Misty Fjords by Holger Sandmann
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1. 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 24 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 A scanned sectional map of the Ketchikan region is available at Avsim ketchikan zip by Matt Fox Airfield and seaplane base information is available here http www airnav com airport KXA And here are a few of the real Alaskan Aviation outfits http www mistyfjordsair com index html Misty Fjords Air Charters http www alaskaseaplanes com Aircraft html http www flyalaska com index html http www flypacificairways com Pacific Airways in Ketchikan http www alaskatravelmagazine com 1 flying alaskatravelflying html submenu http www seawindaviation com index html SeaWind Aviation Other Aviation Related sites http aawu arh noaa gov aviation weather to start with http www alaska faa gov fai airports2 htm airport webcams http www everythingalaska com planes html http www alaska faa gov http www seaplanes org The Sea Planes Pilots Association http www geocities com CapeCanaveral Lab 7146 beaver html Beavers http www dhc 2 com THE Beaver website Other Alaska Tourist Sites http www outdoorsdirectory com http www airguides com index htm http www bushorder com page3 html http www flyingalaska com http www personal engin umich edu alanford nancyford photoalbums alaskacruise index htm http www explorenorth com Explore North wonderful website ht2. Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Beta Testers Team No product can be published without being tested first And although it is impossible these days to test a system on all possible configurations we have a team of dedicated beta testers who have done their very best to try and find any problems before you do For the Misty Fjords title we had an extraordinary vigilant and enthusiastic team many of whom also have greatly contributed to the final work in other ways too We are grateful for their voluntary help and enthusiasm Beta Testers in random order Bill Willybee Dick more to come Cecil McLain Richard Chaders Chadwick movies Mike Doc Apsey Jun Gallopinggoose Kazama sky and movies Izuru Yode Yokomi our photographer Giorgio LaPira Doug Linn eye witness and Misty Moorings Joe Watson Dexter Thomas movies Lars Hammer Jeff Greth movies Mark Smith lots of additions Paul Kane Peter McLeland Mike Cameron Mort Cunningham Phil Cayton more to come Roger Ady Rainer Duda Michael Greenwood SgtMajor Steve Bill Womack Antelope Trail Ranch Timbo Grahame Francois A Navman Dumas gopher 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 30 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Ruud FScene Faber Don Bushsimmer Lively Lauren Speedmom Robinson Aidan Akulla Williams 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 31
3. before even being published You have purchased an addition for Microsoft s Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight that will turn a large part of Southeast Alaska some 52 000 square kilometers into the beautiful piece of nature that it really is You have purchased a flying environment that will put you in the pilot seat flying around some of the most stunning landscapes you may find in the real world and THE most stunning landscape available now for FS2004 You not only get the REAL coast lines lakes islands roads rivers and glaciers installed on your FS2004 but in addition some very talented people have added things to see and things to find for you in that rugged area of fjords mountains lakes and sea You will be able to visit the US Forestry Service cabins used by hunters fishermen and hikers and hidden near the many lakes and fjords These cabins are meticulously recreated by Mark Smith And if you have problems locating the cabins then you may use Doug Linn s outstanding flying guides to find them Doug visited the area himself and provides you with some excellent and profound knowledge and guidance to help you discover the area displayed on a wonderful website What is Alaska without shipping We have added ships and lighthouses courtesy of Bob Langendorfer And Mitsuya Hamaguchi has provided us with some Al Ships that are true works of art Holger made them sail the Inside Passage for you Follow
4. and then the relative quiet when it lifted off its step and was airborne The rest of the flight was just a dream seeing the fishing boats below the small roads and houses the quays even the buoys were visible They flew around for an hour or so made a landing near a small island and ate the sandwiches John s mother had made while gently bobbing in the water John remembered his mother telling him that he had not stopped talking for three days after that flight He was bitten by the bug that had bitten so many aviators before He HAD to fly After that Sunday he would go out to the harbor whenever he could helping his uncle with little things doing errands cleaning the office a shack with the words Juneau Harbor Air fading above the door and occasionally cleaning bits of the aircraft One led to another and eventually he learned to fly the Beaver from his uncle who was a good teacher having spent most of his life flying around the Alaskan coast He got his license and started to work for another little charter company in Juneau His uncle had stopped his flying by then and had moved to Anchorage John ran into another pilot owner with a business in 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 5 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Ketchikan and since the tourism was in the lift he decided to move and start flying for the man He had never looked back and was now the Chief Pilot of Misty Air Service Business w
5. also from very talented new people in the flight simulator industry Holger Sandmann has created a number of freeware landscape add ons as well both for FS2002 and for FS2004 They are available under his name at all major FS file library servers 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 33 of 33
