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    Heads up! Former Godzone payware for New Zealand now free

    Spotted this over at Avsim, by Robin Corn


    File Description:The 'Real New Zealand' Wellington International and City scenery previously available as payware is now offered here as freeware. Includes a custom-built airport and city, based on a photo scenery which covers the greater Wellington area



    ttfn


    Pete

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    NEW ! Freeware Wellington NZ Scenery

    Formerly payware ... now Freeware ! Get it @ Avsim ....

    New! Wellington International and City


    File Description:
    The 'Real New Zealand' Wellington International and City scenery previously available as payware is now offered here as freeware. Includes a custom-built airport and city, based on a photo scenery which covers the greater Wellington area.



    Filename: installrnzwellfs9.zip
    License: Freeware, limited distribution
    Added: 31st March 2012
    Downloads: 939
    Author: Robin Corn, Ian Warren
    Size: 83760kb



    Cheers ! Mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Clayton View Post
    Looks nice!
    It is, the Real NZ sceneries are exceptional, all.
    Very generous of Robin Corn to make it freeware.
    Although I'm kinda sad to see it at the end of its commercial life, it's still heartening to see almost 1000 FS9ers have snapped it up.

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    Since two different people posted on this, I just merged them...
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    Several months ago Robin Corn quit selling FS9 sceneries, right after I bought them, and is concentrating on FSX. Sign of the times. But I never heard he's not commercial anymore. I recall he did mention that he would eventually offer them as freeware.

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    Thanks for the heads up.

    For anyone that hasnt flown NZ, its awesome. I prefer the south Island myself, hopping from Nelson to Wellington is brilliant.
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    Dangit - I thought I'd merged the two into the stickied version yesterday - it's fixed now...
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    Quote Originally Posted by rich12545 View Post
    Several months ago Robin Corn quit selling FS9 sceneries, right after I bought them... But I never heard he's not commercial anymore.
    He is still commercial - in fact the bargain of the month must be ALL his FS9 NZ sceneries on one CD for less than USD20!
    http://windowlight.co.nz/store/index...&products_id=5

    Real New Zealand Marlborough is the default scenery for whenever I want to go screenshooting.
    Combined with Wellington and the other photoreal west coast up to Paraparaumu (a little-known freeware gem, and better than the FSX version!)
    http://nzff.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6480&hl=nzpp
    you can spend days in some of the best FS9 scenery available.

    EDIT: Real New Zealand Marlborough has just been uploaded to AVSIM!
    Don't miss it...

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    Robins stuff is good - I've got it all and it gets frequent useage.
    For those who like other freeware NZ stuff, try Lawrie Roache's site
    http://fs-snowman.com/index.php

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    Yes, and if you don't already have it, here's the NZ kmz file showing most of the scenery that is available.
    If you have Google Earth installed, you just double-click this file and it appears in NZ with all sorts of links.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wing_Z View Post
    Real New Zealand Marlborough is the default scenery for whenever I want to go screenshooting.
    Combined with Wellington and the other photoreal west coast up to Paraparaumu (a little-known freeware gem, and better than the FSX version!)
    http://nzff.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6480&hl=nzpp
    you can spend days in some of the best FS9 scenery available.


    This is excellent work and HU Wing.

    I have just downloaded and have the ideal aircraft for a Seaplane Safari.

    If anyone calls, I've gone fishin'...

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    I find New Zealand's scenery fascinating; it started with the recent pix of Milford Sound. Of the places I have yet to visit, New Zealand and Oz are the two I am most likely to choose.

    Until then, can anyone recommend a good mesh that will add realism to FS9's Kiwi Land?

    - H52
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    Quote Originally Posted by nigel richards View Post
    I have just downloaded and have the ideal aircraft for a Seaplane Safari.
    Can't imagine what that might be... perhaps a screen or two?

    Quote Originally Posted by hawkeye52 View Post
    Until then, can anyone recommend a good mesh that will add realism to FS9's Kiwi Land?- H52
    H52, there is a freeware mesh which was hosted by geographx:
    http://geographx.co.nz/downloads/mesh75.zip
    but I see they have changed their website.
    You must have good mesh to see NZ!
    Christian Stock's excellent payware mesh and landclass is here:
    http://www.simpilotexperience.com/fl...r-Add-ons.html
    and perhaps if you email him he can point you to the freeware one too.

