BijanStudio

1 hour ago, DJJose said:

Send Bijan an e-mail and ask them to consider making them smaller. He's usually very accommodating.

Update: 7.2 was just released and he updated the trees in AU after WU7.

 There is no such thing as 100 feet trees in the season mod for auto generated trees. People tend to exaggerate. 😉  

All trees are resized to match real size trees. Some people prefer larger or smaller but my goal is to create as close match as possible. 

@fakeflyer737 where exactly do you see 100 feet trees? Screenshot?

Screenshot from SW Ontario:

Virus alert is a false positive. No real virus there.

New app will be released soon which addresses auto season and other new features.

@ohny Season app has nothing to do with weather or clouds or snow cover. 
Season app covers the entire world.

If you don't see any change when changing season, try deleting your rolling cache and restart. Make sure you only have one season installed.

1 minute ago, skysurfer said:

Yes I read that. I am confused how it work so I just disabled it. And that was my question earlier. I noticed snow around Chicago area without the snow mask and with snow mask enabled when I was testing it. So I left snow mask enabled knowing there is snow actually. However, when I flew to KTYS everything was dark. I disabled snow mask and the airport appeared back to normal. So should I have had snow mask enabled or disabled if I saw snow in Chicago but no snow in TYS? I hope this is a simple question. 

For general use, mask opacity 40 to 50 is good. What snow mask does is clear roads and runways from snow but it makes grounds very dark. So it's best to use it during snow only.

51 minutes ago, skysurfer said:

Got it installed in Linker. Does it look it is working? I wonder what would be the best place and what season to test if it is working or not.

This is how KTYS looks with Snow mask:

When I disabled it in Linker the airport looked normal again. 

 

It would help if you read the read me files for terrain masks. Snow mask is only to be used during snowy terrain, otherwise you would get dark terrains. For other areas, 40% mask would be ideal.

3 hours ago, bosflo said:

So the "automatic" part was a little misleading the way I thought it was going to be. I still think your product is good but I really expected a set it and forget program. I have auto season selected and I landed in Chicago among beautiful green trees with no snow. If I have it selected to automatic season wouldn't I at least see bare trees and snow? Is there a user guide somewhere? I know you have a lot of videos but they mostly show off the visuals of the program. I would really like to get this program working and I did follow your video but still not seeing anything like the videos. I would request a refund but I know that's not possible so I would like to use the program to it's full capacity. Thanks again

 @bosfloThere is nothing misleading about it. As mentioned, Copy paste from above:

Seasons mod has nothing to do with where it snows. Conifer trees always stay green, that includes winter. Some trees on very green terrain may reflect light so they may look green. 

It was never claimed all trees would be bare. See faq.txt.

As described in update logs, "Auto season" feature which selects and installs the current season and will change to next season every 45 days. Nothing other than this has been said.

Only one season must be installed in community folder. The sim is not capable of pulling a season based on a season you pick in weather panel. @skysurfer

On 1/5/2022 at 5:44 AM, DunRingill said:

Check out Bijans treemod on simmarket. The latest version has new treedata for the UK based on elevation. Looks much better 😊

Thanks for pointing that out. Entire England and Scotland bio have been fixed All trees in higher elevation and Dartmoor and other national parks have either been removed or replaced with small bushes.

1 hour ago, bosflo said:

thank you for the install video but can you install all the seasons so the game loads the appropriate environment no matter where or when i start to fly? Can you explain the auto feature because I think I was expecting something different.

That's not possible to do that.

As described in update logs, "Auto season" feature which selects and installs the current season and will change to next season every 45 days.

On 1/18/2022 at 11:11 AM, skysurfer said:

Hello.

What is the benefit to get 4 seasons pack instead of REX AccuSeasons? 
Thanks 

Here are list of feature that are ONLY available with 4 season pack:

1. Spring flower blossoms in all cities.
2. Flower fields in many parts of the world, UK, Japan, Africa, Asia, Europe, USA
3. More variety of trees and colors in each season.
4. Gradual transition of trees in different elevations.
5. Customized trees in upper UK and Scotland areas - Removed/reduced all vegetation from higher elevations.
6. Photogrammetry trees removal from cities (ongoing project)
7. Terrain Mask
8. Snow mask so roads and runways can be cleared of snow in winter.  
9. Multi ecosystem in the same area which is only doable with SDK, resulting in a variety of trees in the same area and creating lush forests, smooth transition.
10. 60 fall color sets with much more variety of colors instead of 3 preset ones.
11. Live correction of fall tree colors by using live cam available in several countries.
12. 3d leafless winter trees in several cities
13. 3d Joshua trees in Joshua National Park
14. 3d Pinus Sylvestris trees
15. 3d Blood Dragon trees
16. 3d Plumeria trees in Honolulu, Hawaii
17. 3d Rhododendron trees
18. 3d baobab trees
19. 3d bamboo trees
20. 3d banana trees
21. Florida 3d Mangrove trees
22. Black Forest in Germany
23. Black Forest in Colorado
24. Custom fall trees in the Rocky Mountains.
25. Customized fall season in Florida to remove fall colored trees. 
26. Famous Hills in China by Li River
27. Rocky cliff islands and in China
28. Manually corrected vegetation in 1000's regions which cannot be fixed by only using biomes. 
29. Cleared trees in 100's of runways.
30. Accepting changes by user's request.
31. Adding exclusions to work with 3rd party airports.
32. Instant support and frequent updates and continuously adding new features.
33. Auto season every 45 days with new software

20 minutes ago, bosflo said:

I selected auto season in the settings. Wouldn’t I have all the season folders in the community folder. I guess I need more clarification on the auto season feature. I did have a hard time copy and pasting my community folder so maybe that’s the problem. I have the winter folder and model folder but I still see snow covered roads.

