Popular Post Orbx 1,350 Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 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 coming next. First of all, here are some of the Landmarks City Packs we have lined up for development in MSFS: Auckland, New Zealand Cape Town, South Africa Cairo, Egypt Dubai, UAE Dublin, Ireland Frankfurt, Germany Honolulu, Oahu, USA Melbourne, Australia Mumbai, India Panama Canal and Panama City Yokohama, Japan ....and Cityscape Sydney for P3D! Then a few Regional Packs, also for MSFS: Canary Islands Northern England Scotland A couple of very neat regions are planned for X-Plane 11 and Prepar3D, with the spectacular TrueEarth Eastern Alps (P3D) and TrueEarth Southern Spain (XP11), and you already know about openLC Asia. Regarding airports, we have a bit of a mix between P3D and MSFS, but we are also looking at a number of refreshed airports for XP11. These below are the ones in production: KBOI Boise International (P3D) KBUR Hollywood Burbank (XPL) KCRW Chuck Yeager (MSFS) KPBI Palm Beach (P3D & MSFS) LDSP Split Airport (P3D & MSFS) LIEO Olbia (XPL) LKPR Prague (P3D & MSFS) VTSP Phuket International (P3D) And from our Indies, we have the following that are in deep development: KAVX Catalina for MSFS (Ken & Tim) ENTO Torp for P3D (Finn) KVNY Van Nuys for P3D & MSFS (Matteo) LIPH Treviso for MSFS (Matteo) SBSP São Paulo for MSFS (Matteo) ESSB Stockholm Bromma for MSFS & P3D (Marcus) On top of these, our Australian HQ airport, YMEN, will be launched on MSFS, P3D and XP11 at the same time. Essendon Fields is celebrating 100 years of operation, and we are working closely with Essendon Fields management and airport operations to bring you this airport in its full glory, with max details and true to life buildings. We are rather excited by this (very excited as a matter of fact!), and we hope you will all come and visit. ;-) In some really new news, we will be soon releasing our very first aircraft for MSFS - the Edgley Optica. The aircraft was designed for low speed observation work with a loiter time of around 7 hours, intended to rival helicopters. The bubble canopy provides an amazing 270 degrees panoramic vision and almost vertical downward vision, which is perfect for enjoying Orbx scenery all around. A total of 22 aircraft were manufactured over the years and some are still operational in countries across the globe. Our version has been lovingly crafted with a high attention to detail and will come with some representation of real world skins including some of our own favourite custom designs. We are sure you will love flying this aircraft in MSFS as much as our team has. Well! That is a bit of a list which will keep us busy for the next few months… We are leaving this post open for comments. Happy to get your feedback and future requests! As always yours in flying, The Orbx Team 37 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fattydolly 5 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Wow !! that looks pretty awesome ... to bad I don’t see Bilbao and Asturias airports in the list... I really miss these 2 airports in MSFS 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chumley 287 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 What happened to YPPH? It has been touted in the recent past as in development but doesn't appear in your road map. 3 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr_steve 122 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) Very intrigued to know a bit more about your 'northern England' pack. Will this be a custom overlay/assets/pio pack intended to be released also for the midlands and south regions? Thanks! Steve Edited April 6 by vfr_steve 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buffegg 6 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Landmark packs look great. I thought YBBN for MSFS was imminent as well? 5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Kamer 5 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 What about EGLC for P3Dv5? 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter Lenting 73 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Thank you very much Sir for this update. I know there is a lot of work ahead, keep us busy in this briliant hobby. If a may do a request or give a hint. I do really looking forward for the TE Eirland , Norway, The Netherlands XPlane versions. Regards Peter KLM051 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DModjo 31 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Great to see Sydney city will get some love in P3D 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcus Nyberg 962 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 31 minutes ago, Fattydolly said: Wow !! that looks pretty awesome ... to bad I don’t see Bilbao and Asturias airports in the list... I really miss these 2 airports in MSFS I am working on porting them. But first finish Stockholm-Bromma Im hoping to be able to port all my airports. With focus on the bigger ones in Sweden and Spain first. 7 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Ozzman 14 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Great upcoming list.Especially looking forward to Melbourne and Dubai landmarks packs for MSFS. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ticker7 73 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Fantastic news guys but still no Perth, a little disappointed 4 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dutchsim 4 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Thanks for the update! A lot of nice things coming! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BrianV 483 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Awesome list, thank you so much for giving this taster of what the future might bring. Fingers crossed, and awesome that you have Dublin on your list. The recent MSFS update didn't do it full justice. The expansion into Australia, Asia, Africa, and Central/South America is just fantastic. Beautiful taster shorts, that I will return to. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chelseamad 1 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Fantastic news, thanks for the update guys. My poor credit card will be getting another head ache Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndyWsays 14 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Lots of great news to digest, however the stand out for me are the regional packs. I take it these will be the Microsoft Flight Simulator equivalents of the True Earth series? If so, that is absolutely fantastic! Flying around Northern England and Scotland with stacks of Orbx quality VFR landmarks sounds captivating. My debit card is already poised...take my money! PS - don't forget about Southern England too ;-) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HenrikIsaksen 2 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Looks great! Still hoping to see both ESSA and perhaps an ENGM scenery some time this year! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fattydolly 5 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 37 minutes ago, Marcus Nyberg said: I am working on porting them. But first finish Stockholm-Bromma Im hoping to be able to port all my airports. With focus on the bigger ones in Sweden and Spain first. That’s the great new of the day. Thank you so much for your amazing job (and all the Orbx dev of course) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stewart Cumbers 2 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 as awesome as this is id rather you fix the night lighting at EGPH as it has been unusable for over 4 months now 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keino333 244 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 True amazing ..wow ..can't wait Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daan 63 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Hoping we'll get some more TrueEarth regions in the US for X-Plane at some point! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MasonDominique 111 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Yep, curious, no mention of YBBN for MSFS. But i like this 2021 menu Dom 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