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    Thank you for the info, Wing! :salute:

    I checked the http://www.simpilotexperience.com/fl...r-Add-ons.html ; their mesh is described as 10-20m but it's not clear that it covers the entire country.

    On the other hand, the Geographx mesh is described as 8m and as covering the entire Nation.

    Hopefully I can find the Geographx mesh with some more searching.

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    The freeware mesh is 75m which is OK... but most NZ scenery is designed around the payware mesh which of course is a lot better.
    For places like Milford Sound as you can imagine, you need the best mesh you can get.

    Robin Corn packaged the 75m mesh at one time with some scenery so has a copy.
    But he won't distribute it without permission from Christian Stock (whose work it is).

    So if you want the freeware 75m mesh, probably best to email Christian through the simpilotexperience website and explain the situation.

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    G'day!

    [QUOTE=Wing_Z;699573]Can't imagine what that might be... perhaps a screen or two? QUOTE]



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    Nice, friendly little airport - some very nice ground textures, buildings...even a little chapel.
    Definately worth the download and a good incentive to install some decent NZ mesh.

    Thanks for this one Wing.
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    Aah Paraparaumu... a favourite haunt.
    Nice aeroplane I see there, too.

    Now you'd definitely want to take it to the mighty Lake Taupo, amidst a little photoreal Turangi scenery!
    And yes, especially in NZ, mesh makes the difference between "Oh Yeah" and "Wow"!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wing_Z View Post
    The freeware mesh is 75m which is OK... but most NZ scenery is designed around the payware mesh which of course is a lot better.
    For places like Milford Sound as you can imagine, you need the best mesh you can get.

    Robin Corn packaged the 75m mesh at one time with some scenery so has a copy.
    But he won't distribute it without permission from Christian Stock (whose work it is).

    So if you want the freeware 75m mesh, probably best to email Christian through the simpilotexperience website and explain the situation.
    Don't mean to be a pest, but now I'm confused. Are you saying the Geographix (freeware) mesh is 75m? Or is Geographix's separate and distinct from Robin's?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hawkeye52 View Post
    Don't mean to be a pest, but now I'm confused. Are you saying the Geographix (freeware) mesh is 75m? Or is Geographix's separate and distinct from Robin's?

    - H52
    Ah, yes,
    Geographix is 75m , freeware mesh that the developer allowed Robin to distribute with some of his packages.

    Although freely available as was from Geographix, it was not allowed to be uploaded to any other download site, it was copyrighted to Geographix.

    Ttfn
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    Quote Originally Posted by hawkeye52 View Post
    I find New Zealand's scenery fascinating; it started with the recent pix of Milford Sound. Of the places I have yet to visit, New Zealand and Oz are the two I am most likely to choose.

    Until then, can anyone recommend a good mesh that will add realism to FS9's Kiwi Land?

    - H52
    Kia Ora!

    I was on holiday/vacation in NZ from 24 Dec 2011 till 20 Jan. Spent 10 days on a trip on the absolutely breathtakingly beautiful South Island (incl. transalpine train journey, a landing on the Fox Glacier (some 8,500 ft high) and an awesome Milford Sound experience by boat. Then the Auckland region incl. 11 days on Waiheke Island. Visited the Museum of Technology and Transportation in Auckland which has a very impressive collection of aircraft (incl. Short Sunderland, Short Solent, Lockheed Lodestar).
    It was my second trip to Kiwiland and I'll surely go back in not too long. In the meantime I'll have to keep myself happy :mix-smi: by exploring both islands flightsimming in the beautiful NZ scenery.

    Cheers,
    Maarten

    P.S. My apologies if I just hijacked the thread.

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    Lawrie "Snowman" Roache has come to the party, and is hosting the freeware NZ mesh for the FS9 community.
    3 Cheers... there is a Donate button on his Home page!
    Here:
    http://fs-snowman.com/index.php?ind=downlo...ew&iden=357

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    Excellent leads once again Wing. Bravo!

    Downloading and looking forward to NZ with bumps in the right places.

    I'm sure we'll soon find a suitable fly as a token payment for this Gentleman's kindness.
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    If you're going near Milford Sound be sure to pick up Peter
    Lohr's Mount Cook airfield add-on too.

    Was at sdnz.co.NZ

    Ttfn

    Pete

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    All the spots in the GE file are clickable.
    I've updated some of the links.


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