NZHK - Hokitika Airport, New Zealand (2023) - GSX Ready. FPS Friendly.
Note your sim must be up to date with all world updates installed. You do not need any photogrammetry installed, just the base world updates as I borrow scenery from those resources. This project makes extensive use of the UK2000 Scenery Library which is free in the Marketplace. Please make sure you have it installed.
V 1.0
Welcome to Hokitika Airport as I continue to build up NZ with some more quality scenery. This replaces LSWAIN's previous scenery that is no longer being supported and was not GSX compatible. It also suffered horrendous FPS issues, even on high-end rigs. My work solves both of these issues.
This airfield is just a short VFR hop from Westport Airport, one of Microsoft's hand crafted airports from NZ World Update 12, and for me is an important link down the west coast of the South Island toward Milford Sound.
Based on aerial photography and Google Earth/Street imagery from 2023, I have recreated this as best I can from the usual sources. I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed building it.
V 1.3
Found issues that I had missed that can't be ignored. Hence this official update. Apologies.
- Fixed a nasty 1 metre cliff across RWY 30 that I never noticed until I taxied along it and broke my propeller!
- Fixed the cobblestone wall which was morphing into one of the buildings.
- Corrected some textures that had overlayed others that should have had the priority.
- Corrected the 2 open hangars which were floating a little.
- Added more objects into those hangars.
- Added more objects around the airfield while I was at it.
- Added a boundary fence which I had forgotten to do.
V 2.0 - Early Easter Present
Yup, version 2.0 already. See new screenshots.
Extra features include:
- Cleared trees around the approaches to the runways.
- Apron wear and grime.
- New 'advanced' ground texturing of the outer parking and general support-buildings areas.
- Loads more objects, carpark signs, road signs, clutter etc, still maintaining friendly FPS.
- Drainage added to the aprons to clear that notorious westcoast rain away.
- Live sheep and a nuisance german shepherd - check near the rental car building.
- Weather farm near the apron (once I finally figured out what it actually was...)
Be sure to read the note in yellow at the top of this description regarding the state of your MSFS installation in order for everything to display correctly. I try hard to keep the depenencies to a minimum.
HELP ME STOP THE WIFE CHUCKING A TANTRUM:
If you appreciate the work that I have done and it gives you joy, PLEASE consider smashing that Paypal button and donate to the cause, just $5 or $10 or whatever you think is fair. I would love to continue to pump out these near-payware quality airfields for you to all enjoy but I have to justify my time and effort these days to the wife. Help me take her out to dinner or she will put a stop to anymore ''time-wasting" :(
Tip:
Don't forget to reload your Little Navmap scenery library now and then in order to keep your new airfields accurately portrayed within it. This way all your new taxiway designations are updated among other things.
LNM automatically searches through your community folder during the process which runs in the background so you can keep simming.
From the menu bar of LNM: Scenery Library | Load Scenery Library | press Load. When finished, press Use Database.
Instructions:
Unzip and drop into your Community folder.
Enjoy.
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