| A small but growing collection of small GA airfields in Switzerland to improve on the very limited fidelity of the fields included in MSFS2020. The fields are all in one package (with separate BGLs for each airfield) to reduce community folder clutter and dependency issues for common assets.
The primary focus is on function and accuracy, and we’re just starting to get into custom objects eye candy.
Release 0.16 brings some upgrades to existing airfields and WU6 compatibility.
All but LSZK and LSPG (these need some more extensive rework) have been made compatible with WU6:
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- New patches for artefacts on the ortho photos (LSZI got an alternative aerial picture over the whole field)
- Heightmaps and some corrective terraforming to make the airfields conform to the lovely SwissAlti3D Mesh. This is really not a pretty solution - but unfortunately for several reasons we still have to do this.
Some other upgrades:
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- Custom runway lighting for LSGE, LSGC and LSGY. Every single light has been separately put in the correct place (we hope).
- Slight improvements in ground markings (with custom painted lines) for LSZI and LSPH
- Active runway indicator panel for LSZF
List of airfields
LSZV Sitterdorf
LSPH Winterthur
LSPG Kägiswil (not yet WU6 compatible)
LSZT Lommis
LSZK Speck (not yet WU6 compatible)
LSZI Fricktal-Schupfart
LSGC Les Eplatures
LSZQ Bressaucourt
LSZF Birrfeld (*)
LSGE Ecuvillens
LSZE Bad Ragaz
LSGY Yverdon-les-bains
LSGT Gruyere
LSZN Hausen am Albis
If you feel like improving your home base to a higher level or you have even already started doing some work - why not consider joining us and experience the power (and fun) of team work. Even if you're not into development work: Having a local contact to provide information, measurements or photos would be valuable.
Warning: This scenery add-on contains a configuration that inhibits fuel trucks and follow me cars from spawning for small GA parking spots. Unfortunately there seems to be no way to restrict this configuration to specific airports, it applies globally - which may or may not be something you want anyway.
There might be a bug that inhibits moving vehicles to spawn on all types of parkings instead of just the smallest ones. As a workaround the LivingWorld_Config folder can be deleted from this package.
Installation: Just unpack the zip in the community folder.
If you have other (more detailed) scenery packages of some of the airfields there are two things you can do to make it work:
- Make sure this folder is alphabetically before the other scenery in the community folder. If the other scenery is done properly it should override the respective airfield in this scenery.
- If the above solution doesn't work, delete the respective bgl file out of the scenery folder of this package.
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Sehr schöne Arbeit! Danke dafür. Es wäre toll wenn die Flughäfen einzeln installiert werden könnten. So kann man Sie mit anderen Mods kombinieren.
Plecku
Kannst du auch LSME machen?
Greazer
Good. Very good.
qowiboy
looks beautifull all!
But a BUG REPORT:
your scenery makes dead/stop any ground vehicle traffic atr any airport over the whole earth... seems to happen something with your files in folder "LivingWorld_Config" or "AirportServices"
SACrafters 1 year(s) ago
Thanks for your feedback. Finally got to try it out now.
It's in the LivingWorld Config. We were aware that it affects all airfields worldwide as it says in the "Warning" section of the description of this package. According to the documentation our configuration should only inhibit the vehicles for the smallest parking type - and I seem to remember having tested it with an earlier version. But now, as you say, there doesn't seem to be anything moving anymore.
Without this configuration file we get lots of cars and some fuel trucks, container loaders and passenger buses on the smallest of grass strips.
Suggestions:
qowiboy 1 year(s) ago
many thanks for your description about the not-at-all-clear statement and description of SDK, and that it is not possible to set the Traffic only for the custom airports... meanwhile I deactivated that folder and it seems to work
merry christmas!
dresoccer4
Downloaded and installed this, however I have a request: can you please add at least a single screenshot of each airport you've updated? Otherwise I'm unsure if I have it installed correctly. For example my first flight was out of LSZV and I can't tell if it's yours or not.
Thanks!
TridensAero
LSZI looks now much better but its still far away from the real thing. The smaller Building should be more like a regular Restaurant with a outdoor dining area and the Spielplatz is missing.
