ALASKA Scenery by Dean Salman, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Member of Scenery Hall Of Fame (http://www.erols.com/tdg/)
Member of Alaska Gold (see below)
E-MAIL ADDRESS alaska@galaxies.com
Web Site: http://www.galaxies.com
Project Started June 1993
Latest Release version 9.0, Feb 1999
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Alaska Rebuild (Started in July 1998)
I am revising the scenery and fixing mountains from shifting because
of elevation changes. Also the airports are being rebuilt to fix
location, NAV, and scenery. Dick Roberts, Bob Langendorfer, and Jim Tester are heading
up this part of the project. I want to say a very special thanks to
both these guys. They have been flying for years and there experence
will be a great plus to this scenery.
Rebuilt airports so far:
Dick Roberts Jim Tester Bob Langendorfer William J. Cullen
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Valdez Cordorva Mudhole Manokotah Petersburg
Kenai Cordorva Muni Wrangell
Yakutat
Dillingham
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FOR FS 5.1 CD Version and FS 95, FS 98
Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95 is a trademark of Microsoft
Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 is a trademark of Microsoft
Windows 95 is a trademark of Microsoft
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FLY ALASKA WITH ALASKA GOLD
Check out the Alaska Gold Web Site. File flight plans and
fly the bush flights in Alaska. Get your IFR rating with
Alaska Gold by reading infomation on the site and sending
in your flight videos. IFR Rating is for Flight Simulator
flying only, not real life. Finally fly weekly flights with
others using FS98 Multiplayer support.
For more information check out their web site at:
http://aeroair.net
Be sure to also check out AAL Airlines
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FS 98 USERS MAKE NOTE OF SECTIONS IN THIS TEXT FILE
06-01-93 Version 1.00
04-01-94 Version 2.00
01-01-95 Version 3.00
01-15-96 Version 4.00
11-24-96 Version 4.10
12-23-96 Version 5.00
01-10-97 Version 5.10
03-1-97 Version 6.00
06-7-97 Version 7.00
03-12-98 Version 8.00
03-14-98 Version 8.10 (minor fix)
09-10-98 Version 8.20
03-01-99 Version 9.00
First print the Text files, they are useful
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Scenery Summary -
This scenery has grown since back in 1993. It covers airports all
over the state of Alaska. The airports should be very accurate
because I have very good maps and guides. Any errors are because
I am not a pilot and sometimes I have trouble reading the plates.
The airports can have fuel (marked by a Yellow F [rebuilt airports have red] ),
buildings, taxi lanes, trees, and more. The cities around the airport are bigger
than real life, but this is Flight Sim.
There are many valleys, Glaciers, Mountains, and open land. Main
features are
Mt. McKinley in Denali National Park (Southwest of Fairbanks)
Glacier Bay and Glacier Bay National Park (near Juneau)
Katmai National Park (near King Salmon)
Gates of the Arctic National Park (North of Bettles)
Cities have land features
Lots of hidden features (need to fine them near cities)
The Tour that comes with the scenery (see tour.txt) covers most
of the scenery if you want to fly it.
TO HELP SPEED UP SCENERY FRAME RATE, OBJECTS AROUND AIRPORTS ARE SET
TO DENSE VIEWING. TO SEE ALL OBJECTS AROUND AIRPORTS, SET YOUR SCENERY
COMPLEXITY TO VERY DENSE. (FASTER COMPUTERS CAN EASILY FLY AT THAT SETTING)
SEE SCENERY.TXT FOR MORE INFO
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! There is no warranties, or guaranties or anything similar for this !
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! THIS IS FREEWARE AND CAN BE GIVEN TO ANYONE AND CAN NOT BE SOLD. !
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! SCENERY REQUIRES THE CD VERSION OF FS 5.1 OR FS 6.0 !
! WITH NORTH AMERICA ACTIVE OTHERWISE A LOT OF THE SCENERY !
! WILL NOT BE THERE !
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! THIS SCENERY NOW MIGHT WORK FOR FS 5.1 DISK VERSION BUT !
! YOU STILL WILL BE MISSING ALOT OF SCENERY. !
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Credits by others
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Scenery created using BGLGEN, copyright by Enno F Borgsteede
use for runways, VOR, ILS, etc...
