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    Zürich and Rapperswil Water- and Forestmask Improvements - Image 1

    Description

    This mod improves the watermasks around the Zürich lake close to the city of Zürich and Rapperswil.
    Basically it makes boat landing stages, swimming baths, etc. more visible rather than been sunken below the water level.
    Since the terrain of MSFS goes crazy when masking photogrametry in water, all landing stages, swimming areas, etc are flat. Not 3D. But at least they are visible now :)

    Furthermore, this mod (since Version 2) also replaced huge parts of the forest areas of Zürichberg and Käferberg/Hönggerberg with "real" MSFS trees instead of the ugly photogrammerty trees.
    Should make your experience when approaching LSZH via RWY 34 more realistic :)

    Also added some boats. You need the EDHK Lights & Objects Developers Pack (Asset-Pack) to see the boats.
    There are also a few moving boats on the lake. You need the Moving Boats 3D Model Library to see them.

    Hope you like it.
    It was quite some work "fighting" with the photogrammerty :D Paypal donations are welcome with the link below :)

    Also check out my other mod for the Zürich area: Uetliberg Towers

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    over 1 year ago

    Danke für deine update

    over 1 year ago

    is the 2024 version compatible with Bijans mod? (it also removes PG trees in the Zurich area)
    THEOLI4DAuthor

    over 1 year ago

    I don't know, I don't have the Bijan mod.
    But I guess so. I mainly removed 3D trees and replaced them with "real" trees. I don't see why that would not be compatible.
    I also placed a lot of boats and ships. I also assume that works fine with his mod.

    over 1 year ago

    Nearly better than in real world !!!

    over 1 year ago

    The new photogrammetry region around Bern would also need massive correction regarding photogrammetry trees if you have some time available ;-) THANKs for all your Switzerland improvement mods, now after WU18 even more needed.
    THEOLI4DAuthor

    over 1 year ago

    Thank you :)
    Yeah I actually had no time so far to look at Bern. I first focus on my existing mods, trying to improve them for WU18.
    Then later maybe I can look at Bern... but we will see. MSFS2024 is around the corner. I might wait with new mods until then. I don't wanna do everything twice ^^
    THEOLI4DAuthor

    over 1 year ago

    But actually, my Switzerland treefix mod does improve the area around Bern airport. At least a bit :)

    over 1 year ago

    FYI - PBK Effects Library - not working - cant download file was removed.
    THEOLI4DAuthor

    over 1 year ago

    I know :/
    I hope he will put it back one day. But it's a small detail. Some smoke for some chimnes. Not so important :)

    over 1 year ago

    @THEOLI4D - Found it here - maybe it will work. It is the same addon but newer version (V4)

    https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/24887/msfs-pbk-effects-scenery-library/

    over 3 years ago

    Is this scenery compatible with MAMUDESIGN MARINAS?


    https://flightsim.to/file/38499/mamudesign-marinas

    deHavillandSupporter

    about 4 years ago

    Thanks a lot Theoli4d, this is an immense improvement to the default scenery. And looking at the red spikes it must have been an enormous work and effort!

    Unfortunately, Zurich is FULL of the ugly, bulky photogrammetric «trees», literally covered with them. They spoil every place, Bürkliplatz, Lindenhof, the whole seaside, some are even on the Safa-Inseli. I know it'll be the job of «Grün Zürich» Department to remove them, but maybe you can help them a little bit in some more places?

    Something I noted (and what is even documented by your own screenshots): whereas in the default scenery Quai bridge is ugly and solid brick, but at least a few meters in height, with your scenery it seems to «float» just a tiny little bit above water level. Did you pass (or rather suffer) the Pontonier-RS? ;-)

    THEOLI4DAuthor

    about 4 years ago

    Thanks for your comment.


    Haha well yeah Grün Stadt Zürich loves to remove trees ;)

    But here in this case: The problem is that the trees and the buildings are one object. It's very tricky to remove trees but keep the buildings intact. In most cases pretty much impossible and not worth the effort. I have tried in some areas. It's a nightmare.

    Maybe if there will be better tools in the SDK then I can try again.


    Quaibrücke is a bit the same: for whatever reason, the geometry of the bridge is really bad and as soon as you start to remove trees around it, it starts to go crazy.

    I did not find a way to keep it 3D but without all the ugly spikes.

    So therefore I decided to make it flat. It's not "correct" of course but I still felt it looks better than the very ugly spiky strange 3D data of the bridge.

    about 4 years ago

    Nice mod, thank you.

    about 4 years ago

    hello, merci pour ce mod, j'ai le mod Bijan habashi, ça rame un peu quand j'arrive à Zurich, peut etre à cause des bateaux.

    quand je vol je vois un POI Bijan Zurick Lake

    THEOLI4DAuthor

    about 4 years ago

    I'm sorry but I don't speak French and the Google Translation does not make a lot of sense to me ^^

    I think if you use a mod by Bijan Habashi, you probably don't need my mod. Having two Zürich mods is probably creating a mess.

    about 4 years ago

    ah sorry, I thought you spoke French :)

    yes I have the MOD Bijan, as you say, I think it causes conflicts, in any case thank you for sharing your content

    deHavillandSupporter

    about 4 years ago

    @supra01: Unfortunately Bijan's «Rock Island etc.» addon requires his 4-Seasons module to be installed, thus I couldn't test them both and compare it. From the screenshots Bijan published ( https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/project-rock-islands-sunken-boats-huts-pg-trees-airports/447859/219 ) it looks like he did some job in replacing at least the first line of trees along seashore and river Limmat with 3D trees. Can you or anyone confirm that?

    over 4 years ago

    Nice work! Definitely a game-changer when flying from the airport

    over 4 years ago

    could you pls do this for Orlando FL USA

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    Zürich and Rapperswil Water- and Forestmask Improvements

    Enhance the watermasks around Zürich lake and Rapperswil with this mod, improving visibility of boat landing stages and swimming areas. Additionally, enjoy realistic MSFS trees in Zürichberg and Käferberg areas for a more immersive flight experience, especially when approaching LSZH via RWY 34. Optional boats and objects are included, requiring additional asset packs for full functionality.

    Downloads7K
    Version6.0
    File Size38.75 KB
    Published4 years ago
    Updated1 year ago

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    Sub-CategoryLandscape
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    NOW COMPATIBLE WITH MSFS2024! Users for MSFS2020 don't need this version. You can keep your previous or download the 2020 version seperatly. By the way there is currently a bug in Zürich (and some other cities) that shows both the TIN buildings AND the autogen buildings at the same time. This is not cause by the mod and also not fixed by the mod. It's an MSFS2024 bug that is already reported and hopefully fixed by Asobo soon. Regarding bugs: PLEASE also vote for the season issue here: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/seasons-broken-countries-looks-way-to-brown-and-desatured-needs-fix/672943 THANK YOU!

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