Often a mod pops up on flightsim.to where some kind soul places POI markers for this kind of thing. Itās a shame that with all the work thatās gone into them that you may not see it all without something like that.
Heās done it all by hand on requests from users. Iām sure when heās back heāll start taking requests again. Thereās a full list of everything done on the purchase page I believe, but it includes a lot of sunken boats made 3D, harbours, huts, removal of PG tree monstrosities etc. Worth a purchase at some point.
Islands - Adding watermask, rock islands and enhancing the areas with custom vegetations.
Replacing sunken boats with 3d boats in marinas and islands. (non animated)
Adding huts in vacation spots.
Removing photogrammetry trees or trees from ships, bridges, parks runways, or any other areas they shouldnāt be.
(Removing all photogrammetry trees from cities is not possible)
Enhancing vegetations around airports
Adding missing bridges (generic models)
Adding missing forest and trees.
Adding whales, birds or other animals in a place of your choice.
Shortening grassfields.
Update: 11/17/2021
Included in this pack: (POI added for each area)
1- Islands:
Nui Rock Island in Nui Beach, Phi Phi Island, Thailand. Added rocks and boats.
Khao Ta Pu Rock Island (James Bond Island). Added rocks and boats.
Hong Island Canoeing. Added rocks and boats.
Ko La Na islands. Added rocks
Ko Poda Island, Thailand - added watermasks, rocks, boats
Railay Beach, Thailand - added watermasks, rocks, boats
CĆ”t BĆ Rock Islands, Vietnam- rocks and boats (this area will be expanding - work in progress)
La Poule de HienghĆØne - Added Rock islands
Bora Bora island huts.
2- Boats:
USA - Long Beach Shoreline Marina - added boats and palm trees
USA - Honolulu marina, Hawaii - added boats
USA - Lahaina Harbor on Maui + birds, whale
USA - Key West, Florida - added boats, palm trees, few photogrammetry trees removed
USA - Lake Chelan, Washington - added boats
USA - Miami - added boats and bridge
USA - Bayfield Wisconsin harbor - added boats
USA - Dana Point Marina, CA - added boats
USA - Ocean Harbor - - added boats and replace photogrammetry palms with real palms
USA - Coyote Point Marina - KSFO
USA - Grand Lake in Oklahoma - added boats
USA - Cleveland, and KBKL - Wendy park marina - added boats.
USA - Newport, Oregon - added boats
USA - Boston harbor near airport - added boats
USA - Plymouth and Provincetown Massachusetts - Few boats and whales added
USA - Redwood Shores, south of San Francisco - added boats
USA - Lake St. Clair (Windsor Ontario marina) - added boats
USA - Vineyard Haven - added custom watermask and boats
USA - Lake Ray Roberts - added boats
USA - Lake Lewisville - added boats
USA - Lake Murray - added boats
USA - Saint Petersburg Pier - added boats
USA - Lake Tahoe - added boats
USA - Cape May, New Jersey
EUROPE - Venice, italy - added boats, bridge
EUROPE - Dublin, Ireland - added boats
EUROPE - Oslo - added boats
EUROPE - Ammersee lake - added boats
EUROPE - Zurich (added boats, pier, tables and chairs)
EUROPE - Brighton Marina boats with rock walls and rocks.
EUROPE - Copenhagen - added boats
EUROPE - Corsica island - Ajaccio - added boats
EUROPE - UK - Shoreham - added boats
EUROPE - UK - Bristol Harbor - added boats
EUROPE - UK - Mylor Yacht Harbour - added boats
EUROPE - UK - Port Pendennis Marina - added boats
EUROPE - UK - Loch Lomond - added boats
EUROPE - UK - Balloch - added boats
EUROPE - UK - Torquay - added boats
EUROPE - UK - Brixham - added boats
EUROPE - UK - Salcombe - added boats
EUROPE - UK - Ocean Village Marina - added boats
EUROPE - UK - Cardiff Bay - added boats
EUROPE - Kƶnigssee lake - added boats
EUROPE - Nieuwpoort - added boats
EUROPE - Lake Starnberg - added boats
EUROPE - Constanta marina - added boats
EUROPE - Arcachon bay - added boats
EUROPE - Cannes bay - added custom watermask and boats
EUROPE - Friedrichshafen and Ćberlingen - added boats
EUROPE - Greek island of Symi - added boats
EUROPE - Kiel Sporthafen Wik
EUROPE - Kiel Olympiahafen Schilksee
EUROPE - Kortgene / Wolphaartsdijk, Netherlands
EUROPE - Geneva lake - added boats
EUROPE - Le Brusc (French Rivera) - added boats
EUROPE - Malaga - added boats
EUROPE - Bonifacio - added boats
EUROPE - Duisburg/Harbour/Mid Rhine Area/River Essen, Germany - added boats
EUROPE - Mykonos port in Greek Island - added boats
EUROPE - Cassis, France - added custom watermask and boats
EUROPE - Port of Cavalaire - added boats
EUROPE - Monaco harbour
EUROPE - Neusiedlersee, Austria - added boats
EUROPE - Wustrow - added boats
CANADA - Orcas Island (boats in Deer Harbor and in waters between Orcas and Vancouver island)
CANADA - Toronto - added boats
CANADA - Hamilton Harbour
AUSTRALIA - Westernport Marina - added boats
AUSTRALIA - Perth in Western - Boats and two missing bridges added.
