FTX EU EGHP POPHAM AIRPORT

Version 1.0
User Guide April 2013

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INDEX

TOPIC PAGE

Thank You! ............................................... 3

EGHP Specific Tuning Notes ............................................... 4

Orbx FTX England Required ............................................... 5

Manual Scenery Library Configuration ............................................... 6

EGHP Control Panel ............................................... 7

The FTX Aero Tool ............................................... 8

Scenery Coverage Area ............................................... 11

Airport Charts ............................................... 12

EGHP Quick Reference FSX/P3D ............................................... 14

Settings

Recommended FSX/P3D Slider Settings ............................................... 15

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

Product Technical Support ............................................... 19

FTX Community Forums ............................................... 20

The EGHP Team ............................................... 21

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

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Thank You!
The Orbx team would firstly like to thank you for purchasing FTX EU EGHP POPHAM Airport Version 1.0

EGHP Popham, located near Basingstoke, Hampshire and is developed for FTX England. We have tried to
capture both the history and natural beauty of the airport and surrounding area. Almost every single object
seen in the real airport has been accurately modeled and positioned, allowing you to immerse yourself in a
realistic flight simulation environment.

Airport Operations
Popham Airfield is an unlicensed airfield located 6 NM south west of Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. It lies
alongside the A303 road.
The airfield has two grass runways, designated 08/26 and 03/21. The latter has restricted operational dates.
Light aircraft maintenance facilities, aircraft hire and training on microlight aircraft are available.

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EGHP Specific Tuning Notes

1. Set AUTOGEN to NORMAL for best performance

This airport is situated in the Orbx FTX EU ENG region within the FTX EUROPE region. Even without EGHP
installed, it is very demanding on computers, not dissimilar to FTX performance in London or Manchester. We
generally recommend that you begin your exploration of this airport with Autogen set to NORMAL. Of course,
you may find that you get acceptable performance at this setting, so perhaps you may be able to increase this
to Dense or higher.

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Orbx FTX EU ENG is required for full functionality
This airport scenery addon is designed to work with Microsoft Flight Simulator X /Lockheed Martin Prepar3D
and Orbx FTX EU ENG.

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

PRODUCT Version(s) Why

Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX) The base product required.

All Orbx products are made for

• Standard Edition
FSX/P3D and don't run by
• Deluxe Edition
themselves.
• 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 already
includes all versions and service packs SP1 and SP2.

OR

Lockheed Martin Prepar3D (P3D)

• Academic Version
• Developer Network Program

Orbx FTX EU ENG region (Download) The FTX region covering the
location of the airport
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/P3D

Orbx FTX EU ENG (DVD) (Optional)

An alternative way to purchase

This is a hard copy of the FTX region pack, available to
FTX on a handy quick to install
purchase online.
DVD.

WHAT WILL YOU MISS OUT ON IF YOU DON'T HAVE ORBX FTX INSTALLED?

- Blending of the airport photoreal into the surrounding terrain

- Moving traffic on 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 houses and trees which match the European houses and trees
- 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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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/Prepar3D.

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

1. Run Flight Simulator X/Prepar3D, then selecting Settings | Scenery Library

2. Click on the Add Area button

3. A folder browser window will pop up.

4. Navigate to the ORBX \ FTX_EU folder

5. Now select the FTX_AA_EGHP 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/P3D 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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 The EGHP Control Panel
After EGHP is installed, a Control Panel icon is placed onto your Windows desktop. You can also use FTX
Central to access the EGHP 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 you have.

To disable or enable any feature, simply click the tick box. Any changes are made instantly and there is no
‘Apply’ button required.

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The FTX Aero Tool (Optional Section)

When you first install the EGHP Popham Airport scenery, the installer will automatically add a Windows
desktop shortcut to FTX Aero for you. There is also a shortcut in the Start Menu under the Orbx program
group. When you launch the Aero tool, its interface looks similar to this:

It’s very simple to use. FTX Aero replaces three global FSX/P3D textures when you apply the choices from its
interface. These are:

• Detail Bump Map – This is an overlay texture which is designed to add “noise” and remove
smoothness from ground textures. FSX/P3D comes with its own detail1.bmp file which is very generic
and does not really enhance airport ground environments. The FTX Aero version creates three
different styles of bump mapping for asphalt or concrete surfaces. For EGHP we recommend
'Cracked'.

