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Help us build the inside of the Kai Tak terminal
We are asking for glTF models of Kai Tak assets and photos of the terminal, so the interior and the rest of the sim can be as authentic as possible.
Fly Kai Tak has the terminal outside: the pier, the stands, the jet bridges, the main block and the car park. It does not have the inside yet. To build the departure hall, check-in area, gates and arrivals hall the way they really were in 1998, we need your help. If you have 3D models or photos of old Kai Tak, please send them in.
glTF models of Kai Tak assets
We would like 3D models in glTF 2.0 format (.glb is easiest, .gltf with its textures also works) of anything that belonged in or around the terminal:
- Check-in desks, baggage belts and trolleys
- Departure gate lounges, seating, glass walls and escalators
- Arrivals hall, immigration and customs counters
- Signs, ceiling panels, light fittings and flight information boards
- Shops, cafes and kiosks of the period
- Airside vehicles and equipment we have not built yet
Keep models light: low-poly with baked or simple textures runs best in a browser, and a single model under a few megabytes is ideal. Please give the real-world size in metres, and say if the model is based on a particular part of the terminal.
Images to make the sim authentic
We also want pictures. Photos, scans and plans help us get the colours, materials, signs and layout right, and they can become textures in the sim:
- Interior photos of the terminal: halls, gates, corridors, ceilings and floors
- Signs, floor markings, wall graphics and information boards
- Apron, pier and jet bridge details from the stand side and the air side
- Views from the terminal windows toward the runway and Kowloon Bay
- Floor plans, elevations or construction drawings of the terminal
- Surfaces for textures: carpet, tiles, panels, ceilings and glass, shot flat and evenly lit
Tell us where and roughly when a photo was taken, and which part of the terminal it shows. A note on the direction you were facing is a big help. Large originals are better than compressed copies.
How to send them
Email [email protected] with the files or a download link, or open an issue at github.com/Ragnahhhhrock/flykaitak/issues if your files are small and you are happy to share them in public.
Only send what is yours to share: models you built, photos you took, or material with a licence that allows reuse (CC0 or CC BY are ideal). Say who should be credited and we will credit you. Please do not send ripped game assets or other people's photos without permission. The sim uses invented brands, so we will not put real airline names or logos in the finished terminal.
Every contribution is checked before it goes in, and not everything sent will be used. Thank you to everyone who remembers Kai Tak and wants to help bring it back.
Fly Kai Tak 而家有客運大樓嘅外面：指廊、機位、登機橋、主大樓同停車場。但入面仲未有。我哋想按 1998 年嘅真實模樣整出離港大堂、辦理登機櫃檯、登機閘口同抵港大堂，需要你幫手。如果你有舊啟德嘅 3D 模型或者相片，請寄俾我哋。
啟德設施嘅 glTF 模型
我哋想要 glTF 2.0 格式嘅 3D 模型（最方便係 .glb，.gltf 連貼圖都得），任何喺客運大樓入面或附近嘅嘢都歡迎：
- 辦理登機櫃檯、行李輸送帶同行李車
- 登機閘口候機室、座椅、玻璃牆同扶手電梯
- 抵港大堂、入境同海關櫃檯
- 標誌牌、天花板、燈具同航班資訊板
- 當年嘅商店、餐廳同小賣亭
- 我哋仲未起嘅機場地勤車輛同設備
模型要輕：低面數加簡單貼圖喺瀏覽器行得最順，每個模型最好係幾 MB 以內。請寫明真實尺寸（米），同埋模型係根據客運大樓邊個位置。
令模擬器更真實嘅圖片
我哋都想要圖片。相片、掃描圖同平面圖可以幫我哋做啱顏色、物料、標誌同佈局，亦都可以變成模擬器嘅貼圖：
- 客運大樓內部相片：大堂、閘口、走廊、天花同地板
- 標誌牌、地面標記、牆上圖案同資訊板
- 停機坪、指廊同登機橋細節，陸側同空側都要
- 由大樓窗口望向跑道同九龍灣嘅景色
- 客運大樓嘅平面圖、立面圖或施工圖
- 貼圖用嘅物料：地毯、地磚、牆板、天花同玻璃，最好平拍、光線均勻
請講明相片喺邊度、大約幾時影，同埋影嘅係大樓邊個部分。如果記得面向邊個方向就更加好。原圖大過壓縮圖。
點樣寄俾我哋
電郵去 [email protected]，連同檔案或者下載連結；如果檔案細，而且你願意公開分享，亦可以喺 github.com/Ragnahhhhrock/flykaitak/issues 開一個 issue。
只可以寄你有權分享嘅嘢：你自己做嘅模型、你自己影嘅相，或者授權容許重用嘅物料（CC0 或 CC BY 最好）。請講明邊個要記名，我哋會致謝。請唔好寄從遊戲拆出嚟嘅資源，或者未經許可嘅別人相片。模擬器用嘅係虛構品牌，所以做好嘅客運大樓入面唔會用真實航空公司名稱或標誌。
每份投稿都會先檢查先用，唔係寄嚟嘅嘢全部都會用到。多謝每一位記得啟德、想幫手將佢帶返嚟嘅人。
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