FlyTampa EKCH V2 Released

[ZKOKQ 984]

Some key changes, compared to the original version of EKCH:

-Terminal expansion and Pier C remodeling
-Terminal high resolution textures and PBR materials
-Runway expansion
-New Jetways supporting native ctrl+J and SODE functions
-SODE VDGS
-Completely remodeled ground with PBR materials
-New airport buildings added since first version
-Dynamic lighting
-Seasonal switches and complete sets of seasonal textures
-New apron vehicles
-New aporn vehicle animations with dynamic lights

[John_Tavendale 453]

$12.99 upgrade price.

Performance is better than the original, and it looks great.

[331BK 96]

purchased also the upgrade.

[Benjamin J 751]

Purchased, installed, took it for a quick spin with the default F22. I gotta say, performance is stellar. In the absence of FFTF Dynamic I managed to get a consistent 30FPS. Performance dropped a little down to ~25FPS when zooming at top speed over the airport. The original was a worse performer - this is truly amazing, given the high quality of the scenery.

One thing I noticed that I didn't like: SODE jetways pop into view when you are fairly close to them. A little weird to see them do that. Anybody have any idea if this parameters can be changed?

[emilg 4]

1 hour ago, Benjamin J said:

Purchased, installed, took it for a quick spin with the default F22. I gotta say, performance is stellar. In the absence of FFTF Dynamic I managed to get a consistent 30FPS. Performance dropped a little down to ~25FPS when zooming at top speed over the airport. The original was a worse performer - this is truly amazing, given the high quality of the scenery.

One thing I noticed that I didn't like: SODE jetways pop into view when you are fairly close to them. A little weird to see them do that. Anybody have any idea if this parameters can be changed?

Nice to hear :)
They generally pop out of view to save resources, but i ve posted an alternative set here: https://www.flytampa.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=13816

[PilotPete99 915]

Purchased upgrade, looks great!
 

Cheers, Pete

[yvesamuel 17]

Hi,

 

I did not find how to purchase with upgrade.

Could I get any help?

 

Thnak's

 

Yves from ELLX

[SAS443 1,723]

Just now, yvesamuel said:

Hi,

 

I did not find how to purchase with upgrade.

Could I get any help?

 

Thnak's

 

Yves from ELLX

Hello

Where did you buy the V1? From FT directly or via Simmarket?

I bought from FT and when purchasing v2 there is an upgrade option.

[AnkH 2,267]

Only thing that puzzles me: a scenery already designed for v5, available two days before this v5 arrives still installes into the root directory of Prepar3d? Come on, FT guys, why not finally doing addon installations like anyone else outside the root folder?

EDIT: it installs at least via add-on.xml

Edited April 12, 2020 by AnkH

[Sethos 4,336]

Will definitely pick it up once v5 drops and I hear it's fully compatible

[Christopher Low 5,353]

1 hour ago, AnkH said:

Only thing that puzzles me: a scenery already designed for v5, available two days before this v5 arrives still installes into the root directory of Prepar3d? Come on, FT guys, why not finally doing addon installations like anyone else outside the root folder?

EDIT: it installs at least via add-on.xml

Both options are welcome. Some of us still prefer the old method.

[Juliett Alfa Romeo 540]

This V2 have that... AI Runway thing... that for example LVFR Madrid have?

This:

"With P3dv4.5 HF2 no need to switch AFX files for airport runway configuration with AI traffic".

 

[Pegaso 53]

 

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Edited April 12, 2020 by Pegaso
my fault...

[Wolkenschreck 269]

20 minutes ago, otreblA said:

This V2 have that... AI Runway thing... that for example LVFR Madrid have?

This:

"With P3dv4.5 HF2 no need to switch AFX files for airport runway configuration with AI traffic".

 

Yes, it has. Changing AFCADs is not any longer required with v2 of EKCH.

And it is indeed a beautiful done scenery. Bought it yesterday for the upgrade price but it is totally worth its full price. Great work by Emilios and Yannis! 

[Juliett Alfa Romeo 540]

OK. Scenery purchased and waiting for my P3D v5.