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Orbx FTX AUSTRALIA SP4.002 User Guide – May 2011 Page 1
FTX AUSTRALIA SP4.002
User Guide May 2011
Orbx FTX AUSTRALIA SP4.002 User Guide – May 2011 Page 2
INDEX
TOPIC PAGE
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Microsoft Flight Simulator X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Quick Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Service Pack 4 (SP4) Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
FTX Central Explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What is Custom Landclass? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Quick Reference FSX Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Recommended FSX Slider Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The Autogen Density Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The 3D Lighting System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Custom Orbx Weather Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Orbx Freeware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Product Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
FTX Community Forums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
End User License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Welcome
Orbx would like to thank you for purchasing your copy of FTX AUSTRALIA SP4, or installing this SP4 Update.
First released as a four-part series of regions from March 2008, it has proved to be Orbx's best selling addon
so far and was the first product for FSX that introduced hand-crafted landclass, vector data, and textures for
an entire continent.
This February 2011 Service Pack 4 (SP4) edition adds even more enhancements, landclass refinements and
customer reported fixes from the past eighteen months. Orbx's policy is that we will continue to refine and
improve all our products and many of these incremental service packs are no-cost upgrades.
So What Area Does FTX AUSTRALIA Cover?
In simple terms, FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 combines the separate regions (AU BLUE, GOLD, GREEN and RED) into a
single downloadable or DVD product covering the whole continent of Australia. You can explore any part of
the country without needing to switch between the regions shown in the map below - they all seamlessly
blend together and you'll actually see the landscape change from the temperate south to the lush northern
tropics to the red central desert as you fly around the country.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 is not a stand-alone program, but an addon pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
To use the terrain enhancements contained in this Orbx product, you must have first installed
your own purchased copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Microsoft Flight Simulator X Service Packs
Microsoft released two service packs for the original Flight Simulator X, which were primarly designed to fix
bugs and enhance the original release. These were called SP1 and SP2. You can download these free service
packs from Microsoft’s FSInsider website: http://www.fsinsider.com/downloads/Pages/default.aspx
Please note that if you purchased the Acceleration addon or the Gold Edition (recommended) they have
already had the SP1 and SP2 service packs applied and no further updates are required.
Whilst installing these service packs from Microsoft is not mandatory for operation of the Orbx FTX addon, we
do highly recommend them since there are many bug fixes and performance improvements.
Windows 7 64-bit
Although not mandatory, for the best operation of Flight Simulator X, Orbx highly recommends that Windows
7 64-bit be installed, with at least 4GB of main memory, preferably 6GB. Our lab testing has shown that using
Windows 7 64-bit provides the smoothest and most trouble-free platform for FSX.
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Quick Installation Guide
Whether you are installing Orbx FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 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 multiple
SETUP_AUSP4.x data files, this PDF user guide and the FSS installer application
OrbxFTXAUSP4.exe
2 Run OrbxFTXAUSP4.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 FTX AU SP4 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, you will be prompted to run FTX Central. When you
do so, FTX Central runs its AU SP4 file management routines, which can take a little time.
6 When the main FTX Central screen is shown, simply select the [Australia] region and click the
[Apply] button. You will hear a confirmation 'ding' and you are ready to fly!
ORBX RESELLER DVD EDITION
STEP INSTRUCTIONS
1 Insert the FTX AU SP4 DVD into your PC's DVD drive. If you have autorun enabled, the
installer will start automatically, or prompt you to run setup_AUSP4.exe
If you don't have autorun enabled, please use Windows Explorer to open the DVD contents
then run the Setup_AUSP4.exe application
2 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
3 Once the Orbx installer has completed, you will be prompted to run FTX Central. When you
do so, FTX Central runs its AU SP4 file management routines, which can take a little time.
4 When the main FTX Central screen is shown, simply select the [Australia] region and click the
[Apply] button. You will hear a confirmation 'ding' and you are ready to fly!