Only one season folder must be in community folder.

Please read the helps files in terrain mask folder to learn how masks works. If you want to roads and runways to be visible in snow, use snow mask only. Just having winter season will not clear roads.

Installation tutorial:

9 minutes ago, DeepestRed said:

How is this done?   I don't see anything in the documentation about creating a scheduled task on the user's system, nor do I actually see anything in the task scheduler once I've installed auto seasons.   It doesn't appear to have created a service, either, unless I've overlooked it.

For comparison, the REX product creates a task that runs nightly to perform the update, and the installer prompts you to get your permission before doing it.

It is with scheduled task, but there is an issue running it now since auto installer would need to ask for community folder address. I am fixing that part so it will remember the community folder address so it can be run without issues after 45 days. I will have an update in few days.

Auto season will change seasons to the next season every 45 days without opening the program.  You simply run auto season and close it and you never have to open the program again. (there are 8 seasons now in the pack).   There is a glitch about asking to fill in community folder path which will be auto filled and fixed in next update in few days.

Please refer to the text file called: " How_to_download_Java.txt" in simmarket along with season pack 7:

If you computer doesn't have Java installed, you can install from : https://java.com/en/download/
 

If you want the auto season to work, it won't work with add on linker, but with manual install, you can still use addon linker.

1 hour ago, liamp51 said:

Mr. Bijan, what happens if we install the snow mask and end up flying to somewhere without snow? Will we get odd graphical glitches on the ground?

You would see very dark terrain. For snow mask. it's recommended to use only where it's snow on ground.

1 minute ago, flyblueskies said:

Bijan, I'm using the Addon Linker to link to the season folder, the Model Assets folder, and one of the mask folder. It all seems to work OK, but is there any problem using the Addon Linker?

You can do it that way, but for auto season feature, you cannot use both.

20 minutes ago, flyblueskies said:

Bijan, since MSFS 2020 prohibits any support questions in their forum, my last post there was not able to be answered. If I do not want to install JAVA and run your EXE program, can I simply copy the seasons folder I wish to use along with the MODEL ASSETS folder to the community folder?

Yes you can. 

13 minutes ago, ErnstB said:

Just double-clicked V 7.0 Bijan_Seasons.exe and got Error Message "Java Runtime environment not found"

What exactly is missing on my up-to-date Windows 10 Pro?

Never experienced this message before...

Ernst

If you computer doesn't have java installed, you can install from here:
https://java.com/en/download/

5 minutes ago, captain420 said:

How do you change the opacity of the mask?

Please refer to the file "how to change opacity.txt" in your terrain mask folder.

But in next update will be easier with a click of a button.. And including snow mask. Snow mask clears all runways and roads from snow during snow y weather.

5 minutes ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

Looking forward to see how the masking develops. Last time I tried it all the runway/taxiway textures at Boston were gone.

You probably had high opacity mask setting. Settings about 3o to 50 would be ideal and doesn't cover any markings.

16 minutes ago, Sphynnx said:

Optional : trees height ?? It would be great

Although all sizes are pretty much correct, I might add that as well.

There is already a working new automatic app with new features. It's in beta stage with 4 additional seasons.

New Everglades in Florida:

1 hour ago, sightseer said:

currently in Alabama not far from the US Gulf coast.  Those long leaf pines exist in much of the southeast U.S.   I used to think of them as trees you only saw at the beach but really they exist far inland like at campgrounds in Mississippi (northern - Lake Sardis)

On a totally different note -- do you have any trees with Spanish moss hanging from them?  Thats a common site along the Gulf coast as well.

Thanks for the info.

No trees with moss hanging but I will be doing similar trees for Florida everglades and similar areas, which include those type of trees and plants over waters and swamps and dead trees.. 

18 minutes ago, rwilsonlj said:

Hi Bijan. Really enjoying your product!

Silly request if you have time in the future. I live in eastern Colorado and for whatever reason, Bing maps takes low sagebrush bushes and grasses and turns them into small trees in the sim. This part of the U.S. does not have many trees except for farm houses and near streams and rivers where water is present (not many of those). It would be great to have these show as grass and small bushes instead of trees. Much of the great plains of the U.S. is portrayed this way I think. Thanks.

Thanks for the feedback. I will double check the area.

9 hours ago, Mace said:

I found them.  I was not paying very close attention I think.  It's a very neat effect, with the white and leafless trees there.

Glad you found them. Thank you