NZFF - Flightsim News

NZ L-188 Electras,..almost there..

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:08:38 +1200

ANZ Scheme...

ANZ/QANTAS Scheme...

TEAL Scheme...(after closer look at screens noticed the little star on the rightHnd VTail fin is arse-about face,..have fixed that..)

Fictional AFNZ Scheme...

Tekapo

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:05:55 +1200

A neglected part of my RealNZ collection...VLC blends in very nicely...must do that long overdue flight from Tekapo to Wanaka

VLC -local tour

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:42:51 +1200

Well I decided to do a flight based on a flight I did in real life, with the same aircraft (Piper Cherokee), starting at NZKF Kaipara Flats, over The Dome for a quick stop at NZSL Sprighill, then out to the coast to Pakiri Beach, over Pakiri Hill to Leigh (my hometown) down the coast to Mahurangi Harbour, then back to Kaipara Flats over Warkworth. The flight route is the same but the weather and time of day is different as I quite like dusk in FSX and REX just decided that today was going to be very cloudy with low lying fog, probably incredibly unsafe and illegal in real life, but hey its FSX, and it looks pretty

Sceneries used are; freeware Kaipara Flats, freeware Springhill, and of course the amazing, accurate, beautiful Vector Land Class!! thank you very much Timmo for these great addons nzflag<" border="0" alt="New_Zealand_etc.gif" />

Climbing quickly to clear The Dome

Flying over the notorious Dome Valley part of SH1

Quick stop at Springhill to have a look at the Springhill Aviation Club (in which im a member). Ignore the elevation issue, im sure this will be attended to in a future VLC update.

Heading NE out to the coast

Pakiri Beach and just about to fly over Pakiri Hill to the right

Goat Island Marine Reserve -first Marine Reserve in NZ, very accurate in VLC-just like the real thing

Looking back at Cape Rodney, Leigh is just to the left.

Ti Point, with Omaha beach in the background.

The tip of Tawharanui Regional Park, with Coromandel Peninsula in the background.

Kawau Bay.

Tawharanui Regional Park with Little Barrier Island in the background

Scotts Point and Mahurangi Harbour.

DUB DUB!!/ WW/ Warkworth

On final approach to NZKF Kaipara Flats. Ignore the elevation issue, im sure this will be attended to in a future VLC update.

As seen from someone in the 'tower'. Flying over the masses of Southern Paprika Greenhouses.

Taxiing to parking

All shut down after an amazing flight..time for coffee

Hope you enjoyed my little tour

Cheers, Jimmy

September Screenshot Competition

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:50:02 +1200

Welcome to the NZFF Screenshot Competition for September2010.

This month's rules are as follows:

1) The screenshot must be from a Flight Simulator program (FS2004, FSX, X-Plane, etc), and the position of the shot must be somewhere over New Zealand territory.

2) The image size must be at least 1024 pixels wide, and no wider than 1280 pixels -- this is a change from previously, so take note! Read the uploading screenshot guide to find out how to re-size your shot. Please keep a high resolution version saved on your computer; the admin may request it from you at the end of the month to convert into a site banner!

3) Images can be submitted from September 6th to September 30th 2010, with only one entry per member. You can change your submission before the closing date if you want, just delete the old one and replace it with a new one (by using the edit button at the bottom of your post. Please don't post saying you have edited your original entry, as this creates unnecessary clutter).

4) Soon after the competition ends, a poll will open to decide who has the best image, then the winner will have a cropped version of their image appear in the NZFF banner as well as receiving ~~the prize~~ the adulation of the forum!

5) Editing is allowed, if you know how to do it. The more stunning your shots look the better!

6) This month's theme:

On Saturday 4th September, nobody in Canterbury needed to be reminded that we live in a geologically active part of the world, specifically the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'. Like many locals, I'm struggling to comprehend what happened on Saturday.

But it did make me think that many of the things which make New Zealand such an interesting place to live, and visit, are a direct result of this lively geological activity. So this month we'll celebrate this. The Alps, the volcanic plateau, Mt Taranaki and Banks Peninsula are just some amazing features we have because of this geological activity, so this month we are looking for screenshots showing the landscape created by this.

This month we have a prize -- Tim Barnes has offered a copy of Vector Land Class to the winner. The winner will therefore receive a boxed copy.

Chromalusion and flip-flop colours

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:07:59 +1200

She's ready

Have a play and then compile your list of faults for me
You can find this download at the bottom of this page.

