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At Orbx, we are thrilled by the upcoming launch of Microsoft Flight Simulator and would now like to share more information on our initial launch plans – we know many of you have been eager to hear them. Orbx has led the way as a game-changing developer from the earliest days of FSX. Now, with the next generation platform from Microsoft, Orbx is again pushing the boundaries and producing top quality content: our vision and passion for innovative products will continue to lead the way. The whole team is very excited to be working with the new Microsoft Flight Simulator, and we have dev

Hi all, As hinted last week, here is an update regarding our plans with openLC Asia. From the very beginning, Orbx's vision has been to cover the globe with updated textures and accurate landclass but that's obviously a monumental task, especially in areas for which we don't already have FTX Regions. Our experience with South America and Africa showed that to create a complete and accurate product we needed to invest a significant amount of time and effort. If anything, the great landscape diversity across Asia makes this an even more challenging product, especially in the

Hi all, we have just released via Orbx Central updates to EGLC London City Airport, Landmarks London City Pack and KTIW Tacoma Narrows for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Changelogs EGLC London City Airport New 15cm updated ortho Runway start points correctly placed PAPIs now have correctly glideslope Adjusted TDZ markings Terminal glass now more opaque POI lighting should now not be on during daylight Fixed pontoon texture Glowing POI walls fixed Reinstated NAV/COM data Landmarks London City Pack Rei

Hi all Just by way of intro, I have been Orbx’s CEO since September 2019, and I am based in Australia. I have not actively participated in the forums so far, limiting myself to reading the diverse and eclectic views of simmers and industry players, but the recent announcement of MS Flight Simulator launch calls for a view on where Orbx sits in all this, so I am breaking the ice. Firstly, at Orbx we are thrilled to see that the new MS Flight Simulator will launch in August. Like the rest of the community, we are very impressed with what we have seen so far in Microsoft's

Orbx is proud to return to our roots with our very first Australian product for Microsoft Flight Simulator - Cityscape Sydney! We know that many of you have been keenly awaiting news of our first homegrown project for the new sim, and as such we have to kick things off in style. Over nine months in development, Cityscape Sydney is an enormous project that pushes the boundaries of what is possible with the current MSFS SDK. Acclaimed developer Frank Schnibben (Cityscape Honolulu, Melbourne Cityscape for AUv2) has brought to life Australia's largest city with his debut MSFS scenery

We would like to provide you with an update on the recently released Microsoft World Update: United Kingdom, and how it affects our Orbx Landmarks London City Pack product. The Microsoft update includes all new photogrammetry for central London, along with several dozen new custom models of landmarks, like London Eye and Buckingham Palace. What does that mean for our customers that have purchased and installed the Orbx Landmarks London City Pack product? In its current form, Landmarks London conflicts with the Microsoft update due to overlapping landmark bu

Hi everyone, We realise we have not announced any product roadmap for a while, mostly due to putting efforts on planning around the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator and understanding what was possible. After a few months, and a few more products, we feel now it’s a good time to draw up a list of products which we are planning to release in the next little while. Now - we know in flight sim (and in life!) things can change fast, so we reserve the right to modify the list and the sequence, so best to keep checking our “coming soon” page to be up to date with what is

Happy New Year everyone! I wanted to give you an update on what has been happening @ Orbx and a bit of an outlook for the next little while. First up, the production team, under Ed’s leadership, has been super busy in the past few months, releasing a number of awesome products, including some of my favourites like Cityscape Sydney, Graz, Newcastle, the more recent Canary Islands for X-Plane from our internal teams (thanks also to Frank, Tony and Holger), and a number of highly detailed and charming airports from our indies, like Burbank, Malmö, Olbia, Göteborg. So many

Hi all, starting today we're releasing updates for our FTX Regions that primarily deal with the larger airports in each region. The underlying issue is that the default airports in Prepar3D v5 have received new generic terminal buildings and layout updates. Our airport enhancements, at these larger airports, incorporated some of the v4 versions of these features, which then ended up missing or misaligned in P3D v5. These small service packs make the necessary adjustments. Also, some airports within the FTX Regions have had their ICAO changed and those will be updated as

We are considering special x-platform prices for current customers who have bought content for P3D and XP, which will also appear on MSFS. We haven't really decided anything yet, but the intention is to make it easy and affordable to use the same content across platforms.