6. disable by renaming to bgl bak the following six files beam_guard bgl beam_mary bgl beam_treept bgl Guardlsland bgl maryisland bgl and treepoint bg Annette Island PANT airfield enhancements by Frank Betts pant zip Note There are a few stray trees growing on the apron Also please disable his AFCAD2 AF2 PANT bgl file by renaming it to AF2 PANT bgl bak Stewart British Columbia CZST airfield enhancements by Frank Betts czst zip Prince Rupert British Columbia CYPR airfield enhancements by Frank Betts prince rupert zip Alaskan Winds Ketchikan Hub by Joe Watson aw ketch zip Note the adjacent seaport is not compatible Last Fall Gildersleeve Logging by Joe Watson floattownv1 zip Glacier Bay National Park and area by Holger Sandmann and Jim Keir gl bay 1 zip and gl bay 2 zip Note there s no spatial overlap between these landscape files and Misty Fjords 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 17 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 2 Add on sceneries that can be made compatible with supporting patch files see separate instructions in the folder FS9 FSAddon Misty Fjords Misty Fjords documentation BFU North Naji s Bush Scenery by Naji Chehabeddine bfunorth zip and bfun_upd zip Fox Camp Naji s Bush Scenery by Naji Chehabeddine foxcamp zip and foxsmoke zip Sandy Cove Naji s Bush Scenery by Naji Chehabeddine sandyCov zip Shore Point Naji s Bush Scenery by Naji Cheha
7. of the internet is that nowadays there is absolutely NO subject without an abundance of information on some website or other A few more interesting I nternet Places First of all THE main site for Alaska Tourism http travelalaska com Scenic pictures of the landscape and information about the settlements http gallery horizonseye com 4images categories php cat_id 35 Doug Linn s travel images http www alaskaseaplanetours com photos html http www familyairtours com page8_winter 20misty htm http www stewart hyder com photos html http www stewartbc com http www visit ketchikan com welcome html http www rupert bc ca http www tongass com Photos photos htm http www alaskaaerialphotos com http www asonp org Alaskan Society of Outdoors Photographers http www yukonalaska com photography Basic information about Misty Fjords National Monument http gorp away com gorp resource us wilderness area ak misty htm f you re looking for detailed topographic maps of SE Alaska http terraserver usa com image aspx t 2 amp S 148x 102 amp y 191882 9 amp w 1 amp ref P Ketchikan 201 nternational 20Airport 96 20Alaska 20United 20States Equivalent digital maps for British Columbia can be found here http toporama cits rncan gc ca Information about the Forest Service cabins included with Misty Fjords http www fs fed us r10 tongass recreation cabin_info ktn_map html
8. them with your Beaver And then there are the many scenery additions by Mark Smith rendering Ketchikan Harbor true to life the Antelope Trail Ranch by Bill Womack integrated into Misty Fjords now Sorry we ll have to take you to the features pages You have really acquired a true to life part of Alaska that will astound you every time you take off and fly into This is so far from the default MS rendition of the area that once you have installed and used it you can NEVER go back and use the default landscapes Guaranteed 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 8 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Features of the product Here are some of the many many features that you will encounter in this add on Base Landscape Features accurate ocean and fjord shorelines based on 1 63 360 AK and 1 50 000 BC hydrographic data with custom seasonal shoreline textures accurate position of all lakes greater 65ft 20m in diameter all lakes have flat water surfaces larger lakes have custom seasonal shoreline textures with wake action all ocean and lake islands greater 65ft 20m in diameter all major rivers depicted as FS water mesh clinging small rivers and streams are placed to best fit the terrain mesh very steep stream sections have a special whitewater texture LOD10 38 m base mesh compatible with other LOD10 USGS NED add on mesh plus LOD8 buffer mesh to prevent texture tearing in t
9. AJD JD s Lodge PAK4 Annette Island PAKT Ketchikan PAMF Moudi Farm PAMI Mary Island Lighthouse PANE Neets Hunt and Fishing Lake PANT Annette Island PASG Sky High Pass PASS Scots Helo Air PATP Tree Point Lighthouse PAVA Anak Z43 Tamgass Harbor 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 19 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Add on sceneries that are NOT compatible with Misty Fjords Alaska BC Bush Scenery by James Belk ak4 zip Note Only Edgecombe Lodge is inside the Misty Fjords coverage area and NOT compatible the other two strips are probably OK Antelope Trail Ranch by Bill Womack atranch_109104 zip and atr_p1 zip Note Misty Fjords contains a new version of Bill s scenery Misty Fjords cabins by Milt Chambers misty fjords cabins v2 zip misty fjords cabins zip and misty fjords cabins update zip Note Misty Fjords contains its own renditions of the U S Forest Service cabins modeled by Mark Smith Lake Ketchikan cabins by Paul Kane canyon lakes camps zip lake ketchikan cabin ii zip and lake cabin ii afd zip High Canyon Camp and Canyon Lake Camps by Todd Hudgel high canyon cabin zip and canyon lakes camps zip Moudi Farm Naji s Bush Scenery by Naji Chehabeddine moudiFrm zip Fox Outposts 2 amp 3 Naji s Bush Scenery by Naji Chehabeddine fox23 zip Lake Perseverance Fishing Camp and Resort by Morton Rupp lakepers zip Scott s Helo Air Gee s Lazy Acres and Grey Otte
10. Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Misty fjords by Holger Sandmann This is the Black and White version of the official Misty Fjords User Manual All very nice pictures have been deleted to save your colour ink cartridges The Colour Version is included in the package and available to you after installation 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 1 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Table of Contents Table of Contents Where do the ships go Misty Information FSAddon com Other FSAddon products 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 2 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Copyrights Let s get the small print over with first We know that anything in this big bad world can be reproduced within minutes no matter the copy protection no matter what we write or how much we threaten so the following text is just meant for decent people to read The ones we know that will take it to heart The ones that have just PURCHASED this product In other words YOU And by the way thank you for that All FSAddon com products are commercial products and copyrighted as such This means that no product or any part of it may be copied reproduced or disassembled in any way nor published in any way and by any means without written agreement from FSAddon com The same holds true for any registration or license key or any other means of product protection The product is provided as is an
