I was thinking of building SimV it's own airport with AFCAD. There are some things I need to know though. Where should we have it and how big should it be? I also need help placing buildings since I can't figure out how to do that. 

Well we all finally have our own airport. I would suggest multiple runways. In all directions. They should be adequate to land most of SimV's aircraft. Taxi ways are a must. Try to have a really really long runway for aircraft tests and fun going head on collisions. 

Dunno of the posibilities but maybe you could create an island?

Otherwise... mu choice would be Switserland or Austria couz that is where I do most of my flying

That's a good idea...I'm willing to help with the design.  I'm just getting the hang of Gmax and EZ-scenery but I'm very proficient with AFCAD .

I think it would be cool if we made our own little island out in the middle of some ocean.  That way everyone wins...nobody has to feel "shunned" because it's not in their country...

- Kevin

In the middle of the pond between the UK and USA. 

This is a great idea, im no help though as i don't know how to do any of the required parts.  I think we should have a new island say in between UK and USA, it would be great for multiplayer

10000FT runway so you can mess aroun with takeoffs and landings or to pratice aborting takeoffs. And wide enought for 3 aircraft side by side for formation and make a long parking place by the runway for airshows.

looks fine. lets see good emount of runways one big runway and lots of space. i think that should do.

Now comes the difficult part. Put the taxiways around it without destroying the 'V'. Then find a small island (or make one. Is that even possible?) to put it on. And remember, people need to be able to reach it in a Microlight if necessary.

Crash

I make my own airports, airfields, and modify existing airports, etc, on a daily basis, using Lago FSSE/FSE, Abacus' E-Z Scenery, Runway 3, AFCAD, etc, design programs, but you should be well aware that a highly complex scenery design can have a drastic effect upon your Frame Rates... ...!

If you then use that scenery for Multiplayer fly-ins, you will have serious Frame Rate problems.... ...!
Microsoft's own Autogen scenery is designed to be frame-rate friendly, with the use of low polygon objects!

For that reason I design my scenery with only the amount of objects that does not have a serious effect upon Frame Rates......!

Paul...G-BPLF... ...!

Isn't Antarctica one big piece of ice? Why put it there? For that reason you could put it dead smack in the middle of the Sahara desert. Instead of ice you'll have sand. It's just a thought but why not put it near Alaska? You'll have everything there, snow, ice, green meadows, forrests, water, mountains, nice weather, bad weather, plenty of big and small airports to fly to, nice fishing spots and Russia isn't to far away for Ivan. So everything you'll need. And there are plenty of small islands without an airfield so you don't need to make an island.

Crash   (keeping the mob running in the right direction)

I think that there are a lot of people out there who will be able to make very detailed airports with next to no frame rate impact. I know not everyone would be able to, but it may be possible to do a whip around and maybe get a contribution from some members, and then maybe ask a professional to do it? This may sound a bit odd but I think many of the people who design sceneries would be more willing if there was some bonus for their efforts...?

I think the SIMV idea for the taxi/runways may not turn out to be the best idea, much as Crash said, any objects around the lettering would ruin the effect, and it may not be the most functional of layouts. To please everyone, I think the airport should be split into 3 distinct areas, that are all linked, such as; GA airfield, Commercial Airport, and a military base of some form. Each of these areas would have its own runways, but be linked by a series of taxiways....?

I think that this could really work, if we have enough people to participate. Anyone with a knowledge of gMax could pitch in, so maybe if the main designer needed something, they could maybe make a post requesting a catering truck or something, and someone could go off and make it, the same could be said for textures, building etc. Then we would only need 1 person to piece it all together?!

Alex

I think we should have it for FS9, as the majority of users here use fs9.

For the island place, how about somewhere in this section just of Africa and Tenerife....

Bermuda Triangle...?

No arguments then, as no one will be able to find it anyway...

...sorted... ...!

E-Z Scenery Library contains all the objects within the Flight Simulator, ready to use directly...!

Paul... ...!

I can't see what is wrong with slightly modifying an existing Default airfield or airstrip...using AFCAD and E-Z Scenery, etc, and then uploading the File to Simviation....
Most of the work is done for you then... ...!
...all for an easy life!... ...!

