It appears that the development of US scenery has come to a standstill. The only recent release since Jackson Hole (KJAC) is NZ North Island.

 

There is nothing they are currently previewing, and what are your thoughts on what is coming next?

 

Bill Clark

I am guessing Northern CA including SF....

I had the same question a month ago... they are still working on US airports/scenery... there was a roadmap I'll see if I can find it:

 

yep, here's the US stuff

 

FTX Northern California Region (NA-NCA)

FTX South Alaska Region (NA-SAK)

KVOU Pearson Field Airport

CYBD Bella Coola Airport

KWYS West Yellowstone

W28 Sequim Valley(I deleted the ones already done)

 

They are also making an RV4

I wish they would give the Mid-Atlantic some love!

and the whole UK!

They have opened up a UK office and staffed it and Holger was over there training guys but I suspect it would take six months to a year to get products onto the market.

 

As most know they are not doing announcements of when products will hit the market, too much grief on the issue, so they just let people know when the products are getting very close. It works for me, I just patiently wait and go about flying.

 

My bet is Northern California next....I sure hope so anyway.

I expect something along the upper East coast before Christmas, but I would not be surprised to see Northern California released any week now.

 

Ray

I expect something along the upper East coast before Christmas, but I would not be surprised to see Northern California released any week now.

 

Ray

 

If they covered VA, I would be jumping on one leg!

If they covered VA, I would be jumping on one leg!

 

I'm afraid you are going to be ground bouund for quite some time. But, think Martha's Vineyard.

 

Ray

I own NRM and Aus SP4 and I'm going to get the other two soon ( don't know why it's taken so long) I wish they'd release a payware airport for NRM though too.

 

Looking forward to the UK and everything else they're making

 

 

Lee

 

 

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As much as I love the scenery packages from ORBX (I have all the Australia stuff), I'm disappointed in the rate at which scenery regions have been developed. The only region released so far this year was NZ North Island, and it's been about a year since the last U.S. region was released.

 

At this rate it'll be many years before the entire U.S. gets covered, and who knows how long for Europe and Canada.

 

On the other hand, we're lucky that there's a developer out there doing stuff like this for the simulator, so "better late than never", I say.

Are they in fact actually planning to eventually cover the entirety of North America, or at least the US? I've heard it from various people, but not from anybody at Orbx.

The Orbx regional scenery is very time consuming to pull together. Many individual polygons are hand placed, the underlying photo quality textures require scripts to place autogen correctly, airports are all custom...its a ton of work and there are only so many qualified individuals out there that want to do this sort of thing. Bridges hand place, traffic all aligned properly. For them its a job not a hobby and like all jobs it can be very demanding and tiring after awhile. Given the hours they put into it I suspect the only "flying" they do is slewing around there developing and completed works for testing.

 

And the payware detailed airports are hugely complicated and require considerable effort, like 6months or more per airport depending upon size and scope. Even actual on the ground photos are required sometimes.

I had the same question a month ago... they are still working on US airports/scenery... there was a roadmap I'll see if I can find it:

 

yep, here's the US stuff

 

FTX Northern California Region (NA-NCA)

FTX South Alaska Region (NA-SAK)

KVOU Pearson Field Airport

CYBD Bella Coola Airport

KWYS West Yellowstone

W28 Sequim Valley(I deleted the ones already done)

 

They are also making an RV4

 

I for one am happy with their priorities as I would love to fly in Northern California which I assume includes Southern Oregon. Also, Pearson Air Field. But I also can understand that where you live makes a great influence on your preferred areas.

 

I would rather they do the major geographical areas, since the price of the individual airports is so darn high. I wonder if their marketing department has considered lowering the price of the airports, as I think they would make a lot more profit because guys (and gals) would be more willing to buy them. Just a thought.

New England has been spoken of by the ORBx team for the first region on the Eastern side of the US, though no real details have surfaced