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What's new in Scotflight Scenery
Versions
- Version 2.1 - Feb 2004
- Version 2.0 - Oct 2004
- Version 1.3 - Oct 2004
- Version 1.1 - Jul 2003
- Version 1.0 - Mar 2003
- Revision History
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
- Pre-release, final test version. Incorporating features described in What's New? - Version 1.1 above.
Version 1.0a
- Initial public release. Incorporating features described in What's New - Version 1.0 above.