Great idea, my brains a tad fried to-day, so i'll reserve making any suggestions for now, but I think it's an amazing idea.  

Wait, It's got to be at the highest point on earth........which is where?...told you i'm fried to-day...

Let's sticky this thread for a while until it's all sorted out and settled. 

True Fozzer 

Anyway we can make the IACO code SIMV aswell?

I agree from Pete, even i am from UK and I think it should be somewhere around the east coast say NY.

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..you can also include your own VOR and NDB stations, with their own radio frequencies...

...you won't get lost then... ...!

Paul... ...!

Hey guys, here's what I came up with so far.  I took the basic airport design I had made (check the other pages in this thread) and put it in FS.  The location I put it in (obiviously it can change) is a nice flat area just outside of Las Vegas.  There are mountains around, as well as water.  Here's what I looks like:

The overhead view:


The view from the air:


The surrounding area:


Sorry the shots are so dark, I took them really quickly.  I also will adjust the taxiways etc. so they can be seen better against the ground.  What do you think?

- Kevin

I like it but as I said, there are some changes that will have to be made with it. We will see how it goes.

I don't know whether you guys would be up to it, but I have an idea - seeing as none of us can agree on where to put the SimV airport or what it will have in it (great idea by the way), we could all plot out our own designs for the airport (AFCAD, photoshop, MS Paint, whatever) and perhaps decide on the best parts of each and include them on this one big SimV airport? Just an idea - what are your thoughs on it?

murjax wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2007 at 7:58am:


That's what I was thinking as well.  I think it's a good idea.

- Kevin

Looks nice Cspyro...I guess the question is whether we want a conventional airport design (like yours) or a radical one (like mine)...Which does everyone prefer?  Personally I'd like to have a very "different" airport for the V...but that's just my opinion...

- Kevin

cspyro21 wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2007 at 9:59am:


Definately...personally I think it would be cool to have the two runways in a "V" shape...that would make for some crazy approaches .  Actually, if you look at it, the runways in your design are in a V as well...so putting the two ideas would make for something like this:



How's that?

- Kevin

Nice layout there Kevin! 

I've exntended on my normal layout and I've added a military-like part, could make for some 'different' approaches...

stuart1044 wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2007 at 12:10pm:


That's the point, Stuart...there would be some interesting approaches with two runways right by each other like that .  The final approaches would cross ...that would be awesome .

Looks good Charlie...now let's hear it from the rest...which type of airport?  Conventional or..er...extreme?

Or both?  We could have two SIMV airports on two sides of the globe...

- Kevin

Sorry missed a trick there Kevin

Why not try to have an approach like Kai Tak?

I think it would be cool to have two of them.  Since the US and Europe seem the most popular, we could have one in each country.  Where is the one you are creating right now located Charlie?  Mine is outside of Las Vegas.

Maybe we could even have a repainter draw up some SIMV paints and put AI flying between them .  That would be awesome!

I look forward to seeing your idea Murjax...this is getting good .

- Kevin

FSGT Gabe wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2007 at 2:32pm:
I am not sure about the idea of two SimV airports. First of all only one can have the ID of SIMV and things can get confusing. Just give it some thought. 

FSGT Gabe wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2007 at 2:32pm:


I haven't located it yet Kevin but I was thinking of southern France (I like flying in France - also the Alps would only be a short flight away  ).

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Murjax, you have a good point...perhaps we could use the airport ID as "SIM1", "SIM2" etc or "V001", "V002" if we were going to have two airports.

Nice track Kat! Perhaps we should have out own track incorporating the "V" idea that Kevin has in his airport... 

I've recently began to rework my small project - and finally learnt how to place buildings (although they're default):

Here's the new desgin with a 9000ft RWY and a larger apron:



I've also added a road leading out to the default road, a "car park" and a helipad.

And here it is in the Sim:



Below is a view onto the GA apron with the "aircraft hangars" (default shed of somesort but looked cool) and the "SimV GA Clubhouse" (default hotel - don't complain, it comes with a swimming pool and I'm sure there will be plenty of babes... )



Below is looking south onto the tower and the main RWY:



And last but not least, something I felt had to be included in any SimV project....

