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TOPIC Latest Orbx FTX PNW Patch Required Thank You! Airport Information And Charts FTX Pacific Northwest is Required Quick Installation Guide Manual Scenery Library Configuration Scenery Coverage Area 299th St. Airfield The W52 Control Panel Quick Reference FSX Settings Recommended FSX Slider Settings The Autogen Density Slider Orbx Freeware Product Technical Support FTX Community Forums The W52 Team End User License Agreement ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ............................................... ...............................................
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To install the PNW patch 1. Run FTX Central and make sure your region is set to North America 2. Apply the PNW patch
Note: You don't need to apply the patch before installing these airports; it's quite safe to apply the patch after you've installed them.
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Thank You!
Orbx would like to thank you for purchasing FTX US W52 Goheen Airport (W52). This airfield is so well integrated into the Pacific Northwest landclass that you will have trouble locating it using the naked eye alone. We challenge you to do circuits in a low and slow bush plane and nail the approach every time. Alex Goff is the Orbx developer who has made a charming typical southern Washington airfield that is not far from other Orbx classics like Walter Sutton and Stark's Twin Oaks. Using on-site photos and a large photoreal area expertly blended into the surrounds, you will fall in love with the rustic feel of Goheen. Points of interest include an old gas station, nearby farm houses, a quarry, an extensive riverscape, parklands and a large car holding area to the north of the airfield. Add NatureFlow and lots of vegetation for a lovely dirt strip feel! Goheen Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: none, FAA LID: W52) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of Battle Ground, Washington, United States. The airport is privately owned by Gordon Goheen and open for general aviation operations Facilities and aircraft Goheen Airport covers an area of 100 acres and contains two grass runways: 15/33 measuring: 2,565 x 50 ft (782 x 15 m) and 7/25: 1,500 x 48 ft (457 x 15 m). Runway 15/33 has lights for night time operations along with a VASI system on runway 33. Runway 7/25 is only for use in emergency operations. For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2009, the airport had 3,432 aircraft operations, an average of 9 per day: 83% local general aviation and 17% transient general aviation. At that time there were 64 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single engine, 9% multi-engine, 2% helicopters and 2% ultralights. Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Source: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/AllStateAirports/BattleGround_Goheen.htm
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PRODUCT
Why
The base product required. All Orbx products are made for FSX and don't run by themselves.
(Optional) An alternative way to purchase FTX PNW on a handy quick to install DVD covering the Pacific Northwest region
WHAT WILL YOU MISS OUT ON IF YOU DON'T HAVE ORBX FTX INSTALLED? - Blending of the airport photoreal into the surrounding terrain with exactly matching ground textures - The eastern side of Washington State beautifully represented by Orbx's FTX textures, landclass and mesh - Moving traffic on all major and minor roads, properly aligned to the photoreal ground terrain - 3D light poles along roads and in urban/township streets and around the airport - Orbx's modified autogen houses, custom trees and other objects - The FTX Central application, which is used to launch all the Orbx tools and also switch FTX off Please visit www.fullterrain.com to purchase your copy of FTX if you haven't already done so.
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STEP 1
INSTRUCTIONS Unzip the FlightSimStore.com (FSS) downloaded ZIP file. You should end up with the FSS installer application OrbxFTXW52100.exe Run OrbxFTXW52100.exe Fill in the Order Number, Date and Key when requested. This information would have been emailed to you when you purchased the download version of W52 from FSS. The wrapper will unwrap the Orbx installer which will then run and present the opening installation screen. Please acknowledge the EULA page and continue. You cannot choose a destination folder, since all Orbx products are installed into the ORBX folder in the FSX folder Once the Orbx installer has completed, start FSX and choose W52 as your starting location
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The Control Panel will enable you to disable or enable certain scenery features of the airport to allow it to perform in accordance with the PC hardware you have. By default, all scenery options are enabled by the installer. If you have a high end PC, enable all the CP options. You can also disable the NatureFlow Animations here.
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To disable or enable any feature, simply select it from the list for a brief description of what it is. To disable an item, simply click the tickbox. Any changes are made instantly and there is no Apply button required. You may click on each items description in the list to see the explanation, and this does not trigger the on/off switchbox. This will allow you to consider which items to disable.
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Setting
Value
Why?
Large
Max
Mesh Complexity
100
Mesh Resolution
5m
Texture Resolution
15cm
You may set to 7cm if you want the sharpest road textures, but set this to 15cm if you experience micro stutters
Scenery Complexity
Extremely Dense
Autogen Density
NormalDense
Best FPS versus detail More discussion on this on page 17 regarding setting this slider according to your PC specs
Aircraft AI Traffic
16% +
Road Vehicles
16%
Leisure Boats
1-16%
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So before you begin your first flight, please change your FSX sliders to what is shown on the following pages. You may think the settings are too low at first, but we're calling these the W52 BASE SETTINGS which is the recommended settings for medium spec PCs.
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* Please refer to the Autogen Density Table further in this user guide for specific information about this slider
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Passengers wait outside the airport office for their pilot to prepare the aircraft
Scan the horizon for the car lot north of runway 15 to find the runway in between the trees
Orbx Freeware
Orbx continually releases quality freeware addons including many GA airports, all similar in quality to our payware airports. Please check the FTX website at http://fullterrain.com/freeware.html to see what releases are coming.
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To visit the our support forums, click on the button shown above from the fullterrain.com front page or click on Help | Orbx FTX Support Forums from FTX Central Please do NOT email support requests Orbx provides world-class support on our forums, and it's the only way in which you can receive support for W52. Provided you adhere to the forum terms of use and have a legitimate copy of W52, you will always be offered our support at no cost as we work toward a problem resolution each time. However, if you email Orbx asking for support, you will most likely not receive an answer at all, since our policy is that all support is provided through our forums only. Use the forum Search function Before you post a question, please try searching for the answer first, using the forums built-in search function located on the forum menu bar.
The Orbx support team is always on standby to assist you with any problems you may have, or will comment on your issue reports. Please remember, our priority is fixing any urgent issues first, and addressing bug reports second. Clearly though, any show stopper bugs will be given top priority though.
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John Venema
Orbx CEO
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Orbx Developers Orbx Team Holger Sandmann John Venema Library objects used at W52 Roads/traffic adjustments, flattens User Guide
Location photographer
Dontay Martin
Beta Testers Gary Garrison, Jim Robinson, John Dow, Craig Hanley, Phil Manhart, John Venema, Wolter van der Spoel, Friedhelm Gulder, Zach Hansen, Kyle Cormier, Iain Emms
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COPYRIGHTS
Microsoft Flight Simulator X is a Copyrighted trademark of Microsoft Corporation FTX and Full Terrain Experience are brands of Orbx Simulation Systems Pty. Ltd.
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