When a scenery package author wants to use an object from a scenery library
Scenery libraries differ from normal scenery packages in that they don'tīy themselves cause X-Plane to draw any scenery instead they provideĪ collection of scenery objects that can be used in scenery packages. Scenery objects, bitmaps, and other scenery types like facades, forests Live in the Custom Scenery folder and they contain Scenery libraries are similar to normal scenery packages in that they Scenery libraries are a good way to share scenery objects with other It is assumed that you already know how to make a scenery This mini-tutorial shows you how to use scenery libraries and how toĬreate your own. While we are still updating the individual file listing descriptions, be sure to know they will work with X-Plane 12.Using and creating a scenery library Overview Most of the scenery packs (especially orthophoto/photoreal) covered here work out of the box with the latest X-Plane 12 release of September 2022. Most (if not all) of the files come with detailed installation instructions.īrowsing the category is also simple - you can sort the files using the handy "sort by" feature below. Installation is easy and can usually be achieved with an unzip and simple drag-drop into your X-Plane folders. Worth noting is that all of the mesh add-ons released by the well-known AlpilotX can be found here. Towns and cities that may not be as detailed in the default install.
New ground terrain including photoreal (or Orthophoto as it's known) covering areas such as the USA, Europe, Australia, and more.Some of the scenery add-ons included in this category: If you are already running X-Plane 12 or 11 on your platform then these files will work without issue - they are universal.
All of the files are compatible with any platform that runs X-Plane.
Having said that, the wait is worth it because the level of detail is stunning and once you've used photoreal you won't go back to the default.Īdding these files is a great way to expand upon the default installation. These files are usually very large and may take a long time to download on a standard Internet connection. Screenshot showing the Arizona photoreal scenery in X-Plane.Ĭovered here are small airfields that the developers may have missed out on the default release because of development resource limits all the way up to large international airports that are already included but provide a better, more accurate, and detailed representation of them.Īlso included are highly detailed photoreal packages that replace the stock ground terrain with real photographic images from satellite data.
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