Scenery created using SCASM, copyright by Manfred Moldenhauer
Scenery created using Airport 2.10, copyright by Pascal Meziat
This was used to create the airports with trees, taxi lanes, and
hangers.
Very Special Thanks to R.G. Gipe for information for Kodiak, Alaska
His photos and info have given me enough info to rebuild Kodiak
Very Special Thanks to Robert Carroll for creating import files for
WinPlanner (listed below).
Very Special Thanks To Stuart White for creating the ALKAIR4.bgl
file.
Very Special Thanks to members of Alaska Gold for fixing
up the airports listed at the top of this file
Very Special Thanks for those that have lived in Alaska (and still do)
on information about some of the airports that I did not have info for
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Files Include:
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Alaska.txt - you are reading it.
Airports.txt - list of airports and general information
Scenery.txt - tells you details on the scenery
Tour.txt - This is a step by step way to tour Alaska
Airports.xls - list of Alaska airports and other airports in the
USA. (Excel 97 file)
BGL.zip - Scenery Files
Texture.zip - Texture Files
ADDITIONAL FILES FOR WINPLANNER USERS ONLY
(*** NOT NEEDED IF YOU HAVE VERSION 3.2 or higher ***)
alasplnr.txt - Registered Winplaner users only
This is a import text file that you can use for your Winplaner
program. After you import this file, use the Remove Duplicate
to delete any duplicates that come with Winplanner.
Alaska.flt - This is the flight plan for the tour of Alaska
(see tour.txt)
INSTALLATION OF SOFTWARE
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IF UPGRADING ALASKA SCENERY, DELETE THE ALKRACE.BGL FILE
THIS WAS THE BALLON RACE AT ANCHORAGE AND IF YOU LEAVE IT IN THERE
YOU MAY NOT SEE OTHER AIRPORTS NEAR ANCHORAGE.
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------->>>>> VERSIONS OF ALASKA <<<<<<----------
THIS VERSION IS TO BE USED WITH FS 5.1 CD OR FS 95/98 ONLY
BUT THE SCENERY WAS DESIGN FOR VERSION FS 95/98
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--->>>WARNING ABOUT ADDING SOME OF THE RETAIL ADD-ON SCENERIES
Some of the add on scenery you buy may disable the North
American Scenery and Booster files that go with them.
You can go and turn them back on since Alaska requires them
active. You can check by using the Scenery Library under
the World menu.
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THE ALASKA SCENERY DEPENDS ON THE SCENERY AND SOME AIRPORTS THAT ARE INCLUDED
WITH THE CD VERSION OF FS 5.1. THE SCENERY WILL LOOK STRANGE IF YOU ARE
USING THE DISK VERSION OF FS 5.1. ALSO THE RUNWAYS AT
FAIRBANKS WILL NOT BE THERE. I PLAN ON ONLY SUPPORTING THE CD VERSION.
VERSION 1:
COVERS THE ANCHORAGE AREA AND DENILA NATIONAL PARK.
VERSION 2:
ADDED SCENERY AND AIRPORTS FROM ANCHORAGE TO FAIRBANKS. ALSO ADDED
JUNEUA AND KETCHIKAN AS WELL AS CITIES SOUTH OF ANCHORAGE.
VERSION 2.1: (FIX version)
FIXED ANCHORGAE AIRPORT BUG WHEN TAKING OFF. ALSO ADDED GUSTAVAS
AND GLACIER BAY.
VERSION 3.0:
ADDED SCENERY AND AIRPORTS FROM JUNEUA TO KETCHIKAN. ALSO ADDED AIRPORTS
FROM JUNEUA TO ANCHORAGE. INCLUDED MORE DOWNTOWN SCENERY IN ANCHORAGE,
FAIRBANKS, JUNEUA, AND KODIAK. OF COURSE, ADDED SCENERY AROUND KODIAK
ISLAND. ADDED CONTROL TOWERS, HANGERS, AND TAXI LANES AT SOME AIRPORTS.
(SEE AIRPORTS.TXT FILE)
VERSION 4.0:
ADDED SCENERY FOR GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK WEST OF JUNEUA. ALSO
ADDED CITIES AND AIRPORTS NORTH OF FAIRBANKS. PUT SOME SCENERY AROUND
BARROW, AK. ADDED CITIES AND AIRPORTS WEST OF KODIAK, AK. INCLUDING
KING SALMON AND BETHEL. ADDED TAXIS AND BUILDINGS TO MORE AIRPORTS.
