Microsoft Flight Simulator vegetation enhancement for New Zealand.
What's been done?
LOD has been adjusted also, to strike a balance between low and slow and high flying.
Materials have been matched to real trees in terms of visual representation.
This means the shape, colour, and height have been modified for all species used in the following Biomes:
Northland temperate kauri forests.
North Island temperate forests.
Southland temperate forests.
Nelson Coast temperate forests.
Richmond temperate forests.
Fiordland temperate forests.
Westland temperate forests.
Canterbury-Otago tussock grasslands.
Rakiura Island temperate forests.
Chatham Island temperate forests.
Kermadec Islands subtropical moist forests.
New Zealand South Island montane grasslands.
Limitations:
Due to the lack of functionality on where to put tall vs short trees you may find some taller trees where they shouldn't be but they are based on real heights so this can't be helped until new functionality arrives.
Due to limited materials some trees may not look exactly as in the real world but should look close enough for a better experience until more functionality comes along.
There will obviously be some work to do but this is a huge step in making New Zealand great again in the sim :)
Here's some images:
https://imgur.com/a/2SwGPLE
https://imgur.com/a/wVPMgUl
Installation: just copy to your community folder.
Alot of hard work has gone into this but I am going to leave this as donationware so if you value my work and would love to see improvements and expansions then I would very much appreciate donations.
You can make payments via PayPal to [email protected]
Here's rhumbaflappy's EcoRegions polygons that is used with this biomes file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wUWGbR9QhF5xBJqxo74INiVncmItY3/view?usp=sharing
Link to source
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/ecoregions.450706/page-2
Reviews
Unfortunately, it isnt working with the new update. But before, nice work
HI, the best tree mod. please fix for SU5!
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Pretty empty over here.
andrewjamez
Hi I it would be awesome if you could update your payware 1 final time to be compatible with WU12 New Zealand. The forests in certain areas are still terrible and the sim compatibility overall with your product I purchased lapsed a long time ago. Please update. Thankyou.
CptSwiss
Unfortunately, it isnt working with the new update. But before, nice work
Hazzanz
Unfortunately the Mod is broken for SU5. Would appreciate a fix if possible?
Richlaw
HI, the best tree mod. please fix for SU5!
DocNZer
Hi SpritelyNZ
Please fix this for SU5. It is a fantastic mod!
Doc
STR1KEStudioz
It seems the latest update 28/07/2021 has broken this mod. Game will not load into flight with this mod enabled
SpritelyNZ
Hi guys,
I have spent a long time working on a new project for New Zealand, which supersedes all my previous freeware I've made. This is why I am going Payware, but before you lose yourself I can be certain it will be a small price.
I have done so much work to create a seamless picture of the beauty of my home, New Zealand.
If you wish to support me and purchase this product then you can make a payment by clicking here: https://gum.co/nz-flora-and-water
I will be releasing my scenery at the cost of $12.99. Remember, it covers the entire country of New Zealand and alot of work has been put in to try and represent it in the best way possible.
Feel free to check out some screenshots around New Zealand,
So here's some latest screenshots:
https://imgur.com/a/MhI5MHM
and here's a link to my discord where you can ask questions or chat, or whatever happens happens 😊
https://discord.gg/mHwGkwHf
Data licensed as: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Cheers,
Kelvin
SpritelyNZStudio
andrewjamez
Hi I have purchased your addon. Are there options for tree lod like in your freeware trees version or have you just used what you think has best outcome. Thanks
3 years ago
MMG
SpritelyNZ author
You can simply remove from community folder if you are not happy with how the nz trees show for other parts of the world but in my opinion they are pretty generic anyway It can only improve on the default anyway.
3 years ago
Handie59
It is indicated a new version 2.0 of March but, when you launch the download, it is always the version 1.8 of February which is proposed 😉
Thank you for your work.
SpritelyNZ author
3 years ago
Socorrista22198
- This is your original mod, 10-asobo_biomes.xml line 3642
https://ibb.co/N683M9V
- This is the same but with another color (i used this colour to fast identificate what texture is and surprise! The glitch dissapears)
https://ibb.co/Q8xHvQz
Only changing the color, the grided texture glitch dissapear.
- And this is how i modded it for miself
https://ibb.co/1zB85mr
Only subtracting one hundredth the red color, the glitch dissapears 😣 You must subtract hundredths, not add hundredths. If i add one hundredth the glitch still shows 😣
As i said, i can´t explain this, don´t know what game engine rule follows this.
Another grid texture glitch is at line 4520 Modifing it to the gitch dissapears. Sure will be more glitchs for others colors in others BiomeRules, if we would know what causes the problem we could solve it before it shows up.
Another thing i want share for others like me, who have a slow machine and appreciate the fps friendly mods with a minimal visual impact, it´s the draw distance i commented you some days ago.
At the file 10-asobo_species.xml simply replace the lines with to and at the game graphics configuration menu, enable Trees=medium.
With 90, 110 i had 10fps drop when fliying over dense forest areas, and i had to select Trees=low, but doing this the texture transition when the texture rotates is very ugly like we commented some days ago. So with 35, 45 we have the same LOD that Trees=low that cames with your mod, but we can select Trees=medium and to have smooth transitions when the trees textures rotates. This only mods the LOD, not the height of the trees.
- With 90,110
https://ibb.co/3hY2sR7
https://ibb.co/vwPhTMn
- With 35,45
https://ibb.co/R4DYq8X
https://ibb.co/1fcM7hz
Hope this helps for those who want improve this beautiful mod. Thanks for all 😊
SpritelyNZ author
3 years ago
Socorrista22198
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Airfield request: https://flightsim.to/request/scenery/1307/ontur-airfield
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SpritelyNZ author
3 years ago
LostPilot
SpritelyNZ author
3 years ago
andrewjamez
ashwad
Maxest
I wonder could it be a mod conflict with these mods as well?
https://flightsim.to/file/5318/vegetation-draw-distance-fix
https://flightsim.to/file/392/tree-height-modification-for-mfs2020-shorter-realistic-trees
SpritelyNZ author
3 years ago