futurebreadmachine 233 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Hello! Great news, preparing my wallet already for a bunch of good stuff on the lists! One question, what does the regional packs for MSFS mean? Improved autogen, landmarks, overlays etc? Thanks once again, Orbx! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ams 246 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Truly an amazing list. Almost all of them are great! Very exciting times. It's definitely time to bring out the wallet!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BURKEP12000 3 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Excellent news and thanks for the roadmap update. Particularly looking forward to what Northern England brings to MSFS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joshp151 0 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Wow Canada completely left out. The ground mesh is so outdated. Disappointing it won’t get any kind of update to bring it to the standard of everything else Quote Link to post Share on other sites
captainbluesky 1,511 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Thanks for the updates. However I echo previous comments re: what about YBBN and YPPH for FS 2020? Also what is the status of the following main Australian airports for FS 2020 - can the lead project manager and/or lead developer comment? YBAS Alice Springs YBCG Gold Coast YBCS Cairns YMML Melbourne YSCB Canberra Any plans for Adelaide, Darwin or Townsville airports? I think FS 2020 needs some more detailed Australian airports to satisfy a lot of flight simmers. I am certain you would sell vast quantities of the above if they were prioritised even before the City Packs. 4 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RoDuSu 3 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Without wishing to be too repetitive or pushy, can we please get an update for EGLC for the P3D variant? It was suggested, in the below thread, that you would dedicate some time to it in January of this year, but we've not heard anything since. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Udo Metz 2 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Overall good News! I´m really looking forward of Sao Paulo. Whats about the Alaska Airport Series like PAEN, PAGS, PAHO, PAJN, PAKT PAVD and PAYA? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KORDATC 43 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 They all sound wonderful, but if I may.... Why wouldn’t a brand new in-house scenery such as Boise also be made compatible with MSFS? This would be the perfect airport to fly the new CRJ into. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evaamo 3 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Nice roadmap, however, I’d like to know if Barcelona cityscape is still going to be made P3D v5 compatible? Also, is Hawaii still going to be ported to XPL? thanks! -E 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F737NG 669 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 There are some very interesting products for me in that line-up. Particularly like the P3D stuff, but welcome the regional packs in MSFS too. Glad to see some emphasis on areas outside the USA and Europe. Just hope previous feedback on MSFS products is taken on board and we can get some updates on long-standing scenery discussions (e.g. EGLC P3Dv5, YPPH). 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
futurebreadmachine 233 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 2 hours ago, chumley said: What happened to YPPH? It has been touted in the recent past as in development but doesn't appear in your road map. 40 minutes ago, captainbluesky said: Thanks for the updates. However I echo previous comments re: what about YBBN and YPPH for FS 2020? Also what is the status of the following main Australian airports for FS 2020 - can the lead project manager and/or lead developer comment? YBAS Alice Springs YBCG Gold Coast YBCS Cairns YMML Melbourne YSCB Canberra Any plans for Adelaide, Darwin or Townsville airports? I think FS 2020 needs some more detailed Australian airports to satisfy a lot of flight simmers. I am certain you would sell vast quantities of the above if they were prioritised even before the City Packs. In case you didnt knew, there is another different dev working on YPPH already. Might not be Orbx, but at least one is being made. More about it here... https://fselite.net/news/axonos-announces-perth-airport-for-msfs/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kilstorm 458 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Looking forward to all that 2021 brings. Of the list the ones I see that are items Ive been waiting for are KNVY for MSFS KAVX for MSFS KBUR for XP11 Really hoping to see more of the small GA PNW airports find their way into MSFS, any Pilotedge towered controlled airports find their way into XPlane 11. Of everything, KNVY a Class D airport is the airport that most interest me for my enjoyment of GA flying on PilotEdge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scandinavian 20 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Another update, no Bodø. Shame, it looked so promising. But excellent news of Bromma for P3D. Hope you consider KCRW and SBSP for P3D in the future. Especially Congonhas. We already have an awesome rendition of Santos Dumont. The Rio - Sao Paulo route is maybe one of my all time favorites with exciting airports at both ends. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EvidencePlz 143 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 I want that plane! Also, Northern England Orbx pack for MSFS? Please tell me it will include Liverpool and major landmarks, buildings etc. MSFS official uk world update added only three: Royal Liver Building and the two stadiums. I want more! Thank you Orbx. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GlynnePayze 0 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Having switched from X-Plane 11 to MSFS2020, I was wondering when you are likely to create EGNX. The X-Plane version was excellent. Regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neil 54 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 A welcome update, pleased to see Marcus will be porting over his work to MSFS. Now looking forward to Matteo's projects, especially Congonhas, which should be a wow! Neil 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mets737 9 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 How detailed will KVNY be for P3D? I'm really looking forward to that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLH1702 0 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) see below . . . Edited April 6 by DLH1702 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLH1702 0 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Honestly these MSFS sceneries all look fantastic. But checking the roadmap for new XP11 stuff the list is really quite short. It seems Orbx is puttting the vast majority of resources into dev for MSFS and is not really interested that much in doing business with XP11 users any more. I am feeling sorry for not seeing any major airports being developed by Orbx for XP11 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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