VERSION 4.1:
FIXED THE AIRPORT LISTINGS SINCE THEY SORT IN ORDER NOW (FOR FS 6.0)
DISCONTINUED SENDING THE STN FILES, SOME CONFITS IN FS 6.0
DISCONTINUED INCLUDING ALKNAV.BGL (I do not think this file is needed
in FS 5.1 CD or 6.0)
VERSION 5.0:
Rebuild Anchorage and Anchorage Int'l using Airport 2.0
Also rebuilt Juneau Int'l Lots of new things
KNOWN PROBLEM - The DME indicator on NAV 1 is not working in
Anchorage, I am seeing what the trouble is.
But the VOR1 needles do work with landing
Runway 6R
VERSION 5.1:
* Rebuilt Kodiak, Alaska and Airport. Fixed Glide slope
* Added the local airport for the city of Kodiak
* Fixed DME Indicator at Anchorage Int'l
* Added more features to Anchorage
* Rebuilt the city of Juneau Lots of new things
* Rebuilt the city of Fairbanks and Fairbanks Airport, now has Taxi ways,
trees, buildings, and more.
* New Cities and Airports - Nome, Cold Bay, King Cove (near Cold Bay)
VERSION 6.0:
* Disable default scenery around Barrow and put in my own. This version
has fuel and taxi lanes.
* Added better lights for taxi lanes.
* Added missing water runway at Fairbanks (great if you have a sea plane)
(Someone needs to design a seaplane)
* Added missing water runway at Juneau
* Disable default scenery around Unalaska and put in my own. This version
has fuel and some taxi lanes. Makushin Volcano is just to the west.
(more scenery 72nm west-southwest of Unalaska)
* Rebuilt the Bethel, Sitka Airports, Gustavus (Glacier Bay Area), Ketchikan
Valdez (fixed ILS) , Yakutat (new location)
* Added New Cities and airports Adak, McGrath
* Added New scenery around Mt McKinley and to the west of it
* Add new scenery around Glacier Bay, add more glaciers
and 4 ships (look for them)
* Rebuilt King Salmon Airport, Homer
* Rebuilt Kenai and add 2 missing runways (one of them water)
* Fixed NDB at Unalaska
VERSION 7.0:
* Added Deadhorse Airport
* Added Fort Yukon Airport
* Added New scenery that covers from Fairbanks to the
northern coast of Alaska.
* Added Point Lay Airport
* Added Point Hope Airport and scenery
* Added Dillingham Airport
* Added Aniak Airport
* Added Aniak Kotezbue/Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
* Added Lot more scenery to cover the western part of Alaska
* New Merrill Field Airport
* New Elmendorf AFB
* New Scenery around Anchorage and local airports
VERSION 8.0:
* Added Allen, Emmonak,Galena,St Mary, Gulkana, Minchumina Airports
* Added Scenery West and south east of Fairbanks
* Completed the Yukon river from Fort Yukon to the west coast
* Added Wrangell Saint Elias Wilderness
* Modified Anchorage Airport and moved city a bit more north
* Revised the bay around Anchorage and mountains east of the city
* Revised Kenai, Homer, and Seward area (fixed Homer's Elev.)
* Added Tustumena, Skilak, and Kenai Lake
* Added Kenai Fjords National Part (Northeast of Homer)
* Added Redoubt Volcano across the bay from Kenai
* Added Kalgin Island in the bay southwest of Kenai
* Fixed location and Elv of Kanitishna
* Revise Mt McKinley area (see scenery.txt)
* Added more land features in Anchorage (lakes, river, parks)
* Added the main 2 roads in Anchorage (Seward Hwy, Minnesota Dr)
* Added texture to taxiways, grass fields around airports, water in
water runways
* Added more land features in Fairbanks (lakes, river, parks)
* Fixed Rainbow colors on hangars and balloons
* Added Nothway and Iliamna Airports
* Added the Alaska range west of Northway and south of Allen
* Rebuilt the Seward area and airport
VERSION 8.1:
* Revised Nenana area, moved river noth of city
* Fixed scenery not showing just north of Nenana when taking
off from Nenana
VERSION 8.2:
* New scenery added to cover from Anchorage to Yakutat up to the
62 degree lat.