This one was an interesting challenge to repaint for the sim. First of all, the real world one is a Pitts and there are now really suitable Pittses for FSX - YET. Secondly, the real livery is all flip-flop paints and really irridescent.

I haven't done the owner full justice, but it's "NADITS" (near as dammit is to swearing)

Technam Sierra Online

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:04:53 +1200

Hi ,

Ian, these are for you mate.

Thanks for joining our wee flight last night, 12 in the air together was
quite a sight eh ?

Hope you get your scenery sorted.

Last two shots are at Boonah after we had all landed, I couldnt get ALL of them
in the shots.

Early Departure from Grafton

At Boonah, looking South

At Boonah ,view north

Enjoy !

Cheers

TonyM

PAC Cresco

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:01:00 +1200

As promised here are some pictures of my latest project - the Pacific Aerospace Cresco. I have not intentionally tried to keep this a secret, but as its been ticking along slowly (over 18 months) I had not made much progress in putting everything together, but over the last few months an extra burst has seen things come together well. I also did not want to start commiting to release dates and still can't due to my work commitments.

Just like the real thing this been pretty much a whole new build, with very little shared components from my earlier Flecthers. I have also increased the detail level and there are about 75% more polygons used in both the external and virtual cockpit models. Luckily I had some good pictures to rely on for the detail. I was also lucky to have Zac "Fletcher boy" Yates working at Wanganui Aero Work at the time and he provided some good reference pictures too. I'm designing using FSDS3.5 using the latest techniques, so this will be an FSX model only and won't be compatible with FS9. The screenshots below show about 90% completion, I still have to learn and complete bump mapping of the textures and add more custom features into the VC.

The aircraft depicted is John Hardings ZK-LTN based in Taihape. For those of you who don't know - John is in his mid 70's and has been an Ag pilot for over 50 years amassing a staggering 33,000 plus hours. I felt this is a fitting tribute to the highest houred pilot I know of in NZ and possibly the highest houred agpilot in the world. See this article. That was almost 4 years ago !!
I will, of course do other repaints and have a different pilot.

750 hp - two tonnes of fertilizer and plenty of nose up trim - airborne !!

Extra detailed landing gear and fully animated hopper gate levers and doors. Looking far too clean underneath - still have to add the mud, dirt and grime to the textures.

I have custom built or used standard MS gauges to represent the actual gauge types used by PAC in the Cresco. For anybody who has tried their hand at coding XML gauges, even by copying code from default gauges, they will know how frustrating this process can be !!

Opening cargo door and rear fuse interior is a new feature. Making the cutout and getting the surfaces to render smoothly was a total nightmare, but worth persisting with.

Man on a mission....another day another load...........

Will be a great machine to check out all the new farmstrips in Timmos VLC.... can't wait !!

Cheers Deane

the release of REX OverDrive

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:40:08 +1200

Just received this email.

Folks,

We are pleased to announce the release of REX OverDrive!

Before downloading and installing REX OverDrive, please be sure to have the REX Service Pack 3 update installed. Double check your REX version number as ending in 0611 via the ABOUT screen inside of REX. If you do not have it installed, please visit the link below and install the appropriate Service Pack for YOUR REX version number, and be sure to read the install instructions as it's VERY crucial.
http://realenvironmentxtreme.com/forum/index.php?board=25.0

The download is 3.52GB in size,

Below are a couple of download options:

http://rexoverdrive.fss-cdn.com/REX_OverDrive_FSX_1.0.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5IFFYWKM (MegaUpload Premium Users ONLY!)

For folks who would like REX OverDrive on a DVD delivered, the Flightsimstore.com is offering this service via this link: http://www.flightsimstore.com/product_info...roducts_id=1397

We hope you enjoy this FREE package as much as we did making it.

Enjoy your flights,

The REX Team!

You can view the full announcement by following this link:
http://realenvironmentxtreme.com/forum/ind...p?topic=10463.0

Regards,
The Real Environment Xtreme Community & Support Forum Team.

Just a Couple

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:05:01 +1200

Snowman sent me a couple of his airports to try out on VLC...they work great!..heres Hawera (I'll post more pics when I get a chance):

Piglets Porter extreme take-off out of Israel's Farm (PNW)

FSX Installer issues

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:59:12 +1200

Hey guys.

Trying to install X on the the pc and it simply won't, The installer just hangs around the 0201/202 scenery folders. It has only gotten past this point once where it hung on telluride_25.wav in the missions folders. It won't even get to the second disk. Has anyone else had this issue or know of a fix?

Cheers