Your personal flight tracker, powered by Orbx The Orbx software development team is proud to announce Volanta. Volanta is an easy to use smart flight tracker that integrates all your flight data across all major sims. Volanta gives you one more reason to fly. Take flight with our easy-to-use interface, which takes all the paperwork out of setting up a flight in your simulator - leaving you more time to enjoy your flight. For those of us who like to complete detailed planning, we support that too. The core features in Volanta

Hello, one can read many complaints that there is no improvement, it is worse, it doesn't work etc etc. The simple answer is indeed to read the instructions for installing the new version and then follow all of them. Please read through all of the following text before starting the process. Regardless of where Orbx products or addon aircraft are installed, the P3D installer will leave them alone because it can only uninstall files that it installed in the first place. 1. using the Windows control panel, uninstall the P3D v5 client and when asked if y

Got an email from ken re this thread, and just took a look (first time online for a while..) Thanks for your kind thoughts lads, it gave me a big boost to know that there are those our there that care Here is a quick rundown on my situation. My illness is not really showing much improvement, at least it was not until yesterday when the visiting nurse set my up a telephone meeting with a doctor, who set me up with new medication. The outcome is an improvement on my ability to move around without needing to fall over due shortage of breath, and this has allowed me to set targets for

Just an update chaps to whats been happening since this post. Well as things stand the medication is working it will be adjusted higher soon, I went to a cardiac unit yesterday and had an angiogram that was interesting seeing inside my heart on a big screen. Afterwards the heart consultant that did this came and seen me and explained they have booked me in for a pacemaker with defibrillator to be fitted to keep my heart in its proper rhythm so it wont go like the clappers anymore, So with this and the medication things are looking better than they were. I wont ever be the same

As the dust continues to settle, we would like to take the time to provide you with a little update. Microsoft Flight Simulator represents a new era in flight simming with an entirely new game engine and we at Orbx are looking forward to supporting it with new and improved addons. We have been involved with many of our other 3rd party colleagues, and given our feedback to Asobo on the SDK and will continue to do that, so we all have a feature rich toolset to help us deliver more great content. As you have seen with our MSFS launch products, we started with some of our n

Departing Edinburgh...

A view out me window at dawn this morning.

Hot on the heels of his highly popular Orcas Island, developer Andreas Hegi brings us the the next charming airfield in his Pacific Northwest series for Microsoft Flight Simulator - Darrington Municipal Airport! Located in the heart of the North Cascade Mountains in Washington State, Darrington is located a short hop from other well-known small-field destinations such as Orcas, Anacortes and Concrete. Serving Snohomish County and dwarfed by the shadow of the mighty Whitehorse Mountain, this airfield is set in the heart of picturesque Darrington village on the confluence of two riv

Hi all, Landmarks London has been updated to version 1.1.0 with the following changes. extensive terraforming, including flattening of the Thames and correcting riverbank heights water excludes along the Thames to make "submerged" structures visible new, more accurate Queen Elizabeth II bridge (Dartford Crossing) with night lighting coloured external night lighting for all default landmark objects: O2 Arena, London Tower, Tower Bridge, Westminster Palace/Big Ben, and the top of The Shard adjusted positioning and scaling of several skyscrapers

For all those members that said MS2020 would be the death of Orbx , you better put a hold on their obituary ...........

At rest CZST. Good luck Y'all.

Dundee EGPN

We have some news coming next week about openLC Asia

We want to let you know that we are aware of an issue in the Landmarks London City Pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator. This issue affects a small number of the 400+ landmarks available, where they do not match up with the quality of those already in-sim. A fix this is already in development, and will be made available very soon through Orbx Central, and - as soon as it is approved - in the Microsoft Flight Simulator in-sim Marketplace. We will inform you when this update is available on the Orbx Facebook and Twitter channels. Thanks all for y

Here is mine for the month Good luck to everyone! Cheers Renault Summer Showers

Global Vector, being a culmination of years of R&D and GIS data development, was originally released for Flight Simulator X and Prepar3D in 2013 and has now been made avaiable for P3Dv5. This version specifically for P3Dv5 is a derivative of the original Vector release. Prepar3D v5 itself contains a completely new build of the default landscape and airports, the first time this has happened since the release of its predecessor, FSX. However, while Vector uses the same Open Street Map database, it’s features are more configurable (via the control panel) and uses custom road and

Welcome to Hollywood...….TE Southern California

Hi all, small update and new previews. Development is taking longer than anticipated as the P3Dv5 variant is needing a whole lot more work in terms of exclusion of secondary and tertiary roads. Without these exclusions, we are seeing a mass of minor roads cutting through our landscape textures which does not do it any justice. This is quite pronounced on the Indian subcontinent. We are also ensuring that it will work with the Vector product being present or not so that is also increasing the workload. Nonetheless, Eugene is practically on this 7 days a week and this is