11. ady He had not slept very well and was eager to get out and back to Ketchikan Unfortunately that was not in the stars at that moment The surrounding fir trees were heavily dripping with water the temperature had dropped to some 35 F overnight and everything was soaked with dew The fog muffled all sounds and the forest rising up behind the little cabin was enveloped in a complete silence Only the sound of water dripping everywhere could be heard And the soft sounds of waves lapping onto the shore of the Behm Canal Even the seagulls that could normally be heard screaming over the fjord were still asleep There was no reason for the fishermen to get up John did not want to wake them and had not made fresh coffee yet The fog would linger for at least a few hours longer making it impossible to take off from the fjord He walked over the short jetty to his Beaver bobbing gently on the waves of the Canal fastened securely with two bright orange lines He opened the door and clambered on board The old DeHavilland DHC 2 Beaver smelled as it always did making John feel right at home in the old seat with the lambskin cover The smell was a mixture of oil and petrol salt water paint tar and some undefined bits all caused by the machine itself its environment and the stuff it usually carried On this trip John had brought fuel for the little heater and stove in the cabin and some rations of coffee and canned food to replenish what would have been use
12. as booming in Ketchikan and other places in Alaska More and more people were discovering the endless beauty of the State and tour operators started to jump on the bandwagon Nowadays mighty cruise ships steam up to Ketchikan and further north bringing boatloads of tourists to the area Back when John first started flying there he would have the odd charter mostly people wanting to go fishing somewhere in the fjords or go hunting It was still a quiet time and the air charters made most of their money with ferrying goods to the logger camps and other small settlements deep inside the fjord landscape But nowadays they would fly tourists around on short and longer trips called flightseeing ferry fishermen to quiet cabins do shuttle flights from Ketchikan to Hyder and other remote places fly low and slow to show bears fishing in the rivers and even do night flights at some occasions Most customers would come from the cruise ships now The ships cruise to Alaska in the summer and around the Caribbean in the winter And competition was heating up too of course Although John made good money with his business he was also more and more worried about the increasing crowds Alaska is a unique area in the world and one of the last frontiers of untouched nature There are hardly any roads and many places where man is not seen for years Alaskans could not live without their sturdy little planes and there is no way they can do away with them But John was con
13. ay it runs on an 800 MHz machine with a TNT32 graphics card Others get nightmares even thinking of such a setup This is very much a matter of taste and the level to which one is spoilt by good hardware The bigger and faster the better of course We however do recommend a processor of 1 8 GHz and upwards and at minimum a GeForce4 or Radeon 9600 graphics card preferably with 128 MB to ENJ OY FS2004 Suggested FS2004 settings To experience the full detail of the LOD10 mesh and avoid water crawling up the shores at Ketchikan you need to set TERRAIN MAX VERTEX LEVEL to 20 or 21 in the TERRAIN section of the FS9 cfg file the default value is 19 Misty Fjords is optimized for a value of 20 but works with 21 as well The FS9 cfg file is hidden by default so you first need to check the view hidden files and folders option in Explorer using View gt Folder Options2 View For Windows XP users the fs9 cfg file is located in Drive Letter XDocuments and Settings User_Name Application Data Microsoft FS9 and for Windows 9x users in Drive Letter WindowsVApplication Data Microsoft FS9 If you are using other LOD10 38 m mesh for Southeast Alaska and northwestern BC we suggest that you ensure that our Misty Fjords mesh overrides that mesh In theory any available LOD10 mesh should be fully compatible with Misty Fjords however our beta testers have noticed slight local discrepancies which might impact some of the cabins lakes and shorelines Strang
14. beddine shorepnt zip Larcom Island by Emmett McRobie larcom island zip and larcom island fix zip Alaskan Seaports by Frank Betts alaska seaports zip Note Kasaan KXA and Meyers Chuck 84K are not compatible Peninsula Point Pullout by Morton Rupp penptpul zip Gateway Forest Products by Dave Erickson gwfp zip 3 Alaska AFCAD2 files by Chris Coarse Railrunner alaska afcads zip which are not compatible with Misty Fjords please disable the following AF2 bgl files by renaming them to AF2 bgl bak or removing them altogether O6AK Canyon Lake Cabin 07AK Canyon Lake Cabin II 08AK High Canyon Camp OAK4 BFU North OAK5 Park Service Strip 13Z Loring 1AK9 Fox Outpost 2 2AKO Shore Point 4Z7 Hyder 5KE Murphy s Pullout 6AK4 Teacup Lake 78K Yes Bay Lodge 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 18 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 84K Meyer s Chuck 8K9 Ketchikan Harbor 9CO Peninsula Point Pullout A183 Geneer AK35 Lake Ketchikan Cabin AK68 Antelope Trail Ranch AK70 Bridgeman AK75 Heckman Lake Ranch AK78 Lake Perseverance AK79 Deer Island HYL Hollis KBE Bell Island Hot Springs KTB Thorne Bay KXA Kasaan MTM Metlakatla PAAC Sandy Cove PABW Bakewell Lake Cabin PACC Checats Lake Cabin PACO Crook Lake PAFO Fox Outpost 1 PAFX Fox Camp PAGI Guard Island Lighthouse PAHL Humpback Lake Cabin PAHU Hugh Smith Cabin P
