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    Alaska Scenery Enhancement Project - Image 2

    Description

    This patch is not a collection of airports, airstrips, or anything like that.

    Its sole purpose is to improve the default scenery for Alaska. It looks fine in many places, and even quite good in some, but elsewhere it looks bad or downright awful. MSFS24 is a fantastic flight sim for bush flying, and Alaska feels like the ideal place to do it.

    All I want is to make things better, or at least less bad, and have my fixes fit seamlessly into the default environment.


    I can't realistically list every fix I've made, but here are the main areas where you'll notice changes:

    • Prince William Sound (including the massive Montague Island)
    • Tongass Area
    • Chugach Area
    • Cook Inlet
    • Copper River mouth
    • And more...

    Overall, you'll find hundreds (thousands?) of lake and ponds and rivers fixed, thousands of kilometers of corrected coastline, color corrected satellite imagery (even some alternative imagery in one place), etc.


    I’m already working on updates to expand this project. My main goal for the next update is to have a fully corrected Admiralty Island. (there are also lots of fixes for it in this release: the western and southern coastline is mostly okay now, and most lakes have been leveled and filled with water.)


    How to install

    Please download and extract both files to your community folder. The alternative imagery one is pretty big, and that's the reason i've put it in a different package. I don't want to reupload it everytime I make an update.


    Dependencies

    None. That said, I strongly recommend using these two magnificent packs of bush strips for the Alaskan landscape. Both include scenery fixes that complement my project, and I intend to keep my project compatible with their work:

    I also recommend using Bijan's Seasons Enhanced 2024.


    Return to Misty Moorings?

    If you want to use RTMM sceneries with this project, it will break things. I recommend not using it... for now! A new and improved version of the RTMM sceneries are coming (it will take a bit of time, though).


    What's next?

    I can't make a list of what I intend to work on. Alaska is a massive place, there are a lot of places that need care, and I obviously can't fix everything. For now, I intend to work on the Tongass Area, the Cook Inlet, fix things in the Merril Pass and the Rainy pass, and follow the whole Copper River. I'd love to work on Kodiak islands after that. We'll see!


    Hope you'll enjoy my work!

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    Comments(17)

    j

    3 days ago

    This is a spectacular addon! I love to fly in Alaska and this makes it all that more realistic, thanks.
    A

    3 days ago

    I downloaded your mod. Looks terrific. Lot of work done here.
    C

    5 days ago

    Does this cover the Aleutian Islands?
    G
    GalartealAuthor

    4 days ago

    Not for now, but it may happen in the future. Not right now though.
    x

    6 days ago

    Just a heads up, this and the worldwide water fix conflict and you get cliffs and weird terrain glitches all over the place. Remove either one and it goes back to normal.
    G
    GalartealAuthor

    4 days ago

    Good catch! I'll have a look to see if I can make it compatible, but I'm not sure if it is possible. It depends how worldwide water fix works.
    B

    7 days ago

    Do you suggest to run map enhancement for better satelitte imagery? If so which source is best for alaska area
    G
    GalartealAuthor

    4 days ago

    I tried it a bit, and in my opinion default imagery has the best consistency. Google maps is the worst, you have things like that: https://maps.app.goo.gl/nxNUbJifWRBZwdEd6
    N

    16 days ago

    Also looking forward to RTMM !
    G
    GalartealAuthor

    15 days ago

    It's coming, but it will take some time. Chugach airstrips will be available in a few weeks, and then will follow Amiralty Island cabins!
    N

    19 days ago

    Thank you!
    g

    19 days ago

    Looks amazing! but which of the files should I get? are both needed or only one at a time? thank you for your work
    G
    GalartealAuthor

    19 days ago

    I should have written it somewhere, I'll add it later. The alternative imagery file is just some fix for satellite imagery in a small part of the chugach area. I put it in a separate file so I won't have to reupload it each time I make an update! So yeah, ideally, you should use both file.
    D

    19 days ago

    Excited for this, and appreciate all your hard work! Alas, RTMM adds sooo much to Alaska bush flying that I can't imagine running without it. Bookmarked this and will excitedly grab it once they play well together!
    I

    19 days ago

    And what is the "Satellite imagery patch" file for? Do I need to download it?
    G
    GalartealAuthor

    19 days ago

    You're right, it's not very clear why I made two files. I'll add a little written thing in the description later. The alternative imagery file is just some fix for satellite imagery in a small part of the chugach area. It's in a separate file because it's quite big, and don't want to reupload it each time I make an update. So you should indeed use both files.
    n

    19 days ago

    Great job fixing the terrain issues. Thank-you for your work Gala.
    MSFS 2020MSFS 2024

    Alaska Scenery Enhancement Project

    This add-on enhances the default Alaska scenery in Microsoft Flight Simulator by correcting lakes, ponds, rivers, and coastlines, as well as color correcting satellite imagery. Major improvements include areas such as Prince William Sound, Tongass, Chugach, Cook Inlet, and Copper River mouth. The goal is to provide seamless fixes that blend into the default environment without altering airports or airstrips. No dependencies are required, and compatibility is maintained with popular Alaska scenery and bush strip packs.

    Downloads1K
    Version1.1
    File Size40.9 MB
    Published2 weeks ago
    Updated3 days ago

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    Version History

    - Knik River cleaned and enhanced (shores, sand bars, vegetation, bridge, etc) - Compatibility with Northcoaster76's Bremner River scenery - More fixes to Inner Lake George area (elevation, vegetation, color correction, etc) - Troublesome Creek fixed - Glacier Fork Knik River fixed - Southern coast of Admiralty Island fixed - A ton of little fixes here and there. I also added a pdf file. It contains maps and information to help you understand the scope of the project, and where to find the main areas where I changed things.

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