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After more than a year, the free (donationware) HD Mesh Scenery v3 replaces the previous v2 scenery package! Covered Regions (see coverage on the download map below): Europe (Canaries included)North America (USA, Alaska, Canada)JapanHawaiiNEW: Australia The HD Mesh Scenery v3 is a complete replacement for the default Global Scenery in X-Plane 10 for all covered regions (it includes mesh, landclass, forests, road/railroad networks, all water features and autogen data)! The v3 is an update of the previous v2 version (thus it includes all the improvements which were present there) and has notable improvements in the following areas: Australia as a new region has been added (with completely replaced, higher resolution landclass data)!Europe has received a complete overhaul - higher resolution, higher quality - of its forest data (part of the landclass information)Canada has received a massive improvement of its water features (replaced the partially - regionally - incomplete OSM water data with government data --> CanVec)Improved forest representation (better, more detailed reproduction of the raw forest landclass information) resulting in much more natural look of forests/forest variations in all regionsRefreshed Oepnstreetmap (OSM) for all regions (except the before mentioned Canadian water data) to reference date 10th October 2014. This alone can improve many parts in the scenery.Used latest (September 2014) apt data for airport mesh smoothing / deforesting.Further increased the mesh resolution (by about 20-30%)Many other smaller / larger fixes listed here: http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-hd-mesh-scenery-v3/#Fixes-Imporvements-in-v3Just like before, this scenery needs at least X-Plane 10.25 (or any later version) to work properly! With all the improvements and new a region, the overall file volume grew to a new record setting 99 GBytes (scattered over 98 distinct ZIP files, each covering a 10x10 degree area). Luckily, this year a few more parties (whom I would like to thank!) joined in to help in the distribution process (with servers and bandwidth). They are: flightsim.com (with direct download AND very important: BitTorrent seeding)isdg.com.auaerosoft.comx-plane.org (will have files online in a few days)All informations, possible updates, installation instructions, and download links (with a detailed dynamic map) can be found here: http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-hd-mesh-scenery-v3/A large selection of screenshots can be found here: Normal: https://picasaweb.google.com/101666907909842492197/HDMeshSceneryV3FINAL?authuser=0&feat=directlinkComparison (default, v2, v3) : https://picasaweb.google.com/101666907909842492197/HDMeshSceneryV3FINALComparisonShots?authuser=0&feat=directlinkI recommend all users (especially those who are new to the HD Mesh Scenery v3): first start with one or two small regions. Download them, install them, test if it works and then - slowly, step-by-step - get more regions!Use BitTorrent (via flightsim.com) if possible, to avoid traffic congestion at the download sites!PLEASE take the time to read the short but important instructions! They help you (and then me) to avoid the most common mistakes!Have a lot of fun! Andras Fabian www.alpilotx.net PS: I would like to ask all users, who are fluent in other languages than English or German (and have time), to please spread this news in other forums / new sites

I suppose it's my time to offer some apologies. This previous summer it was my expectation that this semester of school wouldn't be the most taxing of semesters, however, I was proved wrong rather quickly. It's tough get an aerospace engineering degree, three minors, and still have time to work on this project so I've fallen a bit behind. Believe me, it will be finished, not only for you, but for my own personal edification. It may not be in the time period I promised you, but it will be finished in a reasonable time. You are right about QPAC not being a company working in a garage for the most part, however, on my end, the 3D cockpit and graphics end, that is actually the case. My sincerest apologies to the X-Plane community. I apologize for my lack of inactivity here lately, however I've got more serious matters, like college finals, to tend to at the moment.

The new Tower (almost) ready!

SkyMAXX, not really. Maybe tiny fractions of a % in theory but nothing in practical use. SkyMAXX is a self contained XPL that only uses Gizmo for DRM license validation. MU-2, DC3, etc. Yes. These products use Gizmo64 for the bulk of their systems and will all improve.

A damp afternoon at CYVR... (After I took this I realized I'd gotten distracted by photography, forgot to arm the glide slope, and was coming in way too high... tried to lose some altitude, went overspeed for flaps 35, tore one off, and spiraled into the sea. Oops... )