Please refer to VTBD2004.doc for detailed documentation.
To start with, I want to thank Khun Sukit at www.thaiflight.com for the invaluble help he has given me on the project. He has sent me countless photos of the airport, and is always ready with some good criticism of the project.
I originally created Bangkok scenery for FS2000. This was the first scenery I had ever tried to design, and I have learned many new techniques since then. I had planned on updating the FS2002 version of this scenery, but since then, FS2004 has been released, so I will design the scenery for this version instead.
Features:
* airport completely redesigned from scratch custom 3-D buildings created,
* AFCAD2 file included,
* Don Muang tollway,
* major city landmark buildings,
* library objects used when necessary,
* VTP roads, parks, golf courses, rivers and lakes,
* elevated helipads located within the city,
* fireworks at Lumphini Park and Sanum Luang for most holidays.
I will post updates to any scenery I create about once per year, if necessary. Otherwise, you can get updates off my website at http://www.martinstrong.com/FS_Project.htm . I dont see any point in flooding SurClaro with endless postings of the same scenery like some people do. The scenery has been tested, so there shouldnt be any need for updates or patches. Sometimes people email me asking why I didnt add their favourite landmark, or whatever. Well, please understand that sometimes there isnt any reference material. Also, I have to draw a line somewhere, since I cant model every building, and I still have to worry about framerates. Creating scenery of this magnitude is a lot of work, and I now have 902 megabytes of data (mostly pictures and maps) on my hard drive.
Installation
Unzip to any folder you wish. Make sure Use folder names is checked off in Winzip so that the proper directories will be created for you. It should create a directory called Bangkok 2004 with subdirectories called scenery and texture. If this doesnt happen for some reason, then just make a new directory called Bangkok 2004, and create sub-directories names scenery and texture, and place all the *.bgl files into the scenery subdirectory and all the *.bmp files into the texture subdirectory. Go into FS2K and add the scenery in the usual manner. If you dont know how to do this, then RTFM or go to www.SurClaro and there are tutorials that tell you how to do this. Flatten and exclude switches are not required for any of this scenery, as they are included in the BGL files.
AFCAD2
I created an AFCAD2 file for use with the scenery. You do not have to manually instal it, since it is in the scenery directory with all the other BGL files. Feel free to edit this file if you like, but if you are creating a new AFCAD2 file by starting with the default VTBD AFCAD2 file, then keep in mind that I added a number of closed taxiways to simulate aprons.
The real life layout of VTBD results in some restrictions in ground traffic handling. The biggest problem is that the only taxiways connecting the two runways aare at the ends of the runways. So, when the AI aircraft land on 21L, and they have to taxi over to theother side of the airport, they have to travel all the way down to the end of the runway, and cross there. This results in some traffic jams when they are trying to cross at the end of the runway that aircraft are takig off from. Also, while taxiing, the aircraft tend to get told to hold short due to aircraft landing on 21L, even though they are not in the way.
The only real workaround is to cheat and put an extra taxiway through the golf course, but I dont want to do this since it is unrealistic.
There are a number of limitations in the current version of AFCAD2 that can not be worked around. Specifically, the default aprons can not be edited, and taxiway signs can not be changed either.
Other Stuff
This scenery is freeware. You never have to pay to use it. It will always be free from my website at http://www.martinstrong.com/FS_Project.htm . The textures and objects that I have created are copyrighted by me. If you want to use them, just email me at martinstrong@martinstrong.com and Ill be more than happy to let you do this. If you want the original *.api files for any of the objects, just email me and itll be no problem. Just remember to give me credit. Do not upload this scenery to other websites. I am tired of seeing my scenery on other peoples sites with uploaded by: Joe Blow underneath it. If you feel that this scenery would complement your websites library, then please contact me first, and I will deal with it on a case-by-case basis. Usually it wont be a problem.
Copyright and Distribution
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This aircraft is released with as Freeware, with certain limitations. Copyright 2003 (C) Martin Strong.
- This scenery may only be uploaded to the following websites:
www.SurClaro.com
www.SurClaro
www.simviation.com
www.thaiflight.com
www.martinstrong.com
- Redistributing this archive is prohibited, without prior permission.
- The inclusion of any individual file from this archive in another
archive without the prior permission of the author is prohibited.
- The authors' rights and wishes concerning this archive must be
respected.