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Service Pack 4 Revision 2 (SP4.002) Enhancements
This Service Pack 4 (SP4.002) release includes all the original RTM files, plus the SP2, SP3, SP4 enhancements
and finally this May 2011 SP4.002 cumulative release. The list below highlights the major changes which have
been added since RTM and is by no means an exhaustive list since many thousands of files have changed
since the first release back in 2008.
• Many improvements, enhancements and edits to the entire custom landclass fileset based on
customer reported errors and Orbx team continued development
• Numerous adjustments to roads and traffic to match the photoreal imagery used for Orbx high
definition airports (available seperately)
• Edits and bug fixes for polygon landclass areas
• Edits and bug fixes for coastlines
• Edits and bug fixes for lakes and rivers
• Edits and bug fixes for railroads
• Edits and bug fixes for waterclass
• Edits and bug fixes for vertical obstructions and lighthouses
• Edits and bug fixes for autogen annotation
• Edits and improvements to some existing ground textures
• Latest version of FTX Central, the main Orbx control application
• Fixed the airport underlay problems for many airports in the northern regions of Australia
• Added many missing towns as reported by customers
• Housekeeping scripts to remove erroneous files and older user guides and version text files
• Fixes for Sunshine Coast high rise apartments
• Fixes for Brisbane City bridges
• Added the Kiewa Valley river system and Lake Hume in Victoria
• Added a realistic Sydney Harbour Bridge model with moving traffic
• Added much more detailed lake shores for Tasmania's SW wilderness region
• Many other minor bug fixes and improvements
May 2011 (SP4.002)
• Fixes the landclass bug causing red spots appearing on the east coast north of Sydney
• Adds fixes to Perth water class
• Fixes a bug whereby the SP4 patch did not correctly upgrade FTX Central and caused error messages
We continue to welcome further bug reports from our customers and these will be added to our improvement
development schedule for future patches and service pack releases.
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FTX Central Explained
FTX Central is the one-stop application which controls all aspects of Orbx's FTX regions and airports as you
purchase and install them for FSX. It's an easy to use tool that provides convenient access to the user manuals
and any Control Panels that come with FTX airports, plus other utilities in the Tools menu.
After running the FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 installer, there will be a shortcut to the FTX Central application in your
Windows Start Menu, under the Orbx program group.
When FTX Central is first run after the installer has completed, simply select Australia and then Apply.
From the main screen you can also view any PDF user guide document of Orbx products that are installed or
that you may purchase and install at a later time.
TIPS ON USING 'DEFAULT FSX'
• To restore your FSX to how it was before you installed FTX, simply select the Default FSX region.
• We recommend to always select Default FSX when installing non-Orbx addons
• If you are not sure about FTX working with another addon, simply select Default FSX before installing
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FTX Central has other functions in its menus. From the Tools menu you can access the following:
Scenery Library Configuraton
This is a useful tool which allows you to control the 'insertion' point at which all the Orbx FTX entries are
placed in your FSX Scenery Library. We've added this function because in some case other scenery addons
need to be placed above FTX (for example, OZx)
If you select FTX Scenery Library Insertion Points option, you'll be presented with another window like the
one below which allows you to scroll through your FSX scenery library entries. You simply select the entry at
which all FTX scenery library entries are inserted above, and click on the 'Set Insertion Point' button.
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The other function here is Validate Scenery.cfg - this should only be used when instructed by Orbx support
staff to validate that your scenery.cfg file is in the correct condition.
Reports
The reports tool simply scans the ORBX folders to report back on what products are installed. The other
function Validate Region Files is another debug tool which should only be used when instructed by Orbx
staff.
On selecting FTX Products Installed, you will see a pop-up window listing all the Orbx products installed and
their version numbers. The resulting window will look similar to the one below, but of course will vary
depending on which Orbx products you have installed. *
FTX Aero
The FTX Aero Tools menu item will only be displayed if you have purchased an Orbx FTX airport which came
bundled with the FTX Aero tool, a unique addon which adds custom textures to an airport's environment for
added realism. For more information about FTX Aero and how to use it, please consult the User Guide which
comes with the Orbx FTX Airports which have Aero bundled.
