VHHH · IGS 13 · 1998
The Fly Kai Tak blog
New features, bug fixes and notes from the Kai Tak approach.
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Scenery & Weather9
Real Hong Kong: building 1998 from open data
How Fly Kai Tak builds Hong Kong from Lands Department open data and SRTM terrain, and the 1998 corrections: no Kai Tak redevelopment, no West Kowloon buildings, and the Walled City as an option.
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Typhoons, fog and city lights: weather and night at Kai Tak
Weather and night flying in Fly Kai Tak: clear, rain, typhoon, storm, low cloud and fog presets, wind gusts and turbulence, lightning, and a lit-up Kowloon at night.
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Zoom With the Mouse Wheel
Fly Kai Tak now zooms with the mouse wheel: scroll up to zoom in, scroll down to zoom out, 1× to 16×, one step per notch.
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Update: the rotate prompt is gone
Fly Kai Tak mobile update: the Turn your phone sideways prompt is removed, so the sim plays in either orientation. Begin descent still asks for landscape full screen.
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Fix: the rotate prompt now clears when you turn your phone
Fly Kai Tak mobile fix: the rotate prompt now clears when the window turns landscape, with a hint for iPhone players whose Portrait Orientation Lock is on.
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An inverted yoke for touch and mouse: drag down to pull up
Fly Kai Tak's on-screen yoke is now inverted for touch and mouse: drag down to pull the nose up, drag up to push it down, matching the keyboard.
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Flying Kai Tak on your phone: landscape, a cleaner toolbar and bigger controls
Fly Kai Tak on mobile: a compact toolbar with a More drawer, landscape touch controls, a rotate prompt for portrait, full screen on Begin descent and safe-area support.
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Update: a High scores button on the home screen
Fly Kai Tak update: a High scores button on the home screen opens and closes the table of ranked landings, from Captain down to Cadet.
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New: share your score and report card
Fly Kai Tak's result screen now has share buttons for X, Facebook, Reddit, WhatsApp, Threads and email, plus a downloadable report card image.
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New: a high score table with Captain and First Officer ranks
Fly Kai Tak now has a high score table. Land the IGS 13 approach by hand to rank as Captain, First Officer, Second Officer, Flight Engineer or Cadet.
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Share Fly Kai Tak posts on Threads
Fly Kai Tak blog posts can now be shared on Threads with one click, with the title and link pre-filled.
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Home Screen Shows Your Day, Night and Weather Choices
On the Fly Kai Tak home screen, the live view of Kowloon behind the menu now updates straight away when you toggle day or night, weather, clouds and lightning.
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Blog categories, search and pages
The Fly Kai Tak blog now has categories, a sort by category view, 20 posts per page and a search box that works in English and Cantonese.
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Read the Fly Kai Tak blog in Cantonese
The Fly Kai Tak blog now has an English / Cantonese toggle on every page: posts, captions, header and footer switch to written Cantonese.
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Fly Kai Tak in Cantonese: a language toggle on the home screen
Fly Kai Tak's home screen now has an English / Cantonese toggle: the whole setup screen switches to written Cantonese and remembers your choice.
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