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by **AdrianPetford** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:23 am

This is really looking good. It'll be great to have a quality Christchurch again as I really miss the Godzone scenery (and Cathedral Square) I had in FS9. A mammoth task, but you're ahead of the game Ian. Christchurch Council should take a leaf out of your book!

Cheers,

Ade

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:26 am

Thanks Adrian , i'd better send you the AGN updates including the gable roof fix Doug has been doodling with , they really enhance the area and he dos'nt even wear an orange jacket

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by **toprob** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:25 pm

AdrianPetford wrote:
QUOTE (AdrianPetford @ Mar 17 2012,11:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This is really looking good. It'll be great to have a quality Christchurch again as I really miss the Godzone scenery (and Cathedral Square) I had in FS9. A mammoth task, but you're ahead of the game Ian. Christchurch Council should take a leaf out of your book!

Cheers,

Ade

It would certainly be a worthwhile project having another photoreal Christchurch. Just for old-time's sake I loaded up the Cathedral Square scenery in FSX, and 'dropped in' for a look. Still hits me hard thinking about the condition of these buildings now, tomorrow is the last chance for locals to see the Cathedral before it comes down.

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:45 pm

Arrr Just how I remember it

Are you going to make the file available Rob , place it in the spot required like the Square we knew

by **lowflier** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:57 pm

Woah Looking great Ian, It really is looking the part. I have traffic everywhere, meticulously place autogen in abundance and fixed roof textures. Awesome work

by **Splitpin** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:12 pm

Your chc was some of the first addon i ever had Rob, a lot of water down the avon since then.
Said my goodbyes to the Cathedral yesterday.

by **toprob** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:17 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Mar 17 2012,6:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Arrr Just how I remember it Are you going to make the file available Rob , place it in the spot required like the Square we knew

I don't see why not. I'll track down the original models and re-export for FSX.

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:24 pm

lowflier wrote:
QUOTE (lowflier @ Mar 17 2012,6:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Woah Looking great Ian, It really is looking the part. I have traffic everywhere, meticulously place autogen in abundance and fixed roof textures. Awesome work

Thanks Daniel , now able to post updates quickly , all would be able to see the city grow again

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Mar 17 2012,7:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Your chc was some of the first addon i ever had Rob, a lot of water down the avon since then.
Said my goodbyes to the Cathedral yesterday.

Well since its going to be many many years before we have a city anything like it should .. we'll just jump in the Time Tunnel and step back a few months

toprob wrote:
QUOTE (toprob @ Mar 17 2012,7:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I don't see why not. I'll track down the original models and re-export for FSX.

Now that would be extra superb ! Cheers Rob

by **AdrianPetford** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:22 am

toprob wrote:
QUOTE (toprob @ Mar 17 2012,5:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It would certainly be a worthwhile project having another photoreal Christchurch. Just for old-time's sake I loaded up the Cathedral Square scenery in FSX, and 'dropped in' for a look. Still hits me hard thinking about the condition of these buildings now, tomorrow is the last chance for locals to see the Cathedral before it comes down.

I know. The Cathedral was one of the very first sights I saw in the South Island and that original visit to Christchurch was an amazing experience (I've been back once since, the year before the first quake). My heart is very heavy to think of the CBD now and especially that the Cathedral is about to come down. A very sad day but hopefully in years to come a great city will rise in its place.

On a happier note, thinking back it was that visit to Christchurch which kicked off my long association with NZ simming. I'd just come back from the trip and installed an old copy of FS2000 a friend had given me. Looking to see whether there was any custom NZ scenery, one of the first things I found was your site Rob, showcasing the then new Cathedral Square scenery. I was astounded, bought FS2002 and the Godzone subscription and the rest is history. So that Square scenery has quite a significance for me. I always preferred your photoreal version to the others available, too.

I agree, there's a great case for a "historical" Christchurch scenery based on the pre-quake photoreal. We can then have Cathedral Square and a still operational Wigram, plus Ian's fantastic autogen and the airport with the new tower and terminal. I still run FS9 with all of my custom addons so can fly the area in that, but it's becoming a bit of a burden to maintain as I fly FSX and P3D almost exclusively now. I also moved your Cathedral Square into FSX and was really impressed with how well it held up given it was built for FS2002. It was only the positioning that was slightly off with VLC. It'll be great to have FSX versions of the models, thanks very much for your work.

