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• NZNS: lording over Nelson

  By Lyndiman on December 4, 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  I’m about done with NZNS. I started this because mysteriously NZNS disappeared from my airport list, which I somehow fixed halfway through creating a new one but by then I was committed to finishing it. The default scenery NZNS is… Read More ›

• Lyndiman Ortho-photography Set in XP12

  By Lyndiman on December 3, 2024 • ( 12 )

  

  I’m not much of a screenshot taker, but I snapped some shots scrolling around New Zealand using my current state of the ortho-photography. I’ve not really noticed any issues with the water, but maybe I’m not missing something. There are… Read More ›

• Testing 1,2,3. Is this thing on?

  By Lyndiman on December 2, 2024 • ( 4 )

  Greetings, long time now talk. 4 years? Yikes! A little post to announce that I’m moving over to X-Plane 12. I’ve moved all the ‘Lyndiman Orthophotography’ over at about 300GB (I think?). It’s running well with a few areas that… Read More ›

• On a layOver

  By Lyndiman on June 14, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  Users of the World2Xplane Overlay I quickly put together have noticed many of the things I have about the new objects placed in the world. Mostly, that it’s very European, buildings are too tall and some of the textures aren’t… Read More ›

• Freeware – OSM Overlay for New Zealand and the Chatham Islands

  By Lyndiman on June 12, 2020 • ( 55 )

  

  Follow these instructions to add objects to the world, based on OpenStreetMaps data.

• The (Over)lay of the land

  By Lyndiman on June 12, 2020 • ( 10 )

  

  Following on from my post yesterday on the issues with using an overlay derived from simplified data with a higher quality ‘real-world’ mesh and ortho, I thought I’d post about the using a new method to populate the world. Firstly,… Read More ›

• Lyndiman’s Ortho UHD Mesh Release

  By Lyndiman on June 11, 2020 • ( 25 )

  

  Thanks to @Barf for providing the data to rebuild these tiles. The UHD versions of selected areas are now available to torrent. Source data provided by LINZ.

• A word about overlays and meshes

  By Lyndiman on June 11, 2020 • ( 8 )

  One of the most annoying parts of using X-Plane with Ortho scenery is the overlay data sourced from a rough approximation of real life. Probably half the comments I get about the scenery is to do with the Overlay objects,… Read More ›

• Ultra High Def Mesh – All done

  By Lyndiman on June 10, 2020 • ( 4 )

  I’ve now finished processing the new mesh, which should be available soon. This mesh, made from DEMs provided by Barf (thanks Barf!) covers Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown. The polygons building the landscape will now vary depending on where you… Read More ›

• New mesh for Wellington

  By Lyndiman on June 9, 2020 • ( 1 )

  Similar work to what has happened around Auckland and the Coromandel, has now been completed for Wellington. Getting the lighting right, you can see the difference below: