New Duxford Scenery Released - 10/8/21

[Bomber_12th]

https://flightsim.to/file/21755/duxford-airfield-egsu

A few weeks ago I became aware through Facebook that a new, very detailed and very accurate scenery depiction of Duxford was in the works for MSFS. I was then able to find this video posted by the developer on Youtube. It is mentioned in the comments that he hopes to have it completed and released around mid-September!

I know that there are many members here that were, or still are, using the fantastic ACG Duxford scenery in FSX/P3D, and this looks like a truly worthy successor, with the same level of care and attention to detail.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81LCOSFmgg

This screenshot was shared on Facebook, I believe by the same individual making the scenery. Note that all of the people/bystanders are 3D objects.

[Priller]

Now that is what I call brilliant news!! I'm going to be all over this thing!

Thanks for the pointer John!

Priller

[Dangerous Beans]

Looks really good.
I hope he gives the option for airshow or non airshow though.

[Sundog]

Thanks for the heads up John, it's looking great already.

[Francois]

That's great. Been there many times, awesome place and great events.

[Spook48]

Last time i was there was 2002.
But I will always remember that awesome weekend.

[ZsoltB]

I in 1999 for the first time and in 2016 for the last time The place is magical!

Zsolt

[DaveWG]

Certainly looks impressive. Slightly concerned about the frame rate impact with all those people being 3d objects.
I'm still using the old ACG Duxford which ports over quite well, but an up to date native version would be most welcome.
Any idea if it's going to be payware or freeware?

[dhasdell]

"I know that there are many members here that were, or still are, using the fantastic ACG Duxford scenery in FSX/P3D, and this looks like a truly worthy successor"

Come to that, I might not be the only dinosaur (pterodactyl?) still to have it in FS2004 :wavey:

[Bomber_12th]

Dave, with regard to being payware or freeware, I'm not sure. I don't know if he has released any other addons in the past.

Dhasdell, I had completely forgotten that ACG made their Duxford scenery for FS2004 as well. I remember that there were a few different Duxford scenery addons to choose from for FS2004 (a few different freeware and one payware (from the UK2000 airports)).

[manfredc3]

Great looking shots. Lookin forward to flying some of my old warbirds in and out of there. AH, hurry up with that dc-3 :biggrin-new:

[shotgunshack]

Great looking shots. Lookin forward to flying some of my old warbirds in and out of there. AH, hurry up with that dc-3 :biggrin-new: As with many sceneries in MSFS this is spoilt by the cabbage field grass which I assume is default MSFS.

[Priller]

As with many sceneries in MSFS this is spoilt by the cabbage field grass which I assume is default MSFS.

Honestly, that is nit picking... Sorry about that. Look at the grass in legacy sims!

Priller

[dvj]

Wow, Stunning! Looks like a huge amount of work to bring this off. Would love to see some AI warbirds flying through.

[Bomber_12th]

Its been released: https://flightsim.to/file/21755/duxford-airfield-egsu

This is going to be a great weekend for flight simming! :)

[noddy]

Thanks for the heads up John.

[DaveWG]

:jump:Thanks for the HU John, downloading now...

[Priller]

Its been released: https://flightsim.to/file/21755/duxford-airfield-egsu

This is going to be a great weekend for flight simming! :)

Indeed it will be! Thanks for the HU John!!

Priller

[centuryseries]

As a regular visitor to Duxford over the years I have to say that this scenery looks outstanding!!

[dvj]

Looks fairly good. I wonder if there will be any screenshots?

[cavaricooper]

https://i.imgur.com/lZkJzNV.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qmIPSJa.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/tXWA2pe.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/BQMId3Y.jpg

I'm grateful- ta!

C

[cavaricooper]

Not much left to say but, "Thank-you!"

https://i.imgur.com/8pqQaDc.jpg

...sure captures the Duckie feel nicely...

https://i.imgur.com/4rQDDoG.jpg

[K5083]

Yes, it's quite good.

[K5083]

Interested in some authentic sightseeing flights out of the new Duxford field?

Here are three FlightAware tracks from within the past week. The first two are from DH.89 Dragon Rapide G-AIDR,one of the Duxford-based D.H.89s that is represented (in an older paint job) by a livery for Dave Garwood's converted plane. The first one is a 2-hour jaunt that I have seen repeated a few times. Take off from Duxford, look around Cambridge a bit, do a few low passes over Duxford (this is the flat bit that the tracker didn't pick up), then down to London, look around the sights near the Thames, back to Duxford. Most of the flight at 2,500 feet. Takes 2 hours but you probably could trim it to one if you skipped Cambridge and the display passes. The second one is a figure-8 pattern with beat-ups of the field. Takeoff was to the west and the pattern was right-hand around the top half of the 8, left-hand around the bottom. The third track is Spitfire PR.XI G-PRXI, first stooging around Cambridge, then Newmarket, then Haverhill. Lots of low beat-ups, never higher than 2,000 feet, and the whole trip took just 35 minutes because, you know, it's a Spitfire. Pretty much what you would do if you had one.

Enjoy!

August

[K5083]

It is good to be home again.

