NZFF

MSFS 25 June Update NZMF Milford Sound Screenshot by LurkingDodo



This looks like it could be a concern of little bit of an out of proportion worry.

Just in case anyone is interested in flying around the Milford area, here's the NZ CAA safety publications GAP Booklet for Good Aviation Practice Flying In, Out and around Milford pdf

Hah, yep those trees look like they need a little pruning

In reality it is a poor rendition of Milford.There are actually very few trees within 100 metres of the runway centreline and the backgound to this screenshot is actully virtually sheer and unable to hold snow because of its steepness.Orbx Milford Sound in FSX is a far better rendition.I am surprised about this given how well they have done the area around Mount Cook and Tekapo.

From comparing this screenshot with photographs, I'm pretty sure that they use exactly the same mesh as FSX, which is faulty around Milford Sound, and was only improved with an addon mesh like VLC or Orbx NZ. I remember that when Tim released VLC he included a little 'fix' for the airport, dropping it down to ground level to match the corrected elevation, otherwise it stood on top of a towering plateau.
I trust that this will be fixed before the new sim is released.

Yes the MSFS auto-gen tree trunks in the foreground definitely are in-need of some kiwi pruning.

Agree that what is seen at the moment is a poor rendition of the background largely due to being the Bing Map Aerial satellite image map used in the interpolation over lay process showing the other side of Sheerdown Peak which has more of a pronounced curved snow basin.

This would not be seen from the approach angle path. You would only see the barren steep drop side of Sheerdown Peak.

As can be seen when comparing the Bing Map imagery through Earth View Map 3D it shows just how poor a state the Bing Map interpolation can be, as a means of showing Bing Map imagery with 3D elevation data distortion occurring showing a snowy curved ridge line basin as a wrongly positioned as what looks a valley dip and a snowy peak cap that is not there in real life, thus representing an incorrect mountainous terrain lay out within the Milford Sound area of MSFS.





When compared with these real life approach angle path images.