Here we are to live the experience of visiting the World Trade Center in Microsoft Flight Simulator, in different weather and climate settings, something unique in the history of games, as it is the first WTC with external and internal views in a modern game. The World Trade Center has been an iconic landmark of New York City since its opening in 1973.
The complex consisted of 7 buildings, the best known being the Twin Towers, 417m... The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1999
Here we are to live the experience of visiting the World Trade Center in Microsoft Flight Simulator, in different weather and climate settings, something unique in the history of games, as it is the first WTC with external and internal views in a modern game. The World Trade Center has been an iconic landmark of New York City since its opening in 1973.
The complex consisted of 7 buildings, the best known being the Twin Towers, 417m high (One World Trade Center) and 415m high (Two World Trade Center), were the tallest buildings in the world for decades. On a typical day, about 50,000 people worked in the towers, with another 200,000 people visiting. The complex was so large that it had its own zip code, 10048. The towers offered spectacular views from the observation deck (located at the top of the South Tower) and the Windows on the World restaurant (located at the top of the North Tower). Tower).
Here the entire complex has been recreated and the buildings contain two functional helicopters, the North Tower Lobby and the South Tower accessible to the player, a visible office room on the 106th floor of the North Tower, The World Restaurant windows on the 107th floor of the North Tower and the Observation Deck on the 107th floor of the South Tower, plus WTC 7, Verizon Building, U. S. Postal Service, St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Edson Parking and the block around the complex, with some parts reinvented according to the reality of the photogrammetry game MSFS.
There are many details to include and I had to be very selective about what I recreated in the project so that it wouldn't get heavy and impact frame rate during the simulation.
I hope you enjoy this project as it is very meaningful to me and I hope it brings good aspirations and memories to those who have visited this amazing and authentic building all over the world.
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