Visit The Melbourne Citadel In Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, Thanks To A Typo
Microsoft Flight Simulator is more than a beautiful game – it’s also a treasure trove of odd structures and visual glitches, like this one.
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For those of you enjoying Microsoft Flight Simulator, an unexpected surprise awaits you in Melbourne, Australia. Flying North East from Essendon Airport brings into view a gigantic 212-story structure that’s been dubbed the North Melbourne Combine Citadel. Unsurprisingly, this colossal building doesn’t exist in real life, but instead appears to be the work of university student Nathan Wright, who is now internet famous thanks to his typo.
Microsoft Flight Simulator pulls its map data from Microsoft’s Bing Maps, and it appears that the incredible building originated from OpenStreetMap. OpenStreetMap is an open data project that is continually edited and updated by a passionate community. When university student Nathan Wright made some edits to the project as part of his degree, he failed to notice that the 2 he intended to type had turned into 212, creating the domineering building we now see in Melbourne.
Once social media was alerted to the skyscraper by Alexander Muscat, players quickly flocked to see it. Inevitably, internet detectives were quick to try and trace its origins. Soon, Deborah Pickett revealed its cause to be Wright’s edit, made around a year ago.
When The Verge reached out to Wright for a comment he seemed as surprised and amused as everyone else. “I think it’s so funny,” he said, explaining how he was using the site for the first time as part of a data entry task. “I didn’t think I would have to see it again.”
Knowing the building is likely to be removed very soon, either by updating the Australian OpenStreetMap data which is now adjusted or manually by Microsoft, players have been flocking to see it for themselves. Some have even gone the extra mile by attempting to land on its roof. If you want to see how to find the incredible statue, and how to make a successful landing, then check out Conor O’Kane’s adventures. It’s six minutes well spent.
This isn’t the only weird glitch in the game either. Thanks to the Azure-powered procedural generation technology players have seen some interesting things, including office buildings in the Guatemalan jungle and the ‘great wall of Rio’. For every beautiful screenshot, there’s a surprise just around the corner.
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Sources: The Verge Screenshots via Conor O’Kane, Header via Alexander Muscat
Helen began playing games at an early age with her first computer being a hand-me-down Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It didn’t put her off… She is all grown up now but is still a gamer at heart, especially when it comes to The Sims and other strategy and simulation games. She juggles the daily demands of life with a family and somehow still finds the time to indulge her two passions in life, writing and gaming; sometimes both at the same time.
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