Community member Barf contacted me recently to offer his work on a custom DEM for Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown. This is a heap of work that improves the 3d model of the ground. I will run this DEM through Ortho4XP,… Read More ›
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Chatham Islands!
An X-Plane community member, Chris messaged me the other day to highlight their scenery for the Chatham Islands. The scenery can be found here. The scenery itself doesn’t come with any ortho, so users have been adding their own. To… Read More ›
It’s a blog, it’s a plane…
After not using X-Plane for quite a long time, recent improvements in FPS via Vulkan API implementation, and a literal plague, have dragged me back into it. So I thought I’d chip away at a few updates to my Ortho-photography… Read More ›
Release: Texture Decal Patch
You can download a small patch for each section of my ortho scenery here. This package contains TER files which now include bumpy textures that look like dirt, grass, and gravel at low altitude. This will help with low-level flight… Read More ›
The X-Plane future of Auckland…
The problem with building a mesh is that a lot of data sources can get confused when measuring the height of the ground. For example – what if you fire a laser from space to measure the height, but it… Read More ›
NZ Ortho: North Island Update!
I’ve released the first update of the North Island. This is for the region below: I should also mention, I’ve removed links to the rest of the North Island now, which is the older beta release that required converting the… Read More ›
Lyndiman’s New Zealand Orthophotography beta 1 release is here!
As a soft launch to those that visit this website, the ortho scenery for the North Island is now available as a beta release here! This page is not navigable from my main site yet as it’s a beta… Read More ›
ARMA 3: Russians Overrun
This week a bunch of Russians decided to drive down the road in Afghanistan. It was going pretty well until it didn’t.
