Stephen Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 NEWS! - Scenery Updated : KATL Atlanta v3.5 by Nimbus Simulations Nimbus Simulations have done a significant update to their Atlanta KATL scenery to v3.5 (it is still noted as v2.0 in the download?) The focus here is on the ground textures, the original custom textures have been replaced by the default Laminar ground textures. This has three significant outcomes to this mega scenery. One it loads far faster, and second it lowers the sceneries framerate hit and third the textures come with the built in weather features, a win win (and win) so to speak. The newer X-Plane 3d default quality trees are also now inserted, and set to match precisely the orthophotos. Because of it's sheer size, KATL was always hard on the framerate, this v3.0 update significantly helps in the VRAM usage. Also you have improved orthophotos, improved road networks and more ground support vehicles, in the same context the jetways have moved back to more improved built in X-Plane 12 Ground Handling window. Version 3.5 (December 18th 2024) -Detailed ground textures of concrete, painted lines and asphalt using the latest X-Plane technology. -Custom functional jetways without the need of extra plugins. -W taxiway. -Ramp 33 expansion. -Base mesh changes to accommodate taxiway W. -Thousands of hand placed 3D trees to precisely match orthophotos. -Improved orthophotos. -Improved road networks. -More ground support vehicles. -Improved night lightning -VRAM usage reduction -Weather effects on ground textures Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL), commonly referred to as Atlanta Airport, is one of the busiest airports in the world, consistently noted as one of the most busiest in traffic numbers. ATL is the primary international airport serving Atlanta and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The airport is located 10 mi (16 km; 8.7 nmi) south of the Downtown Atlanta district. It is named after former Atlanta mayors William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson. The airport covers 4,700 acres (7.3 sq mi; 19 km2) of land and has five parallel runways which are aligned in an east–west direction. There are three runways that are 9,000 feet (2,743 m) long, one runway that is 10,000 feet (3,048 m) long, and the longest runway at ATL measures 12,390 feet (3,776 m) long, which can handle the Airbus A380. Since 1998, Hartsfield–Jackson has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic, with the exception of 2020, when its passenger traffic dipped for that year due to travel restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, the airport served over 104.6 million passengers, the most of any airport in the world. Hartsfield–Jackson is also the world's busiest airport by aircraft movements. Notable it is required to install the supplied KATL Plugin, it also requires a Key Authorisation via the installed plugin connection. ______________________ Yes! KATL- Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta Intl Airport UHD v3.5 by Nimbus Simulation is is now Available from the X-Plane.Org Store here : KATL - Atlanta International UHD v3.5 Price is US$28.95 Requirements : X-Plane 12 or X-Plane 11 Windows, Mac or Linux 8 GB+ VRAM recommended Download size: 830MB Current version : 3.5 XP12 (December 18th 2024). XP11 is version 2.2, still available ______________________ NEWS! by Stephen Dutton 3rd January 2025 Copyright©2025: X-Plane Reviews (Disclaimer. All images and text in this review are the work and property of X-PlaneReviews, no sharing or copy of the content is allowed without consent from the author as per copyright conditions) Quote
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