[Project] Male International Airport

[george7378]

I just did a quick single-orbit flight from/to Male, and I actually think it looks pretty nice as it is during takeoff and approach, although it would look a lot nicer with the additional scenery of surrounding islands. I think they'll be the next thing I add.

[Loru]

Looks really nice.

1 suggestion. If you move to adding surrounding islands (apart from completing this one) can you comment/mark in cfg file surfacetiles so users can turn them on/off (by adding/removing semicolons). It would be really nice IMO

something like that:

;** HERE STARTS MAIN ISLAND ** 
BEGIN_SURFTILELIST
4 3857 -20 1
4 3857 -20 2
4 3857 -20 3
;** HERE STARTS ADDITIONAL ISLANDS ** 
4 3857 -20 4
4 3857 -20 5
4 3857 -20 6
4 3857 -20 7
END_SURFTILELIST

[PhantomCruiser]

Looking good George!

[george7378]

Loru - that's a great idea, but I suppose it would get quite inconvenient if I also put 3d objects on the islands - you'd have to comment all those out too.

PhantomCruiser - cheers

[Loru]

Same "comment separators" can be used for 3d objects.
Eg:

Quote:

;** here are main island objects **
...
;** here are north island objects **
...

etc.

I've done similar separation for CSSC objects not to get lost in them.

[george7378]

I've put that into the config file - yes, it does make it more organised

Here's how it looks after today's progress:

[Loru]

Nice - very nice indeed

[Notebook]

Re. comments ";" in .cfg file.

Very useful, I use them to identify the "base" or refererence tile at different resolutions:

BEGIN_SURFTILELIST
;0 -225  30 1	;Base tile
;0 -226  30 1
;1 -450  60 1	;Base tile
;2 -900  121 1	;Base tile
;3 -1799  242 1
;5 -7195  969 1	;Base tile
;5 -7194  969 1
9 -115107  15514 1
9 -115106  15514 1
;9 -115105  15514 1	;Base tile

Also for identifying a tile when you get lost, as you do...

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...47-34GL-01.jpg

N.

[george7378]

I tried a bit of 3D modelling and came up with a palm tree. I don't know how it will look in Orbiter, but hey.

[Notebook]

Excellent, is it Phoenix dactylifera or Cocos nucifera?

N.

[george7378]

I'm not exactly sure - in truth, I just googled 'palm tree' and tried to roughly create what I saw! I think I'll make some kind of hangar/terminal next.

[Notebook]

I thought about making a beach-bar for my Gan Airport, but I ran out of enthusiasm. Happens when you have been at it forever, you have to stop somewhere.
Palm-trees were definetly on the list, along with Jack Daniels, Malibu, and Watneys Red Barrel(they are UMMU characters...)

N.

[Spacethingy]

There are some trees on Orbithangar ready made if that's any help, although I don't think they're quite as nice as yours.

Orbiter Scenery Pack / Video SDK

Orbiter Scenery Pack / Video SDK

I do like a nice island, looking fun!

[george7378]

Notebook - I've just gone to have a look at your Gan (I hadn't seen it before!), and I'm definitely going to be adding that to my Orbiter too, so that I can start a little Maldives collection I knpw what you mean - I always start off with a massively detailed and fanciful idea, and always have to tone it down because it's either too much, or because I'm too impatient! I'll be adding a few more custom objects here and there, but I think I'm going to have to stop myself from going overboard and ruining it! :D

Spacethingy - I checked out the link, and now I'm torn between the palm trees in there, and my own ones. I'll put them both in and see which one I like best, because they're both pretty different.