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What's new in Scotflight Scenery

Versions

Version 2.1

AIRFIELDS (FS2004 Only)
  • North Ronaldsay
  • Papa Westray
Edinburgh City Centre
  • Improved New Scottish Parliament building.
Terrain Scenery
  • Complete reworking of many ground scenery files in order to work around the windows switching problem in FS2004 which affected some users of Version 2.0.

Version 2.0

AIRFIELDS - Mainland
  • Portmoak Airfield, Kinross - The Scottish Gliding Centre.
  • Crail Airfield, Fife - Former RAF & RNAS base, closed 1958 but re-opened using still existing runways and buildings. *
  • Aberdeen Airport - FS2004 compatibility modifications. *
  • Aboyne Airfield - Deeside Flying Club, improved. *
  • Campbeltown (Machrahanish) - FS2004 compatibility modifications. *
  • Dundee - improved to reflect recent real-world changes.
  • Inverness - new ILS added. *
  • Insch - Aberdeenshire.
  • Oban, North Connel Airfield - Turning area and additional hangar added. *
  • Perth Airport - New fuelling arrangements. *
  • Strathallan - Perthshire. 
  • Tealing - disused airfield near Dundee.
AIRFIELDS - Orkney
  • Eday - Orkney.
  • Lamb Holm Island - Orkney.
  • Sanday - Orkney.
  • Stronsay - Orkney.
  • Westray - Orkney.
AFCAD/AI Traffic
  • AFCAD2 Files for all active airports (FS2004 only).
  • Customised AI Traffic file (FS2004 only).

Note: FS2002 users wanting AI traffic should download freeware AFCAD files by David Fidler from file libraries on avsim.com or flightsim.com.

EDINBURGH
City of Edinburgh

Detailed scenery for City Centre including:

