Venice, Italy – Bringing the Floating City to Life!

Hey everyone!

I’ve been working on a brand new Venice overhaul for MSFS, and wanted to share a quick preview with you guys.

We all know default photogrammetry Venice can be a bit of a mess—melted trees and buildings everywhere, flat 2D boats, warped bridges, and missing details. My goal with this project is to fix up the Floating City and give it the crisp geometry, vibrant canal life, and iconic detail it actually deserves.

Here is a look at what’s included so far:

  • Over 500+ Recreated Buildings: Rebuilt over 500 buildings along the Grand Canal and main island to completely remove that melted photogrammetry look.

  • Tree Cleanup: Removed all the ugly, melted PG trees in Venice and replaced them with realistic 3D trees.

  • Custom Boats & Canal Life: Added custom-designed gondolas (complete with gondoliers and passengers), Vaporetto water buses, speedboats, proper mooring poles, and wooden piers along the water.

  • Handcrafted Landmarks & Domes: Rebuilt iconic spots and recreated church domes across the city.

  • Dozens of Custom Statues: Hand-modeled monuments and detailed statues placed throughout Venice.

  • Real 3D Bridges: Replaced those flat photogrammetry bridges with clean 3D models over the canals.

  • People & Crowd Life: Added pedestrians walking along the quays, hanging out in piazzas, and riding on boats so the city feels truly populated.

I’m always open to constructive criticism, and I genuinely appreciate feedback that helps improve my work. However, comments that simply state the obvious aren’t particularly helpful.

Release date to be announced soon! Let me know what you think, and stay tuned for more updates.

Lovely. A fantastic and unique city that deserves the best.

I’ll look forward to this being released.

Absolutely amazing!!!

With this level of detail, I can imagine walking for hours in Avatar mode through this beautiful city :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Do you have an overhead view of the boundaries uyou have used please. So far it looks gorgeous.

Do you ever sleep? :wink: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Just a heads up, Digital Jonx has a canoe in their set up now. Will we be able to canoe under the bridges?

This looks absolutely fantastic.

Thanks guys.

@Pilotfirst9999 Yes, you can canoe under the bridges.

I’ll post more screenshots later.

Absolutely love it.

Target platforms include Xbox and PS5? :folded_hands:

Wow :heart_eyes: that’s looks amazing!!!

Floaters - Just love them.

Brilliant! A definite purchase for me!

TAKE MY MONEY!!! TAKE IT!!!

Um… I mean… oh, how interesting…

I was there a couple of months ago, and it feels like I’m back there. It looks amazing, and I can’t wait for the release!

Another scene from the Grand Canal in Venice:

I think this might be a day one buy for me.

As soon as it hits the MP for me, day one :+1:

Day one buy for me. I’m from Venice and this scenery looks fantastic :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes:

This will be a definite buy for me. I hope you can include the Building Bridges sculpture!

Yes, that will be included :slight_smile:

Wow! This is amazing. :smiley: If you like, you could probably continue on other popular cities going forward. :grin:

sounds like amazing !

Like usual with your works