Southampton & Regional Area Local Addon Scenery for FS2002 V1.00
Copyright B.Semmens 30 November 2004
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Module 8: Sotonwater Southampton Water
Named Scenery Module: soton02h.zip
Method of Installing: Manual
Installing File: None
Type of Software: Freeware
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This downloaded zip file is the eighth Named Scenery Module of 'Southampton & Regional Area Local Addon Scenery for FS2002'.
The module is VFR and FSTerrain scenery compatible and links with earlier scenery modules of Southampton Docks, Woolston, Weston Shore, Marchwood, Hythe, Calshot (Modules 1-7) and Esso (Fawley Refinery : Module 9). There are 12 Scenery Modules in the complete Project. Each Module displays (or will display) a given scenery area. Flight simmers can build-up the complete or part of the complete scenery in modular stages as and when each module becomes available by the author.
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What's in the Scenery
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Module 8 reflects the daily nautical activities that can be seen along Southampton Water and in the Solent. The regional area is brought alive by a range of marine vessels navigating these waters, including sailing yachts, small boats, ferries, luxury cruise liners, oil tankers and container ships as well as historical buildings situated on the northern coastline of Southampton waterway.
The scenery includes P&O's Cruise Liner 'Oriana' approaching Calshot Spit and the Solent as it leaves Southampton Water on its way to sunnier climates. The 'Red Funnel' ferries, which link the Isle-of-Wight to the main land, can also be seen navigating Southampton Water. These ferries transport both passengers and commercial and public vehicles to and from the Island. (If you fly close enough to these ferries you'll see the vehicles being transported.) Also seen sailing these waters is the fast catamaran ferries ('Red Jets') and container and oil tanker ships.
In this scenery the 'Netley Chapel Heritage Centre' building (remnants of the 'Royal Victoria Hospital' founded by Queen Victoria in 1855) is clearly visible nestled in the 200 acre woodland and parkland area of the 'Royal Victoria CountryPark'. The 'Heritage Centre' lies between the Hamble River and Netley on the northern shoreline of Southampton Water. For over 100 years the site was a great military hospital housing wounded troops of many nationalities from the 1914 -1918 Great War. From 1966 the main hospital building was demolished and the site re-opened to the general public as 'The Royal Victoria Garden Park'. A miniature steam railway provides trips around the 'Country Garden Park'. The nearby 13th century abbey ('Netley Abbey') lies in ruins as does 'Netley Castle' which, like Calshot Castle, was built as another of Henry VIII's chain of fortifications in the mid 16th century. Clearly visible further along the northern shoreline from Netley and before reaching the river Hamble is the small fuel oil storage farm at Warsash with its oil-transporting terminal jutting out into Southampton Water. Tankers can be seen moored alongside the terminal as they load & off-load their cargo of fuel oil.
To appreciate the full nautical picture around the waters of Southampton - working docks of Southampton, international container ships, 'QE II' liner departing from the Eastern Docks, berthed P&O's liner 'Arcadia' at dock gate 106, anchored oil tankers along Fawley Refinery's marine terminal, naval shipping at Marchwood Military Port and the Hythe-Southampton ferryboat - earlier modules of my Southampton & Regional Area Scenery must also be installed.
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Quick Installation Guide for Module 8: Sotonwater - Southampton Water
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Module 8, which is VFR scenery and FSTerrain scenery compatible, extends and links with earlier scenery modules.
1. Unzip the compressed file 'soton02h.zip' into a temporary folder. As you are now reading this text document you must have successfully unzipped the compress file into a temporary folder of your choice. You should have the following folders in your temporary folder:
2. The '... \Sotonwater' folder and its sub-folders must be installed into the existing ... \soton2k2 folder of FS2002.
i.e. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FS2002\Addon scenery\soton2k2\Sotonwater\ ...
See 3 below on how to handle and install the effect files.
3. Users who have installed and activated VFR scenery should replace the Sotonwater.bgl file in the ...\scenery folder with the Sotonwater_Vfr.bgl file found in the ...\Vfr folder. Do not have both *.bgl scenery files in the ...\scenery folder of FS2002 otherwise you will see double!!
4. To see 'Oriana's' funnel smoke emission place the special effects *.fx file from the ... \Effects folder into the '... \effects' folder of FS2002. The smoke effect is embedded within the Sotonwater.bgl file and uses default FS2002 texture effect files.
5. Inform FS2002 of the new addon scenery by registering it with FS2002. When you fly next you should see the bleak default Southampton Waterway of FS2002 transformed.
Important Note: If you have not installed earlier Modules of my scenery then it will be necessary to place the complete soton2k2 folder & sub-folders into the '... \Addon scenery' folder of FS2002. Files from the '\Effects' folder must be placed in the ... \effects folder of FS2002.
