.
...what Alex said!
Thats just another thing I have to add in.
