mutley 4,487 Posted June 22, 2017 Report Share Posted June 22, 2017 Bill Womack's excellent Heron's Nest freeware has been upgraded to be P3Dv4 compatible. After a bit of tweaking, the Heron's Nest v2 is now available for Prepar3D v.4. Not much changed on the island, except for the addition of dynamic night lighting in the land and float hangars; now they'll illuminate your plane when you pull in for the night. The installer is specifically for P3Dv4, and has been added to your account on the Heron's Nest download screen. To get it, log in to http://iblueyonder.com/ and choose "My Account". In the list of your orders, choose your Heron's Nest 2.0 order. In the list of downloads, you'll now see two files: iBY_Herons_Nest_v2, and iBY_Herons_Nest_v2_P3D4. The latter is the one you want. If you don't already have the Heron's Nest, visit http://iblueyonder.com/portfolio/the-herons-nest/ to get your free copy. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,284 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Life is good, well done Bill W. I think I have changed my mind about which sim I will get next. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OzWookiee 151 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 8 hours ago, brett said: Life is good, well done Bill W. I think I have changed my mind about which sim I will get next. If Ya already got lots of P3D stuff it makes sense =) Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Is the island worth an install? I have it but never installed it. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,487 Posted June 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 TBH Jim, there's not a lot there, but it is a dedicated V4 product with V4 dynamic night lighting in the hangars which I haven't seen on other products yet. Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 23 minutes ago, mutley said: TBH Jim, there's not a lot there, but it is a dedicated V4 product with V4 dynamic night lighting in the hangars which I haven't seen on other products yet. Something to look forward to this dynamic lighting. Not sure if I'm going to install. Maybe I will and do some circuits Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,284 Posted June 23, 2017 Report Share Posted June 23, 2017 Why not Jim, how often can you own your own island and Maine is a beautiful state to buss around. Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Lol we shall see Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted July 1, 2017 Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 Ok so I installed it in P3D v4 and it's a great little island. I've never really looked at it before but that runway is quite a challenge. Especially when you don't have a bush plane but only a lancair legacy lol. I set the time to night and it looks great but I am not sure what I should be looking for in regards to the dynamic lighting? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,284 Posted July 1, 2017 Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 From what I can gather it is an upgrade of the default lighting system that gives the developers, using the new SDK, more control of the distance and reflections of a different colored light sources. If it is used too heavily it can effect frame rates so you need to look for subtle difference when used. Others might know the full story as I only did a short search. Link to post Share on other sites
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