I was actually going to release this scenery last week, however I decided at the last moment that I am not happy with the way the bridge "25 de Abril" turned out. There are some issues with the blending and transparency, so I decided to look further into it and make new textures for it. This will unfortunately take some time, but I feel that for a structure so dominating in the scenery, it has to look good. It is after all almost "in your face" during the final approach.
Besides the bridge, the great news is that the scenery is more or less complete. I would always like to add more stuff, however as I mentioned earlier last year, in a project such as this you need to know where to draw the line. I could be modeling and adding stuff for years and never get the city 100% complete. Besides that, you the costumer also want a little bit of performance, right?
A new airport has been updated. Alverca LPAR has got a new afcad and lots of buildings, hangars and small clutter to make the airport more alive. I have decided not to include the military airports at this time, however I might add some stuff in an update in the future.
An important note to those who don't own Aerosoft's Lisbon V2: There will be no enhancement to the default LPPT Lisbon International airport. I assume most people who will buy this scenery is very keen on maximum reality so 99% of you will already have Aerosoft's Lisbon V2 or V1 installed.
There is now added traffic to most major highways. Don't set traffic to 100% or it will kill your machine! Trust me, there are lot's of traffic in Lisbon!
Trains, boats, shopping centers, bridges, industrial cranes +++ there are so many things to see and the city has really become alive. Below are my final screenshots before release.
Enjoy!
Besides the bridge, the great news is that the scenery is more or less complete. I would always like to add more stuff, however as I mentioned earlier last year, in a project such as this you need to know where to draw the line. I could be modeling and adding stuff for years and never get the city 100% complete. Besides that, you the costumer also want a little bit of performance, right?
A new airport has been updated. Alverca LPAR has got a new afcad and lots of buildings, hangars and small clutter to make the airport more alive. I have decided not to include the military airports at this time, however I might add some stuff in an update in the future.
An important note to those who don't own Aerosoft's Lisbon V2: There will be no enhancement to the default LPPT Lisbon International airport. I assume most people who will buy this scenery is very keen on maximum reality so 99% of you will already have Aerosoft's Lisbon V2 or V1 installed.
There is now added traffic to most major highways. Don't set traffic to 100% or it will kill your machine! Trust me, there are lot's of traffic in Lisbon!
Trains, boats, shopping centers, bridges, industrial cranes +++ there are so many things to see and the city has really become alive. Below are my final screenshots before release.
Enjoy!
Alverca Airport LPAR
One thing that blew me away is Aerosoft's Night Environment series. The night lighting in combination with this scenery is nothing more than spectacular. Photos don't do justice. It's incredibly close to reality. Here are a few shots with Aerosoft's NE Portugal added.
Here is a photo of Aerosoft's Lisbon V2
The airport blends perfectly in with the scenery although some color mismatch, it still looks quite good.
Lastly... just a little bonus for you all at the end. I couldn't help myself since Lisbon is now complete, here you see my next project in it's very early stage. Can you guess where it is?
Hello, Lisbon looks incredible good!
SvarSlettAnd your new project looks like Faro Airport (LPFR)! And it looks really amazing!
Thank you very much
Thank you for your comment. Indeed it's Faro you see on the last shots :)
SvarSlettYou welcome, you deserve it! Do you gonna do Faro compatible with both sceneries from Aerosoft and Tropicalsim? Kind regards
SvarSlettIt all depends on the scenery from Aerosoft. I don't have it yet, but the scenery from Tropicalsim fits perfectly and they did a great job on calibrating their scenery with the real world location. I can only guess Aerosoft has done the same with theirs, but you never know. Sometimes making scenery compatible with other scenery is easy, sometimes it's almost impossible. I am sure it will be compatible with both sceneries when it's released though.
SvarSlettAll the best!
Hello, and maybe after Faro when its realesed...Porto city? ;-)
SvarSlettWhen Lisbon is realesed it's gonna be on Simmarket right?
Kind regards
Hehe, one city at a time for now :) Lisbon was a lot of work! Porto is definitively a challenge, but who knows... Faro first anyways.
SvarSlettEverything will be released on Simmarket
It looks amazing! I can't wait any longer..release it!! =D
SvarSlettNot long now I promise! Still need to fix some small flattenning issues and fix some coastlines. 99% chance for a release in mid February now.
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SvarSlettHello, I have question about the Vasco da Gama bridge do you gonna rebuild or do you leave the default? Because the default one looks horrible in my opinion! Looking forward for the release;-)!
SvarSlettKind regards
The bridge looks horrible indeed. Unfortunately, I have not spent time on modelling the Vasco da Gama bridge. All efforts have gone into photoscenery and autogen only. The "25 de Abril" bridge will also be released as the default FSX at this time. I am hoping in the future I will be able to release an update with the two bridges complete. The reason I don't have the bridges ready is also because lack of good textures.
SvarSlettBoth of the bridges have however been scaled and moved to fit the scenery very nicely so it looks better than default anyways.
Hope this answers your question,
Best regards,
Andreas B.
Yes, it answers my question! ;-)
SvarSlettAnd thanks for developing the Lisbon City and surrounding areas it looks very nice and its a good work indeed! Is it realistic a release in February?
Kind regards
Just a heads up regarding Alverca.
SvarSlettThe runway appears to have the numbers changed. Where there is '22' it should read '04'.
Also would like to vote on a custom Vasco da Gama bridge that wouldn't end via a ramp on the north shore. It would add a lot to the realism on a otherwise great project.
Looking forward to the release!
Hi Pedro, thanks for the heads up! You are correct, the numbers need to be switched around. It is a quick fix and will be fixed ASAP. Regarding the bridge, the 25 de April bridge has been re modeled. The Vasco da Gama is still the original, but I will see if I have the time to model a new one. The scenery is already uploaded to simmarket.com and should be released before the weekend. Also work has started on Faro but I will try to set aside some hours to add more autogen and stuff to Lisbon in an update later on. Also, if there are any more errors discovered by our costumes like the one you discovered on Alverca this will have to be corrected as well. I will try to model the Vasco da Gama but no promise.
SvarSlettRegards,
Andreas B.