Simviation 2010 Online Hop List

[ShaneG_old]

[color=navy][size=16]Congrats to all who managed to finish the 107-stop, monster tour of the Pacific!

[SeanTK]

This one was a lot of fun to create!

[specter177]

Where can I get the textures for FSX?

[SeanTK]

This tour is designed around FS2004, due to the availability of many custom addons for the country of New Zealand, and the distinct lack of good addons for this region that work with the FSX platform.

The mesh, landclass, and possibly a few airports may work in FSX, but once again, this is unsupported.

Regarding the "textures" specifically, I believe you are referencing my recommendation for VOZ "North". Unfortunately, this freeware addon does not work with FSX to the best of my knowledge.


I understand that the nature of this tour may alienate some that are stuck with FSX, but I wanted to try to make this tour as realistic as possible, and unfortunately, that desire can only be accomplished with the abundance of FS2004 New Zealand items at this time.
I know that there are some elements of FSX that are outstanding, but I have realized that outside of parts of the US, Australia, and some western European countries, FS2004 is the way to go until the addon community catches up in the coming years.

It never hurts to have both sims on your system!

[Capt.Propwash]

with 5 hops left in the tour... whats going to be next??? hehe?? I tend to do about 7-9 hops at a time.  Right now Im sitting at NZTG giving my variety of planes a much needed rest.


Planes I fly tonight.. Beech D18S amphib, F14, P51, Beech C-45G. 

Nice area, but I should have gotten the downloads. Oh well, better FPS without them.



I'll be waiting on the Waikato Carrier at the end for the next trip.

[SeanTK]

Next tour will be on the South Island of New Zealand. I just need to:

1. Remember to create it for Shane.

2. Find time in my schedule to create it.

After this, I have no idea where the next one would be, although I have a few ideas of my own for possible consideration in the future.

[Capt.Propwash]

if i might throw a few suggestions...

Papua New Guinea,  China,  Indonesia.


somewhere that just the general pilot might not ever really think about heading to.

[SeanTK]

Thanks for the suggestions!

I was considering the following after the South Island of NZ:

-Philippines

-Northern Europe/Scandinavia (would basically ring around the coast beginning with northern Netherlands and gradually wrapping around the waterway eastward before heading back to the southern coast of Norway.)

-Mediterranean (coastal circuit covering the area around the Mediterranean)

-Alaska (with significant portion of it in the Aleutian islands)

-Coast of South America (coastal flight covering the edge of the entire continent)

-Black Sea tour (coastal covering many towns around the Black Sea)




I am trying to pick spots with a variety of scenery attributes that are noticable on a default installation. If I create future tours I will NOT be going through the trouble of suggesting addon scenery for the tour, since no-one seems to use it, and I felt like I wasted the effort.
Luckily the current New Zealand series still lends itself well to default installations, but it was mainly produced around freeware addon scenery availability. I will not be basing future tours on that now.

For any future tours created by me, if you want addon scenery recommendations, just PM me. This policy will be in place beginning with the upcoming New Zealand South Island tour.


UPDATE: I just sent my hoplist for the south island to Shane, so hopefully we can expect it on the forums in the coming days. Have fun.

[Fozzer]

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-Coast of South America (coastal flight covering the edge of the entire continent)
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We've done that Tour courtesy of Shane, a while ago, covering the whole Coast, Sean....!

I didn't install all the Scenery for the NZ North Island because my add-on Library is already overloaded with all my Scenery for California...

...but I did install the Scenery Mesh and Land Class for the NZ North Island Tour, which was handy, (in addition to my VOZ and FS Global)......!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav... 8-)...!

[SeanTK]

Ah, thanks Paul. I suspected we did that a while ago, but could not remember for sure!

It's understandable that some won't install the scenery. I'm just making it known that I'm not bothering with it unless someone wants it.

[ShaneG_old]

I'm liking the Alaska idea. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

  So many different addons available for both sims, and even the default country side looks good up there, and even better when just a simple mesh is added in.

We've had some great multiplayer flights up there in the past.  8-)

[B-Valvs]

I'm liking the Alaska idea. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Me too.

8-)

[Fozzer]

I'm liking the Alaska idea. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Me too.

8-)

Beware......at temperatures of -50* up there, its cold enough to freeze your "Carburettors" off!.. .... ....!

Paul... ....!

...anyone watching the latest TV; "Ice Road Truckers" in Alaska, for an example of the local weather?
...Brrrrr.... .... ....!

[SeanTK]

But Paul, you always use clear and sunny weather anyway!

[ShaneG_old]

If nothing else, Paul could give us lessons on the proper usage of carb heat. 

I never paid attention to it until he pointed it out, and now I find my self fiddling with it at times.

A warm carb is a happy carb. 

Alaska for the win.