This is an improved version of the FSX default KMFE airport. These modifications were made using ADE 1.37 and Stock FSX and FSX Acceleration Expansion Pack library objects. If you do not have the Expansion Pack installed some library objects will not display.
My modifications to the scenery are simple, but are based on first hand knowledge of the airport, and satellite photos, and bring much needed realism to the Rio Grande Valley.
INSTALLATION:
Place the two extracted BGL files (KMFE_ADE_BCCRWe2_CVX, KMFE_ADE_BCCRWe2) in your FSX/Addon Scenery/Scenery folder, restart FSX and enjoy.
In addition to the mall, golf courses, and hotels, this update includes some taxiway fixes as well as more realistic taxi and apron textures based on satellite images. I have also added the new McAllen Convention Center, the Border Patrol station at the airport, the Dodge Arena to the south of the airport, McCreery Aviation FBO, McAllen Country Club, and a few other extras.
**PLEASE READ**
If you take a look at the screenshots I have included, you will notice I am using scenery from FS2004 that I would also highly recommend by Toni Hiltunen. You can follow the links or search either FS2004 Scenery/mcallen, or file mcallnfx.zip & mcallntx.zip.
This version of McAllen airport scenery would require Toni Hiltunen's local buildings scenery because it does not have default autogen buildings for Chase Building, Bentson Tower, and Nolana Bank building.
If you do not want to use Toni's scenery, please download my McAllen Airport scenery Version 3.2 (XKMFE3_2.ZIP)
*Caution* When using Toni Hiltunen's scenery for fs2004, be aware that two buildings will be placed on the expressway. Read below for installation instructions.
There are two downloads for Toni's scenery, first MCALLNTX.ZIP is the additional local buildings. There are a total of five buildings which include the Nolana Bank (McAllenTX1, McAllenTX1_lm), the Chase building (McAllenTX2, McAllenTX2_lm), Bentson Tower (McAllenTX3, McAllenTX3_lm) Which are the three that you will use,
and then there are the McAllen bank, and McAllen Medical Center. Due to differences in FSX versus FS2004, the buildings are not placed correctly and end up being on the expressway. You can just exclude using the McAllentx4, McAllentx5, McAllentx6, McAllentx_5, or McAllentx_9 .bgl files to avoid this.
All .bgl files you will be using (McAllenTX1, McAllenTX1_lm, McAllenTX2, McAllenTX2_lm, McAllenTX3, McAllenTX3_lm) should be added to the FSX/Addon Scenery/Scenery Folder. The textures from the texture folder in Toni's download by the same name as the .bgl files, (McAllenTX1, McAllenTX1_lm, McAllenTX2, McAllenTX2_lm, McAllenTX3, McAllenTX3_lm) .bmp should be added to the FSX/Addon Scenery/Texture Folder.
Next, the MCALLNFX.ZIP is a landclass correction which comes in three .bgl files named execludeMcAllen1, execludeMcAllen2, & execludeMcAllen3. Add all three .bgl files to the FSX/Addon Scenery/Scenery folder as well.
After these steps, you can restart FSX and start flying. Enjoy!
Brian Carlin
briguy0069@hotmail.com
I am just learning, but I am having a lot of fun, if you have any suggestions or Comments, they would be greatly appreciated.
