TAP

Tapini Airport
USER GUIDE MARCH 2016
Contents
Thank you! .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Product requirements ................................................................................................................................ 5
What will you miss out on if you don’t have Orbx FTX Global Base installed? ............................ 5
Quick Installation Guide ............................................................................................................................. 6
Downloaded FSS Wrapper Edition ........................................................................................................ 6
Manual scenery library configuration ...................................................................................................... 6
Scenery Coverage Area ............................................................................................................................... 7
Quick Reference Simulator Settings ......................................................................................................... 8
The Autogen Density Slider ........................................................................................................................ 9
Product Technical Support ....................................................................................................................... 10
Please do NOT email support requests .............................................................................................. 10
Use the forum search function ............................................................................................................ 10
What to include in your support requests ......................................................................................... 10
FTX Community Forums ........................................................................................................................... 11
Thanks for reading! ................................................................................................................................... 11
The FTX TAP Team ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Lead Developer ...................................................................................................................................... 12
Additional Orbx Developers ................................................................................................................. 12
Specialist Roles....................................................................................................................................... 12
Beta Testing Team ................................................................................................................................. 12
Further Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................. 12
End User License Agreement (EULA) ...................................................................................................... 13

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Thank you!

Orbx would like to thank you for purchasing FTX PI TAP Tapini

Welcome to the Goilala district high up in the Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea!

Included in this package are 7 thrilling airports: a unique mix of ridge-top, hill-side and river-side
sloping bush runways:

TAP - Tapini is the main airport in the Goilala area and also bears the name of the project,
nestled into a large mountain and within a tight valley, the one-way runway is sloped with a
steep cliff off the end which all conspires to make this bushstrip a tricky one to operate in and
around, for precision landings it features the infamous "Tapini ILS", to use this one must line up
the right-hand wing with the goat track following the opposite hillside to the bushstrip, it will
place you in roughly the correct position and attitude to turn 90 degrees left onto the runway,
but miss this point and you'll have to follow the valley for a while to reach an open spot to turn
around

WTP - Woitape is nestled in an open valley on some flat ground next to a river and services the
nearby Fatima Mission, it features a soft rolling one-way runway sloping downwards gently, but
dont be fooled by all this.... its also a notorious place to take off from due to the altitude and
because it lacks a handy cliff at the end with which to drop off and gain speed, many an aircraft
has struggled to get out of here, so pay attention to your cargo loads and fuel mix on this one

FNE - Fane is an infamous one-way bushstrip perched on top of a mountain ridge servicing a
small mission station, with a sloping 12 degree runway, and lots of unpredictable crosswinds and
updrafts combining to make it a terrifying place to land and take off, and with a very tight
parking area take extra care to watch your wingtips when turning around, when taking off there
is a cliff at the end so make sure to runup the engine and do all necessary pre-flight checks
before releasing the brakes and heading over the crest and into the valley

ONB - Ononge is another one-way ridge-top bushstrip servicing a mission station, with a low
approach over a little village, this ones a bit more bumpy and unkempt and has a dogleg forcing
the pilot to make a ten degree turn halfway along the strip, very tight turning at the end with
plenty of vegetation

KSP - Koispe services a mission station and it situated in a wide open valley next to a river with
ample airspace to operate an aircraft, it was originally a lot longer but has since fallen into
disrepair, the remaining part of the runway is maintained but it is quite a bit shorter making it

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yet another tricky strip to operate on, watch out for soft ground and due to the high
altitude/length of the strip be very careful with weights, weather and fuel mix

ASB - Asimba is a small village situated in Oro province next to the Chirma river, and features a
very short runway cut into the dense forest, pilots should watch wingtips carefully when turning,
and all take offs and landings are out over the river

KGH - Yongai is cut into the hillside and services a mission station, with a short sloping bumpy
one-way runway pilots should approach as slowly as possible and with great care, and dont
forget to pay attention to the crosswinds

This is the second Papua New Guinea project for Orbx by dynamic duo Tim Harris and Ken Hall,
their previous projects include NSTU Pago Pago International, AYPY Jacksons International, plus
many many other FTX airports and FTX regions for Orbx

Cheers and Kisim gutpela de!

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Product requirements
This airport addon is designed to work in the following simulators: Microsoft Flight Simulator
X, Lockheed Martin Prepar3D v1, Lockheed Martin Prepar3D v2 and Lockheed Martin
Prepar3D v3.

Orbx FTX Global Base is also required for full functionality.

What will you miss out on if you don’t have Orbx FTX Global Base installed?

 Color blending of the airport photoreal into the surrounding terrain

Please visit https://fullterrain.com/product/ftxglobal to purchase your copy of FTX Global base if

you haven’t already done so.

