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Arches National Park

Current Version 1.1 by Richard Goldstein
Arches National Park Microsoft Flight Simulator
Arches National Park Microsoft Flight Simulator
Arches National Park Microsoft Flight Simulator
Arches National Park Microsoft Flight Simulator
Arches National Park Microsoft Flight Simulator
Arches National Park Microsoft Flight Simulator
Arches National Park Microsoft Flight Simulator
Arches National Park Microsoft Flight Simulator
Arches National Park Microsoft Flight Simulator
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Initial Release January 08, 2021
Last Updated January 08, 2021
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#Real-Life United States Drag and Drop

Arches National Park, Utah, USA

Created for MSFS2020 By Richard 'Georender' Goldstein January 2021

Introduction................

Thank you for downloading this scenery.  I have travelled this area many times IRL and visited the Utah National Parks several times.  This is probably my favourite so I'm really pleased to be able to share it.

It is not the final version, but I will wait until we have a suitable DEM SDK in order to create a definitive ground blending capability and refine the scenery complexity/region sizes etc.

There are quite a few visual glitches, off colour textures, missing sections, holes etc.  I'm not sure why some of them occur and not including those areas didn't seem like an option so they are included warts 'n all.  Hopefully fixed in next version.

At present it is not possible to land on the detailed scenery areas.  They are not solid in this respect.  Hopefully that can change in the future.

Loading times will be longer than usual.  Especially if you are not using an SSD drive for scenery.

I highly recommend that you add one or two centimeters of snow for terrain blending purposes.  Furthermore, the blue tint of sky reflected off of the snow adds a colour which is complimentary to the orange rocks and this enhances the depth and realism of the terrain relief.  There is also a huge ugly cloud on the satellite image right next to KCNY and this becomes masked when using snow!


About Arches...................

Wikipedia pretty much covers it.........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arches_National_Park


INSTALLATION:.................

Unzip.  Then place all six folder that are prefixed with 'Geo_' into your Community folder. Thats all there is to it.  In your Community folder you will have six new folders as named below..............

Geo_CourthouseTowers
Geo_DelicateArch
Geo_EyeOfWhale
Geo_FieryFurnace
Geo_Greatwall
Geo_WindowsSection

The areas above contain detailed terrain as shown in yellow highlight on the included map.

At present the Devils garden area is missing and will likely be added in the future.


How to find it..................

Take off from KCNY and head SSE following Highway 191.  Entrance to the park and the Courthouse Towers section is approximately 10nm on a heading of 135 degrees.  Turn into the park and follow the suggested route in order to familiarise yourself with the area.


..................CREDITS........................

Thanks go to Jonahex111 for his brilliant 'Google Earth Decoder' tool.

All additional terrain data owned by Google.  This scenery cannot be sold or used in a commercial product.  I do not own any part of it.


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35 Comments
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pdxbailey

4 day(s) ago

Richard. You are my new MSFS Hero! I have enjoyed your Sedona and Arches scenery enhancements are so awesome ... they just take my breath away. Is there any way I can buy you a cup of coffee (or two) for your enhancements to a already wonderful sim?

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georender 4 day(s) ago

I drink too much coffee as it is. You have one on me 😊

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PJB311

4 day(s) ago

Great Job, Richard!

Peter

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georender 4 day(s) ago

Thanks Peter.

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SRead1

4 month(s) ago
This looks epic! I had a lot of your payware airfields. Are there any plans to release these for FS2020? Emma Field would be great!
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georender 4 month(s) ago

No plans to release any payware at all. As the sim develops I hope to do more freeware though. Emma Field rights don't belong to me so I coud never release it 😞
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Bruchpilot80

5 month(s) ago
thank you for this great work! we where there a few years ago when we visited usa. never saw a landscape like this. after after the america update it was my first flight to check if it looks better. but it was sad seeing onli a hilly landscape. then i saw your pictures of sedona and that guided me to this work. awsome!
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georender 4 month(s) ago

You're welcome. Its a great place to just relax and float around.
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wonky1

