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If anyone is still interested in improving the Ascension Island scenery, the following freeware downloads will (collectively) transform the default version into something much more like the real world view of the island. Scott Wilson's freeware Ascension Island Landclass Update (which removes most of the default dense jungle) : http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=117694&CatID=fs2004scen&Cookie=1 or http://www.fsdome.com/showpage.phpurl=http://www.fscorner.de/library/fsxscenery/91.htm Ray Porter's FSX Power Project v4.2 : http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=ray+porter&x=19&y=15 Sergey Stoyanov's Ascension Island (FHAW) Airport : http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Sergey+Stoyanov&x=23&y=10 A high resolution mesh (such as payware FS Global 2010 X). Regards, Ray. .

Paul, Sorry for the rant, caught me on at bad day - but scenery design can be very time consuming, particularly when custom models have to be designed & I wish I had the time to put in all those extra details - please don't take this as personal. Re-reading your post I see that your comments were more about positive criticism rather than the negative. Cheers, Ray.

Hello Paul, not sure whether to apologise or not for the lack of power station buildings - believe me some do exist - I'm a one band band trying to put some interesting scenery into FSX which the MS ACES team missed out of the World outside of the USA - don't get me wrong, I've much respect for that team, shame that Microsoft decided to eliminate development of FSX. i''m not GOD, capable of creating the World in 6 days with a day off on Sunday - My main aim in creating this scenery was to create landmarks visible from up to 20-miles away - for example a default power plant close to Pittsburg, hidden by the mountanous landscape, but given an added steam effect, visible above the landscape. I've spent a long time how to give the 'best bang for the buck' & as this is freeware ask yourself how many bucks did you spend adding this to your FSX scenery?

Hello Dandimm/Daniel, Have finally found this posting (your link sent me off into hyperspace for some reason) All the Power Project wind turbine models have a solid/non-flashing red obstruction light as has one of the chimney stack models, all created using an xml effect and seen correctly in DX9 mode. Switching to DX10 prevents the lights showing at night. Conversely, the radome models each have a physical red-light with night texturing applied to its surface which is illuminated at night, dawn & dusk regardless of running in DX9 or DX10 mode. Perhaps I should apply this method of obstruction lighting to the other models? Not sure how a non-flashing light can turn into a flashing light on the wind turbines unless viewing it through the rotating blades! I am still looking into the shimmer effect, unfortunately all the power plants I've found around Paris are FSX default models & not part of FSXPP - but as my French power plants were designed about 4-years ago it's possible I've missed one. Maybe you can give me its lat/lon coordinates. The steam effect applied to the cooling towers can have quite a hit on frame-rates, but this is normally only a problem with those in the Yorkshire (England) area where more than 20 cooling towers can be visible. Ray Porter.

Mithras, The Ebor flats, Bridlington, the farm (Munton's Malt Factory) near Flamborough & Lissett wind farm are part of FSX Power Project (now at v4.2). If you are looking for more East Riding of Yorkshire scenery I can recommend Peter Lane's excellent Spurn Point_FSX - find it on Mutley's Hangar web site. http://www.mutleyshangar.com/ Unfortunately this does clash with FSX Power Project (fsxpp) - a fix will be included in its next version (v4.3). If you download this & require the fixed version of fsxpp, contact my e-mail address in the fsxpp readme! doc' & I can send you a beta version of fsxpp v4.3. Happy flying, Ray Porter (fsxpp creator)

I use the freeware FSmovMap on my Android Google Nexus 7 which displays Google Maps following the aircraft. Download it here: http://www.appszoom.com/android_applications/entertainment/fsmovmap_xurr.html

Hello Chris, Our paths cross yet again, hope you are well. You are correct Mutley's Hangar is a friendly web-site. Power Project v4.2 and all its previous versions can be found on the Simviation site: http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=ray+porter&categoryId=54 Note that it can be found on the Simnetwork site - I have never been able to freely download my own creation without paying a membership fee & requests to have it removed have been ignored. Therefore I cannot vouch that their version is virus free etc. Despite being a huge project; 12,000+ wind turbines around the World (3,000+ in UK) & more than 41,000 electricity pylons aligned to Horizon GenerationX England, Wales & Scotland photo scenery, the download zipped file is less than 2 MBytes in size. Hope you find it useful, Ray (FSX Power Project creator)