I agree.  They are definitely not the best in terms of optimization.  But at the same time I have enough VRAM hanging around that I accept it for a much better looking scenery.  

OK, perhaps someone can assist.  I got GSX working but is there any documentation?  Where do you select between textures?  I see animated people but only in a tiny portion of the J gates.  I purchased via inibuilds however there is no forum support for KMIA yet that I could see.  

Very close to just going back to the LatinVFR version...

 

41 minutes ago, psolk said:

OK, perhaps someone can assist.  I got GSX working but is there any documentation?  Where do you select between textures?  I see animated people but only in a tiny portion of the J gates.  I purchased via inibuilds however there is no forum support for KMIA yet that I could see.  

Very close to just going back to the LatinVFR version...

 

It's a scenery, I'm not sure what there is to document other than the textures choice. If you installed via iniManager, you can select the texture through iniManager on your product page. If you don't do it that way and/or don't use iniManager, Orbx's product page has a description on how to change the textures that are used.

inibuilds selling for $19.00

Orbx selling or $35.00

4 minutes ago, Sunshine13 said:

inibuilds selling for $19.00

Orbx selling or $35.00

Yeah you really have to check the prices on ORBX…most are a little bit more expensive and every once in a while they are significantly more expensive like this. 

Thanks for the heads up.

12 minutes ago, Sunshine13 said:

inibuilds selling for $19.00

Orbx selling or $35.00

Thats British pounds compared to Australian dollars. Orbx is still slightly more expensive, but only by about $3 Australian dollars. 

1 hour ago, mmcmah said:

It's a scenery, I'm not sure what there is to document other than the textures choice. If you installed via iniManager, you can select the texture through iniManager on your product page. If you don't do it that way and/or don't use iniManager, Orbx's product page has a description on how to change the textures that are used.

I didn't know if there were any options other than the textures, as I mentioned I only see the J gates modeled with  animated people on the South side of the airport, not sure of the A-D gates or if that was configurable but it's a bit of bait and switch to show screenshots of a fully modelled interior but fail to mention it's only in limited areas, hence looking for documentation before I started jumping to conclusions.  Didn't seem like a strange ask... 

Good on Orbx by the way, inibuilds has nothing on how to change the textures nor any support for KMIA in the forum scenery section...

Edited February 18, 20242 yr by psolk

52 minutes ago, Sunshine13 said:

inibuilds selling for $19.00

Orbx selling or $35.00

Not sure this is correct?  I see ini builds at £18.30 GBP, which they say is $23.06 USD.  ORBX is $35.20 AUD, which they say is $22.99 USD.  So ORBX may be the less expensive option, saving a whopping 7 cents!

If you see $18USD please share the link...

Joe

Sorry about that, inibuilds says 18.30 GBP, when u take a quick look u think its US dollars.

Anyway I just bought it today was roaming around with the PMDG 737-800 and frames on my system were between 14 and 22, which kind of stinks,  Most of my graphic settings are on Ultra and High and TLOD is at 150 and also runnjing Samscene, and FS Traffic  I have bought many airports from this developer such as CYUL,KSEA, KOAK, KMEM, and all except KPHX, whiich is a bit choppy.

1 hour ago, psolk said:

I didn't know if there were any options other than the textures, as I mentioned I only see the J gates modeled with  animated people on the South side of the airport, not sure of the A-D gates or if that was configurable but it's a bit of bait and switch to show screenshots of a fully modelled interior but fail to mention it's only in limited areas, hence looking for documentation before I started jumping to conclusions.  Didn't seem like a strange ask... 

Good on Orbx by the way, inibuilds has nothing on how to change the textures nor any support for KMIA in the forum scenery section...

I haven't looked at the interiors, so I don't know where they modelled them and where they didn't. However, Alexey of BMWorld tends to be responsive and can be reached at [email protected].

3 hours ago, mmcmah said:

I haven't looked at the interiors, so I don't know where they modelled them and where they didn't. However, Alexey of BMWorld tends to be responsive and can be reached at [email protected].

It's not about emailing him it's about him being accurate about the product description vs what is more like a bit of a bait and switch technique. 

When you show images like these and then state animated people as "features" just be transparent and let people know the entire airport isn't modeled like this...  Ironically, even both their screenshots show the J gates which is the only place I've found the terminal interior modeled...  

 

1 hour ago, psolk said:

When you show images like these and then state animated people as "features" just be transparent and let people know the entire airport isn't modeled like this...  Ironically, even both their screenshots show the J gates which is the only place I've found the terminal interior modeled...  

Apparently you have extra FPS to enjoy the interior of huge airports. Not everyone is so lucky.

I kinda like ur sarcasin Flying-Hare.

On 2/18/2024 at 12:40 AM, psolk said:

Edit:  Opened FSDT Installer and went to GSX options, searched for KMIA and that's where the duplicate was coming from.  De-activated KMIA within GSX, loaded MSFS configured all gates to have a jetway and all is working as expected.  Figured I'd put my resolution here in case anyone has the same issue.

That's one of the quirks of GSX that are annoying. It doesn't see half my addon airports and doesn't exclude them from the jetway replacement feature. I constantly have to exlcude them manually first.

Edited February 19, 20242 yr by threexgreen

40 minutes ago, threexgreen said:

That's one of the quirks of GSX that are annoying. It doesn't see half my addon airports and doesn't exclude them from the jetway replacement feature. I constantly have to exlcude them manually first.

You can be sure GSX will automatically detect 3rd party airports, assuming they conform to the official naming convention suggested in the SDK, which mandates a package should be named using the following pattern: developer-airport-icao-airportname.

Of course, this is only enforced by Microsoft for products released on the Marketplace, but if you have airports that don't respect this standard (usually freeware or payware not on the Marketplace), GSX cannot possibly identify them automatically, because while checking only the package name is very fast, scanning deep ALL files of ALL packages in the whole Community folder, trying to identify which of them contains airports, is extremely time consuming and not very reliable.

Which is why the GSX manual clearly explains that airports with non-conforming package names must be added manually.

If you encountered a case of an airport that comes in a package that conforms to the official naming convention and it hasn't been found by GSX, report it, and we'll verify it.