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Orbx FTX W52 Goheen Airport Version 1.0 User Guide November 2011 Page 1

FTX US W52 Goheen Airport Version 1.0

User Guide November 2011


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INDEX

TOPIC PAGE

Latest Orbx FTX PNW Patch Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Thank You! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Airport Information And Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

FTX Pacific Northwest is Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Quick Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Manual Scenery Library Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Scenery Coverage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

299th St. Airfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

The W52 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Quick Reference FSX Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Recommended FSX Slider Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

The Autogen Density Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Orbx Freeware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Product Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

FTX Community Forums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The W52 Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

End User License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23


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IMPORTANT FTX PACIFIC NORTHWEST COMPATIBILITY NOTICE

Installing this W52 Goheen Airport requires you to update your FTX Pacific Northwest region with the

PNW.004 (or higher version) patch. Please visit http://fullterrain.com/support.html#pnw to get the latest PNW

patch.

This patch will ensure your airport elevations are correctly set, and all roads and traffic are correctly aligned. It

will also ensure the coastlines and shores are corrected from the default PNW levels.

Note: at the time of release of this airport the current PNW patch level was PNW.004

This version may now be numbered higher, so just install the latest PNW.XXX patch always.

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 theapproach 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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Charts Source :http://skyvector.com/airport/W52/Goheen-Airport


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Orbx FTX Pacific Northwest is required for full functionality

This airport scenery addon is designed to work with Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Orbx FTX Pacific

Northwest (FTX PNW). It will work fine without FTX PNW but please note the limitations below.

Here's what is required to run this airport scenery as Orbx designed it to:

PRODUCT Version(s) Why

Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX)

Standard Edition

Deluxe Edition

Acceleration Addon Pack (not a stand-alone product)

Gold Edition (which includes all three versions above)

If you don't have FSX already, the best version to

purchase would be the Gold Edition, which alreadyincludes all versions and service packs SP1 and SP2.

The base product required.

All Orbx products are made for

FSX and don't run by

themselves.

Orbx FTX Pacific Northwest (Download)

This is a downloadable FTX region pack which you can

purchase from the Orbx fullterrain.com website. It's

designed to work specifically with FSX

The FTX region covering the

airport location

Orbx FTX Pacific Northwest (DVD)

For convenient installation, the Orbx FTX USA Canada

Pacific Northwest region is also available as a DVD.

This offers a quick and easy installation of the entire FTX

Pacific Northwest region in which W52 is located.

(Optional)

An alternative way to purchase

FTX PNW on a handy quick to

install DVD covering the PacificNorthwest 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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Quick Installation Guide

Whether you are installing Orbx W52 from the downloaded FlightSimStore wrapper installer or the DVD

purchased from an Orbx Reseller, the procedure is very similar.

DOWNLOADED FSS WRAPPER EDITION

STEP INSTRUCTIONS

1 Unzip the FlightSimStore.com (FSS) downloaded ZIP file. You should end up with the FSS

installer application OrbxFTXW52100.exe

2 Run OrbxFTXW52100.exe

3 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.

4 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

5 Once the Orbx installer has completed, start FSX and choose W52 as your starting location


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Manual Scenery Library Configuration

If you do NOT have Orbx FTX installed you can still use this scenery by manually adding the scenery library

entry from within Flight Simulator X.

Here's the steps required to configure the scenery library.

1. Run Flight Simulator X, then select Settings | Scenery Library

2. Click on the Add Area button

3. A folder browser window will pop up.

4. Navigate to the ORBX \ FTX_NA folder

5. Now select the FTX_AA_W52 folder and click OK

6. You will then see two folders displayed, Scenery and Texture. Now click OK*

*(Note: If you're using Windows 7, click anywhere in the white portion of the folder browser screen that shows

the Scenery and Texture folder, not the OK button- there's a bug with FSX under Windows 7)

7. You will now be taken back to the Scenery Library list of scenery added, and the airport will now be

displayed at the top of the list.

You can now load up a flight at the airport using the "Free Flight" menu.


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Scenery Coverage Area


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299th St. Airfield

As a bonus addition to further your enjoyment of the W52 Goheen Airport scenery, Alex Goff has also

included another airfield (299th St. Airfield) which is helpful for those wanting to do simple circuit work or

touch and gos.

Here's two screenshots showing each location:

W52 Goheen Airport 299th St. Airfield


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The W52 Control Panel

After W52 is installed, a Control Panel icon is placed onto your Windows desktop. You can also use FTX

Central to access the W52 Control Panel from the main FTX Central interface.