* Actual screens shown on the preceding pages may vary depending on Orbx products installed
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FTX Lights Tweaker
This is a shortcut to the tool used to change the types and size of the 3D lights in FTX. See page 20 for more
information about this tool.
Flush Scenery Indexes
This is a tool which should only be used when instructed by Orbx support staff. It will force a flush of the
scenery indexes cache and generally it is not required to be used for general FSX use with FTX.
Help | Orbx FTX Support Forums
This is a handy quick link to the Orbx FTX Support forums, which will call your default web browser and the
forums home page.
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What is Custom Landclass?
Landclass are special files which reside in the scenery layer “pie”, and their role is to tell FSX what type of
ground texture to place in any given square kilometer cell. In other words, landclass files tell the simulator to
place a field here, a township there, forest here, and a railway yard there, and so on.
As far as we are aware, FTX is the first flight simulation product to feature totally hand-crafted landclass on
such a large scale. Many global or country-specific addon landclass products for FSX are created using various
data sources and compiled using automated scripts and then manually rectified for obvious errors.
Not so with FTX. The diagram below gives you an idea of the custom landclass which was shipped with FTX
AUSTRALIA SP4 . Every single square mile in the green highlighted areas was hand placed by expert landclass
developers, using a combination of many sources, including street maps, aerial photos, and topography charts
to name a few. Clockwise from top left; coverage for AU GREEN, AU GOLD, AU BLUE and AU RED regions.
The result is nothing like you have ever experienced before, with an almost photoreal feel to all areas which
have been edited, but with the added benefit of faster loading times, full five seasons’ support and hand-
placed custom autogen and library objects in every single kilometer of the region.
Eventually, like FTX Australia, entire countries will be covered completely with the FTX custom landclass, and
photoreal scenery products consuming thousands of gigabytes of your hard drives will be a thing of the past.
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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 FTX
AUSTRALIA SP4 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 fidelity 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 10m 10m is recommended for best terrain results and also if you
have Orbx airports installed
Texture Resolution 7cm Sharpest roads and freeways
Scenery Complexity Extremely Dense How Orbx designed FTX AUSTRALIA SP4
Autogen Density Normal Best FPS versus detail
More discussion on this on page 19
Aircraft AI Traffic 16% Best balance
Road Vehicles 16% No need to set higher for AUSTRALIA SP4
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Recommended FSX Slider Settings
Firstly, like default FSX, dragging all your sliders to the right even with today’s modern hardware, will for most
people result in very poor visuals and performance. We suggest that you begin your exploration of FTX
AUSTRALIA SP4 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 FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 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 AUSTRALIA SP4 BASE SETTINGS
which is the recommended settings for medium spec PCs.
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* Mesh resolution even though the mesh available for Australia is only 76m, we recommend a setting of 10m
so that you don't need to change this setting if switching between FTX Australia and FTX North America.
* 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 Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne 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 FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 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 'High End'
spec PC to be the Entry Level by early 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 FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 you will get a good balance between
visuals and performance.
PC Specifications (Circa Jan 2011) FTX AU SP4 City / Urban Areas FTX AU SP4 Rural / Wilderness
Entry Level
Core2 Duo <= 2.5Ghz | < 512MB GPU
Mid Range
Intel i7 ~ 2.8 - 3.2 Ghz | 1GB GPU
High End
Intel i7 9xx < 4Ghz (not OC) | 1GB GPU
Extreme
Intel i7 9xx >= 4Ghz (OC) | 1-2GB GPU
Intel i7 Sandy Bridge 2600 4-5Ghz
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The 3D Lighting System
FTX uses a new 3D lighting system developed by Orbx and exclusive to our products. This system creates
multi-colored lighting for all roads in urban areas and major roads in towns. The lighting system is also
implemented as autogen in the textures themselves, so you will find cities are depicted very accurately and
you can actually see towns approaching during night flights over remote areas.
To provide you with the most flexibility, we decided to create a special little program called the FTX Lights
Tweaker, which will allow you to tune both the halo style and the effect size for the lights.
