Pacific Northwest Scenery v2 Pre-Release

[Tom/CalClassic]

Hi all,

I thought you might want to help Mike Stevens and I do the final testing of the new Pacific Northwest scenery package. Mike has really gone all out and rather than having 3 custom airports with GMAX terminals and hangars, you now have 27! And, there are another 11 airports that use a generic terminal from our Classic Terminals Library. This has taken us over a year to complete, but I hope you think it is worth all the effort.

I'll post the readme file with the list of airports included, etc in a post below. But here are a few photos.

First, head on over to Mike's previous post with pictures of his Boeing Field/Seattle harbor/Worlds Fair. Boeing Field was the first airport completed so long ago...

calclassic.proboards.com/thread/7120/another-scenery-update-works

He also captured the Seattle and Portland terminals BEFORE we decided to *completely* rework them.

So here are a few screen shots first; keep in mind that there are many others with custom GMAX terminals, etc.:

Just to give you an idea of the changes involved, here is the default Sea-Tac airport:



Here is the terminal in version 1:



And here is Mike's and my new terminal. Look at all the details, including ramp equipment, cars, a custom gas station (with a roof shaped like a jet), etc. That's the United complex on the left side:



And Mike didn't forget about new custom hangars either (the Sea Tac Airways and Pacific Northern hangars are out of sight to the right):



And here is Portland, also completely redone. That's the freight house beyond the tower:



But the most transformed area is the old terminal area (used for charters), with new GMAX buildings (in order - fire station, Alaska/PAA (etc.), West Coast, United, and Northwest/Western):



What's really impressive is that Mike has found pictures for 24 other smaller airports in the region, and created custom GMAX terminals for all of them too. Here are a few:









So, where can you get it? It is now available from my Scenery page:
www.calclassic.com/scenery.htm

As always, make sure you read the text file before and during installation. You should be able to overwrite version 1 if you have it installed.


Thanks,

[Tom/CalClassic]

Hi,

As promised, the text file:

************ 1960 Pacific Northwest USA Scenery **************

by Tom Gibson and Mike Stevens

Version 2, 2/2016, for FS2004 only.

Support available at the CalClassic Forum:
calclassic.proboards.com/

NOTE: This file, AI traffic, and lots of classic airliners can be
downloaded free from Tom Gibson's California Classics at -
www.calclassic.com/

We've produced this scenery to provide new GMAX terminals, taxiways, buildings and details as they were around 1960 for 27 airports in the Pacific Northwest region. We've also created 11 generic classic airports in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington then served by airlines. These do not include custom GMAX terminals but use instead one of our new generic Classic Terminals object for the terminal, since I did not have photos. Mike Stevens has done the majority of the work on the new GMAX terminals and other buildings - thanks!

If the airport has a custom GMAX terminal (and often other buildings as well) it will be preceded by stars (***). The airlines that served the airport in 1960 are listed. The largest scheduled propliner that used each airport in 1960 is listed at the end. Airlines on interchange runs are in parentheses.

Airports included:

Oregon:

Astoria Muni KAST: West Coast DC-3
Baker City Muni KBKE: West Coast DC-3
***Bend Roberts Field KRDM: West Coast DC-3
Burns Muni KBNO: West Coast DC-3
***Corvallis Muni KCVO: West Coast DC-3
***Eugene Mahlon Sweet KEUG: United, West Coast CV-340
***Klamath Falls Kingsley Field KLMT: United, West Coast CV-340
Lakeview Lake Co KLKV: West Coast DC-3
***Medford Muni KMFR: United, Pacific, West Coast CV-340
***North Bend Muni KOTH: United, West Coast CV-340
Ontario Muni KONO: West Coast DC-3
***Pendleton Muni KPDT: United, West Coast DC-6B
***Portland Intl KPDX: United, Alaska, Northwest, Pan American, Pacific Northern, Western, West Coast, Pacific, (Continental), (Braniff) B377 Stratocruiser
***Roseburg Muni KRBG: West Coast DC-3
***Salem McNary Field KSLE: United, West Coast CV-340

Washington:

