https://fselite.net/content/orbx-releases-global-powerlines-for-msfs/

I have been informed that the powerlines do not actually connect from tower to tower. They only extend a short distance from each tower, and sometimes point in completely different directions when compared to the line of towers. I have also been told that only one type of tower model can be used globally at any one time, even though there are apparently nineteen different types for "regional variation".

I would be interested to have the above information independently confirmed.....

Edited April 6, 20251 yr by Christopher Low

7 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

I have been informed that the powerlines do not actually connect from tower to tower. They only extend a short distance from each tower, and sometimes point in completely different directions when compared to the line of towers. I have also been told that only one type of tower model can be used globally at any one time, even though there are apparently nineteen different types for "regional variation".

I would be interested to have the above information independently confirmed.....

Everything you said is true, except you get to install one model for high line and one model for low line. 

Edited April 6, 20251 yr by Gulf76

Well if this is true, they are virtually useless.  The colour of the metalwork doesn't even look right.  It looks so artificial. Why would anybody have these instead of Puffin Flight's version. 

I have lost faith with this company anyway.  A lot was wasted money looking back now, with very slow updates to the aircraft and airfields.  And I really don't know what they were thinking of releasing that TBD Avenger.

Edited April 6, 20251 yr by bobcat999

1 hour ago, Christopher Low said:

I have been informed that the powerlines do not actually connect from tower to tower. They only extend a short distance from each tower, and sometimes point in completely different directions when compared to the line of towers. I have also been told that only one type of tower model can be used globally at any one time, even though there are apparently nineteen different types for "regional variation".

I would be interested to have the above information independently confirmed.....

Ouch, glad I read this before buying!

Power lines and towers must be difficult to model because the same thing happened with the  powerline addon in 2020.  The towers were out of scale relative to local environment and the actual cables were intrusive and very unrealistic.  

I'm surprise nobody talks about a very good powerline addon available for MSFS2020 as a freeware by Mamu (Federico Pinotti). I've been using it for years I don't really remember from where I got it, maybe FS.to.

And it is MSFS2024 compatible 😉

As far as I am aware, that freeware version of the powerlines addon is no longer available. It is now payware.

It is. But it is MILES ahead of this product here, not only because you actually get powerLINES and not only the masts.

4 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

I have been informed that the powerlines do not actually connect from tower to tower. They only extend a short distance from each tower, and sometimes point in completely different directions when compared to the line of towers. I have also been told that only one type of tower model can be used globally at any one time, even though there are apparently nineteen different types for "regional variation".

I would be interested to have the above information independently confirmed.....

Theres far more than 19 types of pylon, there are many variations on mainstream designs, but you could probably do a good job with maybe 10 types in the sim

Edited April 6, 20251 yr by Rusty Spanner

Just to echo @edpatino and @AnkH, the Mamu "Powerlines and Solar Farms" package is just excellent. And, I might add, so are his "Marinas" and "Project Lifts." They are now payware (each is 15.00 euros, 13.50 euros on sale) and IMHO well worth the price for those who normally fly within sight of the ground. His website is Mamu Design.

It looks to me as if the Orbx pylons work well in MSFS 2020 and all the reported faults here are only to be seen in MSFS 2024.
This is next to a power station in the UK, but in MSFS 2020:

The same power station can be seen from miles away in MSFS 2020, but in MSFS 2024, only the chimney can be seen
from miles away and the cooling towers pop in as it is approached.
I wonder if that is also what is happening to the cables.
We must all be aware that until they are close, AI and multiplayer landing aircraft have no undercarriage
and in some cases no engines and no propellers until they are almost close enough to touch.
At a guess, the simulator is treating the cables as too small to display unless close by.

Edited April 6, 20251 yr by Reader

Mamu gives superb support on his Discord. I floundered around installing my copy (solar farms didn't look right) and he has the patience of a saint.

For the record, when you buy from his website you given two downloads, both names the same. I put this down to 'foreign-ness'

It was in fact one for powerlines and one for solar farms. 🙄

Although for the life of me I questioned why did I want to install monstrous blots on the landscapes? 

5 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

Although for the life of me I questioned why did I want to install monstrous blots on the landscapes? 

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