YSCN Camden Airport Photo Scenery
This is the README file for "YSCN
Camden Airport Photo Scenery", by
Barry Drake (a.k.a "Dr Ropeless").
YSCN Camden is an X-Plane 10 custom scenery package. It is intended
to
be an enhancement to the
scenery package VOZ, for Camden airport (YSCN), Holsworhty airport
(YSHW), The Oaks airport (YAOS) and VFR landmarks
in the vacinity.
Prerequisites
YSCN Camden is designed to work with the following
- VOZ is installed (additional AussiePaks are not required, but
may be used)
- OpenSceneryX is installed
- X-Plane 10
VOZ can be found at
http://web.me.com/broberts03/Scenery/Scenery/Scenery.html.
Follow the link to the "Aussie Scenery Packages".
OpenSceneryX can be found at
http://www.opensceneryx.com/.
Note that YSCN Camden includes references to VOZ objects. VOZ
objects
have not been generally made
available to developers, but YSCN references them with permission
from Baz Roberts. YSCN
will work without VOZ but some buildings will be missing.
Synergies
Consider getting the excellent scenery:
I also recommend the Vehicle Library Extension, found at
http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=16812.
License
YSCN Camden by Barry Drake (a.k.a "Dr Ropeless")
is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. See
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. A copy of the
licence is provided in
the file licence.txt.
The tree texture files are used with with permission of Andras
Fabian. A copy of the licence is in
objects/trees/tree_textures/readme.txt.
The grass texture files include modified artwork from Simon W., used
with permission.
More information is available in
objects/grass/readme.txt.
The custom windsocks are modified X-Plane resources with copyrights
owned by Laminar Research.
These objects cannot be sold or used with any flight simulator appart
from X-Plane.
More information is available in
ISDGLibrary/Objects/windsocks/README.txt.
Car and truck objects used with permission from Jeff M.
(Joyfulsongsters) and Cami de Bellis.
More information is available in
objects/VehicleLibraryExtension/readme.txt.
Enjoyment of YSCN Camden may require prerequisites such as those listed
above. Each prerequisite may
have its own, separate licensing terms.
How to install
To install:
- remove any old installation of "YSCN
Camden Airport Photo Scenery" from your custom
scenery folder
- unzip and place folder "YSCN
Camden Airport Photo Scenery" in your custom scenery folder
- "YSCN
Camden Airport Photo Scenery" must come before VOZ in the "scenery_packs.ini" file.
Features
What this package provides:
- accurate airport layouts for Camden (YSCN), Holsworthy (YSHW)
and The Oaks (YOAS)
- integration with X-Plane 10 autogen scenery
- custom ATC routing
- high quality night textures and HDR lighting
- custom YSCN control tower and building, modeled on the real one
- custom YSCN Phoenix Aero Club hangar, modeled on the real one
- custom YSCN BP fuel bowser, modeled on the real one
- custom YSCN NDB towers and hut, modeled on the real ones
- custom YSCN ground texture, derived from orthophotos (with
gritty detail)
- YSCN glider strips are not treated as runways
- YSHW has correct radio frequencies
- custom windsock objects, modeled on the real ones
- custom cones objects, visible on approach (broad LOD range)
- accurate taxiway and other signs, modeled on the real ones
- grass areas (strips, apron and taxiways) use custom ground
texture
- additional airport clutter is included (fences, trees, 3D grass,
static cars and aircraft)
- custom ground texture for Mayfield VFR approach point
- custom ground texture for Bringelly VFR approach point
- accurate 2RN radio tower
A log of changes is available in changelog.txt.
Known issues
- There is a defect in the global scenery mesh which creates a
half metre step in the asphalt GA parking area.
- The Nepean river to the East of the airport is missing from the
global scenery mesh.
- To implement the custom NDB, the global NDB_2 object is remapped
to an empty object. To my knowledge this is not creating a problem but
it may in the future.
- The autogen to the North creates some trees that bleed into the
farm field. The trees cannot be removed without removing the nearby
autogen road and dwellings.
- Many buildings could benefit from some remodelling.
- Some buildings are missing.
- Night lighting needs more improvement.
- Individually planted trees have slightly different lighting
characteristics compared to those in forests.
Thanks
This work would not be possible if it were not for the many who have
contributed, both directly and
indirectly. Thanks go to
- Baz Roberts for making VOZ and AussiePaks available, and for
supporting this package
- Members of the ISDG for their knowledge and help
- Ben Supnik for making WED available, providing online
instructional material, and answering my dumb questions at the
X-Plane.org forums
- Simon W (at http://xplane10.wordpress.com/)
for the tutorial material in "Simmo's Scenery"
- Marginal for providing SketchUp2XPlane
- Andras Fabian for making tree textures available
- Jeff M. (Joyfulsongsters) and Cami de Bellis for making car and
truck objects available
- Simon W for making grass textures available
- the folk at Google for providing Sketchup
- the folk at Nearmaps for providing HyperTiles.
The future
I am happy to recieve both positive and negative constructive
feedback. If you notice any issues, please let me know.
Extras
Additional information can be found in the directory extra.
Contact
Please contact me at http://forums.x-plane.org/
member
Dr
Ropeless
if you have any feedback on this package or if you would like to
collaborate to improve it.