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 • Runway 18 Texture – Orbx GA airfields will generally have runway18.dds encoded in their APX files.
This is a runway used predominately in European smaller airports. The FTX Aero version has much
better detail than the FSX/P3D default. You can choose from 1024x1024 or 2048x2048 resolution.
Note that this setting has no impact at EGHP since we provide photoreal poly runways

• Taxiway Markings – Again, Aero will provide two variants, the first being a yellow faded line suitable
for asphalt, the second being a yellow/black line suited to concrete. Again, this is more a feature for
Orbx (and any other) airport which uses the APX file to lay down taxiway lines. Our EGHP scenery does
not do this, since the 7cm resolution of the aprons are sufficiently detailed to provide clear taxiway
lines.

Just make your choice and the texture appearance will be shown in the preview window. FTX Aero will
automatically make a backup of whatever textures you currently have installed. You can go back to your
default installed texture at any time by just selecting ‘Your Default’ as the choice.

TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD Settings in FSX/P3D.CFG

FTX Aero is quite clever in that it will automatically set your TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD= (TML) parameter in
FSX/P3D.CFG for you to allow the higher resolution 2048x2048 runway18.dds to be properly seen.
Additionally, if you prefer to use a TML of 1024, 2048 or 4096 (for addons like REX or a HD aircraft repaint),
simply select the TML menu option where you can choose to lock your TML setting to one of those values.

Alternatively, you can also choose to have Aero revert back to a TML of 1024 whenever you’re not using a
higher resolution texture. In this instance, FTX Aero is a handy tool to quickly set your TML level regardless.

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If you have not chosen any Aero Detail Bump Map textures, and do not have Land Detail Textures enabled in
the FSX/P3D settings menu, this is what the airside apron detail looks like: (this image is not taken from Popham
airport, This is a generic image.)

Now enable Land Detail textures in the FSX/P3D settings menu, under the Scenery tab, as follows:

Here is how the aprons appear with the FSX/P3D scenery Land detail textures setting enabled, and with the
Cracked detail bump map selected in Aero: (this image is not taken from Popham airport, This is a generic image.)

Notice how much more defined it appears?

We strong recommend that Land Detail Textures are enabled, the "Cracked" or "Coarse" options in Aero
produces the best results by far.

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 Scenery Coverage Area
The image below shows the extent of the EGHP region scenery 60cm coverage area.

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Airport Charts

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 Popham Airfield Official Operating Procedures

Noise !!! Our neighbours are very noise sensitive so all pilots are requested to be considerate. There
is habitation very close to each end of all the runways and also some farms in the middle of the
circuit. Even to the north in the relatively free airspace there are more stud farms and the like, so
care is required. Do not fly over the villages of Micheldever, Micheldever Station (SW), Popham (SE),
Overton (N), or North Waltham (E).

Additional General Notes

Firstly, remember Popham radio frequency 129.80 is just that…an Air-to-Ground radio with a volunteer
manning it! Radio operating hours are from 08:00 until 17:00 in the summer and 08:30 until 16:30 in the
winter (1st October - 1st April). Flying is allowed (with prior permission) in the summer up until 20:00
(n.b. this is a planning deadline!) or sunset in the winter. After 17:00 other traffic may often pass you
advisory arrival information. If you intend to arrive when we are closed, we request that you advise us at a
suitable earlier time and leave a landing fee (with your registration) in an envelope which can be posted
through the Clubhouse door opposite the toilet block.

Remember there is a signals square just next to the club house but this may not have been changed if we
have gone home so check the windsocks as well!

Runway 08/26 is the usual choice. Runway 03/21 is on farm land, is strictly NOT part of Popham, and
therefore subject to the 28-day "change of use" planning rule (n.b. ONE movement = 1 of the 28 days!)

Circuits are all to the north at 800ft QFE, with 08/26 having offset approaches (see later).

There can be extensive microlight traffic which tends to fly a tight inner circuit as well as the usual
mixture of other flying machines flying the published circuit to stay north of a couple of noise sensitive
farms.

