IMPORTANT! Download both thalixte-capetown_dkj1O.7z (main file) and thalixte-capetown2.7z. Extract thalixte-capetown and thalixte-capetown2 folders into the Community folder. Both packages are mandatory for the scenery to display correctly. Download and install 7-zip if you don't have it already. It is free and supports most of the standard file compression formats.
Cape Town is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest (after Johannesburg). Colloquially named the Mother City, it is the largest city of the Western Cape province, and is managed by the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. The other two capitals are Pretoria, the executive capital, located in Gauteng, where the Presidency is based, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital in the Free State, where the Supreme Court of Appeal is located.
Cape Town is ranked as a Beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. The city is known for its harbour, for its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region, and for landmarks such as Table Mountain and Cape Point. Cape Town is home to 66% of the Western Cape's population. In 2014, Cape Town was named the best place in the world to visit by both The New York Times and The Daily Telegraph.
Located on the shore of Table Bay, the City Bowl area of Cape Town, is the oldest urban area in the Western Cape, with a significant cultural heritage. It was founded by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a supply station for Dutch ships sailing to East Africa, India, and the Far East. Jan van Riebeeck's arrival on 6 April 1652 established the VOC Cape Colony, the first permanent European settlement in South Africa. Cape Town outgrew its original purpose as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope, becoming the economic and cultural hub of the Cape Colony. Until the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the development of Johannesburg, Cape Town was the largest city in southern Africa.
The city has a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, which includes False Bay, and extends to the Hottentots Holland mountains in the East. The Table Mountain National Park is within the city boundaries and there are several other nature reserves and marine protected areas within and adjacent to the city, protecting the diverse terrestrial and marine natural environment.
GPS: 33° 55′ 31″ S, 18° 25′ 26″ E
Credits:
This scenery has been extracted from Google Maps, hence all 3D credits goes to Google.
This scenery has been generated with the Google Earth Decoder tool (credits to /u/Jonahex111), modified with a specific dll to retrieve the last Google Earth data:
https://www.reddit.com/r/FS2020Creation/comments/j3faaj/google_earth_decoder_now_userfriendly/
OJO for the colorimetry
Addon history:
v1.0: initial release
v1.1: fix Adderley Street Fountain
v1.2:
- fix a hole on the Table mountain
- fix a hole on the Lion's head
Installation:
Download thalixte-capetown_dkj1O.7z (main file) and thalixte-capetown2.7z . Extract thalixte-capetown and thalixte-capetown2 folders into the Community folder. Both folders are mandatory for this scenery to display properly.
If you want to donate, you will always be welcome to help me continue with more projects and update the existing ones https://paypal.me/Thalixte.
laanccert
Thalixte author
4 months ago
Blazingamer420
Thalixte author
6 months ago
Exochrist123
Thalixte author
6 months ago
BRAVOSIX47
HermitDirtbag
BRAVOSIX47
Thalixte author
12 months ago
dirks
Thank you very much! Beautiful.
One favour: Could you include also the approach to the airport FACT?
GunStrauss
Wonderful scenery!
Khusta
Stunning scenery! Any chance you could do Johannesburg?
Thalixte author
Thks a lot :). As always, if i find the time...
2 years ago
Wian
INCREDIBLE
FlyRolo
Hi, I might just start flying in SA again because of this scenery. However, my scenery loads in very slow. I start with a flat area and then it slowly starts populating in, and very long before my runway textures goes from blurry to clear?? Does anyone else experience this?
SkhindiSA
I had nothing to say except JESUS!!!! Amazing job! wow!!!
SkhindiSA
Do i need to remove Orbx when using this?
2 years ago
Brandon
This is really beautiful ! Hope you could extend the photogrammetry down to the area near the airport 😊
Wian
Hi , I really want to download this but every time it starts downloading it turns to a PDF , I am on google chrome and I use Adobe acrobat.
Thalixte author
Try to reinstall Seven zip, or use another internet browser...
2 years ago
Strassenbernd
Hi Thalixte, ist der Ordner thalixte-capetown_3 jetzte eine Erweiterung von Kapstadt, oder ersetzt es Order thalixte-capetown, oder thalixte capetown2, oder beide? Sonst wie immer eine großartige Arbeit. Vielen Dank dafür
Thalixte author
The main file is thalixte-capetown. It is the flightsim.to platform that renamed it to thalixte-capetown_3_qMQ.7z
2 years ago