5 month(s) ago
What a great update. Can't wait to get the choppers flying around here. great job.
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georender 4 month(s) ago

Me too. Choppers will be the icing on the cake.
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peroni

5 month(s) ago
Nice but it does not seem to use the optimized method to import google maps data, this scenery alone has over 39000 files!
Also it contains multiple modelLib.BGL files known to be a cause to CTD
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georender 5 month(s) ago

Thanks,
Yes, the next scenery uses a very different technique.
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walterbeech

5 month(s) ago
Great to know Richard is here with us again!
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Fibrofly

5 month(s) ago
Amazing work! Thank you very much for providing us the pleasure to fly this region!

Do you have any idea why the Addons-Linker does not seem able to read the manifest.json files, and hence cannot link to them? Unlike other scenery, only way to install them was to put them directly into the Community folder.
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georender 5 month(s) ago

You're welcome. Not sure about the linker. I am working on a new method of compiling for the upcoming Sedona scenery. Hopefully that will work better.
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Ulrich11

5 month(s) ago
Absolutely georgeous! Thank you very much!!
Snow, autumn trees in golden colours (with a mod here from flightsim.to) and sunset ... VFR at it's finest!
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georender 5 month(s) ago

Thanks. A light touch of snow really brings it to life somehow.
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davidvance

5 month(s) ago
Well, Richard "more trees and then more trees" Goldstein ... as I live and breath!
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georender 5 month(s) ago

Yes, I think my first scenery ever was just trees and little else. Seemed unique at the time.
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Tailstriker

5 month(s) ago
Georender...1-6.. Lago..... Emma Field, The Flying M. Ranch Best Times I´ve had with these legendary Add Ons. This starts for me the Bush Flying Chapter in FS. Great to see, that you are still on the run Richard. Btw. Arches is a Jewel. Great work!
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georender 5 month(s) ago

Many thanks. I'd forgotten some of those myself LOL
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dmerlak

5 month(s) ago
Just tested it. Very well done, no performance lose... One of the best scenery
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georender 5 month(s) ago

Thanks. The latest FS update seems to have really helped with this kind of scenery.
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cassianocampos

5 month(s) ago
perfect!!! great job!!
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georender 5 month(s) ago

Thanks. Will get even better coverage and less glitches with next version 😊
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Lucky1960

5 month(s) ago
Thank you so much for this wonderful scenery. We visited Arches N.P. two years ago and now I can see the great nature again. You made a perfect colour match! I really love it.

There is another Arches scenery, which covers the missing Devils Garden: https://flightsim.to/file/1774/arches-national-park-utah-devils-s-garden-area
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georender 5 month(s) ago

Thanks. A great place indeed.
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davidroch

5 month(s) ago
Yes!! Richard is back!!
So many beautiful memories of splendid sceneries for FS9 and FSX..!
Thanks for this new one, Sir.
Brilliant work.
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georender 5 month(s) ago

You are welcome. Nice to be back in the saddle.
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Dillon

5 month(s) ago
Nice to see you back Richard! Hope you do some justice to a new version of Emma Field. Your legendary contributions over the years is much appreciated. I left a plug for this on the Avsim FS2020 forums.
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georender 5 month(s) ago

Thanks for the Shoutout Dillon. Emma would sure be nice if I ever had the time. You'll have to pester the Emma Field copyright holder to re-publish it though. I just designed and made the scenery. Oliver Pabst created the amazing animations, and I think M. Kok would know more about the rights.
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jim007

5 month(s) ago
not yet tested (top sim destination this WE) but sure it will be fantastic ! great screenshots with really natural colors and winter touch 😊

PS : I remember some "Georender" good sceneries for old FS ... many years ago !! I guess you made them ? Great work !
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georender 5 month(s) ago

Thanks,
I may revive some of the old Georenders as freeware. Especially the ones that have been closed down. Nostalgia!
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shasta62

5 month(s) ago
Richard 'Georender' Goldstein is back. Yeahhhhhhhhh 😊
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georender 5 month(s) ago

With a flightsim platform this amazing, how could I not return 😉

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