15. chikan 9CO Peninsula Point Pullout Ketchikan MTM Metlakatla Annette Island 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 21 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Where do the ships go Z43 Tamgass Harbor Annette Island KTB Thorne Bay 84K Meyer s Chuck KXA Kasaan HYL Hollis 13Z Loring KBE Bell Island Hot Springs 78K Yes Bay Lodge 4Z7 Hyder ATR2 Antelope Trail Ranch floating dock fictitious Seaplane Bases in B C waters some with docks CACO Stewart CAC3 Silver City CBA3 Kincolith CAN8 Port Simpson CZSW Seal Cove Prince Rupert CAN6 Digby Island Prince Rupert 1 Alaska would not be Alaska without shipping The main means of transport in that wild and remote country is the airplane And along its coastlines and many fjords and islands ships We have been fortunate to have Mitsuya Hamaguchi of J apan build us some really life like cruise ships The ones that visit Alaska in the summer months bringing tourists to view for real what you will see in your sim after installing Misty Fjords Mitsuya s ships have moving radar night lighting diesel fumes from the stag even some animated passengers And they actually sail the Inside Passage You can follow them for hours in your Beaver Piper or other plane of choice And apart from the big cruise ships you will also find a few smaller cruisers inside the fjords Fly down to Hyder and you should find one wi
16. d by the occupants And on the way back he would carry the three passengers their luggage fishing gear and fish Another odor to add to the mix John flipped the master switch and a few lights came to life The green numbers of the radio stack cast a greenish glow on John s face in the dark cockpit The fog filtered the sunlight keeping the world around him artificially dark still John dialed the company s frequency and keyed the mike It took him a few calls to get the office on the radio He explained the weather situation and got the message that things weren t looking much better at Ketchikan Meteo was expecting the clouds to rise in a few hours but it would remain a low ceiling all day and he might be stuck He thanked the dispatcher and killed the radio That was not the kind of day he d hoped for because he had another trip planned with a few people in Ketchikan They wanted to go up to Hyder all the way up the Portland Canal But with this weather there was not much of a chance They might have to charter a boat or take one of the ferries John leaned back in the pilot s seat and pulled a tobacco pouch out of his trouser pocket While rolling a fresh cigarette his mind wandered back to when he had started doing this work He was born in Juneau 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 4 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 and had had an uncle who was a pilot His father was a fisherman and often away And his
17. d the publisher author s and distributor s do not accept any liability for any damages of any kind resulting from the use of the product in any way This product should not be used for real world training or other real world usage of any kind After purchasing this product Misty Fjords by Holger Sandmann you may install and use it on ONE computer only for your private use And you know what If you really want to make a backup copy for safety reasons only and promise NOT to use it for anything else like giving it to your best friend we don t even blame you Misty Fjords base software and artwork is copyright of Holger Sandmann Various textures and objects are copyright of Mark Smith Bill Womack Ruud Faber and Mitsuya Hamaguchi The Slartibartfast Tool is copyright of and licensed from Jim Keir The VFR Guides are copyright of Doug Linn The documentation and accompanying websites webpages are copyright of Francois Dumas All publishing rights reside with FSAddon Publishing Published by FSAddon as part of FSAddon s GeoScapes Series Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight is copyrighted by Microsoft Now let s get down to business 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 3 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 A Misty Morning The two customers fishermen were still sound asleep in the little cabin but John Stills the Misty Air Service pilot was up and about for an hour alre
18. egan Cove Cabin Manzanita Lake Cabin McDonald Lake Cabin Rainbow Lake Cabin Red Alders Cabin Wilson Narrows Cabin Wilson View Cabin Winstanley Island Cabin Winstanley Lake Cabin lat N55206 long W130238 lat N55201 long W130232 lat N55201 long W132211 lat N55235 long W131206 lat N55256 long W131249 lat N55238 long W132207 lat N55229 long W131208 lat N55229 long W130935 lat N55232 long W130931 lat N55227 long W130255 lat N55226 long W130249 OOo O O O O O O Ov OO Al Ships and other Naval Things Mitsuya Hamaguchi Hama provided us with three real world Gmax cruise ships MV Island Princess MV Volendam and MV Clione the latter in three variations complete with dynamic effects and night lighting o They are set up as Al traffic cruising on various routes throughout the project area Day Cruiser in single hull variation leaves from Ketchikan Harbor next to the cruise ship terminal and travels to Metlakatla Bay on Annette Island Day Cruiser Clione with 2 D passengers leaves from Stewart B C and travels south through Portland and Pearse Canals to Wales Passage Day Cruiser Clione with 3 D passengers leaves from the Chickamin River estuary N55948 W130957 and travels along Behm Canal through Walker Cove and Rudyerd Bay to Winstanley Island Cruise Ship MV Volendam Holland America Line starts near Mary Island lighthouse N55905 W131206 and travels toward Ketchikan
19. ely mesh priority of the same LOD is the exact opposite of that for normal scenery add ons that is the active mesh with a lower priority higher layer number in the Scenery Library will be displayed Thus the Scenery Library entry of your other mesh should be placed above the two Misty Fjords entries 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 15 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Known issues and possible conflicts with other add ons Incompatibility with 3rd party add on scenery see next pages If you enable the frozen lakes option in winter we recommend that you turn Water Effects off in the FS9 Display Settings window Otherwise glaciers and large lakes may show whitish grid lines on the ice when approaching from a distance The particular method used for the glaciers makes them show up as water bodies in GPS and Map windows Sorry but this is a necessary compromise to avoid other display issues Smoke effects of the AI ships and cabins may disappear behind distant clouds This is a know bug of FS9 and has been documented in the FS2004 Special Effects SDK no fix or workaround is known When using real weather options in FS9 or via 3rd party weather utilities the smoke and spray effects of the Al ships may disappear We don t know what may cause this and would appreciate any ideas or tips for a fix or workaround Our Al ships are basically Al aircraft taxiing on the water Because FS doesn t provide free choice of so
