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Brief description of the issue: Release notes for Hotfix 1.13.17.0 claim that the Portsmouth photogrammetry was fixed but there are still issues in the area.
Issues are as follows:
The Isle of Wight appears to have been completed neglected in WU3 and the Hotfix.
The issues are:
- Osbourne House and Swiss Cottage incorrectly modelled- Osbourne House and Swiss Cottage appear as office buildings:
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The Needles and St Catherine’s Point lighthouses are missing:
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The Needles:
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St Caterine’s Point:
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Ryde Pier and Ryde Church missing:
The Solent Forts are either missing or incorrectly modelled as shown in the screenshots below:
In the Portsmouth / Gosport area there are multiple issues as listed below:
Gosport:
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HMS Alliance submarine depicted as trees:
Haslar Bridge is also missing but not shown in this screenshot. -
Clarence Yard Fuel Berth Pier poorly modelled and the Millennium Bridge is missing:
This Pier is used by the tanker that has been placed alongside at HMNB Portsmouth. The following Bing image shows the tanker in the correct location:
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Brockhurst Gate retail park was added in WU3 along with up to date Bing imagery but then both 3d buildings and Bing imagery was removed in the hotfix:
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MSFS Screenshot:
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Bing web image:
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Newlands Solar Farm and Newgate Lane East missing:
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Newlands Solar Farm:
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Newgate Lane East:
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Moving on to Portsmouth the issues are as follows:
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HMS Warrior looks more like a shipwreck and HMS Victory poorly modelled with trees growing all over it:
HMS Victory is visible in the background of the above screenshot -
Bing imagery doesn’t match photogrammetry. The Bing imagery appears to have been updated in WU3 but the photogrammetry doesn’t appear to have been updated to match the changes in the Bing imagery:
The fuel tanker shown in the above screenshot is usually berthed at the Gosport Fuel Berth Pier in Clarence Yard. -
Portsdown Hill forts depicted as office blocks / houses:
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Fort Nelson:
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Fort Southwick:
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Fort Widley:
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Fort Purbrook:
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So to summarise the issues are as folllows:
IOW:
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Osbourne House and Swiss Cottage incorrectly modelled.
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The Needles and St Catherine’s Point lighthouses, Ryde Church and Ryde Pier missing.
The Solent:
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No Man’s Land Fort depicted as a block of flats.
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Horse Sand Fort and Spitbank Fort not modelled.
Gosport:
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HMS Alliance depicted as trees.
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Haslar Bridge and The Millennium Bridge are missing.
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Fuel Berth Pier at Clarence Yard poorly modelled with oil tanker located at HMNB Portsmouth instead of at the pier head.
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Brockhurst Gate retail park missing after hotfix with newer Bing imagery introduced in WU3 replaced by older imagery in hotfix.
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Newlands Solar Farm and Newgate Lane East missing after hotfix.
Portsmouth:
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HMS Warrior poorly modelled / depicted as a shipwreck.
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HMS Victory poorly modelled with trees growing all over it.
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Mismatch between Bing imagery and photogrammetry at HMNB Portsmouth. Half an aircraft carrier is shown in the Bing imagery with the other half covered by the photogrammetry imagery.
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Fuel tanker shown alongside at HMNB Portsmouth berths at the Fuel Berth Pier at Clarence Yard in Gosport and not at the dockyard.
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Portsdown Hill forts modelled as offices / houses.
Please could Asobo check this area and restore the newer Bing imagery that has been removed by the hotfix and fix the issues listed above as this is a nice area for VFR flying and fixing these issues would improve the experience.
`Detail steps to reproduce the issue encountered: Fly out of EGHF VFR map included depicting location of issues.
The following flight plan fly’s over the issues. It is best to fly during daytime with the default ‘clear skies’ set in the weather options.
VFR Lee-On-Solent (EGHF) to Lee-On-Solent (EGHF).pln (6.5 KB) `
Did you submit this to Zendesk? Yes Ticket number: #95726
Whilst there are a lot of faults in this area there are also some excellent examples of what Asobo can achieve and I hope they fix these issues as this will make the area perfect.
