A highly detailed FS9 (2004) model of South Africa's
own "Pentagon" situated at the foot of Table Mountain
in Cape Town, South Africa. Explore the inside
and discover the interesting corners and views!
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This is my very first attempt at scenery or model
design for flight simulator. It was a great learning experience
Utilizing excellent tools such as EOD & FSSC but at the same time
also very time consuming and also frustrating when things
didnt go my way especially with the polygon counts buggering me around.
In the end though I think the CASTLE came out ok
as one of the most detailed South African scenery objects available to
flight simmers today. The textures are a mixture of photo real and hand paints.
I know it is not perfect but I'm still learning.
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Some history about the Castle:
"The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving building in South Africa.
Built between 1666 and 1679, this pentagonal fortification replaced a small clay
and timber fort built by Commander Jan van Riebeeck in 16522 upon establishing
a maritime replenishment station art the Cape of Good Hope for the
Dutch East India Company, better known as the VOC (Verenigde Oos-Indische Compagnie).
On 26 April 1679 the five bastions were named after the main titles of
Willem, the Prince of Orange.
The Western bastions was named Leerdam; followed in clockwise order by
Buuren, Catzenellenbogen, Nassau and Orange.
In 1936 the Castle was declared a National Monument. As a result of an extensive,
ongoing restoration and conservation programme launched in the 1980s,
the Castle of Good Hope remains the best preserved of its kind built by the VOC
in regions where it had interests.
The Cape of Good Hope houses the regional headquarters of the South African Army
in the Western Cape, the famous William Fehr Collection of historic artworks,
the Castle Military Museum and ceremonial facilities for traditional Cape Regiments.
Entrance and Bell Tower
The main entrance to the Castle bears many reminders of the nearly
one and a half centuries of VOC presence at the Cape. This entrance is a unique example
of 17th century Dutch classicism. The bell, cast in 1697 by Claude Fremy in Amsterdam,
still hangs in the tower from its original wooden beams.
Fortification
The Castle of Good Hope was built in accordance with 17th century European principles
of fortification comprising strong bastions from which the outside walls could be
protected by cross-fire.
Het Bakhuys & Dolphin Pool
During restoration of the inner courtyard, the foundations of the early 18th century
bakery and pool were discovered. The building, currently known as Het Bakhuys
('t Bakhuijs), has been reconstructed on these foundations."
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INSTALLATION
-Unzip to a temp folder.
-Copy the FOLDER "Castle of Good Hope" to the main scenery folder of FS9.
Please make sure that you copy this folder over. The two folders inside this folder
must not be removed or separated!
-Copy the texture files only in the texture folder to the main texture file of FS9.
-Start FS9, go to scenery library. Click "ADD AREA". Open the main scenery folder (You will find the "Castle of Good Hope" inside this FS9 main scenery folder).
Clik the "Castle of Good Hope" folder and then click "OK" to add. Please note: If you have any other Cape Town scenery already installed, then make the "Castle of Good Hope" a lower priority otherwise your Cape Town Harbour (if you have it) will disappear.
-Exit flightsim, fire up again, go to Cape Town International, hop into your chopper, get clearance from the tower, fly to the city, land inside the Castle and visit the Dolphin Pool ;-)
The scenery was tested on FS9 but should also work on FS2002.
The files will not harm your computer but if you think the did please do not hold me responsible!
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I want to thank the following people:
Matthias Brückner for his excellent object designer, EOD.
Derek Leung for his excellent Flight Simulator Scenery Creator, FSSC.
Last but not least, my wife, Haneleen and the children, Basjan and Neil
for their support.
Thank you for downloading this scenery. I hope you will enjoy this scenery
as much as I creating it.
Copyright and Distribution
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This scenery is released as Freeware. Copyright Simon Smeiman.
As freeware you are permitted to distribute this
archive subject to the following conditions,
- The archive must be distributed without modification to the
contents of the archive. Redistributing this archive with any files
added, removed or modified is prohibited.
- The inclusion of any individual file from this archive in another
archive without the prior permission of the author is prohibited.
This means, for example, that you may not upload an archive that uses
this scenery without first obtaining the authors' permission.
- No charge may be made for this archive other than that to cover the
cost of its distribution. If a fee is charged it must be made clear
to the purchaser that the archive is freeware and that the fee is to
cover the distributor's costs of providing the archive.
- The authors' rights and wishes concerning this archive must be
respected.
Copyright 2004, Simon Smeiman. All Rights Reserved.
