Low Res Ortho and Photogrammetry Incompatibilities with Honolulu 2024 version

[Woogey]

Good day Friends, 

I was ecstatic to finally get PHNL installed into MSFS 2024, and then I took a look around.  The Ortho that ships with the product is VERY low resolution.  With the Default resolution being so much better than that supplied with the product, I am not sure why it was even provided?  The technique used on the military side resulted in many 2d imagery aircraft being visible.  It was stated that this new version utilizes 2024 native materials, but it does not appear that way.  The resolution of the concrete, asphalt and tarmac textures seem to be 2020 resolution.  I am not sure if the material has different attributes but the default 2024 textures are much higher resolution. 

As far as compatibility goes, the product documentation states the Photogrammetry needs to be enabled, but the H1 Elevated highway that runs along the ramp is flattened by an airport Exclude?  I will re-install it and try it with the Monorail option turned off.  I am highly disappointed at this stage, and do not feel like this current iteration is up to iniBuilds usually high standards.  My hope is that updates will come fixing these glaring deficiencies.

Note: I have my Texture Resolution, Object detail, and Mesh slider set to Ultra in the attached photos.

 

-Woog       

Edited November 9 by Woogey

[Woogey]

Edit: after uninstalling the ini Honolulu for comparison, It appears that the default Airport property is also pretty low resolution.  Outside the airport boundaries, we get the higher resolution provided by the Photogrammetry Imagery.  I assume this is due to the pilot that was hired to collect Photogrammetry needing to stay clear of the airport when doing his/her orbits. 

There is definitely room for iniBuilds to better this scenery by providing higher res background imagery.   

The attached pictures may be an MSFS bug, but the Fighter ramp Shelter starts are unusable.  

-Woog

Edited November 9 by Woogey

[Eddie]

Hello,

You've made sure the default scenery is uninstalled when the iniBuilds one is installed? Please also try giving this a go: 

Let me know if that fixes it. 
Thank you 🙂

[whopper]

For me the problem was Vessels: The Hawaiian Islands 1.4.1 Uninstall that add on and restart MSFS 2024 and ghost images are gone and the ground area all looks fine. Hope that helps ya. 

[Woogey]

I do have that vessels addon.  So I will try this when I get home.  Thank you for the tip, I am hopeful that this solution brings good things.  
 

Update: thank you whopper! That fixed the resolution and let the airports high-res ortho show properly.  That leaves only a couple issues that I hope IniBuilds can fix.  The fighter ramp is still unusable for the shelters and hopefully they can adjust the flatten to allow the elevated H1 freeway to be shown properly. Maybe a new 3-D model needs to be added to fill in where the photogrammetry freeway is flattened down?  

Edited November 10 by Woogey