Cheers,

Ade

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:26 am

AdrianPetford wrote:
QUOTE (AdrianPetford @ Mar 18 2012,1:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I agree, there's a great case for a "historical" Christchurch scenery based on the pre-quake photoreal. We can then have Cathedral Square and a still operational Wigram, plus Ian's fantastic autogen and the airport with the new tower and terminal. I still run FS9 with all of my custom addons so can fly the area in that, but it's becoming a bit of a burden to maintain as I fly FSX and P3D almost exclusively now. I also moved your Cathedral Square into FSX and was really impressed with how well it held up given it was built for FS2002. It was only the positioning that was slightly off with VLC. It'll be great to have FSX versions of the models, thanks very much for your work.

That is the good part stepping back , least we reopen Wigram , Gavin 'Kahu' is working on it for this scenery , course with Rob going to re-position and convert the Old to new ... mentioned its going to be many many years before we see anything that may look like a CBD , plenty carparking spots now , makes and puts the traffic wardens outta work

by **AdrianPetford** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:31 am

Thanks for the heads up about your updated autogen, Ian. I installed it and took a CT4 up for a spin earlier and the whole area looks stunning. Top work!

Once the airports are in place and Rob reinstates Cathedral Square, it'll be way ahead of any FS9 version.

Great stuff!

Ade

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:05 pm

For those who d/load the Christchurch Photoreal scenery and have issue , the complete and update files have been moved .
Moved the d/load link for Christchurch photoreal to http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17417

All updates will follow thru this link keeping you all informed on the rebuild .

BEEP BEEP

by **scaber** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:19 pm

It's looking good but one thing I would like to see as a higher resolution photo background. What's the likelihood of being able to find something like that to go with all the nice work that Ian's done?

by **NZ255** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:29 pm

scaber wrote:
QUOTE (scaber @ Mar 22 2012,6:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's looking good but one thing I would like to see as a higher resolution photo background. What's the likelihood of being able to find something like that to go with all the nice work that Ian's done?

EXTREMELY HIGH!

http://koordinates.com/layer/3185-christch...os-24-feb-2011/

by **lowflier** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:40 pm

NZ255 wrote:
QUOTE (NZ255 @ Mar 22 2012,6:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
EXTREMELY HIGH!

http://koordinates.com/layer/3185-christch...os-24-feb-2011/

Holy heck, that is sweet

by **dbcunnz** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:46 pm

NZ255 wrote:
QUOTE (NZ255 @ Mar 22 2012,6:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
EXTREMELY HIGH!

http://koordinates.com/layer/3185-christch...os-24-feb-2011/

lowflier wrote:
QUOTE (lowflier @ Mar 22 2012,7:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Holy heck, that is sweet

Do you both realize that this data in not free cannot be download and can only be bought on DVDs or on a USB drive

by **kcgb** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:47 pm

who wants the awsome job of downloading the 19GB's of data and then putting on blendmasks

EDIT: opps, I forgot fixing all the clouds

by **dbcunnz** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:53 pm

kcgb wrote:
QUOTE (kcgb @ Mar 22 2012,8:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
who wants the awsome job of downloading the 19GB's of data and then putting on blendmasks

EDIT: opps, I forgot fixing all the clouds

If you check again you will find it can not be downloaded

by **lowflier** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:04 pm

dbcunnz wrote:
QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Mar 22 2012,8:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Do you both realize that this data in not free cannot be download and can only be bought on DVDs or on a USB drive

I do, thats why I download the airport region (Near 1.GB) and I might put it away for a rainy day(week/month/year) project.

by **toprob** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:16 pm

You can download it in chunks, but there are a lot of issues, which rule it out for me. Although the freeware NZCH I'm working on uses this, but only covers the airport. (The photo doesn't go any further north-west than the airport.)

Main concerns are:
The quality -- it is high resolution, but it was put together in a real hurry, and has numerous alignments problems.
The clouds, as pointed out earlier.
The earthquake damage -- as this was taken within days of the big earthquake, it shows a very damaged city. I've talked this over with a lot of people who have shown an interest, but there's no way I'd want to show any of the damage, especially areas where people were killed or injured. When you look at it close-up, in parts it is just devastation, not only fallen buildings but flooding and liquefaction out east.

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