This is a new REAL location we are putting in just north of 5BK, Black Rapids Airport. We have permission from the owners to use this and Steve is making a "lodge object" that is darned close to the real thing. We are going to add a bit of fiction to it by adding a "dock store" and we will put in a small airstrip behind the lodge with a helipad. None of these are really there, but without these, people wouldn't "visit" and see the great Lodge building Steve is building. So these little fictional alterations will give us float plane, tundra and helo access.
This one will also be a "season switcher". The highway you see is the Richardson Highway. This one has an interesting "Roadhouse" that they have restored ... something that was originally there years ago for this area. We have tried to duplicate that roadhouse. You can see the real lodge
HERE and read about the restoration of the Roadhouse
HERE.
Once you read through the website ... you might be wanting to call them for reservations! What a beautiful place and the food ... oh the food! :-)
As we move up the pipeline, we'll be putting some of these locations off to the sides of it to give folks a better feel for the area. We thank the folks at
"The Lodge at Black Rapids" for allowing us to depict their fine facility as we move north laying the pipeline.
Notice the reflections. This is something I didn't pay much attention to until now. Reflections (in P3D). You especially notice them when you are flying low and are "in motion". Pretty amazing feature. And I'm finding it doesn't tear up the frame rates. I do get hit pretty hard on shadows ... especially along the pipeline. I think this is because each section is throwing a shadow and there are a lot of them, so I turn that feature off.