20. er their own name and without any or much guidance from the simMarket The simFlight Network consists of a multitude of flight simulator news sites covering many languages and areas around the world and also hosting a fair number of flight simulator user communities via forums and other means The two organizations together form a very powerful base for the newly founded FSAddon com providing all the basic infrastructure skills and contacts needed to design develop and publish flight simulator add ons The company s aim is 3 tiered 1 To substantially expand the possibilities for beginning simpilots to use their flight simulator 2 To provide high quality extensive add ons to the more experienced simpilots 3 To lower the thresholds for communicating and flying together using flight simulators and the internet 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 32 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 We hope you ll enjoy our products and above all the pleasure of sharing this hobby with us and the hundreds of thousands of like minded enthusiasts all over the world If we can add just a little value to it then we have achieved our goal See you in the virtual skies Other FSAddon products If you like this product then you will want to visit FSAddon s website http www fsaddon com from time to time because we are working on a whole range of similar and other products from very well known authors and designers but
21. father was not very keen on planes preferring the solitude of the sea and his fishing John however was always watching the seaplanes in the harbor and when his uncle asked him to go up with him one time he did not have to think long It was on a Sunday morning in September weather still good and the sun was out He had asked his mother who wasn t too keen on his adventure either but she had let him go Clutching a bag with home baked cookies for Uncle Tim Uncle Tim was a skinny man tanned like a sailor with a big mustache and always wearing a worn baseball cap with a big Y on it His plane was an amphibious Beaver and was usually moored in the J uneau harbor at the seaplane base It had been light blue in better times but was now white ish gray with patches of faded blue on the fuselage I never have time to paint it when am flying Uncle Tim used to say and I am always flying Uncle Tim helped John climb on the big float and from there clamber into the cockpit He threw John s bag on the back seat and put himself into the pilot seat Then he started to explain an amazing number of facts about the Beaver and told John what they were about to do and how John had never forgotten that very first time in an aircraft a Beaver at that He would not forget the mighty roar of the engine when Uncle Tim pushed the throttle fully forwards the bumping and swaying when the Beaver picked up speed and hit the waves in the port
22. flightsimulator fs2004 downloads sdk asp Data Providers used Landsat ETM and TM multispectral satellite imagery Source for this dataset was the Global Land Cover Facility http www landcover org USGS Alaska coastline data Source for this dataset was AK Department of Natural Resources Land Records Information Section http www asgdc state ak us metadata vector physical coast coast63 html USGS National Elevation Dataset NED Data available from U S Geological Survey EROS Data Center Sioux Falls SD http gisdata usgs gov NED Canadian CDED1 0 75 arc sec Elevation Data Data available from GeoBase http www geobase ca 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 28 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 And last but not least our thanks to Airport and Seaplane Base data http www airnav com airports US Coast Guard list of marine lights http www navcen uscg gov pubs LightLists LightLists htm and http www uscg mil d17 Fisheries and Oceans Canada list of marine lights http www notmar gc ca eng services list index php Tongass National Forest Alaska rental cabins http www fs fed us r10 tongass recreation rec_facilities cabinlist html Annette Island Data Repository http 209 165 164 204 annette default cfm Stewart and Hyder International Chamber of Commerce http www stewart hyder com photos html 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 29 of 33
23. he mid to far distance all major and minor settlements with boundaries according to 1 63 360 AK and 1 50 000 BC topographic maps complete road network except in places e g settlements where a dense road network would eliminate too many autogen buildings accurate position of forestry operations clear cut logging and roads based on satellite imagery and topographic maps best possible landclass file i e land use types hand made based on Landsat 7 satellite imagery All classes utilize custom seasonal textures some of which are FScene textures used with permission from Ruud Faber custom waterclass file i e water color hand made based on Landsat 7 satellite imagery All classes utilize custom water colors 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 9 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Enhanced Landscape Features lakes and rivers can be made to freeze i e have snow covered hard ice surfaces this requires switching of textures with batch files custom winter textures for streams all mountain glaciers in particular their toes special seasonal textures that reflect the long persistence of snow at higher elevations and in forestry cutblocks detailed rendition of Annette Island s unusual airfield PANT and its surrounding structures and landscape based on online maps and photography http 209 165 164 204 annette default cfm custom AFCAD2 files for Ketchikan PAKT added new Taxiwa