THEOLI4D
Great work. But it looks like most of your airfields cause huge terrain spikes from far away. Once you get closer, they disapear... but from the distance, most airfields have huge terrain spikes :/
SACrafters 2 year(s) ago
Hi, thanks for reporting this.
So far I could reproduce it for LSZV and LSPH. How bad it is seems to depend on the "Terrain Level of Detail" setting. As I normally have that setting on 200 it is nearly invisible on my old screen. On which airfield did you find it was worst?
Anyway - We'll have to fix it. Maybe as a hotfix (yay, we'll get to do a hotfix).
MSFS terraforming really is the stuff of nightmares. In a perfect world we wouldn't even have to do any of it - after WU6.
THEOLI4D 2 year(s) ago
I saw it also with LSPH Winterthur, and LSGE Ecuvillens.
Probably it happens with all of them.
I know, the terrain is a bi***
aurel42
Im Anflug auf die Bahn 12 von Bad Ragaz (LSZE) steht eine Reihe von Bäumen. In Fotos vom Flugplatz scheinen mir das nur Gebüsche zu sein, die die AI wohl zu ausgewachsenen Bäumen aufgeblasen hat. Wäre es möglich, diese Bäume zu ersetzen oder zu entfernen?
SACrafters 2 year(s) ago
Thanks for the info. Will look into it.
And yes, we're not dead - mostly just waiting for the world update before releasing anything.
aurel42 2 year(s) ago
That's excellent news! Looking forward to the next release! <3
kekela
Salü Zäme
Danke für die schönen Flugplätze! Mollis wäre jedoch noch noch super!!
wev01
mollis wäre schön
Adoga
Thank you for the wonderful sceneries. I took part in an event that used your package and I was really impressed. Is there any chance of adding LSMF? It is breathtaking scenery and I'm sure many flight simmers will love it. Thanks!
popapig
Would it be possible to add the white symbols for Bellechasse LSTB?
it is a 450 m grass runway used IRL for practicing but in the sim, it i barely visible from the sky (runway limits are missing=
Thanks!
Schoch
Wie siehts mit Dübendorf aus? XD
Lg aus Zürich
Jeremy Premium
fuzz1
aurel42 2 year(s) ago
There's a scenery for Bad Ragaz on another site:
https://modshost.com/mfs2020/airports/lsze-bad-ragaz-airport-switzerland/
fuzz1 2 year(s) ago
Thanks for the lead, will definitely look into this.
aurel42 2 year(s) ago
I kinda regret recommending the other scenery, apparently the author abandoned it and it might have lead to CTDs for me. No idea why I didn't notice that LSZE is included in this pack.
fuzz1 2 year(s) ago
Not a problem. I came to the same conclusion after inspecting the link and never bothered to download it. For the timebeing the Bad Ragaz in this package is certainly good enough. My prior comment was to encourage the author to pay that 'extra attention' to it as he has done with other certain airports in this pack. Orbx did a fine rendition of it in FSX (freeware) that even had a squirrel crossing the runway 😊 I enjoyed that version very much and used it often.
seimi
Ist es möglich das Gras auf den Pisten (z.B. Gruyer) als gemäht anzuzeigen? So hoch wie das dort steht, hätte ich Angst zu landen 😉!
SACrafters 2 year(s) ago
knack
une nouvelle version de LSGY Yverdon-les-bains vient de sortir par une autre personne
Comment modifier votre package pour enlever LSGY de votre pack et éviter les conflits ?
ne serait-ce pas plus simple de séparer chaque aérodrome ce qui permet à chacun de pouvoir en supprimer l'un ou l'autre ?
merci
merci pour votre retour
SACrafters 2 year(s) ago
In the description I added a short paragraph at the bottom detailing what you can do in your situation.
(as our airfields get less basic, this model might be reconsidered)
knack 2 year(s) ago
l'idée est d'utiliser les deux en attendant votre mise à jour
merci pour votre réponse et votre travail
DennyAtkin Premium
Have you considered breaking out the airfields into separate folders in a future update, rather than a single one, in case someone wants to install your airfields but might want to use an airfield or two from other authors that duplicates something in your list?
SACrafters Premium 2 year(s) ago
knack
Boeing738
great work what you've done!
Is LSZG also on your list?
SACrafters 2 year(s) ago