Here is a shot of the SimV Track that I made. I decided to stick with a blocky look since curves and windy roads can ruin the overall appeal of the track.



Features:

• Docking Port - There's even room for a cruiseliner
• Series of U-Turns
• Runway can be used for drag racing
• Its location over water provides a challenge
• A ramp will be included so that cars can make sudden jumps from one end of a taxiway to another [notice the gap in the right ride]

Thanks Charlie, since this thread started it got me into moding some airports, but i want to add buildings and terminals, so if you work out how to do the terminals then feel free to share

FSGT Gabe wrote on Feb 24^th, 2007 at 1:15pm:


Thanks Kevin - I was considering RWY 12, but if you use it in a package doesn't that mean that the downloader has to download RWY 12 as well? 

cspyro21 wrote on Feb 24^th, 2007 at 1:23pm:


...not if you use the default scenery objects, and I believe it includes some default terminals.  I've got it installed and I'll have a look and let you know before you bother downloading...

- Kevin

We're looking good here, my afcad knowledge is less than your average zoo chimpanzee so i'll keep my suggestions to a minimum. I can't get over what an amazing idea this is though. Keep it up everyone, maybe we can have twin airports, located 5-10 minutes from each other...one for aerobatics and one for more serious "by the book" traffic..just thinking out loud. 

I know it's taking a long time for my ideas to come out but you will like it when it does. My airport is going to be huge with lots of different runways. I think it should be ready by Tuesday. 

Hey guys, she's looking good .  My airport is coming along...new shots coming hopefully today or tomorrow...

- Kevin

Wow its really coming along, eh?
I think we need more runways.
Something like Chicago O'hare.

The "Sim" word is cool, maybe you could have that be the center and build the other runways around that.
Also some helipads would be nice.
But, I also have absolutely no knowledge of AFCAD etc., just giving what I think, as an average FS pilot, would make it better!

Great work and Good luck!
-David

By the way, what is that word? a texture?

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Well, there are three runways - two 8,000 ft ones and one 4,000 foot one.  And there are four helipads already, you can see them if you look between the two aprons .  The word "SIM" is actually just created using taxiways in AFCAD.

I'm not sure if we need more runways...I mean how busy is this airport going to be?  I thought it was going to be basically a "personal" airport for SIMV users...like we won't be adding flights there from all over the world because that would take away from the realism in the sim (which we all want ).

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Can't wait to see what you've come up with Murjax .

- Kevin

By the way I do plan to add more. 

FSGT Gabe wrote on Feb 27^th, 2007 at 3:42pm:
Does water cause that problem? I need to know what the problem is before I continue with the rest of the airport. 

FSGT Gabe wrote on Feb 27^th, 2007 at 7:53pm:
I can create a new airport no problem. I just want it to look good. Is the water causing the problem? What is causing the problem?

Well I'm not sure what to say because I don't know what exactly the problem is...   What's the big problem?  I see the airport...on water, yes, but this problem is very obvious to solve LOL .  I mean of course when you make crazy designs like this you can't expect them to look normal...but what do you mean by looking "good"?  You've got to be specific before we can really help you out with this....

- Kevin

cloud9 wrote on Feb 28^th, 2007 at 6:17pm:
Ok, I will give that a try. 

Ok, I think I have pretty much got the problem fixed and I hope to have it out by next week. I hope I don't run into anymore problems. 

murjax wrote on Mar 6^th, 2007 at 10:17pm:


Is that a bar code on the side?

it would be better if the word 'sim' was not just randomly placed in.  if its a taxi-way shaped to look like the word 'sim' then why not make it so you can actually use it...instead of it going nowhere like now.

I have now closed the poll because it has been open long enough and we need to move on with getting it out for the people of SimV. USA wins.  

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Ok I will put a new poll up to vote on whose airport should be the one for SimV.

cspyro21 wrote on Mar 7^th, 2007 at 2:51pm:



Looks like an airport to me 



I know it is mainly a racetrack, but it has a runway, and parking spaces. And looks good, I suppose it just fits my idea of the SIMV airport