  • Edinburgh Castle, Ramsey Gardens, C.of S. Assembly Rooms and St Giles Cathedral. *
  • Princes Street and Gardens, Scott Monument, National Galleries, Bank of Scotland Headquarters (The Mound), Waverley Station and Market, Balmoral Hotel. *
  • St Andrews Square, New Registry House, New St Andrews House, Old St Andrews House. *
  • Calton Hill with City Observatory, National Monument, Nelson's Monument and Old High School. *
  • Hibernian FC Stadium (Easter Road) and Meadowbank Sports Centre. *
  • New Scottish Parliament, Holyrood Palace, Dynamic Earth and Arthur's Seat. *
  • George Heriot's School, College of Art and Argyll House. *
  • MacEwan Hall, Appleton Tower and David Hume Tower. *
  • Usher Hall, Royal Lyceum Theatre. *
  • Festival Square, Sheraton Hotel, Standard Life Headquarters, Sun Alliance headquarters and Caledonian Hotel. *
  • International Conference Centre, Scottish Widows Headquarters. *
  • Murrayfield Stadium and Hearts FC Stadium (Tynecastle). *
  • Charlotte Square, Old Registry House, St Mary's Cathedral, Moray Place, Queen Street and Royal Circus. *
  • Fettes College and Playing Fields. *
Around Edinburgh
  • Royal Observatory - Blackford Hill.
  • Masts on Corstorphine and Braid's Hills.
  • Hillend Dry Ski Slope (floodlight at night).
  • Leith Docks - corrected dock entrance and added dockside flats plus re-textured Scottish Executive and Ocean Terminal Buildings. *
  • Granton Harbour and retextured Granton gasometers. *
  • Hi-flats in various areas - West Pilton, Sighthill, Little France and Leith. *
  • Various sports Grounds - Heriots, Stewarts Melville, Watsonians and Boroughmuir.
  • Most golf courses & parkland areas. *
OTHER AREAS
Aberdeen
  • Improved terrain.
Dundee
  • Photo-realistic buildings throughout city.
  • Mills Observatory.
  • SCRI.
  • Improved Glamis Castle.
  • Improved Ninewells Hospital.
  • Improved terrain.
Firth of Forth
  • Cramond Island added, plus Cramond Foreshore. *
  • Inchcolm Island with Inchcolm Abbey.
  • A new coastline has been produced covering the whole Firth of Forth from Torness in the south to Crail in the North. *
Forth
  • Improved Stirling University campus.
Kinross
  • Kinross House.
  • Balado (disused airfield).
Inverness
  • Photo-realistic Raigmore Hospital.
Falkirk
  • The Falkirk Wheel. Fully working canal boat lift. (Animation best viewed in 'slew mode' at 8x simulation rate).
LANDMARK FEATURES
Lighthouses
  • Fife Ness Lighthouse and Coastguard Station (adjacent to Crail Airfield).
  • Skerries Lighthouse (near Lossiemouth).
Windfarms
  • Bowbeat Windfarm - N of Peebles - 24 Turbines.
  • Crystal Rig Windfarm - East Lothian - 20 Turbines.
  • Dun Law Windfarm - East Lothian - 26 Turbines.
  • Cruach Mhor Windfarm - Glendaurel, Argyll - 35 Turbines.
  • Novar Windfarm - Sutherland - 34 Turbines.
  • Beinn Ghlas - North Argyll - 14 Turbines.
  • Busbie Muir Windfarm - Ardrossan, N Ayrshire - 12 Turbines.
TV and Radio Masts
  • Burghead Radio Mast.
  • Improved Kirk o'Shotts TV Mast.
  • Improved Blackhill TV Mast.
  • Improved Westerglen TV Mast.
  • Improved Anthorn Radio Mast.
OTHER FEATURES
Oilrigs
  • Seven redundant oilrigs in Cromarty Firth.
  • Moored oilrig off Kirkcaldy, Firth of Forth.
Pylons
  • Additional electricity pylons in various locations
  • Improved electric pylon model. *
Bridges
  • Duplicated MS default bridges (Forth, Tay, Kessock, Skye, Connel, Ballachulish, Erskine, Kincardine, Cromarty and Dornoch) removed from FS2004. *
Sandy Beaches
  • Machrahanish. *
  • Oban, North Connel. *
  • Glenforsa. *
  • Dornoch.
General
  • Orkney airfields feature actual fields and woodland in surrounding area plus local roads.
  • All textures optimised for FS2002/FS2004. *
  • Custom coastlines fully compatible with FS2004. *
  • Default scenery objects (e.g cranes) that did not display correctly in FS2004 now fixed.
  • All Scotflight Scenery airfields can now be accessed from the World Menu in FS2004 . *
INSTALLER
  • Updated installer handles FS2002/FS2004 choices more flexibly, with improved handling of directory selection. *

* Also available in Version 1.3.

Version 1.3

Released simultaneously with Version 2.0. For details, see items marked with * in Version 2 details.

Version 1.1

The following are new in Version 1.1:

AIRFIELDS

New:

  • Islay
  • Glenforsa
  • Barra
  • Kirknewton *
  • East Fortune *

* Airfields marked with an asterisk are accessed through World, Goto Airport, Search Add-on Scenery.

Improved:

  • Dundee Airport - fixed bumpy apron, added working apron lights.
  • Errol - night-lit taxiways deleted. (Errol was accidentally omitted from the 1.0 documentation). 
Lighthouses
  • Girdle Ness (Aberdeen )
  • Barns Ness (East Lothian Coast)
  • Isle of May (Firth of Forth) -  Island redrawn.
  • Inchkeith (Firth of Forth) -  Island added also.
  • Lady Isle (Firth of Clyde)
  • Bass Rock (Firth of Forth) -  Island added also.
  • Rubha nan Gall (Isle of Mull)
Bridges
  • Skye Bridge
  • Ballachulish Bridge
Castles and Palaces
  • Castle Stalker (North Argyll)
  • Duart & Moy Castles (Isle of Mull)
  • Kissimul Castle (Castlebay Isle of Barra)
  • More trees around Glamis Castle.
  • More trees around Scone Palace.
Power Stations
  • Torness (East Lothian) with adjacent small caravan park
  • Chapelcross (near Carlisle Airport) - updated.
TV and Radio Masts
  • Craigowl Hill communications mast (Dundee)
  • Communications mast on hill South of Tay Road Bridge (Dundee)
  • Communications masts on hill South West of Perth.
Other additions
  • Glasgow River Clyde
  • Braehead Centre
  • BAESystems Scotstoun
  • Added dockyard cranes, quays,sheds, ships and carparks and riverside walkways around Glasgow Science Centre.
  • More hi-flats around River Clyde area.
  • Troon Docks  (approach to Prestwick Airport)
  • Seaton Sands Caravan Park (Adjacent Cockenzie Power Station)
  • Town Of Castlebay (Isle of Barra)
  • Town of Tobermory (Isle  of Mull)
  • A few small yachts added around Castlebay, Tobermory and Duart Castle.
  • Aberdeen - harbour breakwaters.
Shoreline
  • Revised Aberdeen shoreline.
  • Revised shoreline in Skye Bridge area.
  • Kinross - revised shoreline for Loch Leven and islands.
Landclass
  • Revised landclass to include Kinross town.

Version 1.0

Original release, including:

AIRFIELDS
  • Dornoch
  • Wick
  • Inverness
  • Plockton
  • Broadford (Isle of Skye)
  • Aboyne (Deeside Flying Club)
  • Perth Scone
  • Fife
  • Oban
  • Cumbernauld
  • Turnberry
  • Machrihanish
  • West Freugh
  • Carlisle
  • Aberdeen
  • Dundee
  • Gigha airstrip
  • Jura airstrip
  • Errol airfield (SW of Dundee)
Power Stations
  • Cockenzie (Firth of Forth)
  • Hunterston (Firth of clyde)
  • Longannet (Firth of Forth)
  • Chapelcross (near Carlisle Airport)
  • Inverkip
TV and Radio Masts
  • Rosemarkie (near Inverness Airport)
  • Mount Eagle (near Inverness Airport)
  • Craigkelly (Fife)
  • Blackhill (Central Scotland)
  • Kirk O' Shotts (Central Scotland)
  • Durris (Grampian)
  • Meldrum (Grampian)
  • Darvel (Ayrshire)
  • Rosneath
  • Westernglen (x4)
  • Selkirk (x2)
  • Angus
  • Forfar
  • Inverurie
  • Anthorn (Radio mast at Great Orton, nr. Carlisle)
Petrochemical Works
  • Grangemouth
  • Mossmorran (near Fife Airport)
  • Dalmeny Oiltank Farm (within sight of Forth Bridges)
Docks and ferry terminals
  • Grangemouth West of Chemical Works
  • Leith with many buildings and IainM's Royal Yacht Brittania
  • Hound Point (Firth of Forth) with oil tankers
  • Braehead Terminal (Firth of Forth)(IainM's) with gas tanker
  • Invergordon Cruise Terminal with cruise ship
  • Stranraer Ferry Terminal with Stena HSS
  • Cairnryan Ferry Terminal with Car Ferry
Lighthouses
  • Mull of Galloway
  • Crammag Head
  • Killantringan
  • Corsewall Point
  • Loch Ryan
  • Ailsa Craig
  • Sanda
  • Turnberry
  • Pladda
  • Holy Isle
  • Cloch
  • Leith (Dock Entrance)
  • Lismore
  • Channory
  • Cromarty
  • Tarbet Ness
Bridges and Piers
  • Forth Road Bridge
  • Forth Rail Bridge
  • Kincardine Bridge
  • Cromarty Firth Bridge
  • Dornoch Firth Bridge
  • Kessock Bridge and approaches
  • Connel Bridge (Oban) with approaches
  • Tay Road Bridge
  • Tay Rail Bridge
  • Rosyth pier
  • South Queensferry pier
  • Crombie pier
  • Braefoot pier
Other Landmarks
  • Turnberry Hotel & Golf Courses with airstrip
  • Fort George on approach to Inverness
  • Works with chimney on approach to Inverness
  • Castle Stuart near Inverness Airport
  • Dunstaffanage Castle on approach to Oban
  • High flats (Glasgow, Greenock, Irvine, Kincardine Bridge and Ayr)
  • River Clyde, Glasgow City Centre
    • St Enoch Centre
    • Meadowside Granary
    • Daily Record Building
    • BAE Systems
    • Govan Shipyard
    • Lancefield Quay Flats
    • Kingston Quay Flats
    • Shipbuilding cranes (various locations)
  • Hopetoun House
  • Lowther Hills Tracking Station (N Dumfriesshire)
  • Great Dun Tracking Station (Cumbria)
  • Barnbougle Castle (Firth of Forth)
  • Wallace Monument
  • Urquhart Castle (with special feature)
  • McCaig's Tower (Oban)
  • Scone Palace (Perth)
  • Kinnoul Hill tower (Perth)
  • Windfarm at Great Orton (Carlisle Area)
  • Dundee local landmarks including
    • Glamis Castle
    • Broughty Ferry Castle
    • Sensation
    • Discovery Point
Electricity Pylons
  • Longannet
  • Mossmoran
  • Hunterston
  • Inverkip
  • Chapelcross
Ships, Boats & Yachts
  • Firth of Clyde (several locations)
  • Moray Firth
  • Around Oban & North Connel
  • Firth of Forth
  • Plockton
  • Wig Bay, Loch Ryan
  • Stena HSS off Corsewall Point
  • P & O Jetliner near Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde
  • Yacht near Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde
  • Container ship near Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde
Landclass
  • Landclass for many areas particularly round airfields and landmarks
Coastline
  • 'Real water' and detailed coastline at Leith, Grangemouth and 20 miles of the River Clyde from Erskine Bridge to the city centre.