AUSTRALIA - Gold Coast Marina - added boats and bridge
NEW ZEALAND - Auckland - Westhaven Marina
NEW ZEALAND - Auckland - Hobson Point Marina
NEW ZEALAND - Auckland - Half Moon Bay Marina
NEW ZEALAND - Auckland - Bayswater Marina
NEW ZEALAND - Auckland - Hobsonville Marina
NEW ZEALAND - Auckland - Gulf Harbour Marina
NEW ZEALAND - Auckland - Pakanoa Point Marina
NEW ZEALAND - Auckland - Boats moored in Tamaki Estuary
NEW ZEALAND - Wellington harbor, NZ - added boats
SOUTH AMERICA - Curacao lake - added boats and trees
SOUTH AMERICA - Aruba Island - added boats
SOUTH AMERICA - CuraƧao Island - added boats
ASIA - Kenting beach boats
ASIA - Saikai National Park, Nagasaki, Japan
ASIA - Can Tho city, Vietnam - added boats
ASIA - Thailand, Koh Samui
Pitcairn Island - added watermask, trees and boats
Yas Marina at the Abu Dhabi - added boats
Coastline Of Lima in Peru - added boats and rocks
ASIA - Bali - added boats
3- Photogrammetry trees removed/ other enhancements:
Nicelii airport, Italy. Some photogrammetry trees removed.
Balboa Lake in Los Angeles. Some photogrammetry trees removed.
New York city - Some photogrammetry trees removed where it looked like a jungle.
Los Angeles lake water removed (between Riverside and Chino)
KSFP airport - Some photogrammetry trees removed.
Durdle Door rock added.
KORL airport removed some photogrammetry trees + added missing bridge
Added 4 Hawaii airport tree overlays to avoid conflict with airport payware mods.
Remove trees in LIPZ rwy 04R
KBUR airport - Some photogrammetry trees removed
Hana airport, PHHN Hawaii Enhancements - custom vegetation and rocks on beaches to match photos.
LFST-LFGC-LFSH removed trees from airport areas
āTrabocchiā added old pontoon and rocks
Elbe Sandstone in Saxon - Added rock cliffs
Cape Split rock enhanced
Yellowstone national park geysers - (animated smokes)
Added more trees at Airport ETMN
Pittsburgh, PA - Removed trees from dozens of bridges.
Dresden, Germany - Removed and replaced many photogrammetry trees.
Looks like you have it visible to me. The default scenery doesnāt look as near as nice as that. Kelvingrove and Glasgow Uni should look good too. See 2nd and 3rd pics below.
Itās a nice add on but you do have to go look for them. They are often smaller than you think they will be unless you are at maybe at 200ft! I just toured around Aberdeen this evening. They have included a few landmarks around the city. Also Dunnottar Castle to the south. Love seeing the moving sea below the cliffs and also the UK birds add on producing seagulls flying around it (to the right here). I am continually amazed by VFR in this sim. I do spend most of my time IFR at FL300 though!
It does conflict, the buildings are drawn on top of each other. However the photogrammetry seems to be at a slightly higher elevation than the standard terrain so the skyline all comes from a consistent source. It just means that for a couple of buildings (eg arndale tower) you can see the logo twice, at different elevations. Despite this Iām running both together to get the high quality Manchester and the other bits from Orbx in surrounding towns.
Orbx do tend to conflict with a lot of third party stuff. Their masts and radomes clash with We Love VFR add on, and their recent Great Britain North pack, one of their buildings on the Isle of Man clashes with UK2000ās Isle of Man airport. I wish their big packs like this had a way we could check or uncheck individual POIās to avoid the duplicates.
You would think a pack of 400 to 600 POIās would have this by default considering the likelihood of clashing. I did post on the Orbx forum about it a few weeks ago but they didnāt even reply.
@BragRaindrop933 - sorry for bringing back an old subject here, but I finally got around to installing Sky4Sim Pad (NG) and wondered how I go about importing those KML files from the Orbx Packs into it to show POIās on the tablet map. Is it possible?
Sorry Iāve not used Sky4sim in a while. Not since using Navigraph and also the enhanced in game map, which largely has the information I need without using sky4sim. I seem to remember someone did import the KML to google maps for GB north, just not sure how you get those POIās in game, or in sky4sim or indeed in little nav map. If you find out let me know. Would be good to have them imported to world map without using SDK say.
I havent seen the two old bridges rail and road at Runcorn they are missing taking off at Liverpool. They have The new toll bridge and Fiddlers Ferry power station though which is nice to see. Hope they will add the bridges in, that will compliment Liverpool and Runcorn area greatly.
Has anyone heard any news on the (presumably) upcoming Great Britain South?
I suppose with the southern end of old Blighty being the most dense with cities and towns, it probably means more work, but I keep on the lookout for news.