We are delighted to announce our very first Swedish destination for Microsoft Flight Simulator: Gothenburg Landvetter Airport! Renowned developer Marcus Nyberg makes his Microsoft Flight Simulator debut by bringing one of his most popular airfields to the new simulator. Brimming with exceptional detail and showcasing his masterful texture artistry, Marcus has packed Göteborg with many of the new features available in MSFS, including a complete suite of new PBR materials for all major components. A completely-rebuilt ground poly utilising both custom GP textures and weather-dep

We are delighted to announce our first all-new airport product for Microsoft Flight Simulator - Bryce Canyon Airport! Acclaimed developer Ken Hall brings his developing flair to this historic airfield, located in the dramatic canyon hinterlands of Southern Utah. Serving the famous national park of the same name, Bryce Canyon is a high-altitude airport that hosts GA and corporate flights from across the United States. The airport is perfectly situated for exploring many of the Parks of the southwest; beyond Bryce Canyon National Park itself, Zion, Grand Staircase, Arches, Monument

True Earth Washington

Here's mine for June, Global open LC North America and Orbx NA Northern Rockies. Good luck all.

We are pleased to announce the second of our Landmark City Packs - Singapore! Singapore, the bustling city-state in Southeast Asia, is famous for its booming economy and multiculturalism. A former British colonial outpost in the monsoonal Indian Ocean trade circuit, Singapore today boasts one of the world's busiest ports, as well as thriving finance and services sectors. Our TrueEarth team, led by the renowned Holger Sandmann, have packaged together 150 Points of Interest (POI) with 20 high-detail POIs being developed in-house by our Havant Studio (Newcastle

Well then chaps I would just like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, And Thank you all my friends old and new for being here with us on the forum and supporting Orbx throughout the year. It will be a different Christmas this year for us all I hope you all have a great and safe time this Christmas. Take care Iain Ayiesha and Mr Rollo the cat.

Here's an example from EGNM

Very pleased to start the round, good luck to you all Southampton

I see all these questions, most of them repeated and @Nick Cooper is always jumping in with a friendly and helpful answer. That customer satisfaction rulez! Nick either needs to be cloned, or, if that does not work, he deserves a salary increase by @John Venema !

Announcing our next exciting Landmark City Pack - Brisbane! Our next destination for the Landmarks takes us back to Australia with Brisbane, the most populated city and capital of the state of Queensland. The city was founded upon the traditional lands of the Jagera and Turrbal people on the banks of the Brisbane River which took it's name from Sir Thomas Brisbane, the governor of New South Wales at the time. With its laid-back charm, Brisbane is a cosmopolitan hub for arts, culture and a subtropical alfresco lifestyle. The city sees clear blue skies all ye

Santa Barbara - MSFS2020

Most London landmarks captured in one image at sunset

What a lovely freeware! It reminds me of EG20 in XP11.

Hello, like so many of the uninformed and imaginative claims made before the details were released, that one turned out to be not the case. That was why I put so much effort into keeping the invention and gossip out of the Orbx forums, with the intention that in these forums at least, customers could read just the facts released by the developers.

KBZN Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport Cheers !

We are delighted to unveil a surprise new Norwegian destination from Finn Hansen - Ålesund Vigra Airport! A complete package for P3Dv4 & v5 that encompasses both the airport and surrounding islands and terrain, Ålesund is a scenic holiday destination situated near the entrance of several major Fjords. Ålesund Vigra is a major Norwegian airport, with legacy, low-cost and charter carriers flying to destinations across Europe. Whilst most commonly served by single-aisle favourites such as the A320, 737NG, CRJ, ATR and Dash-8, the airport has also hosted both 757 and 767 aircraft o

PAGS P3DV5.

KSAN San Diego International Airport Cheers !

Originally developed by Turbulent Designs, Global TerraFlora v2 has been designed to provide realistic, HD-quality trees for P3D versions 4 & 5. Based on the original ESP version, which was successfully ported over to X-Plane, Global TerraFlora v2 transforms your world to provide greater detail, more realism and enhance your simulation experience. Whether you’re taking flight over densely populated forests or soaring around lush islands, Global TerraFlora v2 will ensure trees of the world look pleasing to the eye in all scenarios. A diverse range of tree-types has been include

TE Florida

I like how V5 loads terrain ^^