Important - Required Library!
Bear Island requires that our own Emerald Object Library be installed! Failure to install our free library will result in a 99% broken addon!
Bear Island, Florida for MSFS is the third iteration of this popular island airstrip scenery, which started its journey with FSX back in 2013. The scenery was later reduxed in 2017, adding custom objects and vegetation. It became one of the most detailed freeware airstrips for FSX & P3D, and was the first ESD airstrip to use SODE for environmentally-dynamic features.
With Bear Island showing its age compared to the detail in MSFS, a port from FSX could not be imagined. So, Bear Island has once again been reworked to closely resemble the FSX scenery, yet add greater detail. Both airstrip buildings have been remodeled with higher detail and 4K PBR materials. The imagery has been AI upscaled to 15cm/px, the island now includes a 2-meter Digital Elevation Model, and a few of the environmentally-dynamic features have found their way back into the scenery.
Bear Island is spawnable using its fictional ICAO code: RNBI. A parking spawn has also been added to the hangar where smaller aircraft, such as Cessna’s and Piper’s can be spawned. The main restriction here being aircraft height and length.
Features
- 15cm/px aerial imagery.
Hand-corrected and AI upscaled from 30cm/px. - 2-meter digital elevation model.
Giving at least some definition to an already pretty flat island. - One way in, one way out runway.
Watch your wing clearance! - Hand-placed, native vegetation.
Weeds, Wildflowers, Palmettos, and Reeds. - Custom detailed dock house, hangar and various clutter models.
Up to 4k resolution PBR materials. Window rain VFX, and environmental occlusion for the open hangar.
Environmentally-Dynamic Features
- "The Frog" – The Frog really likes rain. He can be found perched on a rock near the dock when rain is reported in the area.
- Water Puddles – Only visible when rain is reported in the area.
- Burn Barrel – Burn Barrel VFX will appear once temperatures fall to 50℉/10℃ or below.
Installation
The included "esd-airport-rnbi-bear-island" folder should be placed into your MSFS "Packages\Community" folder. The scenery will load the next time you start Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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thx1169
Very nice job, one of the better strips on this website. Please keep up the great work.
Fungaming44
For some reason this one refuses to load even though I have the library installed and all but it only loads almost till the end and then it hangs so I never make it to the airport. Hopefully you can backtrace the issue and fix it since this scenery would be amazing to have
rotornut44 author
See if you can load into 16FD. It's right next to Bear Island. Try it with and without Bear Island and Emerald Object Library installed, just to see what happens. Maybe even a different aircraft if you tried the same one on all attempts.
You're the first to report this issue. I have not been able to reproduce it, nor have those that I have asked to test.
2 years ago
Rosco78
Hi. The puddles appear with rain forecast but the shy frog is hiding from me. A very elusive creature. Does the weather need to be live? Or could there be a problem with my files? I've updated all of the libraries. Cheers. Really enjoyable airstrip.
rotornut44 author
The frog is using the same visibility code as the puddles, so if you are seeing the puddles and you have the latest update for Emerald Object Library, you should be able to see the frog.
If you walk down the dock, he should be on the rock closest to the dock, just off the right.
I have noticed that the rock's elevation can adjust slightly at times, so maybe he's getting hidden inside of the rock? Though, he's got an elevation offset just like the rock, so both should move in unison.
I'm using the same release build of Bear Island and the Libraries and he's sitting right where he was when I left him, so I can at least confirm no issue with the current releases.
2 years ago
antoniozzi
Just one question. Is it a fictional island or is it true? If true, can you say where it is? Thanks.
rotornut44 author
It's a real island and airstrip, though derelict for many many years now.
It's in Crescent City, Florida on Crescent Lake:
https://www.bing.com/maps/?cp=29.439616%7E-81.487334&lvl=16.0
2 years ago