Must admit, I’m less enthused about this one, given that we already have a good VHHH (from WFSS)
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I own the existing VHHH from WFSS and while it’s good, I’m not nearly as blown away by it as some folks I know, who raved about it before I purchased. I am definitely interested to see what Ini’s version ends up looking and performing like when it releases.
All those interiors, why? Who are interested of this? It’s a cockpit flight sim. I guess all those interiors better work for some tower game/airport game.
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This might be the first IniBuilds airport I’ll skip. I’m happy with the WF Scenery Studio’s rendition. Plus I don’t fly in Asia that often to justify another 20+ eur purchase.
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I am. If people were not interested in this, devs would not be wasting their time to model interiors. It’s not a cockpit only flight sim, never was. It’s an aviation sim and I like to have modelled and simulated everything that is related to planes.
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I mean if you can see the inside of the airport in real life, then it would make sense.
New iniBuilds video for VHHH:
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As I am very satisfied with WFScenery and really like the photorealistic textures, I was sceptical about the Inibuilds version. But I must admit that the trailer looks great.
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This scenery is being shown off tonight on CptCanad’s live stream, along with the included HK city POI pack.
Looks really nice, I have to say. Even though I own the WFScenery rendition, I will probably pick this one up.
Practically Geek previewed it too:
Just when I convinced myself that I was going to stop with all the “duplicate” scenery purchases…
Been a tough couple of weeks with Barbados, Palm Beach, and now this.
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Yeah. Objectively speaking, I don’t fly into or out of HK often enough to justify it, but this looks nice. Really nice, especially considering the included HK POI pack.
That’s a losing battle _(ツ)_/¯
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To be honest, I’m very restrained when it comes to ‘rebuying’ airports. It has to be significantly better for me to be tempted. Ini’s VHHH may look nice but a bunch of guys who know the actual airport claim it’s quite inaccurate. I can believe that with Ini — as nice as their airports are, they make what I call ‘conveyor belt’ scenery. KPVD and EGCC are the exceptions: Ini visited the real airports (KPVD during last year’s FS Expo event, EGCC a short while later), thus ensuring a very high degree of accuracy. EGCC is my local airport and I can say with clarity that it is super-accurate in every way.
According to inibuilds
“One of the most interesting aspects of this development is the human element behind the scenes. According to a post shared by the developer today, the team didn’t just rely on satellite imagery and public data. They conducted a full on-site visit to gather photographic and video references of both public and restricted areas. Furthermore, several team members are former pilots and ground staff who actually worked at the airport.”
This is a quote from article msfsaddons.
Be interested once released, I often fly from EGLL to VHHH.
That’s encouraging — EGCC is incredibly accurate due to their visit — sometimes people in this community like to pick fault if their favourite dev didn’t jump on the project first…
Personally, I like IniBuilds. They pump out decent stuff, especially when you consider the speed at which they manage it. Other devs who work that quickly tend to push out garbage.
Our community would be worse off without them.
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Released just now.
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How does it compare to the WFS version?
Once the new terminal 2 is completed IRL and added in to iniBuilds VHHH a free update, it’ll have an interior as well ini support rep confirmed to me:
“Yes - we do have plans to have an interior for the new Terminal 2 when it is completed and references are made available.”
The Inibuilds version looks good. However, one major drawback is that Inibuilds did not model the high-rise buildings south of the airport. They are included in the WF Scenery Addon and are clearly visible so close to the airport. The autogen buildings in the Inibuilds version bother me. I also own the Samscene Hong Kong scenery, but in this one, the buildings south of the airport are only partially included and they are of significantly lower resolution.
These are the buildings I mean.
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