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Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Antarctic Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 sq km (5,500,000 sq mi) The Canadian Xpress Antarctica Tour consists of 11 legs which must be flown in order where you will fly over 25,000 nm transporting equipment, supplies and shuttling scientific personnel. Join Canadian Xpress today by visiting https://canadianxpress.ca and fly the Antarctica Tour!

Canada is a country known for its frigid winters and snow-covered landscapes that sometimes last for up to six months. While some Canadians endure the harsh winter months, others prefer to escape to warmer climates earning them the nickname "Snowbirds". The Canadian Xpress Snowbirds Tour consists of 78 legs that must be flown in order where you will fly over 150,000 nm and visit the Snowbirds most popular destinations. Join Canadian Xpress today by visiting https://canadianxpress.ca and fly the Snowbirds Tour!

The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America that consists of 25 teams in the United States and 7 in Canada is considered the premier professional ice hockey league in the world with players from 17 countries as of the 2023–24 season. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The Canadian Xpress National Hockey League Tour consists of 31 legs that must be flown in order where you will fly over 20,000 nm exploring the home town of each NHL team. Join Canadian Xpress today by visiting https://canadianxpress.ca and fly the National Hockey League Tour!

Same issue at HECA & KORD. I uninstalled MSFS 2020 and reinstalled it and I am still having the same issue. I submitted a bug report: Pink Airport Textures Since SU16 - Bug Reporting Hub / Install, Performance & Graphics - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums

The charter market when it comes to aviation makes up about 5% of all air travel in North America. Business charters are the largest section of the charter market with just over 46% of all charter flights being for business with 97% of those flights coming from small and medium-sized businesses. For this tour, most of the flights will be with private and business jets as well as smaller turboprops. Charter flights are all about experience, so we have rolled out the best of the best when it comes to aircraft for this one except for the float legs. Charter Tour consists of 36 legs, ranging from just a few minutes of flight time to around 90 minutes. Pilots will fly between large business centers as well as short flights to vacation and weekend hotspots. Other flights will be from larger international airports to smaller off the grid locations. Join Canadian Xpress today by visiting https://canadianxpress.ca and fly the Charter Tour!

It would make sense to have independtent settings for each texture type, except for the DECAL which "normally" requires ForceNoAlpha to be set to False, but there always exceptions to the rule. 🙂

I have been working on a couple different liveries and by modifying the XMLs, I am getting the desired results. I REALLY appreciate your help on this as well as all your hard work on this this tool. They certainly have not made it easy in MSFS 2024.

This is great news! I tested this on a smaller aircraft livery that does not have many textures and it works perfectly! I have another question. Most of my Albedo textures do not require the alpha channel. Can I just put these in the COMP folder that has a ForceNoAlpha: True flag or do I need to run the script and the add the ForceNoAlpha: TRUE in the XML File?

The Great Lakes are the largest group in a chain of deep freshwater lakes that lies along the southern boundary of the Canadian Shield. From west to east the Great Lakes comprise of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The Great Lakes have a total area of approximately 244,100 square kilometers and hold about 22,671 cubic kilometers of water and drop from 183 meters above sea level at Lake Superior to 74 meters at Lake Ontario. The Canadian Xpress Great Lakes Float Tour consists of 24 legs that must be flown in order. Starting in Lake Michigan, you will fly over 1,300 nm stopping at various cities along the Great Lakes. Join Canadian Xpress today by visiting https://canadianxpress.ca and fly the Great Lake Float Tour!

Absolutely! https://canadianxpress.ca/GetFile.aspx?File=KTX2Textures I am not a KTX2 expert, but if I use a MSFS 2020 DDS file as an examoke, I think this is what is happening with the MSFS 2024 SDK. The DDS texture in MSFS 2020 is saved as DTX1, No Alpha w/MipMaps. The KTX2 texture in MSFS 2024 is saved as DTX5, w/Alpha w/MipMaps which explains the increase in texture size. Regards,

You will need the MSFS Layout Generator to create the required json files. GitHub - HughesMDflyer4/MSFSLayoutGenerator: A drag-and-drop application for updating layout.json files in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) packages.

