This add-on brings Bavaria's second largest international airport in an incomparably authentic and lively atmosphere to X-Plane.
Over a development period of around 2.5 years, the two designers Volker Wegner and Lars Pinkenburg have rebuilt all the buildings and facilities of the real airport on the basis of more than 1,000 photos taken on site with great attention to detail for the simulator. The airport environment was also modeled with great attention to detail and covers a total area of around 55 km², with numerous characteristic buildings, traffic routes and terrain features, so that the depiction is extremely close to reality even during the approach and departure phases.
A special highlight of the scenery are the innumerable vehicle animations, which contribute significantly to the realistic atmosphere at the airport. A lot of work was also put into the lifelike depiction of the taxiway and apron surfaces.
The scenery addon has been implemented using state-of-the-art X-Plane conversion techniques which, despite the high model and texture complexity, enable a smooth framerate on current simulator PC hardware.
Features:
Highly realistic rendition of Nuremberg Airport based on most recent geodata
55 km² satellite imagery coverage with resolution up to 20cm/px including all seasons
Highly detailed buildings with internal modelling of the terminal and Hangar 2
PBR ground and marking textures
Athmospheric HDR night lighting
Animated Jetways (SAM Plugin required)
Custom seasonal textures (XP11: SAM Plugin required, XP12: native XP12 seasons)
Snow and rain effects
Animated FAI gate (SAM Plugin required)
Custom Runway lights automatically switched on in low visibility
Detailed airport lighting including REILs, Running Rabbits and HDR Lighting
Custom vehicle animations on the apron
Animated tower radar (SAM Plugin required)
Static aircraft with proper liveries and registrations
X-Plane conform export of all scenery elements using the latest techniques
New in the XP12 version:
Standalone, fully customized XP12 version
Revised lighting
Ground textures now including PBR reflections and normal maps
Revised orthophoto, color optimized for XP12, including autumn/winter version and normal map
Reworked vegetation placement (new volumetric grass)
XP12 3D vegetation for forests, trees and bushes for seamless integration into the environment
Weather effects for wet, snow and ice
Full support for native XP12 seasons, with no other add-ons or plugins
Reworked autogen and street placement
Revised static aircrafts
