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Any impressions?
I have rarely seen a trailer that was obviously recorded on such low MSFS and Computer settings. Everything seems to be set to low. You can see edge flickering and the scenery also flickers in several places. Many textures look far too low in resolution. I would really like to have this airport in my collection for Asia. But to me, even in version 2, it just looks too bad. Let’s see what other YouTube videos show.
Dominic Design Team has never been able to convince me, even though I’m reasonably satisfied with Austin. But usually they focus all their attention on the terminal building and everything else doesn’t look good at all.
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I thought the same, the trailer is an absolute disservice… Product looks nice though and it is good to get another major airport on that side of the world
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Oh, but there’s more…
An accompanying Ho Chi Minh city pack. A first for DDT. It looks better than the airport!
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DDT undoubtedly deserves the award for the worst trailer and product photos ever. Nevertheless, I was crazy enough to buy the airport. With a little imagination, I could guess that the airport might look better in real life than the trailer suggests. Fortunately, I was not disappointed. In a week with MK Studios’ Rome, every airport has a hard time competing, but for an Asian airport, I am actually satisfied. I particularly like the ground textures and the night lighting. The modelling of the buildings is also solid even though some textures are too low-resolution for my taste. The interior is good enough to get a nice view out of the cockpit (however, the old terminal has no interior). The landside is certainly the weak point with very unattractive 2D trees and many low-res textures, but at least the landside is better than at DDT’s KBNA.
VVTS certainly does not have the same level of quality as WFScenery airports, but apart from that, I can’t think of many airports in this region of the world that have a similar level of quality. I can recommend the airport, especially in a sale. I will definitely buy the City Pack sooner or later too.
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@LukG8843 Thank you Lukas for the beautiful screenshots. I was hesitating but your recommendation is enough for me to buy it. It’s actually one of the best locations for asian hopping. Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Manila, all of these within short to medium haul reach.
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I’m glad the screenshots helped you make your purchase decision. Rarely have user screenshots and videos been as necessary as in the case of VVTS. If I were DDT, I would definitely prefer not to release a trailer at all rather than the one above.
Incidentally, I didn’t notice any flickering of textures in the scenery either. That also looks completely different in the trailer.
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Thanks for your sacrifice, but great that it is looking good. Will get it as well 
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That landside actually looks very good for DDT! I too suspected the airport would be better than it looks in the trailer (only other dev that can ‘achieve’ that is UK2000!) and so it went straight onto the wishlist. DDT’s discounts are never particularly significant but they regularly participate in sales, so I’m happy to hold off for now…
Incidentally, I thought KBNA’s landside was one of their better ones (though that’s not to say it’s good) — the sole reason I never got KIND v2 is because that landside looks much worse. I expected that Canadian one they did (name escapes me) to have a really good landside, given its small size, but… nope! They really need to start giving landsides and peripheral airport areas more love.
By the way, I really do like the look of the accompanying city pack.
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Actually guys, I take it that you fly VFR in GA? Because I mostly fly airliners and I can’t see a reason why I would invest into these city packs when most international airports are located on the outskirts.
Since VVTS is not very far outside the city, the landmarks pack certainly enhances the approach. However, there is a free landmarks package available on flightsim.to that, although not optimised for MSFS 2024, still works. It is certainly not impressive in terms of beauty, but it is sufficient for me for now.
A small addition to my posts above, as I have just landed in Ho Chi Minh City: I really like the ground textures. However, as mentioned, I would like to see some higher resolution textures for parts of the buildings. And contrary to my comment above, I have now seen flickering textures in 2-3 places. Obviously, the flickering depends on the lighting conditions. I hope DDT will release an update to fix this. Overall, however, I am still satisfied with the scenery.
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Happy with v2 and the landmarks pack and hoping for an update to fix any issues like the flickering and bring some higher-quality textures.
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Update is supposed to come out according to developer‘s Facebook
Hello Captain HOT FIX VVTS V2.0.2 will be available soon
Change log :
- add hooks for Jetway static
- fixed text “domestic” in T3
- move taxiway sign blocking the taxiway
- fix edge apron with grass
-enhance ground texture resolution
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