Vandenberg Space Force Base. This military spaceport has always existed for Orbiter in various versions. But, strangely enough, I never found one for Orbiter 2016, even after all these years.
So, I decided to make my own version!
This version of Vandenberg contain tiles for the whole region. The principal launchpads are in L18 while the runway and taxiway along with its adjacent buildings are in L19. IMPORTANT: There is no 3D launchpad included! There is two reasons for this. First, because I couldn't find enough reference images to my liking (it is a military base, after all) and two, because it permit other add-ons to place their own launchpads without having to modify this add-on, rendering them more compatible (especially if you have two add-ons simulating two different eras, one launchpad might fit one addon, but would look out of place with the second!)
ALSO IMPORTANT: The flattening of the runway is handled by the D3D9's flat (.flt) system. If it does not work for you, ensure you have the most recent version of the client, and check in the "Visual Effects" tab in the launcher that 'Surface elevation, using' is checked and set on 'linar interpolation'. If it still does not work, go in the "Video" tab and click on the 'Advanced' button. Check on the left of the screen and ensure that 'Tile Archive' is on 'Cache & Archive' and that 'Enable terrain flattening', located at the very bottom left of the window, is checked.
So, I decided to make my own version!
This version of Vandenberg contain tiles for the whole region. The principal launchpads are in L18 while the runway and taxiway along with its adjacent buildings are in L19. IMPORTANT: There is no 3D launchpad included! There is two reasons for this. First, because I couldn't find enough reference images to my liking (it is a military base, after all) and two, because it permit other add-ons to place their own launchpads without having to modify this add-on, rendering them more compatible (especially if you have two add-ons simulating two different eras, one launchpad might fit one addon, but would look out of place with the second!)
ALSO IMPORTANT: The flattening of the runway is handled by the D3D9's flat (.flt) system. If it does not work for you, ensure you have the most recent version of the client, and check in the "Visual Effects" tab in the launcher that 'Surface elevation, using' is checked and set on 'linar interpolation'. If it still does not work, go in the "Video" tab and click on the 'Advanced' button. Check on the left of the screen and ensure that 'Tile Archive' is on 'Cache & Archive' and that 'Enable terrain flattening', located at the very bottom left of the window, is checked.
- Supported Orbiter Version
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- 2016
