I build free, open-source tools that make flight simulation look and feel more like the real thing. My main project right now is OrthoStreamXP: photo scenery for X-Plane 12, streamed while you fly.
- 🛫 Currently working on OrthoStreamXP (beta)
- 🗺️ Interested in aerial imagery, texture streaming, terrain and anything that makes the view out of the window better
- 💬 Ideas, bugs or flight reports? Open an issue
- ⚡ Fun fact: the DDS/BC1 texture encoder in OrthoStreamXP is hand-written
OrthoStreamXP mounts a virtual file system over your existing X-Plane 12 scenery packages and builds photo textures from online aerial imagery the moment X-Plane asks for them. It loads the area ahead of your aircraft first and keeps a cache for the next flight.
| 📡 Scenery on demand | Imagery is downloaded as X-Plane needs it, not region by region |
| 🧭 Look-ahead loading | Follows your aircraft over UDP and prepares the area ahead of you |
| 🎚️ Simple presets | Balanced, Sharp, Ultra or Extra, with recommendations after each flight |
| 🎨 Natural colours | Evens out patchwork photos, seasonal tint, exposure control with live preview |
| 💾 Managed cache | Size limit, automatic eviction and a visual cache manager |
OrthoStreamXP is and will stay free. If it gave you a flight worth remembering, a sunrise over the Alps or a final approach into your home airport, a donation buys more time for sharper textures, smoother loading and more natural colours.
Blue skies!