Looking for some assistance in regards to KTX2 texture sizes. I have converted my PNG files to KTX2 format using ImageToMSFSKTX2-main, but some of the textures sizes are double the size compared to the orginal house livery. For example... PMDG House Livery: 77F1_A.PNG.KTX2 43,692 KB 77F2_A.PNG.KTX2 43,692 KB 77F3_A.PNG.KTX2 43,692 KB 77GE_A.PNG.KTX2 43,692 KB 77TAIL_A.PNG.KTX2 43,692 KB My Livery: 77F1_A.PNG.KTX2 87,382 KB 77F2_A.PNG.KTX2 87,382 KB 77F3_A.PNG.KTX2 87,382 KB 77GE_A.PNG.KTX2 87,382 KB 77TAIL_A.PNG.KTX2 87,382 KB I have tried using NVIDIA Texture Tools Exporter 2024.1.1 to convert the textures, but I have no idea what settings I should use for each textures. With DDS textures, I could simply open the original texture file in Adobe Photoshop to be able to determine what the image should be saved as (DXT1, DXT5, Alpha, No Alpha, MipMaps, etc.) How can I determine what settings I should use when saving each KTX2 files so that they match what the original PMDG textures are? Thanks in advance,

This month we make a stop at what is known as the Geographic Head of the Great Lakes. Located at the Head of Lake Superior is the city of Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario. European settlement in the region began in the late 17th century with a French fur trading outpost on the banks of the Kaministiquia River. It grew into an important transportation hub with its port forming an important link in the shipping of grain and other products from western Canada, through the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the east coast. In the era of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Thunder Bay began a period of extraordinary growth, based on improved access to markets via the transcontinental railway and development of the western wheat boom. The CPR double-tracked its Winnipeg-Thunder Bay line. The Canadian Northern Railway established facilities at Port Arthur. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway began construction of its facilities at the Fort William Mission in 1905, and the federal government began construction of the National Transcontinental Railway. Grain elevator construction boomed as the volume of grain shipped to Europe increased. Both cities incurred debt to grant bonuses to manufacturing industries. Thunder Bay was the first city in the world to enact daylight saving time, on July 1st, 1908. Canadian Xpress would like to invite all pilots to join us on Saturday, April 19th from 21h00edt (Sunday 01h00z) to 24h00edt (Sunday 04h00z) for our April 2025 fly-in where we depart from Winnipeg International (CYWG) and fly to Thunder Bay (CYQT). One lucky Canadian Xpress pilot* will win: • Any Just Flight Product from: *Please see Fly-In PDF for contest details and eligibility requirements. This is an open invitation to all pilots no matter what your flying experience to attend this Canadian Xpress event that will be flown on the VATSIM network. More information regarding this event including operational details, charts, optional add-on scenery and Canadian Xpress Model Sets can be viewed by visiting https://canadianxpress.ca See you all on Saturday the 19th!

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada. It comprises 30 teams, divided equally between the National League and the American League, with 29 teams in the United States and 1 team in Canada and is considered the premier professional baseball league in the world. The Canadian Xpress Major League Baseball Tour consists of 29 legs that must be flown in order where you will fly over 18,000 nm exploring the home town of each baseball team. Join Canadian Xpress today by visiting https://canadianxpress.ca and fly the Major League Baseball Tour!

Canadian Xpress is celebrating 15 years of operations and as part of those celebrations we will be flying some of the routes of our 15-Year Anniversary Tour. Over the next several months, we will pick one leg from the Tour and turn it into the monthly Challenge event. You will still have to fly the leg once for the tour and again for the challenge if you want credit for both. This month, we fly Leg 42 of the Anniversary Tour and fly from Chambery to London City. Chambery is the largest city of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France. The city is located at the foot of the French Alps between Bauges and Chartreuse mountains and is a railway and highway crossroads. It has been the historical capital of the Savoy region since the 13th century and was annexed and into France in 1860. London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) tidal estuary down to the North Sea and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Your mission is to depart from Chambery (LFLB) and fly to London City (EGLC) with any Canadian Xpress freeware or payware aircraft that is rated for both airports. Join Canadian Xpress today in order to participate as there are some great prizes to be won including any Aerosoft download product from: The March 2025 Monthly Challenge is open to all Canadian Xpress pilots from April 1st until April 29th, 2025 so join Canadian Xpress today by visiting https://canadianxpress.ca.