May 4May 4 My next project in progress is Merced-Yosemite Regional Airport, in California's central valley. My maternal grandfather grew up in Merced so this one is a tribute to him in a way. In researching the project I found out they opened a new terminal in late 2025, so this is great timing for an upgrade over default scenery. There are still many T-hangars and other small details to add. The surrounding industrial sites are large, but photo sources vary in quality so I may return some of the large warehouses back to default buildings. Not sure what will be better, in the end.
May 4May 4 Yay, I see where you are creating a few Norcal apt's. VBazillio has lots of great ones in Socal. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
May 4May 4 Author 31 minutes ago, Fielder said: Yay, I see where you are creating a few Norcal apt's. VBazillio has lots of great ones in Socal. My sceneries are not nearly as detailed as vbazillio's...but yes I am trying to cover gaps! Still a lot of significant airports in the region that haven't really been covered for MSFS 🙂
May 4May 4 @Nandengo12 Hi, This sounds like a great project. (No-one in the UK can see your screenshots, because of the chosen hosting site. For info, we can see images posted on 'Post Images ™️' 😎 I downloaded all of your other West Coast US sceneries yesterday and they are great! Just one thing - your sceneries do not show the yellow star on the MSFS map (to indicate that they are custom). I believe this requires a setting called something like "IsStarredAirport" to be set in the SDK tool. Is this something you could look at? I end up never flying in addon airports without the star because, after a short while, you forget they are custom because on the map, they look the same as default 'auto gen' airports. Edited May 4May 4 by JYW Bill 😎FS2024 • Currently in 'GA mode' : A2A Comanche 2024 & Aerostar • Black Square C208, Bonanzas, Barons, TBM850, Dukes • COWS DA40 & DA42 • FSW Legacy, C24R Sierra & C414 • Echo Falco F8L • FFX HJET, Visionjet and P180 2024 • Got Friends A32 Vixxen • FSReborn Sirius TL3000, Sting S4 and Piper M500 • Flyboy Rans S6S • Skyward DA50RG • SWS Zenith CH701, RV-8, RV-10, RV-14, PC12 • Milviz C310R • Air Foil Labs Bristell B23 TrackIR • BeyondATC • PMS GTN Payware • RealTurb • Axis & Ohs • FS Realistic Pro9800X3D • RTX 3080 • 64GB DDR5-6000NPPL licence holder in the UK
May 4May 4 Author 3 hours ago, JYW said: @Nandengo12 Hi, This sounds like a great project. (No-one in the UK can see your screenshots, because of the chosen hosting site. For info, we can see images posted on 'Post Images ™️' 😎 I downloaded all of your other West Coast US sceneries yesterday and they are great! Just one thing - your sceneries do not show the yellow star on the MSFS map (to indicate that they are custom). I believe this requires a setting called something like "IsStarredAirport" to be set in the SDK tool. Is this something you could look at? I end up never flying in addon airports without the star because, after a short while, you forget they are custom because on the map, they look the same as default 'auto gen' airports. Thank you for the suggestion, I will look for that and start adding it from now on. I don't really use that feature on the world map much (I usually type in the airport code I plan to visit) so that was a blind spot for me.
May 4May 4 Thanks for creating this airport. I was born in Merced in 1950,my dad worked for United Airlines as an agent there until he transferred to Oakland in the late 50's. I still remember my brother and I flying to Merced from Oakland on a DC-3 to visit my grandmother.
May 4May 4 Author 2 hours ago, hangarguy said: Thanks for creating this airport. I was born in Merced in 1950,my dad worked for United Airlines as an agent there until he transferred to Oakland in the late 50's. I still remember my brother and I flying to Merced from Oakland on a DC-3 to visit my grandmother. My pleasure. Merced gets a bad rap but it's a chill little city. I used to love to fly x-country to the old Castle AFB and visit the museum. Hopefully KMCE will give sim pilots more reasons to stop by.
May 5May 5 Author On 5/4/2026 at 6:57 PM, JYW said: @Nandengo12 Hi, This sounds like a great project. (No-one in the UK can see your screenshots, because of the chosen hosting site. For info, we can see images posted on 'Post Images ™️' 😎 I downloaded all of your other West Coast US sceneries yesterday and they are great! Just one thing - your sceneries do not show the yellow star on the MSFS map (to indicate that they are custom). I believe this requires a setting called something like "IsStarredAirport" to be set in the SDK tool. Is this something you could look at? I end up never flying in addon airports without the star because, after a short while, you forget they are custom because on the map, they look the same as default 'auto gen' airports. I have uploaded a gallery on the Pimages site, please have a look here: https://postimg.cc/gallery/xJV0tTt
May 5May 5 22 minutes ago, Nandengo12 said: I have uploaded a gallery on the Pimages site, please have a look here: https://postimg.cc/gallery/xJV0tTt Looks great ! Bill 😎FS2024 • Currently in 'GA mode' : A2A Comanche 2024 & Aerostar • Black Square C208, Bonanzas, Barons, TBM850, Dukes • COWS DA40 & DA42 • FSW Legacy, C24R Sierra & C414 • Echo Falco F8L • FFX HJET, Visionjet and P180 2024 • Got Friends A32 Vixxen • FSReborn Sirius TL3000, Sting S4 and Piper M500 • Flyboy Rans S6S • Skyward DA50RG • SWS Zenith CH701, RV-8, RV-10, RV-14, PC12 • Milviz C310R • Air Foil Labs Bristell B23 TrackIR • BeyondATC • PMS GTN Payware • RealTurb • Axis & Ohs • FS Realistic Pro9800X3D • RTX 3080 • 64GB DDR5-6000NPPL licence holder in the UK
May 10May 10 Author Making good progress on MCE, hopefully can release within the week. Added about 50 trees today, redid some fencing vectors, added DME and localizer equipment, fixed the runway VASI/PAPI locations and redid all taxiway signs - MSFS had taxiway names all wrong again 🫠 Have also added some local landmarks including key buildings downtown and will be including the UC Merced campus as an option. Still more ramp clutter to add, as well as missing utility poles and street lamps. Edited May 10May 10 by Nandengo12
May 10May 10 I really love the work you are doing and see you are proceeding south with your sceneries. I hope you make it as far as KSMX. The only air carrier is AAY and they only fly a few times a week. However Cal Fire is very active there with tankers, especially in the summer. Richard
May 11May 11 Author 4 hours ago, rwalls said: I really love the work you are doing and see you are proceeding south with your sceneries. I hope you make it as far as KSMX. The only air carrier is AAY and they only fly a few times a week. However Cal Fire is very active there with tankers, especially in the summer. Richard Hope to make it down to SMX eventually, have quite a few others on the horizon unfortunately: KUKI KCCR S21 KPRB KSCK KWLW O22 KMOD Just to name a few. SCK, CCR, and PRB are pretty large and I expect to take awhile Edited May 11May 11 by Nandengo12
May 11May 11 Can't hardly wait for your KMOD, KSCK KCCR and O22..maybe an O15? Anyways, you're doing good... I'll patiently wait..😇
May 18May 18 Author Merced finally ready for release, I ended up having to fine tune several things.(KMCE) Merced Yosemite Regional Airport / MacReady Field, Merced, CA - Airports for MSFS | Flightsim.to
May 19May 19 Free is good! 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
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