Today Flight Simulation add-on developers shared news focusing on Microsoft Flight Simulator and X-Plane, including aircraft and scenery.
Here on Simulation Daily, we publish daily roundups to help you stay in touch with everything happening in the super-lively Flight Simulation industry.
Without further ado, you can check out all the news below.
Yonaguni Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator Released
FS Formosa released its second airport in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, Yonaguni (ROYN). It’s available on Simmarket for $18.85
It even includes the main location of the popular Japanese TV drama Dr. Coto’s Clinic, inspired by the manga Dr. Koto Shinryujo, filmed on Yonaguni Island. It includes the following features
- High-resolution details:
- Utilizes full-spec PBR texture mapping to achieve realistic lighting and shadow effects.
- High realism:
- Customizable Biomes definitions, buildings, vehicles, ground and road objects, lighting, fence and wind vane animations.
- Performance-friendly:
- Optimized LODs based on official guidelines to balance detail and performance.
Squamish Municipal Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator Released
Burning Blue Design released Squamish Municipal Airport (CYSE) in Canada. It’s currently available on Orbx Direct for $18.87. It includes the following perks.
- Over 90 custom 3D objects each with full Physical Based Rendering (PBR) textures.
- Based on the June 2024 layout.
- Full custom night lighting.
- Animated hangar doors that close at night.
- Completely custom windsock.
- Animated spectators who leave at night.
- Real-life aircraft based at Squamish Municipal Airport:
- Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibious (C-CNFN) – Glacier Air
- Cessna 172M Skyhawk (C-GOPV) – Glacier Air
- Cessna 206 Super Skywagon (C-GXJL) – Glacier Air
- Bellanca 8KCAB (C-FFTM) – Glacier Air
- Cessna 172M Skyhawk (C-GWKC) – Sea To Sky Air
- Cessna 172M Skyhawk (CF-GSQ) – Sea To Sky Air
- Cessna A185F (C-GGKJ) – Sea To Sky Air
- Airbus Helicopters H135 (C-GBAI) Blackcomb Helicopters
- Eurocopter EC 130B4 (C-GUNL) Blackcomb Helicopters
- Bell 206B JetRanger II (C-FHQH) Black Tusk Helicopter
- Bell 206B JetRanger II (C-GLOG) Black Tusk Helicopter
- 15KM squared of enhanced surrounding forestry.
- High-resolution color-corrected ground textures taken from Bing maps and manipulated for consistency and realism.
Tacloban City Airport for X-Plane Released
Airwil Sceneries released another of its airports in the Philippines for X-Plane 11 and 12, and it’s Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (RPVA) serving Tacloban.
It’s available on Simmarket for $14.23.
Boeing 707 for X-Plane 12 Showcased
Nimbus Simulation Studios showcased its first jet airliner currently in the works for X-Plane 12, the Boeing 707. The developer promises “a very robust and complete simulation, accompanied by a detailed 3D model and textures”
As a matter of fact, Nimbus has redone the textures to match the quality afforded by X-Plane version 12.1.2. At the moment, a release date has not been announced.
If you’d like to get into flight simulation but you’d like a helping hand to get started, you can read our introductory guide, alongside the second episode focusing on installing add-ons, and another showcasing the basic instruments.
You can also read more flight simulation news in yesterday’s roundup article.