CYHZ Halifax International Airport V1.0
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
FS2002 Scenery Enhancement
Authors: Craig Mosher, Steve Mosher
Halifax International is Canadas east coast hub serving 3 million passengers a year. The airport is the sixth busiest in Canada, and one of the fastest growing in the country. The original terminal was built in 1955 and has undergone many changes and small scale expansions over the years. The latest project involves a 4 fold increase in the Domestic and International Arrivals facilities. I have had the privilege of being the design Architect for this project (in addition to the new control tower 1997) and consequently have access to plenty of architectural information and access to the airfield making this project possible.
Never having designed any Flight Simulator scenery before, we find ourselves learning as we go along. This is Version 1.0, and primarily focuses on replacing all of the buildings on the airside of the facility with accurate, custom built, photo-textured GMAX models, including a detailed terminal, control tower and a dozen or so support buildings. In addition to this, we have also developed some static scenery and taxiway/runway signs. The default runways, ramps and taxiways are unaltered.
One of our primary goals was to achieve high performance scenery with good framerates. GMAX seems to have made this possible. We have not had any performance issues to speak of (Athlon 1900XP, Geforce 3).
As we learn more about scenery design, and as Microsoft continues to release additional SDKs well continue to improve this scenery. We expect to replace all of the default surfaces, add animations and improve overall detail in version 2.
Any questions or comments please contact me (Craig)
cmosher@accesscable.net
Installation:
Go to fs2002 scenery directory....
1 make a sub-directory called CYHZ
2 make two subdirectories under that scenery and texture
3 place all *.bgl in scenery
4 place all *.bmp in texture
5 ignore all others
6 start fs2002 and go to any airport
7 go to the world menu in FS2002
8 go to scenery library
9 click add scenery
10 browse to the directory CYHZ
11 give the scenery any name
12 It should now show on the scenery list as active
Set your time to 9:00am (most flattering light)(G) and go to CYHZ. Enjoy.
In addition to these files there is also an AFCAD file that co-ordinates AI with the new terminal layout. Refer to your AFCAD documentation for installation of this file. The file is called CYHZ1.txt
Software:
GMAX all objects
Airport for Windows exclude areas
PhotoShop 6.01 textures (processing of digital photos)
AFCAD matching AI to the new layout
Acknowledgements:
Hans vanWyhe tips and tricks, testing
Ron Burdock testing
David MacDonald...testing
Garvin Barnicoat have never spoken with Garvin, but would like to thank him for plenty of online information that helped immensely.
And special thanks to David MacDonald for allowing us to include his CYHZNAV.bgl file adding two important NDBs to the CYHZ area.
Copyright Information:
This scenery is freeware it may be freely distributed, but must not be included on any commercial CD or part of any commercial package either in full or in part. This scenery may not be altered and redistributed without the authors consent. This scenery is copyrighted and remains the intellectual property of the authors, Craig Mosher and Steve Mosher, May 2002.
Use this scenery at your own risk, the authors will accept no responsibility for damages, real or perceived.
