Brisbane’s South Bank in Microsoft Flight Simulator

Take That (In-Game) Snap Daily Photo

Marking the return of one of the world’s most ambitious simulation games, Microsoft Flight Simulator enables players, even in this COVID-19 world, to take to the skies and journey across any part of the planet in one of several dozen aircraft. The development team at Asobo Studio has taken full advantage of technological advances in the last decade, including implementing world map data from Bing Maps and OpenStreetMap.

While this has led to a more realistic experience for players, the data used has not always been perfect. From Essendon’s 212-stories high Tower of Babel to the Buckingham Palace office block… there are many landmarks to make you not only go “Wow!” but also have a good giggle at.

As someone who spent several years working within South Bank in Brisbane, Queensland; I was curious about how my old stomping ground turned out. Today’s Take That (In-Game) Snap Daily Photo focuses on how interesting the area turned out. What I encountered was… interesting to say the least, from the non-descript QPAC (Queensland Performing Arts Centre) Apartment Building to the “iconic” underwater bridges. Given that Microsoft Flight Simulator has to recreate the entire planet, the recreation is not meant to be entirely accurate. But here’s hoping down the line, modders manage to recreate the city I love.

Take That (In-Game) Snap Daily Photo is an off-shoot of the Take That (In-Game) Snap article series, in which the first article focusing on Final Fantasy XIV was recently published. This looks at, celebrates and critiques how video game developers have implemented professional photography-like systems into their games. It will cover how the systems handle, just how accessible they are and, where applicable, how a modding community might be making these tools even better. With this Daily Photo spin-off series, I will be sharing individual photos from the games either covered or soon-to-be-covered in the series.

Sam
Sam
Founder of The Otaku's Study. I have been exploring this labyrinth of fandom these last fifteen years, and still nowhere close to the exit yet. Probably searching for a long time to come.

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