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    Old Park Farm Airfield, Wales - Image 1

    Beschreibung

    Welcome to Old Park Farm, (EGPY) my first ever go at making scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

    Situated between Port Talbot and Pyle near the south coast of Wales, UK and just down the road from Margam park, Old Park Farm has two sloped grass runways with interesting approaches where you need to avoid power lines, villages and a wind turbine.  I've included a couple of images in a Documents folder showing the procedures.

    I've improved the field and it's surroundings as best I can but please be gentle as again this is my first go at this plus other limitations like Covid lockdown meaning I can't get to the field right now and limited media.  I'm also relying on default models for the hangars etc except for a few items made availble in the asset packs listed below, as this field has a number of unique T-hangars and triangle shaped hangars and structures I can't get it super close to the real thing but I hope you will agree it's an improvement on the default airfield version where not only are many hangars missing (as if there were blown over :-) ) but what structures are included are not even close to resembling what is really there.


    List of improvements:

    Added runway 12/30 that was completely missing in the system.
    Added 2 parking spaces so you can start cold and dark.
    Re-terraformed the field and runways which are tricky because of two directions of sloping ground and changes in the degree of sloping across the runways lengths.
    Added many hangars that were missing and replaced others, plus other structures like the terminal, a static caravan in real life.
    Added fencing and hedges around and near the field.
    Added vehicles and people.
    Added other misc items.
    Added 3D solar panels to a nearby field that is flown over on approach to runway 36 and the wind turbine also close by. (be aware the turbine is probably a fair bit bigger than the real one due to the SDK not saving scaling of that object)
    Added another field of solar panels on a hill overlooking Port Talbot, Taibach and Goytre, it's about 3-4 miles away so not that close but thought I might as well as it may be flown over.
    Added cows and sheep to nearby fields. (due to the way the sim works and these models LOD they unfortunely pop in very close to the camera so I may remove them if they are too distracting, but I'm hoping that modified versions will be made availble to further the distance at which that happens)
    Added many telephone posts which need to be avoided on a few different approaches especially runway 18.
    Added the small dock and a few boats on Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir that's between the airfield and the coast if you fancy a dip with some floats. (not sure that's legal but... :-) )
    Removed large number 18 written into a field nearby which has been removed in real life some time ago.
    Removed some trees and shortened others.


    I'm going to have a go at learning Blender to see if I can make and replace some of these structures in the future with something closer to the real thing, but no guarantees.

    If anyone who downloads this is familiar with Old Park Farm airfield and finds something they would like added, removed, tweaked, let me know, I'll see what I can do.

    Required Asset Packs:

    https://flightsim.to/file/1923/mikea-at-assetpack
    https://flightsim.to/file/5452/dave-s-3d-people-library
    https://flightsim.to/file/4696/dave-s-crooked-library
    https://flightsim.to/file/6841/dave-s-3d-animals-library
    https://flightsim.to/file/5806/fisherman-dave-s-seaplane-base-object-library

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    g

    over 4 years ago

    Just read this:

    "To developers, if you have an AirportServices file in your project to remove airport services. Remove it.

    SU8 make some changes and doesn't like this file anymore. Remove that airportservice asset group, make sure upon build it gets removed from your .layout file.

    If you don't anyone who downloads your scenery will get affected by 0 airport service from any airport.

    T

    over 4 years ago

    Thanks for the update and your work. Good Health to you

    W

    over 4 years ago

    Thanks for the comment, I wish Wales was getting more love than it is, but I don't have the skills, so this is a tiny contribution that I could do for now. I may make one or two other simple field improvements around Wales in the future if I have time. Take care.

    R

    about 5 years ago

    Hallo! Prima Flugplatz! Wollte ihn nach längerer Zeit wieder anfliegen.

    Klappt nicht. Kann es sein das das Weltupdate für United Kingdom darn schuld ist?

    Eines als Beispiel: EGCB-EGPY=Menü-Start=Absturz=Desktop.


    Hello! Great airfield! Wants to fly at him again after a long time.

    Doesn't work. Could it be the world update for Uk is to blame?

    One example: EGCB-EGPY=Menu-Start=Crash=Desktop.

    W

    almost 5 years ago

    Hi there, apologies for the delay in responding, don't seem to get notifications of messages here.


    I don't know what could have been causing the crashes you were having, I haven't seen any due to loading in this field myself. It is very likely the Sim update was the cause as if you have had much time with this sim you know it isn't eaxactly stable, especially after updates. I would say check my latest version and see how that goes but Sim Update 5 has been the worst so far for many so crashes are likely anywhere.


