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    Alaska Scenery Enhancement Project - Image 2

    Description

    This patch is not a collection of airports, airstrips, or anything like that.

    Its sole purpose is to improve the default scenery for Alaska. It looks fine in many places, and even quite good in some, but elsewhere it looks bad or downright awful. MSFS24 is a fantastic flight sim for bush flying, and Alaska feels like the ideal place to do it.

    All I want is to make things better, or at least less bad, and have my fixes fit seamlessly into the default environment.


    I can't realistically list every fix I've made, but here are the main areas where you'll notice changes:

    • Prince William Sound (including the massive Montague Island)
    • Tongass Area
    • Chugach Area
    • Cook Inlet
    • Copper River mouth
    • And more...

    Overall, you'll find hundreds (thousands?) of lake and ponds and rivers fixed, thousands of kilometers of corrected coastline, color corrected satellite imagery (even some alternative imagery in one place), etc.


    I’m already working on updates to expand this project. My main goal for the next update is to have a fully corrected Admiralty Island. (there are also lots of fixes for it in this release: the western and southern coastline is mostly okay now, and most lakes have been leveled and filled with water.)


    How to install

    Please download and extract both files to your community folder. The alternative imagery one is pretty big, and that's the reason i've put it in a different package. I don't want to reupload it everytime I make an update.


    Dependencies

    None. That said, I strongly recommend using these two magnificent packs of bush strips for the Alaskan landscape. Both include scenery fixes that complement my project, and I intend to keep my project compatible with their work:

    I also recommend using Bijan's Seasons Enhanced 2024.


    Return to Misty Moorings?

    If you want to use RTMM sceneries with this project, it will break things. I recommend not using it... for now! A new and improved version of the RTMM sceneries are coming (it will take a bit of time, though).


    What's next?

    I can't make a list of what I intend to work on. Alaska is a massive place, there are a lot of places that need care, and I obviously can't fix everything. For now, I intend to work on the Tongass Area, the Cook Inlet, fix things in the Merril Pass and the Rainy pass, and follow the whole Copper River. I'd love to work on Kodiak islands after that. We'll see!


    Hope you'll enjoy my work!

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    Commentaires(24)

    3 days ago

    Hello,

    First of all: WELL DONE on your work and your determination 🙏

    I’ve also wanted to try my hand at creating and optimising scenes, but I must admit it’s not easy and, above all, it’s time-consuming (I’m a graphic designer and have some background knowledge of 3D modelling, particularly with Lightwave).

    I’m reaching out to you because you mentioned a PDF that I don’t think I’ve seen in the download files.

    I look forward to hearing from you and wish you every success and happiness in all aspects of your future endeavours.

    Warm regards from France,
    Laurent

    PS: I’ll soon be posting a ‘best of’ selection of shots taken in showcase mode via MSFS2024 from my flyovers in Alaska, and I’ll give you credit for your work. https://www.youtube.com/@FloatingBetweenSkyandEarth
    GalartealAuthor

    about 8 hours ago

    Hello Laurent !
    Merci pour le commentaire. Oui en effet, tout ça c'est beaucoup de boulot. J'espère avoir suffisament de temps pour finir la mise à jour que je prépare pour fin novembre, sinon ça sera en décembre.

    Pour le PDF, il est normalement inclu dans la dernière version téléchargeable (dans l'archive "main scenery patch" et pas celle qui contient l'imagerie satellite alternative). Je viens de tester de la télécharger, et je trouve bien le fichier dedans donc normalement le PDF est bien disponible.

    N'hésites pas à me dire si tu as un souci.

    Merci encore !

    12 days ago

    Thank you for your work! Unfortunately, I cannot use it in combination with the new vegetation add-on from Burning Blue Design, as the vegetation disappears entirely in many areas, leaving only the satellite imagery visible. Perhaps this could be fixed? Thanks.
    GalartealAuthor

    10 days ago

    Oh, that's surprising! When you'll have some spare time, would it be ok for you to send me some screenshots and coordinates of the places where it happens? I'll try to understand why it happens and fix it for the next update.
    GalartealAuthor

    9 days ago

    I did a few test and I think the issue is with this tree addon. Even without my scenery patch, and here is how it looks like in some places in Alaska:

    https://imgur.com/a/ZQdgO81

    8 days ago

    Apologies—naturally, I haven’t tried it the other way around! In this case, I will reach out to Burning Blue Designs. Thank you very much for your testing!
    GalartealAuthor

    8 days ago

    Hope they'll be able to fix it, it's a really promising addon!

    24 days ago

    This is a spectacular addon! I love to fly in Alaska and this makes it all that more realistic, thanks.

    24 days ago

    I downloaded your mod. Looks terrific. Lot of work done here.

    27 days ago

    Does this cover the Aleutian Islands?
    GalartealAuthor

    25 days ago

    Not for now, but it may happen in the future. Not right now though.

    27 days ago

    Just a heads up, this and the worldwide water fix conflict and you get cliffs and weird terrain glitches all over the place. Remove either one and it goes back to normal.
    GalartealAuthor

    25 days ago

    Good catch! I'll have a look to see if I can make it compatible, but I'm not sure if it is possible. It depends how worldwide water fix works.

    28 days ago

    Do you suggest to run map enhancement for better satelitte imagery? If so which source is best for alaska area
    GalartealAuthor

    25 days ago

    I tried it a bit, and in my opinion default imagery has the best consistency. Google maps is the worst, you have things like that: https://maps.app.goo.gl/nxNUbJifWRBZwdEd6

    about 1 month ago

    Also looking forward to RTMM !
    GalartealAuthor

    about 1 month ago

    It's coming, but it will take some time. Chugach airstrips will be available in a few weeks, and then will follow Amiralty Island cabins!

    about 1 month ago

    Thank you!
    MSFS 2020MSFS 2024

    Alaska Scenery Enhancement Project

    This add-on enhances the default Alaska scenery in Microsoft Flight Simulator by correcting lakes, ponds, rivers, and coastlines, as well as color correcting satellite imagery. Major improvements include areas such as Prince William Sound, Tongass, Chugach, Cook Inlet, and Copper River mouth. The goal is to provide seamless fixes that blend into the default environment without altering airports or airstrips. No dependencies are required, and compatibility is maintained with popular Alaska scenery and bush strip packs.

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    Historique des versions

    - Knik River cleaned and enhanced (shores, sand bars, vegetation, bridge, etc) - Compatibility with Northcoaster76's Bremner River scenery - More fixes to Inner Lake George area (elevation, vegetation, color correction, etc) - Troublesome Creek fixed - Glacier Fork Knik River fixed - Southern coast of Admiralty Island fixed - A ton of little fixes here and there. I also added a pdf file. It contains maps and information to help you understand the scope of the project, and where to find the main areas where I changed things.

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