Project Auch/Gers (LFDH) Airport

[N_Molson]

Need help with English. How do you call this kind of metal "blades" on a wall ? I'm searching for a decent texture, but I don't even know how to name it :

 

[DaveS]

That would be "corrugation".

 

[N_Molson]

Terminal texturing in progress, with the airport logo :

 

[4throck]

 

[N_Molson]

So it took some dedication but I think the work paid off, I'm rather happy with the result, should look quite like the real building :

 

[N_Molson]

The big hangar, found that "JCB Aero" is a Swiss company that refurbishes Boeing 737s (which means the runway is good enough for them). Can fit a whole wing of DGs !

 

[steph]

The big hangar in the foreground is labeled "Amac Aerospace" on the official chart. It will be perfect to house spaceplanes

No way that's a real company ?

 

[N_Molson]

No way that's a real company ?

Actually "JCB Aero" belongs to the "Amac Aerospace" group. On the JCB Aero site "our facilities" there's a video that shows the airport :

Home | AMAC Aerospace

A group of companies representing Swiss Excellence in Aviation – Switzerland, France, Turkey, Lebanon.

www.amacaerospace.com

JCB Aero | Fly your Dream

JCB Aero, THE COMPLETE AVIATION SERVICE PROVIDER Discover the wide range JCB Aero offers in terms of cabin and systems for VIP Aircraft, Commercial Airlines & Helicopters. From a minor modification to a major refurbishment, from design to completion, maintenance and upgrades, JCB Aero manages...

www.jcbaero.com

 

[4throck]

You can add a few persons or cars to give scale. No need for any real details, some free low poly models will do.
Also, add a fence - an alpha textured rectangle will do. Your model will look alive and complete with these simple extras!

 

[steph]

Actually "JCB Aero" belongs to the "Amac Aerospace" group.

My bad, I was reading on the phone without glasses, and thought it was Arnac Aerospace . I know it's usually with 'que', but I thought it was some kind of joke

 

[N_Molson]

Low-poly compact car :



Warehouse and tank/cistern behind the hangar :



Some corrugated metal prefab buildings next to the terminal and the ultralights hangar (WIP) :

 

[N_Molson]

Figured out the "water shader" : simply duplicate the Earth\Surf\... textures as Earth\Mask\... and delete the parts of the image you want to be water-like (should appear as a grey/white checker in the image editor). Here I did a mask texture for 1x level 19 square (foreground), and we see the next square (near the hangar) behaves differently. The "selection by color proximity" tool you have in any serious image editor is invaluable there, it did all the hard work.

I recommend Paint.net because it is very user-friendly ; and if you really need advanced features (perspective tool...) go for GIMP (the interface is a bit hardcore). Both are free.

 

[4throck]

That water looks nice! A similar approach (using mask tiles) could be used on a future version of the D3D9 client to auto-generate random trees/rocks in certain areas...

 

[N_Molson]

Light aviation hangar, for small airplanes / ultralights :

 

[4throck]

I'm impressed with how big the DG really is. Great work!

 

[N_Molson]

Small hangar, still large enough for a jet fighter :

 

[N_Molson]

Terrain flattening works much better when you don't mix latitude and longitude coordinates ?‍

Also : place your hangar floors 1 centimeter above zero. Else they will clip with the actual ground.

Looks better, of course it would be nice to have a tug to park planes, because hangars would certainly not survive the jet or rocket blast ?

 

[N_Molson]

The house near the entrance, probably for the warden...

 

[N_Molson]

There's actually a railway that crosses the entrance, added the barriers. Also added the Flight School (they are hiring a DG instructor...), and trash bins. Only a couple of hangars and buildings to go !

I'll also have to work on low-poly trees.

 

[N_Molson]

Another day, another hangar. That one can house two T-38s with room to spare :