    Did you have a mod for EGCB Barton installed at the time? As I know the UK World update did include a version of that airfield which may have conflicted with that mod.


    Once again sorry for the wait in responding.

    R

    almost 5 years ago

    Danke für die Antwort. Werde Deine neue Version testen, und oder auch die Abhängigkeit von EGCB. Wenn immer noch Probleme da sind, melde ich mich kurz

    f

    over 5 years ago

    Could you please include the airport code, either in the title or in the first paragraph? I suggest this since I'm hoping this is just the first of many mods, since this one is a delight.
    W

    over 5 years ago

    Hey there, thanks for the reminder, I’ve updated the first paragraph of the description with it now. It doesn’t have a ICAO code in real life but I know entering that it’s quicker to find it on the map. Right now I’m in the process of learning Blender to create custom models for this airfield, it’s slow going, but I want to get this as close as I can. Thanks for the comment.
    s

    over 5 years ago

    I am highly impressed with this, it's probably my closest Airstrip. If you look carefully, you can just see the buildings from the M4 as you head towards Port Talbot. :)
    If this is an accurate representation, I have a lot more respect for my mate Tim. He flies out of here IRL.
    In the sim, I face-planted the Savage Grravel.. twice.
    W

    over 5 years ago

    LOL, thanks man, appreciated, yeah it’s my nearest field too, didn’t even realise till I saw it in the sim, but the default was a bit of a mess so thought I’d try improving it. What runway were you landing at when you face planted? :-)
    s

    over 5 years ago

    12\30, I was coming in a bit high, I lost height but gained speed. I didn't realise that it was downhill until hit the brakes and cut the grass :)
    In fairness, my mate did tell me it can be tricky landing here :) Great job.
    W

    over 5 years ago

    Ah yes, thought it might be one of the downhill ones, I think it's recommended to land uphill, usually on 36 or 12 so the upward slope helps with slowing down, but you probably know that now. :-) Unless the crosswinds are too much for the aircraft. There is a couple of videos on YouTube of landings to 18 and 30 but I think they may be last resorts if the conditions are not right for 36 and 12.

    I've just this minute updated the airfield to fix some issues by the way.

    Cheers.
    r

    over 5 years ago

    Thank you - really enjoy small strips like this
    W

    over 5 years ago

    Hey there, thanks for the comment, yeah this sim is especially good for this type of flying where these airfields and grass strips come into play, hope you enjoy, any issues let me know.
    W

    over 5 years ago

    Thank you for taking the time and effort to carry out this "upgrade". I'm actually a resident and fly out of OPF. I will let you know how if anything can be tweaked.
    W

    over 5 years ago

    Hey there, thanks for giving it a try, I believe I may have seen some of your videos on YouTube, those and Stuart's have been helpful in trying to get this as close as I can, within the limits of what I can do, and not being there to judge how things are for myself and learning this editor at the same time it's been difficult.

    Please do let me know your thoughts when you have had a bit of time with it, any issues, anything missing, even the elevation changes on the runways as I don't know if they are perfect yet, and I'll try my best to make it better.
    W

    over 5 years ago

    Hey there, have you had any time with the scenery yet? If so, what do you think, any details I can change or add?
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    Old Park Farm Airfield, Wales

    Discover Old Park Farm Airfield (EGPY) located in Wales for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Experience two sloped grass runways and challenging approaches. From improved field surroundings to added structures and wildlife, enhance your flying adventure. Explore this detailed scenery crafted with care by a dedicated creator.

    Downloads2K
    Version1.0.7
    Dateigröße1.99 MB
    VeröffentlichtVor 5 Jahren
    AktualisiertVor 4 Jahren

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    KategorieAirports
    Sub-CategoryRegional Airports
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    Update to make sure the scenery is Sim Update 5 compatible. Turns out SU5 rotated the main building for some reason, so fixed that, also added in some more nearby hedging and tweaked some hanger positioning. For those of you wondering if this scenery might ever get custom models, well, as I said originally there was no guarantee of that, but I'd try. The update on that is this, I still don't know, I've had two issues stopping from making this happen, one is my health, the other is the main reason, and that is I can make models in Blender, but I don't know how to texture them and haven't found a good enough tutorial on how to do it, tests so far just don't work correctly. So, it's still up in the air so to speak, but I really can't overstate how much I would like that to happen, so, if anyone knows where a step by step, no steps missing tutorial is for doing texturing for the sim in Blender for complete newbies that isn't the two most popular SDK tutorial videos on YouTube as they just don't work for me, then I'd appreciate it as I have come up empty handed so far.

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