Adriatic Sea / Italy Rigs – Offshore Oil Platform Placement for Microsoft Flight Simulator ( default 3D model )
Description
This scenery adds 75 oil platforms around Italy, mainly in the Adriatic and Ionian Sea. The wind farm at Taranto has also been added. This is an early version and will be a work in progress. The primary intent was to add rigs offshore for enhancing helicopter flying in multiplayer and to add something more to do in this scenic area of the world.
Although the placement of the rigs is accurate, the scenery is currently using the default oil rig which is not representative of the platforms in Italy. Eventually, the default rig will be replaced with more accurate models of the Adriatic rigs.
Landable helipads have been added to all the rigs.
Installation
- Extract bhd-itlrigs.zip using WinZip, 7-Zip or WinRar.
- Place the entire bhd-itlrigs folder into the Microsoft Flight Simulator Community Folder.
- Select Pescara as your start point (LIPB), Platforms are right off the coast near the airport. Use the included map and navigation info to explore the area..
- Requires USA World Update to be installed from the Marketplace ( oil rig is part of update scenery content )
Known Issues v0.1.1
Added KMZ file in documentation to add rig locations to Little Nav Map.
Oil rig 3D models are not accurate to actual Italian platforms.
Placement of rigs should be accurate, but orientation is a guess based of best info. Several rig placements have been kit-bashed due to lack of photos / information.
Might experience -2/3 FPS spikes, but in general, not much performance impact.
Update v0.1.1
- Added KMZ file in documentation to add rig locations to Little Nav Map.
Also available: Santa Barbara Oil Rig placements, Alaska - Cook Inlet Oil Rigs
Recommended Freeware - Global AI Ship Traffic, We Love VFR 1, We Love VFR 2
2 months ago
2 months ago
ravenn22
Simonegno
Hi Ravenn, thank u for your hard work! I only wanted you to provide the exact coordinates of all the oil rigs in the Italian and Croatian territory.
This is for accuracy and of course to avoid excessive proximity to the coast.
I hope you can fix this as soon you have time to replace them.
Thank you and good job!
https://va.mite.gov.it/File/Documento/29420
1 years ago
doghito
Great, Tx!
1 years ago
Ginete
a very welcome addition to my MSFS, thank you for making this available 😊
2 years ago
darshonaut
lavoro molto bello, sia nella fattura delle piattaforme, sia come idea.... pero a me paiono posizionate male. Io sono di Pescara, quindi quelle di zona sono abituate a vederle.... e per come mi sono apparse su litorale in FS, non c'entrano assolutamente nulla. Addirittura me ne ha messe anche in più rispetto a quelle che dovrebbero esserci (nella zona di Pescara ne ho contate 4), completamente inventate ed in luoghi di fantasia, tipo tipo a nord della foce del fiume pescara, vicino (molto vicino) alla costa.... ripeto, bella l'idea, ma ho dovuto disinstallare tutto, perché rovinava tutto il realismo. Sorry.
2 years ago
the lat/lon data I was sent was from 2014, and there's no google/bing sat imagery to validate any of the positions... Part of the issue is that in places, 2 or 3 platforms are connected - but with only 1 oil rig model - it looks silly. I had the same issue in SoCal w 2 connected platforms, and have to fake the look of it.
if you've got better data for positions - I'd be happy to adjust / fix placements!
2 years ago
ravenn22
Gianco976
really really cool! Most excellent job! Thank you keep up the great work
2 years ago
FurtherAM
Can you make a file for Little Nav Map with all your rigs positions?
2 years ago
I added a kmz file to the documents folder in the latest version - you can import that into LNM
2 years ago
ravenn22
jvortiz56
Great addition for the region, thanks a lot!
2 years ago
Scooty
Rigs are classified as airports for use with Neofly?
2 years ago
unfortunately not, and I didn't try to put NDBs/Navaids or helipad start points on the rigs either, since I don't have the actual data for that. I'd have to create fiction entries for each one. IDK if the helipad asset ( in the sdk ) is working as a start point, I was going to test that today in another scenery...
2 years ago
ravenn22
onehyperborean
Thanks so much, I love these type of landmarks!
2 years ago
edpatino