Alpilotx.net saying “goodbye” to active development and the community

Dear friends, users the community!   It has been a very long time (if I recall correctly, approximately 11 years) since I have joined this fantastic, and ever growing (now even flourishing) X-Plane community and started development. Out of joy, curiosity, and driven by enthusiasm to visualize better, and better stuff (and ever improving, more-and-more freely available geographic data) in

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RELEASED: UHD Mesh Scenery v4 for X-Plane 11

RELEASED: UHD Mesh Scenery v4 for X-Plane 11

The wait is over, and UHD Mesh Scenery v4 for X-Plane 11 is now officially released! UHD Mesh Scenery v4 can be seen as a vastly improved version of the default scenery shipping with XP11. It is using/referencing the exact same set of artwork files (textures, object, autogens, forests) which ship with XP11, so you do not need other art

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RELEASED: HD Mesh Scenery v4 for X-Plane 11

RELEASED: HD Mesh Scenery v4 for X-Plane 11

The wait is over, and HD Mesh Scenery v4 for X-Plane 11 is now officially released! HD Mesh Scenery v4 can be seen as a vastly improved version of the default scenery shipping with XP11. It is using/referencing the exact same set of artwork files (textures, object, autogens, forests) which ship with XP11, so you do not need other art

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Moving alpilotx.net to a new provider! (DONE)

Just a short notice: as of January 25th I am starting to move the website to a new provider. This might result in a few outages over the coming 1-3 days … be patient and lets hope everything goes as planned. UPDATE: the move should now be finished. The site is fully up at the new hosting location and DSN

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Statement about the compatibility with X-Plane 11

All scenery on this website will remain compatible with X-plane 11 and can simply be moved from the old X-Plane 10 “Custom Scenery” environment to the new X-Plane 11 “Custom Scenery” environment. You only need to make sure, that in the new X-Plane 11 scnery_packs.ini the ordering remains correct (as recommended in the installation instructions). This includes: HD Mesh Scenery

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Video: X-Plane 10 Flying Colorado with UHD Mesh Scenery

An introduction video showcasing X-Plane 10 UHD Mesh Scenery v1 in the Colorado Mountains. Scenery used (you can get it at www.alpilotx.net for free!): UHD Mesh Scenery v1 (Colorado Mountains) Tree lines and farms v2 (North America) Music from Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org) Nice And Easy Thingmajig Wheels One Fine Day Green Leaves

UHD Mesh Scenery v1 – Japan released!

UHD Mesh Scenery v1 – Japan released!

As of today, the UHD Mesh Scenery v1 series has a new region: Japan The main differences (and improvements, compared to HD Mesh Scenery) are: High resolution DEM elevation data. Based on the AW3D (© JAXA) 30m data,  and where AW3D has holes, filled up with SRTM 1sec (30m) data. Latest landclass data based on the “AVNIR-2 high-resolution land use

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HD Mesh Scenery v3 – South / Central America released!

HD Mesh Scenery v3 – South / Central America released!

A new addition to the successful donationware HD Mesh Scenery v3 series has been release. This time, covering the rest of the American continent: Central America South America All usual “parameters” of the already existing HD Mesh Scenery v3 apply to this scenery too. Special topics to be noted: This new region was primarily made possible by teh ESA CCI

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UHD Mesh Scenery v1 – new regions RELEASED!

UHD Mesh Scenery v1 – new regions RELEASED!

After the first batch of UHD Mesh Scenery tiles released in February 2015, there is now a new set of additional regions to be enjoyed. They are: Northern Washington state (west of the already existing Montana UHD region) Canadian Rockies (between 49N and 55N … from the Pacific to the plains around Calgary – quite a big area ) Scandinavia

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