24. her of Misty Fjords Miguel Blaufuks for handling our sales and administration 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 27 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Credits wCredit and thanks must also go to Christian Fumey Ground2K4 and DefArea utilities Jim Keir Slartibartfast under license and LWMViewer http www jimkeir co uk FlightSim index html Richard Ludowise Rhumbaflappy Scenery MVP most valuable person and maker of TCalc2004 and TDFmacros Joachim J OBI A Buhre landclass documentation and table http www jobia de Bob Langendorfer Alaska Gold static ship macros http www aeroair net akg alaskaships agships htm Bob Langendorfer Ed Neuhauser and Larry Silsbee Alaska lighthouse macros Tree Point Mary Island and Guard Island http www aeroair net akg alaskalights index htm Microsoft FS Design Team default library objects boats radio antennae special buildings etc Ruud Faber summer forest textures and selected winter and residential textures http www fscene com Lennart Arvidsson the idea of using feathered coastline textures http www flightsim no home textureart Janne Sinkkonen Finnish Scenery Designers the idea of frozen lakes http fisd fsnordic net Gmax by Discreet http www4 discreet com qmax FS Architect 2002 by Douglas A Pouk http www pouksim com Last but not least Microsoft FS2004 SDK documents and utilities http www microsoft com games
25. inded flight simmers to chat with you about this title and about just anything else flightsim related Give it a try http forums simflight com viewforum php f 159 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 26 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Credits Holger Sandmann is the creative mind designer and builder of Misty Fjords But there are many other people who helped in bringing this major project to life on your computer We d like to mention them here and apologies if we ve forgotten anyone Mark Smith the man who built the USFC cabins docks piers and such Bill Womack for his new rendition of the Antelope Trail Ranch and other objects Izuru Yode Yokomi for providing us with some of the most fabulous screenshots ever seen Doug Linn who made you the fabulous Flying Guides and made photographs of the real thing Jun Kazama for his beautiful alternative sky textures Bill Dick Phil Cayton for help in testing and building FREE additional scenery to be released Ea c oi separately Z S 0o roe te Bob Langendorfer who allowed us to use his ship and lighthouse macros Ruud Faber for freely giving us some of his masterful textures Mitsuya Hama who built the wonderful ships for us licensed by FSAddon Publishing Hamaguchi James Keir from whom we license Slartibartfast that s a long story Francois Dumas the author of this text and project manager publis
26. of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 FSAddon com Since you ve come this far you must be a die hard simmer or at least an avid reader Congratulations on your perseverance not many people read manuals at all To reward you let me tell you something about this company then FSAddon com was founded by Miguel Blaufuks and Fran ois Dumas with the main purpose of designing and publishing add ons for the Microsoft Flight Simulator range of products But not just any add ons Our aim is to provide additional immersion in using the simulation by providing high quality complete packages or series that do more than just add an airfield a utility or an aircraft We are aiming to provide reality kits that are a combination of additional FS software AND other things such as a story line navigational information and tools or even community access via the Internet We are also convinced that most buyers of these flight simulators only scratch the tip of the proverbial iceberg and won t use more than perhaps 10 of its capabilities Another goal of ours therefore is providing education and information geared towards better and more satisfying usage of what you have already bought The company is a subsidiary of the already existing company simMarket which in turn is part of the associated simFlight Network SimMarket is the world largest on line distributor of flight simulator add ons But up to now all products have been sold und
27. phic maps and air photos 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 12 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Installation Installing Misty Fjords is a breeze thanks to the automatic installation routine That s what you d expect us to tell you wouldn t you You basically just click on the downloaded exe file and the installer will guide you through all the next steps After that you start Flight Simulator and the Misty Fjords will be there in all its glory Note that the auto installer will not make any changes to your fs9 cfg or terrain cfg files it simply places all files in the appropriate directories and folders and creates two entries in your Scenery Library To get started flying we have included quite a few start up scenarios and flights for you You can find them from the FS2004 main menu screen or from inside FS20004 via the menu bar at the top of the screen From the main menu go to Select a flight then scroll down in the Choose a category window and select FSAddon Underneath you will see a number of flights all starting with Misty in the name Choose any of these and click the Fly now button Alternatively you can reach the same functions by clicking on Flights from the menu bar along the top In addition there are a few batch programs that you can activate to swap between frozen water and regular water and vice versa These are accessible through your Start Menu FSAddon Misty Fjord
28. r Landing by Dale Westlund scotts helo air zip gees lazy acres zip and grey otter landing zip Heckman Lake Ranch by Brent Hricziscse heckman zip Alaska Mountain Ridge by Sebastian Szalai ak mountainridge zip JD s Lodge by B Stockwell jd2 zip Northwoods SAR Center by Joe Spencer nrthwds zip Most of Frank Bett s FS2002 Ketchikan area sceneries including Savana Anak Airport savana v 1 zip Air Angel Heliport airangelheliport zip Crook Lake crook lake upgrd zip Neet s Hunt And Fishing Lake neetF H zip Bridgeman bridgeman zip Four Winds Airpark fourwind zip Stanwood Airstrip stanwood zip Twin Lakes twolakes zip Brighton Point brigh pt zip Mystery Island myst isl zip Woodenville woodenvi zip North Pond northpnd zip Deer Island deer isl zip and Marlette And Lower Marlette Lake marlette zip LandClass Update for Ketchikan area by Scabbo Tony Murray ketchikan landclass zip Note Misty Fjords contains its own landclass replacement file for the entire coverage area 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 20 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Finding your way around Now this is not so easy And not explained in a few words in a manual FSAddon s Misty Fjords covers an area larger than the size of Switzerland A little bit more than your average FS scenery package It also is made up of so many different things landscape with custom landclass mountains fjords and rive
