NZMO - Manapouri Airport, New Zealand (2023)
Note your sim must be up to date with all world updates installed. You do not need any photogrammetry installed, just the base world updates as I borrow scenery from those resources. This project makes extensive use of the UK2000 Scenery Library which is free in the Marketplace. Please make sure you have it installed.
A GSX profile for this scenery by goldmund can be found here.
V 1.1
Welcome to Manapouri Airport, as I continue to build up NZ with some more of my work. Manapouri is in the south of the South Island of NZ, nestled near the Southern Alps next to beautiful Lake Manapouri. The views here are immaculate, it doesn't matter which direction you look, it is all georgeous. It's almost enough to make you weep with joy.
As usual I have used the latest aerial photography to create this scenery and added my usual touches. And yes, the textures of the aprons and runway are true to life, the stripes are a result of how the asphalt was layed down at the actual airport.
I have added plenty of night lighting for you pilots that fly into here after dusk, and a heli-start for you chopper pilots. As a matter of fact, this is the PERFECT airfield to fly choppers from. Hell, the whole f@#$ing country is built for helicopters (and jet-boats)! Many of the the best chopper pilots alive come from this part of the world.
Tip: it is only a short hop from here to Invercargill Airport and Queenstown, the adventure capital of the world.
V 2.0 ( 9 Mar 24 )
Sorry but I couldn't help myself. I was adding some content to ver 1.0 and just couldn't stop. So much in fact that I have decided to release it immediately as a full update because it just looks so much more immersive now.
Version 2.0 includes:
- The addition of over 100 more hand placed objects.
- Live farm animals, as you would expect in NZ!
- NZ style farm fences.
- Redid the fuel area and added custom apron markings and extra eye candy.
- Hand placed trees.
- More animation near the heli-start.
- Two more parking spots to choose from.
- New screenshots to show the updates.
- Created a Video Trailer, check it out below.
V 2.1 ( 15 Mar 24 )
- Removed/Changed some lighting on the apron.
- Corrected some apron markings that I had misinterpreted.
- Added some more hand placed trees.
- Tightened up some linework on the apron.
- Corrected the positioning of some gables.
- Some minor work on the fueling area.
V 2.3 ( 27 May 24 )
Minor adjustments to accommodate the new GSX profile which can be found on goldmund's upload page. Thanks to him for the collaborations on my work.
- Added a revolving door to the terminal for the GSX passengers to spawn into.
- Added security on the apron to keep those kiwi rugby fans in check.
- Added a weather station to the airfield.
- Activated the grass RWY 14/32, you can now choose that to take off and land on.
- Added more clutter and eye-candy.
- Made some minor fixes and improvements.
Be sure to read the note in yellow at the top of this description regarding the state of your MSFS installation in order for everything to display correctly. I try hard to keep the depenencies to a minimum.
HELP ME STOP THE WIFE CHUCKING A TANTRUM:
If you appreciate the work that I have done and it gives you joy, PLEASE consider smashing that Paypal button and donate to the cause, just $5 or $10 or whatever you think is fair. I would love to continue to pump out these near-payware quality airfields for you to all enjoy but I have to justify my time and effort these days to the wife. Help me take her out to dinner or she will put a stop to anymore ''time-wasting" :(
Tip:
Don't forget to reload your Little Navmap scenery library now and then in order to keep your new airfields accurately portrayed within it. This way all your new taxiway designations are updated among other things.
LNM automatically searches through your community folder during the process which runs in the background so you can keep simming.
From the menu bar of LNM: Scenery Library | Load Scenery Library | press Load. When finished, press Use Database.
Instructions:
Unzip and drop into your Community folder.
Enjoy.
-=CoolGunS=-
kiedistv
Cheers boys
CoolGunS author
11 days ago
goldmund
Thank you so much for all the collaboration, CoolGunS! Great airport, I am looking forward to flying in and out of it. 😊
cowpatz
Is there a way to remove or disable the lightstands?
CoolGunS author
4 months ago
ElateBison
the main terminal building doesnt show up for me but I havent installed all world updates yet
CoolGunS author
4 months ago
Beowulf99x
CoolGunS author
3 months ago