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VFR Photographic Scenery Notes:
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Southampton Water scenery has been designed to blend as seamlessly as possible with Just Flight-Get Mapping's 'VFR Photographic Scenery - Central & Southern England Scenery' upgrade - installed. Users of VFR scenery should consult their VFR Handbook for optimum FS2002 settings. The scenery is also compatible with FSTerrain software published by Just Flight. Users are advised to read the VFR-Soton2k2.txt document for a fuller explanation about use of my scenery with VFR Photographic Scenery for FS2002/2004 enhancement installed and running.
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Additional Notes:
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1. Please read the document file 'Install.doc' (available in my earlier Scenery Modules) in order to fully understand how to Install and Register this and earlier or later freeware Named Scenery Modules of Southampton & Regional Area Local Addon Scenery for FS2002.
2. Please also read the document file 'Soton2k2.doc' (Revised & updated document, 28 November 2004) as it will enlighten you as to the scenery areas included in the complete modular Southampton & Regional Area Local Addon Scenery for FS2002 Project.
3. Documentation (*.doc), text (*.txt & *.diz) and picture (*.jpg) files should be transferred from the temporary folder to the root folder of 'soton2k2' for future reference purposes.
4. Seasonal textures, Night lighting (using L1 SCASM code criteria & _LM texture files) and Special Effects have been included in this scenery.
5. Earlier Named Scenery Modules developed by the author can be downloaded from the Internet at SurClaro. The Scenery Modules currently available are:
6. If you wish to merge each scenery module under a single 'soton2k2' folder then you should refer to the 'Install.doc' documentation file on how to do this (downloaded with earlier Modules).
7. Module 10: Southampton City in the 'Southampton & Regional Area Addon Scenery for FS2002' Project should be available in 2005.
8. This module links with earlier scenery modules of Southampton Docks, Woolston, Weston Shore, Marchwood, Hythe, Calshot and Esso Refinery (Modules 1-9) and is VFR scenery compatible.
9. There are 12 Scenery Modules in the complete Project. Each Module displays (or will display) a given scenery area. Flight simmers can build-up the complete scenery in modular stages as and when each module becomes available by the author.
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Copyright & Legal Issues
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The Modular Scenery 'Southampton & Regional Area Local Addon Scenery for FS2002' has been created with the aid of the freeware utility design tools, Airport 2.60 FS Scenery Designer; Build 155; SCASM Scenery Assembler v2.88 (32) for Airport v2.60; Easy Object Designer II 2.0.50; BMP2000 (Extended-Bitmap Editing Utility); DXTBmp (16 Bit Texture Manipulator) v4.00.45 and Microsoft Software Development Kit and as such is therefore itself freeware.
All scenery and texture files within each Named Scenery Module compressed zip files are FREEWARE and are not for commercial use unless prior permission is granted from the author - please obtain the author's permission if you wish to use or adapt any components of these zip files in order to avoid copyright infringement.
Copyright of all modular scenery, effects and texture files remains with the original development author (B.Semmens) of 'Southampton & Regional Area Local Addon Scenery for FS2002'
You cannot modify, distribute or sell any of these modular file(s) or produce a CD-version of a module(or modules) or modular file(s) for profit of any Named Scenery Module relating to 'Southampton City & Regional Area Local Addon Scenery for FS2002' (or any of its components or component parts in any modified form) without the development author's expressed permission.
You may not 'dis-assemble', 'reverse engineer' or 'extract' any of the scenery *.bgl files or design models contained within any Named Scenery Module without my express permission. Selling and/or adapting any of these files is strictly prohibited. All rights and trademarks are reserved and remain the sole property & copyright of the original author(s) and publisher(s).
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Disclaimer
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Although the complete 'SOUTHAMPTON & REGIONAL AREA LOCAL ADDON SCENERY FOR FS2002' encompasses 12 Scenery Modules in total, the author gives no guarantee or warranty as to the completion and/or distribution or update of ANY or ALL of the NAMED SCENERY MODULES described in this document. The author provides this SOFTWARE and any (if any) support AS IS and with all known or unknown faults, and without warranty of any kind, either, direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, expressed, implied or statutory.
The SOFTWARE, as far as is known, is virus free having been developed under the watchful eye of Symantec's Norton Systems Works 2003 software. However, THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY OF OR ARISING OUT OF USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND SUPPORT, IF ANY, REMAINS WITH THE USER and IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER TO HARDWARE AND/OR INSTALLED SOFTWARE.
Readme_m8.txt soton02h.zip - Module 8 B.Semmens. 30 November 2004