* New airports: Yakataga, May Cree, McCarthy, Quail Creek, Rampart
* Rebuilt airports: Cordorva (both), Valdez, Kenai, Yakutat, Euraka Creek
* Revise Mt McKinley area (see scenery.txt)
* Revise all rivers and scenery around them (see scenery.txt)
* To help speed up frame rate around airports, many objects such as
trees, most buildings, cars, etc have been set to be visible only
if you set you scenery complexity to very dense. This way slower
systems can approach airports at a better speed. The airports that
have objects set this way are Valdez, Cordorva, Kenai, Anchorage,
Fairbanks, Rampart and May Creek. Future versions will have more
airports set this way
Version 9.0
* New scenery was added north of Dillingham and in the area as well
* Added Wood Tikchia State Park and the lakes in them
* Added The Nushagak River, Igushik River, and a redo of the Dillingham bay.
* Fixed up the Wood River Mountains
* Valdez was updated by Dick Roberts
* Scenery was also added and improved around Ketchikan
* Re-did Anchorage area to work better for slower systems
Bold airport is just off the newly added Eklutna Lake
* Added taxi lines to make it easier to get around the taxi lanes
and added new fuel Boxes
* Added Scenery North east of Bettles and arond Chandalar Lake
* Added scenery north of Ft Yukon pass the Arctic village
* Added Smith Mountains north of Arctic Village
* Scenery around Kodiak has been updated
* Scenery South of Juneau and Gustive has been added
* New airports Togiak, Aleknagik, Ekwok, and New Stuyahok (on the menu list)
* New airports Clarks Point and Twin Hills (not on airport menu)
* New airports Chandalar Lake, Sagwon, Atqasuk, Arctic Village, Petersburg
* New airports Anaktuvuk Pass, Umiat, Port Lions, Lake Hood Airport and Bold Airport
* EVERY AIRPORT was updated by fixing it's location, using any photos I could get,
and fixing any scenery around the airport. So now IFR pilots should be able to
land in poor weather. I used the info from www.airnav.com
* I updated the Airport text and Excel files
* I also created a HTM (Internet document)
(YOU MUST set scenery detail to dense to see all objects
such as trees and buildings, taxi lines)
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To install:
Because of the number of files, Method 2 is the better way to install
Alaska. First print the Text files, they are useful
***** Some users uning FS98 have had problems using Method 1 ********
Method 1
copy all files in the BGL.ZIP file to your SCENERY directory
under the flight sim directory
copy all files in the TEXTURE.ZIP file to your TEXTURE directory
Method 2 (recommend)
USE THIS METHOD ONLY IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE SECENERY AREA MANAGER
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The steps below are for version 6 of FS and FS98, Version 5.1 is similar
*****> PREVIOUS USERS:
DELETE THE TEXTURE DIRECTORY UNDER THE ALASKA DIRECTORY
ALL TEXTURES NEED TO GO INTO THE FLIGHT SIM TEXTURE DIRECTORY
1. Make a directory under the Scenery Directory called Alaska
2. Make another directory call Scenery under the Alaska Directory
3. Copy all the files from the BGL.ZIP file in the Scenery directory you created
4. Copy all the files from the TEXTURE.ZIP file in the Texture directory
(this is the main texture directory under the Flight Sim directory
you may have a lot of these textures in you added another 3rd party scenery)
5. Start FS 6 or FS98
7. Under the World menu, select Scenery Library
8. When you get into the Scenery Library Window, Click Files
9. The Scenery Area screen will show up
10. Select a Local Scenery, Chicago if you have one, and click Edit
11. Copy the Information in the Scenery Area Path and Click Cancel
12. You should be back at the area Scenery Area Screen
13. Now Click Add
14. In the Scenery Area Path type in the information you copied in
step 11. Where is says Chicago, type in Alaska
15. If you did step 14 correctly, the Scenery Area Title should be active
16. Enter a title, Alaska
17. Make the Scenery Type Local and put in a scenery area layer number
like 0001
18. Make the scenery active.
Directory Structure should look like this:
C:\FltSim
......Scenery
...........Alaska
..............Scenery (all files in the BGL.ZIP file go here)
......Texture (all files in the TEXTURE.ZIP file go here)
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I have version FS 98
Comments are welcome and problems welcome.
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