Dortmund (EDLW) Scenery for X-Plane
Embark on an immersive journey through the Ruhr region's heart with the Dortmund Scenery for X-Plane. This meticulously crafted add-on brings a lifelike simulation of Dortmund, including its bustling airport and surrounding airfields, to your flight simulator experience. Read more...
- Compatibility
- X-Plane 12 & 11
- Installation size
- 2.95 GB for XP12, 6.95 GB for XP11
- Developer
- Aerosoft
At its core, the add-on offers an expansive recreation of Dortmund's urban landscape, meticulously modeled to mirror the real world. The package extends to Dortmund Airport (EDLW) and the charming Hengsen-Opherdicke airfield (EO08), alongside the essential Hospital Centre North’s helipad, each detailed with precision.
Experience a heightened level of realism with photo-realistic ground textures, embracing a resolution of 50cm/px. These textures are bolstered by bump mapping, enhancing the terrain's authenticity, especially in the airport vicinity. The bump map feature, adaptable for X-Plane 12, adds a tangible depth to the scenery, which pilots can toggle according to preference.
Features
- Comprehensive airport and airfield models, featuring landmark structures, align closely with their real-world counterparts.
- Navigation aids like ILS, VOR/DME, NDB, and ATIS are accurately replicated, ensuring a realistic navigation experience.
- Advanced night effects and runway illumination, specifically enhanced for X-Plane 12, bring the scenery to life after dusk.
- PBR-based ground textures at the airport, incorporating dynamic weather effects for wet, snowy, and icy conditions.
- Dortmund's 3D city model and the Hengsen-Opherdicke airfield are presented with a color-optimized aerial image at 60cm/px resolution.
- Manually corrected autogen areas enhance the realism around the city and airport, with an option to adapt them for SimHeaven sceneries.
- Dynamic elements such as animated wind turbines, windsocks, and ship traffic on the Dortmund-Ems Canal enrich the environment.
- Seamless integration with XP12’s new 3D vegetation for an uninterrupted natural landscape.
- Full support for XP12's native seasons, requiring no additional add-ons or plugins.
- Reflective water surfaces with PBR enhancements, filling gaps in the simulator's default water bodies.
- Animated Marshaller and jetways, compatible with the SAM plugin, elevate the airport's operational feel.
The Dortmund Scenery is not just a visual upgrade. It's a comprehensive, true-to-life enhancement that brings the authentic experience of flying in and around Dortmund to your simulator. With its high-fidelity features and attention to detail, this add-on is a must-have for any enthusiast looking to deepen their virtual aviation journey.
About Aerosoft
Aerosoft has been in the flight sim business since 1991 - true veterans of flight simulation software and providing add-ons for flight simulator users and virtual pilots.
Based in Germany, they have a true appreciation of attention to detail in flight sim quality. They have published many hit titles in the flight sim world over the years and they are known globally in the flight sim community.
Aerosoft publishes many titles from smaller flight sim names bringing their add-ons and creations to fruition and putting them in front of the masses.
Aerosoft is always at the forefront of the latest flight simulator technology and their customer after-sale support is second to none.
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