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DCS flyer / ARMA grunt

  • New global scenery airports

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    I’ve put together a few more custom scenery airports and sent them to the gateway. These align with the ortho-scenery better, or like Taupo, didn’t have any buildings at all. Have a look below: Napier Taupo Hastings Download them here. Unzip… Read More ›

  • Tile see ya later!

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    Good news! I’ve finished the last significant tile for the South Island. I have 3 more small corners to do and I can begin fixing and cleaning it up for release. The bottom of the South Island is pretty much,… Read More ›

  • Off script

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    Releasing the scenery with JPGs saves about 40% of the bandwidth to download the package. Originally this seemed like a good idea, but packaging up the .DDS files, checking everything is there, and writing the script batch file isn’t too… Read More ›

  • The Wall in the north (of Southland)

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    A quick update as I’ve not completed the second to last row of tiles in the South Island. It’s really good to hit that east coast! I was surprised by this tile though. The elevation file has a huge number… Read More ›

  • WIP – Bright pixels aren’t so smart

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    Here’s a quick look at some issues of using the JAXA GeoTIFFs for high fidelity elevation data. These custom files result in more polygons, so better lighting and a more realistic looking landscape. But for some reason the TIFF have… Read More ›

  • WIP – Before / After Corrections

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    Here’s a couple of before and after photos of where I’m up to. I’d really like to know how someone developed photos that are so washed out. I did a quick search to see if perhaps it’s a mistake with… Read More ›

  • Seams to be progressing

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    Here’s a quick look at where I’m up to around Te Anau. This originally was made up of very bright patches which I’m slowly reworking to all relatively fit together. You can see some final gaps need to be masked… Read More ›

  • Aoraki / Mt Cook WIP Shots

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    I’ve finished for the night and took a tour around the South Island to see how things are looking. Here’s some screenshots from around Mt Cook and the Southern Alps. I hate how the web smashes the images with compression!… Read More ›

  • Ortho WIP: Queenstown

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    It’s been slow going over the weekend. Mostly because I haven’t had much time on the PC, and also because the last couple of tiles have taken a huge amount of time to colour correct. The JAXA elevation has been… Read More ›

  • OSM Help

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    I’ve hit a snag with the tile -46+167 – it is coming out flattened at sea level. This might be because of these OpenStreet Maps errors during vector data build. Way id=216940345 was not treated because it is not closed…. Read More ›