Roadmap for 2017

So, it's Christmas again and I'm sorry to say the scenery is still not ready. I was planning on releasing prior to Christmas then suddenly two things happened...

First there was another Barcelona scenery that got released and I thought to myself that in order for anybody to even consider buying my scenery it must be much much better and more detailed that the other scenery released by my competitor. So therefore I started making plans on what to improve.

Secondly, 3 major developers announced that they would release a new LEBL airport scenery also. Most of them also decided to include the surrounding area. Not extremely detailed, however I need my scenery to be at least 95% compatible with all of them prior to release.

With these new recent developments, things obviously got pushed back a lot. One LEBL scenery has released already however I'm awaiting for another bigger developer to release their scenery before moving ahead because I am certain most people will prefer this developers scenery. After this has been released I will start making everything compatible.

This doesn't mean that work has stopped. I am still working on many custom objects and finishing the autogen. So there is still progress. All I can say is that when it's released it will be extremely detailed and very complete which I think most of you will appreciate when you finally have it installed on your computer.

So by this I will leave you with a few screenshots and wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! See you all in 2017!

More landing pads for your helicopters!

Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge is now a part of the Barcelona scenery! Complete with two landing pads for your helicopter. Check out the screenshots!

Barcelona with scenery and autogen sliders to the max!

I have been extremely busy these last days on completing the autogen and placing some objects around the city. The city is really comming to life now and I should finish with all the autogen in a couple of weeks now. I want to create some custom scenery around the port and especially along the final approach into El Prat for max realism, so that will take some additional time. Also, I am in the process of finalizing the photoscenery southwest of the airport that will stretch until the foot of the mountains. I really hope (fingers and toes crossed) that the project will be complete this fall. I really want to deliver a solid product with maximum realism and performance and that is why it is taking such a great amount of time. The good news is that we are getting very close now. I know you all are impatient... just like me! However, it should be perfect prior to release.

I have also received lots of questions about prepar3d and compatability. As this scenery contains standard FSX autogen and no airport scenery, there should be no issues. This time however I will test this scenery with prepar3d to make sure it is 100% compatible prior to release. Should everything work fine it will be released earlier, if not it might get delayed, however I am positive it will work perfectly with both versions.

Just so you can compare, my pc is now 4 years old with a  i7-3820 @ 3.60GHz processor and a AMD Radeon HD 7900 3GB GDDR5 graphics card. With almost all sliders to the max I get a stable 22-25fps almost the entire time.

Many of you have Aerosoft's night environment extreme and I wanted to show you some screenshots of Barcelona at night. I took the screenshots on the final approach to El Prat to show you what you can expect. I thing the result is incredible!

Good night Barcelona!

AUTOGEN!!!

Lot's and lot's of autogen... over 10 thousand hand placed buildings and trees... and counting...

Barcelona is coming alive! Enjoy! :)

I'd like to wish you all a happy new year by showing you all 3 new shots of Barcelona. My hand is aching from all the autogen placement on this scenery, but I'm sure you agree the hard work is showing good results! Lot's of work still to be done however I'm going to push forward as hard as I can to get this released as soon as possible. In the meantime enjoy the shots and happy flying!

Best regards,

Andreas B.

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