ORBX : Welcome to the Mother City - Landmarks Cape Town!

[SAPilot 213]

Definite purchase for me - my backyard.

https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/208043-welcome-to-the-mother-city-landmarks-cape-town/

Edited June 7, 2021 by SAPilot
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[JSmith2112 317]

Hmm, my backyard as well, thanks for the heads up.

[Riaan77077 27]

My showcase of the newest product in the ORBX Landmarks package that include a number of iconic locations to explore across what is commonly referred to as “Mother City”. Cape Town, South Africa is known for its urban areas, iconic Table Mountain and stunning views over the Atlantic.

 

 

[RaptyrOne 1,463]

Cape Town International is pretty well done by Asobo, this will finish the area off nicely. Did they do the Table Mountain cableway?

There is a freeware Lion’s Head mod on flightsim.to that greatly improves the elevation mapping of that hill. In the video it is still the Asobo generic rounded bump. Wonder if it will work with this mod? 
 Curious to know about how this affects sim (PC) performance. Can those that have purchased comment on that?

 

[SAPilot 213]

8 hours ago, RaptyrOne said:

Cape Town International is pretty well done by Asobo, this will finish the area off nicely. Did they do the Table Mountain cableway?

There is a freeware Lion’s Head mod on flightsim.to that greatly improves the elevation mapping of that hill. In the video it is still the Asobo generic rounded bump. Wonder if it will work with this mod? 
 Curious to know about how this affects sim (PC) performance. Can those that have purchased comment on that?

 

Planning to purchase and install tomorrow. Away from home base right now. About the Lions Head mod, will only know once ORBX installed. I know after a previous sim update it was hovering in the air, but the author fixed it quickly. 

@Riaan77077

Thanks for the video. It looks great! 

Edited June 13, 2021 by SAPilot
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[Riaan77077 27]

On 6/13/2021 at 8:30 AM, RaptyrOne said:

Cape Town International is pretty well done by Asobo, this will finish the area off nicely. Did they do the Table Mountain cableway?

There is a freeware Lion’s Head mod on flightsim.to that greatly improves the elevation mapping of that hill. In the video it is still the Asobo generic rounded bump. Wonder if it will work with this mod? 
 Curious to know about how this affects sim (PC) performance. Can those that have purchased comment on that?

 

I flew it again this morning and there is no impact on my laptop performance. Frame rates seems to be better than with the flightsim.to Cape Town CBD freeware scenery I have been using up to now.

They did model the cable car stations on the ground and on Table Mountain but I could not see if the actual cable car movement was modelled.

The Lions Head addon seems to fit in well with the Asobo scenery

In my video I did not cover some of the custom buildings that Asobo added around Sea Point (see screenshot)

I also left in my flightsim.to freeware scenery for Mouile Point and these seems to have fitted in well with the Asobo scenery (see screenshot)

[Riaan77077 27]

15 hours ago, SAPilot said:

Planning to purchase and install tomorrow. Away from home base right now. About the Lions Head mod, will only know once ORBX installed. I know after a previous sim update it was hovering in the air, but the author fixed it quickly. 

@Riaan77077

Thanks for the video. It looks great! 

@Riaan77077

Thanks for the video. It looks great! 

Pleasure!

[Riaan77077 27]

I had a look at the wheel at the Waterfront as well as the cable car and can confirm unfortunately these are not automated so no wheel turning and the cable car does not move up and down the mountain

For me personally it is disappointing that ORBX did not model some parts of the CBD. Where I work next to Greenmarket Square they modelled the next door building namely the Reserve Bank and further up the road the Western Cape Government Offices in Wale Street but not our building. They have also placed a default building in the middle of what should be Greenmarket Square which detracts from the area (see screenshot below of the Southern Sun Hotel and the Reserve Bank with our office right next door not modelled)

What is interesting though is that they include a building that is yet to be constructed and that is the Zero 2 One futuristic building on the corner of Adderley and Strand Streets. The construction of the building which after completion will be the highest in Cape Town has been delayed because of COVID.

I wonder why they went to trouble to include a planned building into their scenery? 

 https://landequity.co.za/project/zero-2-one-tower/

https://businesstech.co.za/news/property/362346/heres-how-much-it-will-cost-to-buy-an-apartment-in-cape-towns-new-tallest-building/

 

[Riaan77077 27]

 

[SierraDelta 1,366]

49 minutes ago, Riaan77077 said:

I wonder why they went to trouble to include a planned building into their scenery? 

Why don't you ask them?