***Bellingham Muni KBLI: West Coast DC-3
Chehalis-Centralia KCLS: None
***Ephrata Muni KEPH: West Coast DC-3
Hoquiam Bowerman Field KHQM: West Coast DC-3
***Olympia KOLM: West Coast F-27
Omak KOMK: West Coast DC-3
***Pasco Tri-Cities KPSC: West Coast F-27
***Port Angeles Fairchild Field KCLM: West Coast DC-3
Pullman/Moscow Muni KPUW: West Coast DC-3
***Seattle-Tacoma Intl KSEA: Alaska, (Braniff), Pan American, (Continental), Japan, Northwest, Pacific Northern, Trans Canada, United, Western DC-7C
***Seattle Boeing Field KBFI: West Coast F-27
***Spokane Muni KGEG: Northwest, United, West Coast B377
***Wenatchee Pangborn Meml KEAT: West Coast DC-3
***Walla Walla Muni KALW: United, West Coast CV-340
***Yakima McAllister KYKM: Northwest, West Coast DC-4

Idaho:

***Boise Air Terminal/Gowen KBOI: (Continental), United, West Coast DC-6B
Burley Muni KBYI: West Coast DC-3
Coeur d'Alene KCOE: West Coast DC-3
***Idaho Falls Muni KIDA: West Coast, Western CV-240
***Lewiston-Nez Perce KLWS: West Coast F-27
***Pocatello Muni KPIH: West Coast, Western CV-240
***Sun Valley Friedman Meml KSUN: West Coast DC-3
***Twin Falls Joslin Field KTWF: United, West Coast CV-340

*** PLEASE TURN OFF THE SEATTLE AERIAL PHOTO LAYER LOCATED IN THE SCENERY LIBRARY ***

Suggested Additions and Deletions:

This scenery version includes the Seattle World's Fair, which opened after 1960. See the installation instructions below if you would like to remove it.

If you do not have another airport texture addon, I suggest that you download and install airland1.zip from AVSIM or elsewhere. It increases frame rates while adding detail to the concrete and asphalt aprons, taxiways, and runways.

AI propliner and GA traffic matching this scenery is available separately from www.calclassic.com (AI Aircraft page).

Credits:

Airport surfaces created with AFCAD2 by Lee Swordy and ADE by Jon Masterson - thanks.

Produced using GMAX by Discreet, ExcBuilder by Paavo Pihelgas, Ground2K4, EZ-Scenery by Konstantin Kukushkin (Abacus). Thanks to all!

PLEASE NOTE:

A. The Pacific Northwest 1960, CalClassic Landclass, and Static Objects Library scenery layers should be active if flying in 1960. You never need to disable the Static Objects Library layer in any case.

B. You may want to print out these instructions and check off each step as you finish it.

INSTALLATION

This EXE installer will NOT create a Start Menu entry, registry entry, uninstall program
or anything else, other than copying the relevant files to the proper folders. You may
install to a temporary folder by pressing the ... button and copying things by hand if you wish.

1. Quit FS2004 if running.

2. ***IMPORTANT*** Download and install the scenery libraries contained in the Classic Scenery Libraries v4 or later
compiled by Wolfgang Gersch (Classic_Libraries_v4.zip at flightsim.com, also linked on the CalClassic Scenery
page), if you have not done so already. www.calclassic.com/scenery.htm

3. Download and install the EZ-Scenery Libraries, available from: www.abacuspub.com/pub/AbacusEZLibraries.exe

4. Open this PacNW1960_2.zip file archive by double clicking it. You will find
this text file and a file called Setup.exe. The EditVoicePacka and kpdx 1957 folders are described below.

5. Double click the Setup.exe file to start the installation. Press
the Run button at the warning screen. If it doesn't find your FS2004 folder automatically,
press the ... button and browse to it. Follow the instructions to install.

NOTE FOR NEXT STEPS: If you have already installed some of the CalClassic scenery packages,
you may have at least some of the required scenery layers installed. If so, skip that
step (see below).

6. Start FS2004 and go to the Settings/Scenery Library choice on the
opening screen. If you are currently flying, press Escape (Esc) and then End
Flight to get to this screen. Look at the top portion of the list. If there is no
CalClassic Landclass area listed there, click on the Add Area button. Double click the
ADDON SCENERY folder. Click the CalClassic Landclass folder once. Click OK.

NOTE: For System 7 or later, click in the white area to make the box go away and add the layer. Repeat for other layers below.