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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Quick Reference FSX Settings

The table below lists in a handy reference the minimum recommended settings required in FSX to enjoy W52

the way Orbx designed it. These settings run well on most PCs and take particular advantage of the custom

mesh and photoreal imagery used in the scenery area.

If you use the settings below you will enjoy a high f idelity experience and good performance.

Setting Value Why?

Level of detail radius Large Reduces blurring of textures

Global Texture Resolution Max Best displays photoreal textures

Mesh Complexity 100 Better terrain definition

Mesh Resolution 5m 5m is required for this airport scenery

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

How Orbx designed W52

Autogen Density Normal-

DenseBest FPS versus detail More discussion on this on page 17

regarding setting this slider according to your PC specs

Aircraft AI Traffic 16% + Recommend for the GA AI traffic coded at W52

Road Vehicles 16% No need to set higher for W52

Leisure Boats 1-16% Keep leisure boats below 50% to avoid micro-stutters


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Recommended FSX Slider Settings

Firstly, like default FSX, dragging all your sliders to the right even with todays modern hardware, will for most

people result in very poor visuals and performance. We suggest that you begin your exploration of W52 using

the slider settings shown below, and then if you find performance to be acceptable, you can move certain

sliders to the right, although we recommend you only move one slider at a time to gauge the effect.

The most critical slider in FSX is the Autogen Density slider. With the way W52 has been designed, it has the

single most critical performance effect in the simulator. We'll discuss the best settings for this slider later.

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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The Autogen Density Slider

Because FTX uses much denser, more accurately placed autogen objects in its annotation, having it set to

Extemely Dense in large cities like Vancouver, Seattle or Portland will bring even the most powerful PC to its

knees. We won't mince our words - FTX is not designed to give you a 60FPS experience with all sliders maxed.

The key thing to remember is that W52 is designed to be used both today and in the future, meaning that we

did not cripple the product on release to cater for a broad range of PCs, but rather created a standard which

will be enjoyed by most people as hardware catches up.

Here's a simple table which should be used as a guide for the Autogen Density slider. This has been indexed

to PCs as at January 2011, which means this table will become dated rather quickly. We expect the 'Extreme'

spec PC to be the Entry Level by mid 2012, so of course as FSX gets older, your PCs are likely to get faster.

That said, if you adhere to these slider settings in W52 you will get a good balance between visuals and

performance.

PC Specifications (Circa Jan 2010) Seattle City / Urban Areas W52 and Rural Areas

Entry Level

Core2 Duo = 2.8Ghz | 512MB+ GPU

High End

Intel i7 9xx < 4Ghz (not OC) | 1GB GPU

ExtremeIntel i7 9xx >= 4Ghz (OC) | 1-2GB GPU

Intel i7 2XXX Sandy Bridge @ 4-6Ghz |

1-2GB GPU


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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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Product Technical Support

Orbx has a very simple support policy: No question unanswered. That means, should you have any questions

about W52 or its use, please feel free to register on the forums at fullterrain.com and then log a support

question in the FTX Payware Support Forum section. Orbx FTX experts will be available to review your supportquestions and you will usually get a reply on the forums within 12 hours, often much sooner than that.

To visit the our support forums, click on the button shown above from thefullterrain.comfront pageor click onHelp | Orbx FTX Support Forumsfrom 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.

What to Include in Your Support Forum Requests

If at all possible, this is what wed like to see provided for each request you log:

A separate post on the FTX support forums for each issue (don't tag new issue reports onto others) Include your ORDER NUMBER from your W52 purchase in your post or forum signature section A screenshot to highlight what you are talking about A descriptive post title which clearly states what the issue is Detailed comments in your post about what you are reporting on

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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FTX Community Forums

FTX already has quite a thriving and active user community on the forums, with over 14,000 members as of

November 2011.

You dont need a user account just to view preview and user community screenshots and selected information

posted by Orbx staff, but if youd like to join in on the discussion there and view tips, guides and in-depth

support questions and answers, simply create your own account. Its instant and no validation email is

required. We like to keep things simple.

We hope to see you there soon!

Thanks for reading!

Youve stuck with me through all these pages of information, and I appreciate your taking the time to read theuser guide. I hope it gave you some tips and insights. I know youll have a fantastic experience bush flying and

exploring these airfields. See you on the forums!

John Venema

Orbx CEO


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The W52 Team

Lead Developer

Alex Goff All 3D modeling, texturing, AI traffic, photoreal ground textures,

build management, installer

Orbx Developers

Orbx Team Library objects used at W52

Holger Sandmann Roads/traffic adjustments, flattens

John Venema 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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