V1.1 Fixed missing polygon around breakwater.
Victoria was ranked the #1 Best Small City in the World, by travel magazine Condé Naste. I can agree on that. It is also one of the most thilling flights to take, by either float plane or Heli-Jet, from Vancouver or Seatle. So part 1 fo this projet is dedicated to the float planes. The next one will focus on the Coast Guards and pads out at Ogden Point.
There are dedicated docks at the terminal. Parking 4 can be tricky getting out of. I suggest a smaller plane for that position. Caution take it nice and slow coming up to the docks. If you hit them too hard you will get hung up on them.. very embarassing. Parking 4 is particularly tricky to exit. Hint - smaller planes are better and if you get grounded put your geer down.
The wind sock is at the corner where the Coast Guard is.
The Johnson St bridge is animated but the traffic still goes over.. sorry..
Watch out for the little harbour ferry. It may get in your way when you are taxing out.
Caution- this file is fairly large and may cause some fps slowdown. I did my best with some of the other structures but the photgrametry is not good for this city. I even tried Google Earth - no better.
Highly recommend Harbour Air livery for the Twin Otter and Beaver Nice :)
https://flightsim.to/file/30898/harbour-air-dh6-300-floats-pax-twin-otter-livery-8k-requested
https://flightsim.to/file/44075/dhc-2-beaver-harbour-air
For Victoria International Airport, I use the fine version by Simaddons.com
Have fun. Visit often. If you like it.. 5 stars are always welcome. Other than that please leave a comment.
tommythinman
Avidean
kapazunder33
MazerMart author
11 months ago
vanislepilot
Amazing work! Would you ever consider doing Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome? My hometown... 😊
MazerMart author
11 months ago
jarnie
Sorry I meant adding an 'apron' with the correct RGB values to match the surrouning water will get rid of those ghost images.
jarnie
What a wonderful job you have done and I have a bit of an idea how much work went into this as I have created some floatplane airports which took a long time yet their quality is no where near as good as yours. I visited Victoria some year ago and it is a beautiful place. Thanks again for the wonderful package. You can remove the left over 'ghost' images (from satellite imagery) of floatplanes and boats seen with the simple addition of an exclude rectangle. That would elevate my rating from 4.999 stars to 5 😉
MazerMart author
Thank you for your kind words. And the tip. I will try it out for the update. :)
1 years ago
johe2312
Wonderful,
for a long time I hoped, that an addon for Victoria Harbour seeplane base would be published, after I've been there. And your's is absolutely great! Thank you!
MazerMart author
Thank you for your compliments and of course those 5 stars. :)
1 years ago
scorpionbc
Loving this mod add-on. If you are twigging it, two suggestions. The Blue Bridge is highly lit with blue light across the entire deck, upper and lower. The current night lighting in mod your looks like it only covers the east end of the bridge. Also, the small island where you currently have a red buoy in front on the new marina/restaurant complex has a white light that blinks on and off when aircraft are landing or taking off. Its to alert boaters. Great work, I m looking forward to Part 2 and Helijet p[ads et al. Please let me know if you want me to beta t6est 😉
MazerMart author
HI.. Thanks.. It is always great to have a local check up on things. I looked for info on harbour lighting but couldn't find anything. Same for windsock? I was going to include the Helijet but it needs to be in a separate "land" based airport. They haven't figured out how to add a helipad to a water runway yet.
The blue bridge was something I added as a request of a user. I had no idea what it looked like but I assumed the lights followed the bridge up and down.
Sure. It would be great to get a tester. :)
1 years ago
JFW0371
Great piece of work! Cant wait for Part 2.
linuxmonster
Lovely work, even did a video the other day flying to it from Sechelt.
MazerMart author
ohhh.. Oddly enough, I find the beacon at Ogden Light a good way to find the entrance to the harbour.
Thanks so much for the 5 stars.
1 years ago
Westcoaster
Another home run for you my friend! Love the bridge animation and the detail on the sea plane terminal. Great work!
MazerMart author
Thanks so much. It took quite a while to get that bridge looking ok. So I appreciate the kudos and 5 stars.
1 years ago
Rollygogo
Many thxs for this seaport ! 😊
totheskies
Love the little animations all across the area of whales jumping in and out and taxi boats crossing! Top Notch work! One of my favorite destinations in Canada! Would love to see more whale watching points around the area and other animations! Enjoy the coffee! 😊
MazerMart author
Thanks so very much! Love the stars..coffee too. :) Yes, Victoria is a beautiful place, especially in the summer. I live in Montreal and it is terribly cold right now.
I try and put animation in most of my projects. The lighthouse is also animated, although it is hard to see the light going around. I would have like to animate the kayakers but I didn't create the figures and so could not.
Cheers
1 years ago
55tom55
Beautifully done! Great place to do a seaplane cruise.
It's a shame they did such a horrible job with the photogrammetry. The Empress Hotel and Parliament Building look OK from 1/4 mile away, but then they turn into melting goo.
MazerMart author
I agree. It is a fun place to have in the itinerary. Thanks.
1 years ago
scorpionbc
Thank you!. I live a few blocks from the sea plane terminal so this is wonderful work! Love the Blue bridge animation too. IRL is short is for In Real Life. Iberxto was suggesting you make the bridge light up in night with blue lights like the real bridge. It's called the blue bridge because it replaced a old blue coloured bridge and the name and old bridge was iconic so the name stuck. The new bridge is indeed white as you have masterfully depicted, but at night, the city lights it up so its look entirely blue from hidden blue projection lights.
MazerMart author
Great!.. If you download the file now you will see the "Blue Bridge" and I created a few low res kayaks and put them in too.
Must be nice living so close to the waterfront. Envious indeed, I am.
And thanks for the 5 stars. It makes a difference. :)
1 years ago