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Yep, Emmanuel did a nice job with Entebbe. A few textures related to ground vehicles need a trip though Dxtfixer to eliminate stutter, but otherwise great.

Sorry to hear about the CTD’s; I’ve been using the YPPH scenery for a few days and haven’t had any crashes. I noted that VOZ also includes airport objects for YPPH so I deleted these (and the AFCAD) before using the MFSG version.

Fantastic news about the Perth scenery; a huge gap in FS9 to this point. MFSG is generally excellent so this is a must-buy for me.

The freeware Calgary International (CYYC) by Emmanuel Mwandosya which Greg referred to earlier in the thread has been released and is in the Avsim library. It's really good, and now I can retire the terrific but outdated CanUk version of CYYC. I recommend running the textures through the "DxtFixer" utility, which solved any stutter issues for me.

Terrific scenery, Greg. Thanks for creating it, and your previous sceneries as well - all first-rate work.

Excellent! Going to have to get that Abakan scenery....

Thanks for letting us know, Harald; added my 2 cents to the tally. FS9 of course.

Pretty impressive achievement, Harald. I'll miss the travelogue, but hope you keep posting shots of other flights.

That's a pretty accurate scenery; I see my office near the right wingtip in that first shot!

Great stuff, Harald. Looking forward to more shots of your travels!

I tried it for FS9 when it was released a few years ago, but it never did work. Emailed the developer and after one response, which didn't fix the problem, they stopped responding. Use with caution.

Sad to see them move on with CYYZ, but not a surprise and understandable. They're a great bunch and their older airports continue to brighten my FS9 experience considerably. I still hold out hope that they will release a "lite" version of YSSY for FS9 at some point, but that seems like a stretch.

An epic journey, Harald, and well chronicled. Keep 'em coming! :Applause:

The first hotfix was released earlier today, an 82 mb patch. The fix list looks mostly like minor stuff, and couldn't see anything related to the FDE, but a quick test with my system does seem to indicate that framerates are better after the patch.

Look at 3dsoftworks.net and/or FlightSim.com; the file is still hosted at both locations as "six default fixes".

Thanks for this post, Ed! I probably would have missed this otherwise. Gave me a chance to acquire the rest of their product catalog for a ridiculously low price. I too wish they would add FS9 versions of the TBM and PC-12....someday....

One of the best tools for FS I've ever seen. Worked a treat on my setup with no problems noted. Thanks Peter!

I've done a few test flights in it since buying it yesterday, and overall I think it's a solid product. The VC is better than the one in the 737 as far as clarity goes, and my framerates were pretty consistently locked at 30, except for a few moments at major airports when they dipped into the 20's. Autoflight was solid throughout the flight regime. It does seem to use more memory than even the PMDG MD-11, but not a lot more. Only two liveries available right now, but the devs said today on their forum that a livery pack is forthcoming.

I bought it today, and am impressed by it after a few test flights, the only caveat being the rather high system requirements. I had a couple of OOM errors with it, but finally managed to close enough background processes to successfully complete a test flight from Heathrow to Zurich. Also ran the 4gb patch on my executable again for good measure before my successful flight. For reference, the virtual size of FS9 according to Process Explorer grew to over 2 gb once on the ground at FSDT's LSZH, and that's due to the large memory footprint of the 747, and not a memory leak. Framerates are good, and the VC quality is amazing. Recommended for those with sufficient hardware.

Me too, especially since their predecessor outfit made a scenery for PHX long ago. I have the FlightBeam version for FSX, which is great, but unfortunately that's not my heavy-iron sim at the moment. I do enjoy the Mach1 scenery for FS9 however, as that's one of their best efforts, and very nearly payware quality.

That's the "taxable" price; without VAT it's more like $31.50 USD, which is high but not uncommon for other new release sceneries from them, like Shanghai, which is still the same price as Austin. I'll probably get it, as there's not a lot of payware stuff available for the Central time zone.

I think it's the same install option for both airports, except I'm using FS9 so it's more like 512 versus 1024. I do use the higher res textures for Dublin, but it's a lot smaller airport than Heathrow so no noticeable stutters for me.

I just upgraded to the Aerosoft Xtended version of EGLL (lower price for upgraders, too), and it's pretty good. Never used the UK2000 version, so can't compare. There's an option to skip the hi-res textures when installing, which I recommend because the hi-res version was a real stutter-fest on short final. The lower res textures are still an improvement over the previous version, and look fine IMHO.

Great news! I was just looking at the screenshots on the iFly site, and they're very promising. I especially like the extra features to automate and speed up the long haul trips, and the VC seems very sharp. Guess I'll have to order the PilotsEye 744 disk now....

Yes, thanks to those of you who posted your experience with this airport here; you saved me from making a purchase I'd certainly regret. Too bad, as DD used to be a trusted developer, but no more.