To access this application, from FTX Central, select the Tools | FTX Lights Tweaker option. The interface looks
like the screenshot below.
There’s not a lot to it. You select one of six “halo” effects (each has a description and a summary of its pros
and cons), and then select the size of the effect. Out of the box, FTX is set to the “REX1” halo, with a size of 11.
We found this to be the best balance between size and visibility range. You can play with the application as
much as you want until you find the right balance. FSX cannot be running while you run it however. A special
thanks to Tim Fuchs, developer of Real Environment Xtreme and Mark Poole for their contributions to the
halos in FTX.
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Custom Orbx Weather Themes
We've included six custom weather themes with FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 . If you've used our previous FTX
Australia series, you will be familiar with Orbx Weather 1 through 4.
New to FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 are Orbx Weather 5 and 6 (originally shipped with Orbx FTX Pacific Northwest),
which are designed to create brooding, moody weatherscapes that hardened bush pilots revel in. In other
words, if you don't want to dial up real world weather and need a challenge for some outback adventures, dial
up Orbx Weather 5 or 6 for some real fun!
You can select these themes anytime before or during a flight and we've included a brief description of what
you can expect from the theme in the description text below the screenshot.
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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. Also try our free AI Traffic addon for Australia which is available at the same URL.
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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 FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 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 support questions 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 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
FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 . Provided you adhere to the forum terms of use and have a legitimate copy of FTX
AUSTRALIA SP4 , 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 or have product queries, 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 forum’s 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 we’d 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 FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 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 12,000 members as of
May 2011.
You don’t need a user account just to view preview screenshots and selected information posted by Orbx
staff, but if you’d like to join in on the discussion there and view tips, guides and in-depth support questions
and answers, simply create your own account. It’s instant and no validation email is required. We like to keep
things simple. ☺
We hope to see you there soon!
Thanks for reading!
You’ve stuck with me through all these pages of information, and I appreciate your taking the time to read the
user guide. I hope it gave you some tips and insights. I know you’ll have a fantastic experience exploring this
amazingly diverse region. See you on the forums!
John Venema
Orbx CEO
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The FTX AUSTRALIA SP4 Team
Core Development Team
Matt Tomkins, Lead Texture Artist All ground textures, lclookup.gl mods, tree textures, R&D
Holger Sandmann, R&D Lead Core SDK technology, R&D, vector, hydro and topo development
John Venema, Project Manager Autogen annotation, night textures and project management
Landclass and Coastlines Development Team
Barry Meiklejohn, LC Team Leader Custom landclass, internal SDK documentation
Martin Lott, Senior LC Developer Custom landclass, poly landclass
Rob Byrne, Senior LC Developer Custom landclass, poly landclass
Tim Harris, LC Developer Custom landclass, poly landclass
John Bosch, LC Developer Custom landclass, poly landclass
John Hockings, LC Developer Custom landclass, poly landclass
Andrew Schofield, LC Developer Custom landclass, poly landclass
Ross Casey, Lead Hydro Developer Coastlines, rivers, lakes, waterclass
Contributors
Ron Tape FTX Central and other Orbx tools coding
Martin Henare Custom autogen models, autogen annotation
Jay Kae Orbx Server Admin and product delivery infrastructure
Martin Pomej Application Coder
Wolter van der Spoel Customer Support Team Leader and Lead Forum Moderator
Max Kraus Sydney Harbour Bridge Original 3D model
Beta Testing Team
Tony Arnold, Jan Kees Blom, Rob Byrne, Tim Harris, Martin Henare, Brian Horsey, Prof. John Hockings,
Mark Ledingham, Martin Lott, Heiko Glatthorn, Braedon King, Adrian Lehmann, Jarrad Marshall, Barry
Meiklejohn, Rob Nieuwenhoven, Andrew Schofield, Ian Routley, Jack Richards, Shaun Snyman, Stian
Rolandsen, Andrew Schofield, Dennis Stiglmeiyer, Wolter van der Spoel, and Ron Tape.
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