Orbx FTX PNG Holgermesh is required for full functionality. (Freeware)

What will you miss out on if you don’t have Orbx FTX PNG Holgermesh installed?

 Mountains

Please visit: https://fullterrain.com/freeware to download your free copy of Orbx FTX PNG
Holgermesh if you haven't already done so

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Quick Installation Guide
When installing Orbx FTX TAP from the downloaded FlightSim Store wrapper, the procedure is
very easy.

Downloaded FSS Wrapper Edition

1. Unzip the FlightSimStore.com (FSS) downloaded ZIP file. You should end up with the FSS
installer application OrbxFTXTAP100.exe.
2. Run OrbxFTXTAP100.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 TAP 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 as all Orbx products are installed into the ORBX folder in your simulator’s
root folder.
5. Once the Orbx installer has completed, start FSX/P3D and chose TAP as your starting
point. You are now ready to fly!

Manual scenery library configuration

If you do NOT have Orbx FTX Global Base installed, you can still use this scenery by manually
adding the scenery library entry from within the simulator.

Here are the steps required to configure the scenery library:

1. Run the simulator, then select World > Scenery Library…

2. Click on the Add Area button. A folder browser dialog will pop up.
3. Navigate to the ORBX\FTX_PI folder.
4. Now select the FTX_AA_TAP folder and click OK.
5. You will now be taken back to the scenery library, the airport should be displayed at the
top of the list.
6. Click OK and the scenery will be loaded into your simulator.

You can now commence a flight at the airport with the Change Airport menu option.

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Scenery Coverage Area

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Quick Reference Simulator Settings
The table below lists in a handy reference the minimum recommended settings required in your
simulator to enjoy TAP the way Orbx designed it. These settings will 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 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 Displays photoreal textures best.

Mesh complexity 100 Better terrain definition.

Mesh resolution 5m 5 m is required for FTX TAP.

Texture resolution 7 cm Sharpest roads and freeways.

Scenery complexity Extremely Dense How Orbx designed FTX TAP.

Autogen density Normal Best FPS vs detail.

GA AI traffic 16-50% Recommended for this scenery.

Road vehicle traffic 16% No need to set higher for FTX.

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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 Seattle or San Francisco will bring even the most
powerful PC to its knees. We won’t mince our words – FTX is not designed to give you a 60 FPS
experience will all sliders maxed.

They key thing to remember is that TAP 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 September 2013, which means this table will become dated rather
quickly. We expect the ‘Extreme’ spec PC to be the entry level by mid-2014, so of course as the
simulator gets older, your PCs are likely to get faster.

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

PC Specifications (circa Sep 2013) TAP Urban Areas TAP Rural Areas

Entry Level Normal Dense

Quad Core >= 2.8Ghz | 512MB+
GPU

Mid Range Normal Very Dense

Intel i5 | i7 < 4Ghz (not OC) | 1GB
GPU

High End Dense Very Dense

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

Extreme Dense Extremely Dense

Intel i7 2xxx @ 4-6 GHz
1-2 GB 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 TAP 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 our support forums, click on the “Forums” button shown on the homepage of
fullterrain.com.

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 TAP. Provided you adhere to the forum terms of use and have a legitimate copy of
TAP, you will always be offered our support at no cost as we work toward a resolution to your
problem each time.

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 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 existing threads).
 Include your ORDER NUMBER from your TAP 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 60,000
members as of February 2016. To visit the forums, just point your web browser to
fullterrain.com and from the front page click the “Forums” menu item.

You don’t need a user account 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!

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The FTX TAP Team
Lead Developers
 Tim Harris: 3D modelling, texturing, autogen annotation, placement, research, build
management, vector, landclass, manual.
 Ken Hall: 3D modelling, texturing, photoreal water masking, blending and coloring,
vegetation, research, placement.

Additional Orbx Developers

 Holger Sandmann: Aerial imagery acquisition
 Orbx Team: Orbxlibs objects
 Ben McClintock: FTX Central and website

Specialist Roles
 Jay Kae: Orbx servers; forums admin and CDN infrastructure.
 Adrian Lehmann: downloadable wrapper; and CDN infrastructure.
 Ed Correia: installer build management

Beta Testing Team

Friedi Gulder, Ross Casey, Voyager, Jon Murchison, Rob Abernathy, Eberhard Haberkorn,
Phil Manhart, John Dow, John Lovell.

Further Acknowledgements
 Thank you to the gentleman who helped us out with some really hard to find photos, you
know who you are!
 Iain Emms, John Lovell, thank you so much for the brilliant preview screenshots and
videos!

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