29. rs glaciers settlements cabins to find airstrips ships to spot forrestry operations visible harbors new textures The list goes on The main airfield Ketchikan I nternational PAKT Ketchikan airport has not been altered much except for some taxiways But the entire Ketchikan area is MUCH different from the default FS rendition Not only has the texture and landclass been altered Ketchikan now has a real port and marina cruise ships docked near town leisure vessels in the marina wave breakers to protect them ferry terminals and much more Oh did mention the buoys you see blinking everywhere in the waterways Did you know they are in exactly the right spot as in real life You will see many more interesting places when you start to fly around and discover Go and see Annette Island or Hyder Fly over the Inside Passage and rendez vous with the cruise ships There are five land based airfields in our coverage area and 21 seaplane bases see below any of which can be selected in the Goto Airport menu of FS9 And then you have 17 additional cabins to look for which we haven t included start positions for Airfields PAKT Ketchikan International PANT Annette Island ATR1 Antelope Trail Ranch fictitious CZST Stewart B C CYPR Prince Rupert B C Seaplane Bases in Alaskan waters some with docks PANX Ketchikan Airport fictional ICAO code 5KE Ketchikan Harbor 8K9 Murphy s Pullout Ket
30. s just make sure that you restart FS2004 after each run of a batch program The installer will already have made a backup folder for the original files so you can always go back to the default MS situation Similarly you can swap replacement textures for day and nighttime sky colors kindly provided by Jun Kazama 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 13 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Uninstalling Now who in his right mind would want to Un install this software Alright alright You can if you want to Here is how Either go to Start Click on FSAddon Click on Misty Click on Uninstall or Click on Start Click on Control Panel Select Add or Remove software or Windows components Search in the list for FSAddon Misty Fjords Select it Click on Remove button in the installer window Note Due to the complex way FS manages its scenery library you will have to manually remove the two Misty Fjords entries after you ve restarted FS2004 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 14 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Technical notes and Tips Some technical notes that you might want to be aware of before getting into the thick of flying Minimal requirements to use the software If you have a good installation of FS2004 then you can run Misty Fjords Simple as that And it is anybody s guess what a good installation is Some folks are happy with the w
31. tepped onto the jetty It was time to wake the fearless fishermen and get some coffee brewing A new day waited with new adventures John is fiction or is he Anyway now it is up to you to make your own story Not only make it but live it using your FS2004 Flight Simulator and using Misty Fjords Some of the things mentioned in the story above can REALLY be found in the scenery such as the cabin there are over 15 of them the cruise ships the fir trees the fjords the glaciers boats jetties harbors buoys and much much more Go out and discover them Doug Linn s website will help you find them http www mistymoorings com HAPPY FLYING 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 7 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 So what have you just purchased With Misty Fjords you have bought a whole new FS world Nope we re not exaggerating one little bit as you will soon see after installing it Misty Fjords really is what FSAddon com Publishing is all about enhancing your immersion in the wonderful world of Flight Simulation Misty Fjords will give you the feeling of being there more than ANY other product currently on the market Sure sure marketing speak right We are convinced that you will agree with us after installing Misty Fjords and all its additional scenery objects and even flight guides This is the FIRST ever FS add on that already has an active following
32. th good weather you can follow it through the fjord 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 22 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Misty Moorings Inc http www mistymoorings com Now what s that you may ask It is Doug Linn s absolutely amazing fan site that will surely grow further over the next few months Doug set out to make a guide for pilots flying into the fjords after he did so himself in real life this past summer But when he had finished his first charter describing flights on how to find the various cabins scattered throughout the area he started a second guide and then a third and in the end wound up with making an entire website for them helped by his son Also featured on the website will be freeware add ons to Misty Fjords already a few around even before it is published and other information regarding the area Doug s charters are a brilliant way to find your way around and learn a lot about the Misty Fjords while you do Oh and don t forget to visit the special Misty Fjords Forum that we ve opened on the simFlight Network just for you Alaskan Pilots http f i ht 59 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 23 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Misty I nformation For those of you who want to learn a little more about Misty Fjords and everything that goes on there we have compiled some of the best websites One of the fun things