Revision History

Version 2.1a
  • Workaround for FS2004 windows-switching problem, two new airfields for FS2004, plus various improvements.
Version 2.0c
  • Minor revisions to 2.0b.
Version 2.0b
  • Low cost upgrade for Version 1.x users featuring detailed Edinburgh City Centre and many additional airports and other features/ improvements.
Version 2.0a
  • Pre-release final test version.
Version 1.3b
  • Free upgrade for version 1.1 and 1.0 users released simultaneously with Version 2.0.
Version 1.3a
  • Limited distribution. Temporarily withdrawn on announcement of pending FS2004 Upgrade.
Version 1.2c
  • Withdrawn due to ongoing problems with FS2004.
Version 1.2b
  • Second beta of version 1.3 fixing problem encountered during beta 1 near Edinburgh.
Version 1.2a
  • First beta of version 1.3, incorporating many new and updated features, plus changes  to ensure maximum compatibility with FS2004 as well as backwards compatibility with FS2002.
Version 1.1c
  • Incorporating all revisions and patches to 1.1b as described below, plus minor changes to documentation.
Version 1.1b Patch
  • Revised versions of Troonarea.bgl and BassRockscc.bgl
  • Instructions on moving BGLs CraigowlLC.bgl and KinrossLC.bgl as per revision 3.
Version 1.1b Revision 3
  • Moved BGLs CraigowlLC.bgl and KinrossLC.bgl from scenery folder to LandClass\scenery folder.
  • Added Castle Stalker to features list.
Version 1.1b Revision 2
  • Corrected broken links in documentation.
Version 1.1b
  • First public release, including all modifications from pre-release version 1.1a
Version 1.1a
Version 1.0a

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