TESTED IN LATEST October 14th MFS UPDATE. WORKS GREAT!
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As an Alpha/ beta tester, it was a common complaint for a huge number of us that the tree height in MFS2020 was way too large. It seems like nothing was really done about this, or we were told it had to be adjusted from one region to another. Well…not so.
I found one simple XML file that , when certain numbers are tweaked, adjust tree height for the majority of the Conifer and Deciduous trees .
INSTALLATION : **This does NOT go into the Community folder**
Open your MFS2020 folder…(where ever it is installed).
Navigate to OFFICIAL/ONESTORE/FSBASE/VEGETATION
Drop the file 10_ASOBO_SPECIES in there and you should be good to go!
(My zip file has a backup of the original in case you dont like this file.
Just erase the ORIG at the end , if you prefer keeping the original MFS2020 10AsoboSpecies file.
FOR STEAM USERS :
( i myself dont have a steam copy), the actual folder path may be different if you have a STEAM copy of MFS2020 but basically this file goes into the FSBASE/VEGETATION FOLDER).
The path may look like this :
C://Users/YourName/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft Flight Simulator/Packages/Official/Steam/fs-base/vegetation
If on steam you can also do a search for this file , which is the one being replaced :
"10_ASOBO_SPECIES"
IMPORTANT : Before every MFS2020 update, i would suggest dropping your original file back in to MFS2020, and if you find the trees are still the tall, nasty ones, just follow the above instructions again to re install the shortened trees.
ADNAN ARIF,
Chicago, Illinois,
USA
OlivierQC
hello kingnothing75, I have been using your fix for a long time, today I made a comparison in the city of Naple, and whether it is with your fix or not, the trees remain as big as the buildings. Is it possible that with the last update your fix no longer works? thank you
Byteus
I take it there's no way to put this into a mod package, it's read to early or that location and or file type just isn't modifiable via mod replacement?
Joboy77
Great job on this.. Much, much needed! It's amazing the difference it makes.. it makes the sim even more immersive and real.. and makes you realise how ridiculous the originial tree sizes actually were!
airMarcel
D:\MSFS2020\Packages\Official\OneStore\fs-base\vegetation
JstnJ
I would always support more realism with things like this...but I am wondering whether decreasing the size of trees creates the end effect of lowering the perceived tree density?
LuisR
Great. I was complaining about this since day 1. I live in the tropics and we do not have such a luxurious vegetation.
newtestleper
And mine (Steam) was Microsoft Flight Simulator/Official/Steam/fs-base/vegetation
sidfadc
@jschall mine is in here - \Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Official\Steam\fs-base\vegetation
jschall
Well, I placed your 10-asobo_species.xmlfile in the folder: C:\Users\Jeff\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Official\Steam\fs-base\scenery\Global\Asobo_Vegetation. And the result was I have completely lost all autogen trees in MSFS! All that remains are the tree images from the Bing aerial photography. By the way, in my Steam MSFS installation, there is no other "vegetation" folder. When I saw what had happened, I deleted the .xml file, and added in your 10-asobo_species - ORIG.xml file, whichn I renamed to 10-asobo_species .xml. I would like to get the autogen trees back! I'd appreciate any suggestions how I could get them back. Thank you, but your mod doesn't work for me.
pcayman981
This fix is awesome! I can finally see the rooftops of buildings in Boston's back bay! Thanks for this mod, truly great stuff.
kingnothing75
Actually, it goes into the 'vegetation' folder , not Asobo-Vegetation
kingnothing75
It should be , but i have the official version from the Microsoft Store. Can you please try downloading into that and let me know if it works ? So i can post an update for Steam users. Thanks