Ultimate Terrain
(for Alaska and Canada)...
... is a replacement of the default
landscape that "extends" the beauty of Misty Fjords
past Misty's horizons to include the rest of Alaska and all
of Canada.
When you fly out of the Misty Fjords
area into the FS9 default scenery, you can see a significant
(and disappointing) difference. Thanks to Holger's scenery,
we have all become very spoiled indeed as to true graphical
beauty. But now we have Allen Kriesman who is offering us
Ultimate Terrain, a very fine adjunct to Misty Fjords. Of
course, we are mostly interested in Canada and Alaska which
is the first offering and available now. (However, we should
also note that Allen will be doing other parts of the world
also soon).
What "UT" offers the "Misty
Flyer" is a far less-abrupt transition from Holger's
Misty to the FS9 default scenery. Notice the screenshots below
that show the "interface" between UT and MF. As
you fly from Misty Fjords into Allen's UT, you'll be seeing
almost the same breathtaking beauty for all of Canada and
Alaska. It is not meant to be as precise as Holger's but it
is a tremendous upgrade from the default ... extending the
magnificence of Misty beyond the Misty Horizon.
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Description
of the program from Scenery Solutions
Scenery Solutions
Announces The Ultimate Terrain Series Of Products.....
Roads - Night Lighting - Rails - Coastlines - Lakes - Rivers
- Landclass - Land Polygons
Have you ever looked at one of the online internet map services,
or advanced graphical GPS units, and wished for that kind
of detail and accuracy in the FS2004 terrain ? Using commercial
data licensed from companies like Navteq, TeleAtlas, and DMTI
Spatial, Scenery Solutions has created a FS2004 terrain upgrade
package like no other to date.
Each package includes ALL of the following:
- Adds every available road from the chosen commercial navigation
data set.
- Each road is accurately placed in FS2004 to match its
real world location.
- Adds enhanced railroads in major cities (including rail
yards).
- Adds a new night lighting environment unlike anything
else on the market. This feature will add actual points
of light, to simulate street lights, automobiles, and rural
farms. Previously, this functionality has only been seen
in many professional flight simulators.
- Adds corrected Oceanic coastlines, plus islands, lakes,
and rivers. No more roads over water ! Adds a more accurate
landclass representing metropolitan areas. Adds detailed
land polygons for things like parks, golf courses, and cemeteries.
The boundaries will align with the road boundaries, just
like you see them on high quality mapping services and GPS
units.
All of this is packaged together for a complete FS2004 terrain
enhancement. Also includes versatile configuration utility
(screenshot) and texture configuration too (screenshot).
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Matchup
Between MF and UT ... its almost perfect!
A [nearly] seamless
transition at the boundary!
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Linkage
to Ultimate Terrain/Canada and Alaska
from Scenery Solutions
URLs for Linkage to
Ultimate Terrain
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Latest Version for Misty and Tongass [here]
This is the latest Version
4 Update
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How
do I add Ultimate Terrain for Alaska and Canada?
Getting Started
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1. You must already be running the Misty Fjords Scenery Package
[available
here]
2. Purchase and download Ultimate Terrain from [here]
3. Activate the scenery within UT using the setup box for
it.
4. Run the Latest (Version 4) Misty/UT patch which you can
download [here]
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Comments from Holger
Sandmann - Creator of Misty Fjords Scenery Package
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"I've always been very skeptical that an automatically
generated landscape add-on can achieve a high and consistent
level of quality. Allen's UT has convinced me that this is
indeed possible. More importantly, perhaps, is that Allen's
willingness to look beyond his own project, offering full
support for my efforts to make UT compatible with MF, is a
neat and unique example of how two products that could be
considered "competitors" end up being a perfect
match. "
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Comments from Allen
Kriesman - Creator of Ultimate Terrain for Alaska and Canada
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Document Information
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Created: |
April 2, 2005 |
Updated: |
Oct 01, 2006 |
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Counter Started April
11, 2005
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