Overhead joins should generally be used though it is common practice to use a dead side join over the
woods when using 08/26 and approaching from the south. N.B. On fly-in days we get VERY BUSY. If the
wind is favourable you can expect be given an overhead join only and to find both runways in use at
the same time, one for landing and one for departure to ease ground congestion. On these occasions
the signal square "T" will always display the landing runway and there will be a white ball above the "T" if
both runways are in use.

Runway Surface TORA LDA Lighting Notes

Approx
914m 150 -
200m
(780m if unusable
08/26 Grass R26 hold 700m Nil due to the
intersection offset
departure approach
is used) to the
numbers
Runway 03
slopes
03/21 Grass 900m 900m Nil
down all
the way

Source website, can be found at http://www.popham-airfield.co.uk/Airfield%20Procedures.htm

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EGHP Quick Reference FSX/P3D Settings
The table below lists in a handy reference the minimum recommended settings required in FSX/P3D to enjoy
EGHP POPHAM Airport the way Orbx designed it. These settings run well on most PCs and take particular
advantage of the custom 30cm ground photoreal imagery used in the scenery area.

If you use the settings below you will be guaranteed the highest fidelity experience and the best balanced
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 7cm Required for displaying the aprons in their native resolution

Scenery Complexity Extremely How Orbx designed EGHP

Dense

Autogen Density Normal Best FPS versus detail More discussion below

Airport Vehicles 0% Orbx has disabled the default FSX/P3D ground vehicles at EGHP. A
future upgrade will add unique animated moving GSE to the
airport.

GA AI Traffic 16 - 50% Recommended for this scenery

Road Vehicle Traffic 16% No need to set higher for FTX

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Recommended FSX/P3D Slider Settings
Firstly, like default FSX/P3D, 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
EGHP 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/P3D is the Autogen Density slider. With the way EGHP 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/P3D 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 BASE SETTINGS which is the
recommended settings for medium spec PCs.

The following setup screenshots are from FSX, but can be used as a reference for P3D.

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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
Extremely Dense in large cities like London or Manchester 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 EGHP 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/P3D gets older, your PCs are likely to get
faster.

That said, if you adhere to these slider settings in EGHP you will get a good balance between visuals and
performance. Always begin your first EGHP flight with Autogen set to Normal.

PC Specifications (Circa Jan 2011) Popham Urban / EGHP Hampshire Rural Areas

Entry Level
Core2 Duo <= 2.5Ghz | < 512MB GPU

Mid Range
Core2 Duo >= 2.8Ghz | 512MB+ GPU

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

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

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

1-2GB GPU

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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 EGHP 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
EGHP. Provided you adhere to the forum terms of use and have a legitimate copy of EGHP, 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 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 EGHP 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 20,500 members as of
March 2013. To visit the forums, just point your web browser to fullterrain.com and from the front page, click
on the “Forums” menu item.

You don’t need a user account just to view other people’s posts and information posted by Orbx staff, but if
you’d like to join in on the discussion there, simply create an 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 us through all these pages of information, and we appreciate you taking the time to read
the user guide. We hope it gave you some tips and insights. See you on the forums!

The Popham Team

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The FTX EU EGHP Team
Hampshire based Developers (SIM720)

Hampshire team in alphabetical order

Greg Jones 3D modelling; texturing; ground imagery; ObjectFlow;
NatureFlow; TextureFlow; object placement; POI
James Crowther
scenery object modeling; UK library objects.
Luke Charles
Russell Linn

Paul Webster Autogen annotation; Night lighting; Season Photoreal

area; User manual and team meetings plus beta build
Jonas Arrhenius management and installers.
Keith Lewis
Kimberley Charles

Nick Svejdal
Sam Hudson

Additional Orbx Developers

Adrian Lehmann FTX Central and supporting applications code.

Orbx Team Library objects used at EGHP

Specialist Roles

Iain Emms Senior screenshot artist.

Jay Kae Orbx servers; forums admin; and CDN Infrastructure.

Adrian Lehmann Downloadable wrapper; and CDN Infrastructure.

Beta Testers

Craig Hanley, Eberhard Haberkorn, Fred solli, Friedi Gulder, John Dow, John Lovell, John Venema, Phil
Manhart, Wolter Van Der Spoel.

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Further Acknowledgements
Imagery Photoreal areas sourced and licensed from Bluesky International
Limited. Crown Copyright Reserved.

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