33. through the Tongass Narrows Ketchikan Harbor and NW along Clarence Strait to the tip of Etolin Island Cruise Ship MV Island Princess Princess Cruises takes the opposite route of the Volendam from east of Kasaan N55929 W132201 through Tongass Narrows to Mary Island lighthouse Bob Langendorfer kindly gave permission to place his Alaska Gold static ships throughout the Misty Fjords area see http www aeroair net akg alaskaships agships htm Bob Langendorfer also sent us the source files for three of the lighthouses made by him Ed Neuhauser and Larry Silsbee see http aeroair net akg alaskalights so that we could place them in their real world locations 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 11 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Guard Island LH lat N55226 lon W131252 Mary Island LH lat N55206 lon W131211 Tree Point LH lat N54248 lon W130256 We placed about 250 listed marine navigational lights with custom flash effects based on current US and Canadian Coast Guard tables in their accurate positions see http www navcen uscg gov pubs LightLists LightLists htm and http www ccg gcc gc ca atn aln publications e htm Bill Womack created the buoys and skeleton towers in GMax and Holger Sandmann wrote the custom effect files and placement code We placed static real world 3 D landmarks from the FS default object library buildings antennae small boats docks etc according to topogra
34. tp www ilovealaska com Love Alaska http www dot state ak us amhs The Ferries http www akduck com very special tours in a duck DUKW http www city ketchikan ak us City of Ketchikan http www rainydayweb com webcam Ketchikan Webcam is it raining 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 25 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Support If you need any support in installing or using Misty Fjords you can get it in different ways 1 Register on the simFlight com forums go here http forums simflight com index php and then go to the Misty Fjords Support forum which you can find by clicking here http forums simflight com viewforum php f 158 You MUST register before you can write messages OR 2 Write us an email francois fssupport com OR 3 Write to simMarket support if you bought it there https secure simmarket com ticket_create php We believe that support of a product and especially products released for such a specialized audience as flight simmers is of the utmost importance Being flightsim freaks ourselves you can be assured that support has our fullest attention Although we do not imagine you would need much with this product In any case even if you just want to tell us what you think you are welcome on the simFlight Forums We even have a special Misty Fjords Forum for you there There you will also find a bunch of like m
35. unds for Al aircraft the ships sound like they are powered by turboprop engines The AI ship s airports PAK5 to PAK8 and CZS1 are listed in the GPS Map and Go To Airport menu Also the ships show the Al information tags if enabled for Al aircraft in general 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 16 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Compatibility with other add ons Support files for third party scenery add ons The combination of accurate terrain and lake ocean shorelines creates problems for many of the wonderful bush flying sceneries most of which are based on the default mesh and shorelines Some of the add ons end up on steep slopes or have their seaplane docks on dry land However we managed to provide small patch files for those add ons where a flatten switch to adjust the surrounding terrain elevation or an artificial peninsula into the water allows them to be compatible with Misty Fjords Below is a list of all third party add ons that we tested our apologies if we forgot any and whether they can be made compatible with Misty Fjords or not Specific installation instructions for the patch files can be found in FS9 FSAddon Misty Fjords Misty Fjords documentation 1 Add on sceneries that are compatible without patches Alaska Lighthouses 2004 by Bob Langendorfer and Ed Neuhauser aklightsO4 zip Note Misty Fjords contains updated versions of three of these lighthouses To ensure compatibility please
36. vinced that somehow there had to be a balance between making money and growing the economy and preserving this beautiful part of the world So not only would he fly the tourists around and tell them what they were looking at but he would also invariably impress upon them how important it was to keep the nature as pure as possible Most customers would agree especially after seeing the incredible scenery unfold underneath and sometime towering over the aircraft John would fly up the Behm Canal and up a few of the countless side canals and fjords or he would take his guests up the mighty glaciers where the Beaver could just muster enough energy to gain altitude He would land in lonely fjords and just float for a while telling about the area its history its inhabitants and its future He liked that part of his job almost as much as the actual flying itself And he liked just sitting in his quiet Beaver like now and reflecting on life and the world surrounding him He was lucky he thought being able to do this work being out here every day in a place that most people 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 6 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 would never see He loved the smell of the oil salt water fish and trees and would not trade it for anything in the world Yes he thought flicking his cigarette stub into the fjord I am a lucky so and so He then looked at his watch climbed out of the plane and s
37. y B and Annette Island PANT and the seaplane bases at Ketchikan Ketchikan Intl PANX Ketchikan Harbor 5KE Murphy s Pullout 8K9 Peninsula Point Pullout 9CO Annette Island Metlakatla MTM Tamgass Harbor Z43 Thorne Bay KTB Meyer s Chuck 84K Kasaan KXA Hollis HYL Loring 13Z Bell Island Hot Springs KBE Yes Bay Lodge 78K Hyder 4Z7 Stewart CACO9 Silver City CAC3 Kincolith CBA3 Port Simpson CANS8 and Prince Rupert Seal Cove CZSW Digby Island CAN6 Special Static and Dynamic 3 D Features Bill Womack completely rebuilt his FS2002 Antelope Trail Ranch add on a fictitious airstrip and floatplane base with float in hangar in Coho Cove about 15m SE of Ketchikan at N55916 W131923 The airfield s ICAO is ATR1 and that of the adjacent floatplane base ATR2 Mark Smith has modeled 17 of the famous US Forest Service cabins based on USFS photography and placed them at their accurate locations see http www fs fed us r10 tongass recreation rec facilities cabinlist html o Alava Bay Cabin lat N55213 long W131908 o Bakewell Lake Cabin lat N55217 long W130239 o Beaver Camp Cabin lat N55232 long W131205 o Big Goat Lake Cabin lat N55232 long W130935 o Checats Lake Cabin lat N55229 long W130950 o Ella Narrows Cabin lat N55229 long W131205 2004 by FSAddon Publishing Page 10 of 33 Misty Fjords GeoScapes for FS2004 Hugh Smith Lake Cabin Humpback Lake Cabin K
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