USA Airport Updates?

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I have yet to fly the update, but does anyone know if the Taxiway/runway signage at the intersections at Santa Barbara have been fixed?

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KSDF in Louisville still has no taxiway lights anywhere on the airport, and I first reported this in March. Really thought this would be fixed with this USA update, so a little disappointed it wasnā€™t. Guess itā€™s time to figure out how to do this myself.

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I just downloaded the KSBA airport out of the marketplace. Looks phenomenal

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I give KSBA, by Orbx, a thumbs up!

Glad you like it

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I donā€™t know about looking phenomenal but itā€™s alright.

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same for airports i reported (Lake Hood that has disapears after patch #2 and Valdez never added, for example, 2 legendary airport of alaska that are always missing for now, i think it is more important than 4 faces in stoneā€¦).

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I never said it looks bad, just that the taxiways are not properly labeled compared with an FAA flight diagram. Also, when you are approaching the intersection of runways 33R/15L and 25/7 from general aviation parking, the paint on the taxiway just before the runway indicates the wrong runway. Try asking ATC for directions to Runway 25 from GA parking.

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All airports except the enhanced addons have incorrect taxiway labels and extremely poor signage. Although I told Zendesk that it stinks, I expect it will never be fixed except by the community.

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Orbx forums has a thread on the runway intersection marking. There are also a few other small things people have noticed.

Taxiways are marked correctly, but in-game ATC just gives basic taxi to runways instructions. Online ATC can work with you using FAA charts.

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Compared to what? Autogen?

I mean cā€™monā€¦

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Fly Tampa and fs dreamteam make airports a whole lot better.

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And what about this post with Orbx named ? In this list there is 46

Me too there is something that iĀ“m missing ?

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There are actually 50 in the list. New York and Atlanta were added to the Bespoke list.

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SO that means that Orbx have been part of this USA World map update?

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Yes, it looks like they have been.

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Is there any way to compare the before/after of each airport (photos or videos)? I mean without wasting time uninstalling/installing a lot of freeware addons to compare them

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maybe have a search on youtube.

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If you need help with SDF let me know, I fly in and out of there often.

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I was also confused by the post that @PhilTheBeat2360 linked above. Hereā€™s the link again:

This post says that Orbx was somehow involved in a long list of airports. Iā€™ve checked out a few of these airports, and there are definitely changes. For example, before the USA update Kahului, Maui (PHOG) had a bunch of orphan jetways unattached to any terminal building. Now, there is a nice-looking terminal, and all the jetways are properly attached! Also, Kalaeloa, Oahu (PJHR) has a control tower now (it didnā€™t before the update), but the tower looks like one of the generic models that Asobo uses. Truckee, CA (KTRK) didnā€™t look especially impressive when I did a touch-and-go there yesterday, but I didnā€™t see any orphan jetways or buildings that looked out of place.

My guess is that these are mostly airport layout improvements, but Iā€™d be interested in more details.

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So far not getting anywhere with this, development tools are not exactly user friendly, and I donā€™t want to damage KSDF and make it unusable for me as I donā€™t see any easy way to reinstall just one airport that isnā€™t one of the featured airports.