7. If there is no Pacific Northwest 1960 area listed there, click on the Add Area button.
Double click the ADDON SCENERY folder. Click the Pacific Northwest 1960 folder once.
Click OK.

8. If you have any addon scenery for modern Northwestern USA airports, jetways, etc. uncheck
that scenery's Active box to inactivate it.

9. ***Uncheck the Seattle Aerial Photo Scenery layer.***

11. Click OK. Quit and restart FS.

12. If at the main screen, choose Create Flight at the left, select desired items, and
press Fly Now. Choose Options/Settings/Display. Under Scenery Objects set the
Scenery Density to Dense or less (setting to Very or Extremely Dense will display modern
jetways at default airports). Also, set the Autogen Density to Dense or less
(any higher may display telephone poles in odd places at the airports); this will also
simulate the less dense cities found in the era. Click OK.

13. (Optional) If you want white taxiway lines AROUND THE WORLD, rename the
taxiway_marks.bmp file found in the FS2004 TEXTURE folder to
taxiway_marks.bmp.yellow. Then copy the taxiway_marks.bmp file found in
the FS2004/Addon Scenery/Pacific Northwest 1960 folder to the FS2004 TEXTURE folder. Restart
FS.

If you want yellow lines again, rename this current taxiway_marks.bmp file to
taxiway_marks.bmp.white, and rename the taxiway_marks.bmp.yellow file to
taxiway_marks.bmp. Restart FS.

14. If you later want to fly in the modern era, just go into the Scenery Library
(Settings/Scenery Library) and click on the Enabled box next to the
Pacific Northwest 1960 and CalClassic Landclass entries until the red check
marks are removed to deactivate the 1960 scenery (do not deactivate the Static
Objects Library layer). If you have white taxiways, revert to yellow by renaming the
current taxiway_marks.bmp file in the FS2004 TEXTURE folder to taxiway_marks.bmp.white,
and rename the taxiway_marks.bmp.yellow file to taxiway_marks.bmp. Check the Seattle Aerial
Photo layer and any inactivated addon scenery areas for the Northwestern USA. You must restart
FS after you do all of this.

Reverse this process again to go back to 1960.

15. OPTIONAL: If you do not want the Seattle World's Fair in your scenery (opened after 1960), move the following files from the FS2004/Addon Scenery/Pacific Northwest 1960/scenery folder into the FS2004/Addon Scenery/Pacific Northwest 1960 folder:

ksea_worlds_fair.bgl
Seattle_Worlds_Fair.bgl

16. OPTIONAL: In the EditVoicePackfolder you will find EVP import files that will give several airports proper names by ATC. There are also a few new AI airlines in this folder which fly into the Pacific Northwest. Refer to the EditVoicePack manual for further instructions.

17. In the kpdx 1957 folder you will find an alternate night texture for the old United terminal (lit up at night). This would be used if you are modeling 1957 (a new ADE file would be required, however). It would be pasted into the FS2004/Addon Scenery/Pacific Northwest 1960/texture folder. BACK UP the original file first!

NOTE: This file, AI Traffic for this scenery (and the world), and lots of classic
airliners can be downloaded free from Tom Gibson's Classic Airliner web site at -
www.calclassic.com
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[Dennis the menace]

Hi all.

I have been working on this project since last January 2015, and finally it's completed. In no way can this new scenery compare with the old Pacific Northwest scenery. Basically, this has been a tear down and build from scratch. It was exhausting. Through much "detective work" I was able to find photos of all the airports that were served by F-27 and larger aircraft. There is much beautiful scenery in this part of the United States, and if all you see are Portland and Seattle, then you will be missing a lot of beautiful flying around mountains, volcanoes, forests, beaches and canyons.

Here are a few photos of some minor airports in the scenery.

Our first minor airport is  Bellevue Airport, located east of Seattle in Bellevue, Washington.  Bellevue was the second busiest GA airport in the Seattle area. This is a brand new airport for FS. It was not included in FS because the airport closed in 1983. It is served by SEA-TAC airways from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport. SEA-TAC airways was founded in 1960 to link Boeing Field, Bellevue and Seattle-Tacoma airport, and by 1964 they were out of business. Their fleet included one Beech Twin Bonanza (we substitute the Queen Air instead), 2 Beech Bonanza, and one Grumman Goose. Here is SEA-TAC airways at Bellevue airport.  Be sure to update your GA traffic files to provide AI traffic to the airport!



