- Addon mesh is not required, but complimentary to, this scenery. Ultimate Terrain 2004 ensures roads and terrain details match up properly with the scenery. Without Ultimate Terrain, no river detail appears nearby. This will obviously detract from the overall effect of adding the scenery in the first place (e.g., the USS Slater will appear drydocked).
- Ultimate Terrain (FS2004), payware, available at http://www.flight1.com/
- SRTM terrain mesh for FS2004 by Stephen Rothlisberger, freeware, available at http://www.simviation.com/fsdterrainsrtm.htm
1) Extract/unzip the main folder "Albany_FS9_v1.zip" to a location other than directly into FS2004 (e.g., to desktop).
2) Copy the enclosed folder "Albany_FS9" into the Addon Scenery folder within FS2004.
3) Extract/unzip the main folder "Agen_XTrees_lib9_2.zip" to a location other than directly into FS2004 (e.g., to desktop).
4) Open the resultant folder and look for the file named "Agen_XTrees_lib9_2.BGL". Copy this into the FS2004>Scenery>Generic>Scenery folder.
5) If not using Ultimate Terrain, the bridge modifications provided may be used. Open the folder named "BridgeMods", the cut & paste the enclosed files "0_Albany_Bridge_Exclude_VTPX.BGL" and "Albany_New_Bridge.bgl" into the "scenery" subfolder, within the main folder "Albany_FS9".
6) Activate the new scenery through the Settings option in FS2004 (e.g., browse/navigate to the location of the Albany folder) and check to enable it. Upon restarting FS2004, a message should appear stating that scenery files are being updated. This indicates that the scenery has "taken" and is ready to be used.
- Enabling scenery shadows results in some odd behaviour among the low-lying custom buildings. This is a limitation of the scenery objects with no workaround being found as yet.
- Unlike the FSX version of this scenery, this is intended to be used with the default mesh resolution for FS2004 only, as the mesh I use does not permit detailed resolution. Results may vary if higher resolution mesh is used. Anyone wishing to edit the flatten areas to accommodate higher resolution mesh may modify the enclosed file "ALBANY9.SBP" using Sbuilder version 2.05 (remember to respect the freeware copyrights if uploaded).
*****Although this scenery has been thoroughly tested, I cannot be held responsible for any problems arising from your decision to install it.*****
THIS SCENERY, AND ALL FILES CONTAINED WITHIN, REMAIN FREEWARE. Redistribution for profit is strictly forbidden. Custom textures may be used in other freeware-only projects if desired without permission. Anyone wishing to modify scenery objects for the purposes of improving accuracy may request obtaining the source files from me, which may then be redistributed, provided this scenery continues to be acknowledged as FREEWARE. Original files which have been credited to their respective designers remain the property of said individuals, and any other copyrights must be respected.
Copyright Brian Sturton, August 2008
Contact: sgt_caribou@hotmail.com OR bsturton@telusplanet.net
