Version 5.0
Some improvements all over the place.
Since the Mamudesign Marinas mod is no longer available, I replaced some boats with those from other libraries.
The jail finally got a nice barbed wire fence to keep the bad guys inside.
Added a good deal of vegetation on the south-eastern coast.
Removed some rock artefacts that I had accidently placed in the ocean.
Improved the Funafuti Electric Corporation area a great deal.
Replaced some disturbing humans.
Added lights to the apron.
More minor improvements.
Version 4.5
As pointed out earlier, Funafuti is just a temporary airport. Most of the time it's used by wild cats and dogs or the public for fun and recreational purposes such as playing soccer, doing bicycle or car races. This is interrupted only twice a week by flights from and to Fiji. So a complete representation can't do without people on the runway because that's how it usually is.
I created a crowded version which is separate from the main airport. Technically I created it as another airport under the ICAO code NGF1. If you want to see the crowd, go and install both. In the sim, as usual start your flight from NGFU. I did this in order to be able to develop both of them independently.
So join the fun and grab a STOL plane because that will be the only option to fly here if you don't want to harm anyone. At least as long as MSFS doesn't come with animated intelligent people that leave the runway if they hear a plane.
The scenery of the airport and island is unaltered. So if you are not into trying some fun flying for the crowd, you can skip this update and go with version 4.0.
Version 4.0
Put in a lot more detail not only in Funafuti but all over the Atoll. Asobo did a wonderful job with waterclass so it's worth going all over the place. Discover churches, a little mosque, people in the Lagoon hotel, containers at the port, hotels on little islands and a lot more ships. I added location and fauna markers if that's your thing. With these you get a pretty nice tour of the island. You will find a jail right next to the runway. As I couldn't find a court-house in Funafuti I figure you go straight to jail after a bad landing or maybe to the hospital which is now easy to find. ;-)
Version 3.0
Finally I got ground services working. In order to do that, I added the fictional tower frequency of 122.95. Still I don't know if there is any radio communication in Funafuti. I appreciate if anybody can help with infos.
If you spawn in at the main parking spot, you are heading against the direction of the parking-T. That's intentional and how things are usually done in real life. The apron is too small to turn a big plane and by big we talk about an ATR 72. Feel free to follow the T on arrival.
Since I got ground services going, I removed the static air stairs. The apron is just big enough for an A320. The animated air stairs will then dock at your rear passenger door.
Other things I added
ground markings on the main apron (yes, the big hold short line is weird but true to life)
a line of houses and huts on the north-eastern end of the runway. They were missing in the default scenery.
animated whales
more wildlife near shipwrecks
reworked soccer field
corrected runway starts
Version 2.1
corrected orientation of runway starting points
resized the runway
deleted runway lights and vasi (there are non in reality, airport is strictly for daytime operations)
added star to airport on world map
deleted or moved static cars because Asobo cars are driving in the area
Known Issue
For some strange reason this scenery interacts with Norfolk Island by Geekle. If both are active at the same time, you won't see any default trees at the whole Funafuti atoll and the coast looks a little empty. I currently don't know any other solution than using only one of the two sceneries at a time. Any ideas on this topic are appreciated.
Version 2.0
This is a big update that adds a lot of extra detail.
Things that have been improved
- rebuilt runways, taxiways and parking spots
- removed gas station on apron
- removed tower that doesn't exist in real life
- Funafuti sports ground
- aiport road
Things that have been added
- lots of clutter
- government building
- Tuvalu Lagoon Hotel
- port with workers, clutter and ships
- marina with fisherboats
- lots of extra boats
- palms and plants
- whales
- animated dolphins
- shark
- surfer
- shark that hunts surfer
- submarine
- trucks and cars
- beer
- shipwrecks
- greenhouse
Version 1.0
Welcome to Funafuti, Tuvalu, a pacific paradise. This is not an exact representation of the airport but an improvement with more appropriate buildings and some additions and corrections of surroundings as well as some ships. Yes, this nation is mostly comprised of water so ships are inevitable. Beware of that large cruise ship on approach to runway 21 if you decide to arrive in bad weather!
This is my first scenery creation for MSFS. Month of fighting and learning the SDK caused me a good amount of grey hair. Since I had to invest enormous amounts of time, 3 wifes and 8 of my 9 kids left me. As a fair compensation I asked flightsim.to for a buy-me-a-house or buy-me-a-new-car button but they left me with that stupid coffee. So at least make it big. I like it black, no sugar. Let it be served by a sweet young waitress so I can at least do something about the wife issue.
Funafuti is a fun airport and you can take it literal. If you think it has a taxiway, you are wrong. This is a regular road that crosses the airport and aprons. So Asobos AI-cars driving there are quite realistic. The airport shares a large part of the narrow island with a small town. Both are well integrated into each other and it was sometimes hard to decide wether a default building was part of the one or the other. Hope you like my choice. There are no fences and no barriers so the simple traffic rule seems to be: the one arriving from above has the right of way. This airport is more of a playground, a park or a football field. There are only 2 flights a week by Fiji Link in their ATR 72-600, so the rest of the week the airport is to the people. Watch the video for a new idea on how to use an airport!
Although the runway is of luxurious proportions and can accomodate A320-class aircraft, the two tiny aprons are much happier with a single ATR or the likes. Two aircraft at a time? Bad idea? If you arrive in an A320, you might like to use the soccer field for business parking. I added a proper grandstand so you can find it.
Don't miss the hot ladies and guys on the beach when approaching runway 21. Fly slow and low. But don't use drone mode to spy on them. That's inappropriate. Give them some privacy!
There may be future updates so constructive criticism and ideas on improvements are welcome.
Enjoy!!!
Installation
Unzip the file into your community folder. The Funafuti Crowd folder is optional. Only install if you want to see people, animals and lots of stuff on the runway.
Full list of dependencies:
All World Updates
Seafront Sightseeing vessels core library (free at the marketplace)
https://www.flybyguy-scenery.de/work/
For the rest see the list below!
goldmund
Snoopy7412 author
3 months ago
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steve
jvortiz56
Snoopy7412 author
8 months ago
damour66
Snoopy7412 author
9 months ago
Chak991
VH_EAA
Snoopy7412 author
9 months ago