Our second minor airport is Ocean Shores, Washington.  Ocean Shores was a land development scheme for motels and gambling. By 1962 it consisted of this airstrip, three motels, a cafe and a gas station.  This is almost always a foggy location if you use "real world weather".  Cold and windy with ice cold water, Ocean Shores is not the best place for getting a tan on the beach, but I hear the razor clams people on the beach dig up and cook are delicious.   Here is a photo showing the tiny terminal, with a SEA-TAC airways Grumman Goose providing service to Seattle-Tacoma Airport.  In the next parking spot is an Ocean Shores Airways DeHavilland Heron, providing scheduled service to Boeing Field.



Our third minor airport is Sun Valley airport located in Hailey, Idaho.  If you feel like skiing, this is the place to go.  West Coast Airlines provides scheduled service with DC-3s only.  Nothing much larger can fit here.  Its also a popular destination with charter airlines.  Located in a deep canyon and few if any navaids, flying in and out can be dangerous - at night it's almost suicidal.



Finally, back in Seattle we have the 1962 Century 21 Exhibition, popularly known as the Seattle World's Fair.  The textures now reflect the gold finish on the Space Needle and the Arena.  The exhibition halls, sport's stadium, Asian Garden and "Funland" have been recreated, along with "World's Fair" billboards scattered throughout the scenery.  The fair opened April 21st, 1962.  Be sure to visit before it closes this October 18th, 1962!  Along with the fair, the Seattle harbor has been beautifully detailed.



Enjoy your time in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and happy flying!

[JasonK..AKA "Pal Joey."]

What a time to get back on!! looks fantastic! And Yes, Our Razor clams are the best...when you or Tom get up here again, let me know...we'll hook you up! providing the Domoic acid don't ruin it again.

[Dennis the menace]

I've seen the Razor clams on YouTube, they are huge.

Let me tell you that I have been working with Tom night and day for weeks now doing a complete rebuild of Seattle-Tacoma and Portland airports.

They are really a thing of beauty, all the correct hangars, everything scaled right, Tom used a map overlay to get everything just perfect.

I do believe that all the necessary AI updates have now been uploaded.

*******ALSO, in the Pacific Northwest scenery package, there are edit voice pack files for the new airports/airlines, and land class files. Don't forget to add them EVP and to the Scenery Library.

[thumper]

Awesome. Simply awesome. You guys are the best. Can't wait for Mike's Caribbean project too.

[JasonK..AKA "Pal Joey."]

quick run through,excellent work as always!Thanks for all your hard work.

[JasonK..AKA "Pal Joey."]

Only thing i've seen so far is the Columbia airlines DC-6 Tail is blank...it looks like the ualvtail.bmp is blank.

[Tom/CalClassic]

They had a plain white tail.

[qxtoolman]

Good Job Guys! Love the older PDX Airport with Marine Drive right next to it. Also love the GEG, I did some work there a long time ago, and saw some of the photos of the old Geiger Feild. Spot on. Even though I am not from here, I did a lot a work at most of those airports in my previous duties with the Airgroup. Again Well Done.

Take Care,
the other "Stefan"

[bryan01]

Looking mighty fine, thanks!

[Wolfgang]

Hi,

wow looks pretty well done !!!

Cheers
Wolfgang

[Dennis the menace]

Feb 8, 2016 1:40:40 GMT -5 JasonK..AKA "Pal Joey." said:

Only thing i've seen so far is the Columbia airlines DC-6 Tail is blank...it looks like the ualvtail.bmp is blank.

Columbia was a pretty cheaply run enterprise - just blank tails on all their aircraft.  They were based at Boeing Field.  If you want "the next step up" you'll have to fly on Vance International Airlines, just a couple building south of Columbia.  At least they had some nicely painted L-049s!  Boeing Field is a haven for cheap charters - they did not use Seatac.  At Boeing Field you'll see Sourdough Air Transport, Columbia, Westair Transport, Vance, and a host of others.  Of course, people will have to have all the current updated AI and traffic files to see it.

[aharon]

Awesome accomplishment!!! I am sure all of FS2004 users would love this!!!

Hopefully, your next project for FSX will be Annette Island airport

Regards,

Aharon

[reichfur]

Outstanding job as usual ! Many thanks !