Tauranga Airport, New Zealand (Rebuilt to 2023)
Note your sim must be up to date with all world updates installed. You do not need any photogrammetry installed, just the base world updates as I borrow scenery from those resources. I also recommend to install the UK2000 Scenery Library which is free in the Marketplace and used by many devs, including my work.
A GSX profile for this scenery by goldmund can be found here.
V 3.0.1 - COMPLETE REBUILD TO 2023
Welcome to the new, rebuilt version of Tauranga Airport. I was a novice when I first released this scenery, and with my Hamilton Airport just next door it wasn't right to have two of my sceneries so close together in distance, yet miles apart in quality. Hence a total rebuild was desperately required in order to make it current.
What survived from the original version?
The roundabout, the flag on it and the Terminal (allbeit cunningly disguised and upgraded). AND THAT IS IT.
What's new in V3 then? See the new screenshots and trailer.
- All auto-gen buildings have been thoroughly nuked and replaced with handplaced 3D models.
- The Terminal has been upgraded.
- The Firestation now exists and has taken its proper place next to the Control Tower.
- The main apron is now completely true to life in intricate detail.
- The taxi-ways have shrunk to the correct dimensions, and have the correct designations.
- The taxi signs are now also correct and match the Navigraph charts.
- The other 3 runways have been added. What was I thinking having left those out in the original?
- The carparks and forecourt got a makeover, as has the covered walkways connecting them.
- New seamless textures and my custom ground markings added.
- The weather station behind the Firestation has been added in.
- The decomissioned GA parking and taxiway behind that weather station has been faithfully created and fenced off.
- The usual MSFS artifacts (shadows blotches and crap) painted out.
- Much much more.
V 3.1 - (26 May 24) NOTE THE DEPENDANCIES HAVE CHANGED!
- Congratulations! You have expanded your private business from Hamilton into Tauranga! Spawn into your own PRIVATE BUSINESS HANGAR. (GA SMALL PARKING 1).
- All of the open hangars along taxiway hotel are now populated with clutter.
- Over 800 handplaced objects now.
- Taxiway centreline lighting added.
V 3.3 - (17 Jun 24) - Final update.
Completes this wonderful airport.
- All clutter completed. Includes all areas in and around the entire airport.
- All gates, boundary roads and fences completed.
- Added vehicles in some empty carparks and around the hangar alleys.
- Fixed some floating objects, removed some artifacts.
- Removed a number of objects within the open hangars that were creating a minor FPS hit since there were just too many in one area.
- Added some action around the Hertz rental car main building being being police and ambulance personnel.
- Further optimised FPS.
I believe that is it for this scenery.
My thanks to the creators of the dependancies that make my work possible.
Oh, and don't forget to update LNM due to the new layout and correct taxiways, see the tip below.
Tip:
Don't forget to reload your Little Navmap scenery library now and then as good housekeeping practice in order to keep your new airfields accurately portrayed within it. This way all your new taxiway designations are updated among other things.
LNM automatically searches through your community folder during the process which runs in the background so you can keep simming.
From the menu bar of LNM: Scenery Library | Load Scenery Library | press Load. When finished, press Use Database.
Instructions:
Unzip and drop into your Community folder. Remove the old one first.
Enjoy.
-=CoolGunS=-
Goochie
I took a flight from Ardmore to Whangarei and was horrified at how bad NZWR is now. I think STR1KEStudioz has abandoned this one. Haven't seen him around for a long time. Any chance you could take a look at this important airport?
CoolGunS author
12 days ago
goldmund
I have just made a GSX profile for this airport, enjoy! https://flightsim.to/file/73551/tauranga-new-zealand-nztg-gsx-profile-coolguns-freeware
Goochie
CoolGunS
However if you are noticing ATR's spawning into the GA parking AND it is annoying you already - just redownload the current version 3.0.1 as I put a quick fix into it which should force them onto the main apron.
Mwendo
That being said, for the majority of users that will likely be flying here, this is an exceptional rendition nonetheless
CoolGunS author
2 months ago
tnorman2054545
Another one that has a scenery enhancement but can't be used with GSX is NZNV. Is that something you could take a crack at? Your sceneries are amazing btw
CoolGunS author
5 months ago
Beowulf99x
foxquakes
Are those objects being loaded from an Asobo airport? If so I would need to have that Asobo airport installed too, I have a couple uninstalled to make room for payware versions.
CoolGunS author
6 months ago
kiwiness
grumblejapan
Buildings and layout all look right and the taxiways FINALLY work! Thanks sooooo much!! Been waiting for years for this one...!
CoolGunS author
6 months ago
CoolGunS