[mgr]

New update and new version (without people):
https://flightsim.to/file/21755/duxford-airfield-egsu (V1.1)
https://flightsim.to/file/21826/duxford-airfield-egsu-no-people (V1.0)

[Priller]

Thanks Marcel!!

Priller

[Bomber_12th]

I really like that the grass runway no longer uses the default MSFS grass texture, and the grass of the grounds around the hangars/tarmac is now adjusted to blend with the aerials.

[ZsoltB]

Hello John

So how can the grass be replaced?

[Bomber_12th]

Hello John

So how can the grass be replaced?

It is a fix included in the updated files, as Marcel linked to above (the no people version includes the updated grass textures as well).

[ZsoltB]

It is a fix included in the updated files, as Marcel linked to above (the no people version includes the updated grass textures as well).

Thank you,

Zsolt

[ZsoltB]

Improved in version 1.1

https://kepkuldes.com/images/82a331b13aab9dea1a67f66b7a74e40f.jpg

[DaveWG]

Shame about the lod pop-up issues on some buildings, but otherwise very nice.

[Fnerg]

I love the colours and patterns in the surrounding fields at Duxford. I remember a video of an airshow incident where, a pilot had to put his P51D in the field short of the runway, due to engine failure. I think about that on my approach on that end of the strip. The pilot walked away thankfully, and I've seen his interview after talking about how his helmet GoPro footage shows him following emergency procedures to the letter. Amazing.

[Bomber_12th]

I love the colours and patterns in the surrounding fields at Duxford. I remember a video of an airshow incident where, a pilot had to put his P51D in the field short of the runway, due to engine failure. I think about that on my approach on that end of the strip. The pilot walked away thankfully, and I've seen his interview after talking about how his helmet GoPro footage shows him following emergency procedures to the letter. Amazing.

Here is that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnODYKx5ics

The incident happened in 2017, and the aircraft was back flying again a year later (now painted as "Contrary Mary"), and it was able to participate in Flying Legends 2018 with Mark Levy as its pilot once again. To help speed along the aircraft's repair, it gained an entirely new wing, which had already been rebuilt in the US and was not tied to any project.

I'm really looking forward to the Microsoft/Asobo Reno Air Races addon so that we'll to have some Mustangs (with accurate repaints planned of UK & European based restored examples) to fly around this Duxford scenery - one of the Mustang models that will be included with that Reno addon ("Lady B") is outwardly essentially the same as a good 75% of the D-model Mustangs flying today world wide, making an excellent base for a great many repaints.

[Snurdley]

The incident happened in 2017, and the aircraft was back flying again a year later (now painted as "Contrary Mary"), and it was able to participate in Flying Legends 2018 with Mark Levy as its pilot once again. To help speed along the aircraft's repair, it gained an entirely new wing, which had already been rebuilt in the US and was not tied to any project.

I'm really looking forward to the Microsoft/Asobo Reno Air Races addon so that we'll to have some Mustangs (with accurate repaints planned of UK & European based restored examples) to fly around this Duxford scenery - one of the Mustang models that will be included with that Reno addon ("Lady B") is outwardly essentially the same as a good 75% of the D-model Mustangs flying today world wide, making an excellent base for a great many repaints.

2017?? It seems like it happened just yesterday....

John, do you have word that we can in fact fly the Mustangs in the full sim and fly anywhere? That would be awesome.

[Bomber_12th]

John, do you have word that we can in fact fly the Mustangs in the full sim and fly anywhere? That would be awesome.

I don't have any inside knowledge, but I don't see why they would, nor have any reason to believe that they would, only allow those aircraft to be used at Reno in the sim. If that were to be true, there would also be such an outcry that they would change it. Personally, I have seen way too many pessimistic views/ideas in the forums, both ahead of the release of MSFS and in the lead-up to updates and aircraft releases that Asobo/Microsoft have done, which were never true in the end. They may not always meet everyone's wishes (demands), but they have often exceeded my expectations and have never left me feeling disappointed, so I keep an open mind.

[Bomber_12th]

Some shots from a quick circuit around Duxford today. It's pretty cool that if you look into the windows of the Aircraft Restoration Company's Lancaster hangar (the one with the scaffolding in front), you can see the BBMF Lancaster being worked on.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51577757052_4caaff4e29_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mzKuej)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51579246654_0c46562fce_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mzT837)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51577749467_158bb7fb5c_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mzKrYx)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51579245769_e578e35295_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mzT7LR)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51579245239_12b1837859_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mzT7BH)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51577748272_cb4bcf4708_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mzKrBW)

[Wittpilot]

Has anybody else had an issue getting this scenery to show in the sim? I removed a previous version. I used the correct sub-folder. I still can't get it to show! *Scratches head. Wondering if anyone else had this issue and solved it! Only thing I have not tried is trying to install the scenery version without people.
-Witt

[Brytskiva]

Look out for double folders ~

[mgr]

Sometimes the Sim get's out of sync.

Best thing to do is these steps:
1. remove all conflicting scenery and/of versions
2. double check
3. Start MSFS and start a complete flight
4. Exit MSFS
5. reboot your PC
6. Install the scenery
7. Start MSFS

Marcel

[mgr]

New versions available:
https://flightsim.to/file/21755/duxford-airfield-egsu
https://flightsim.to/file/22075/egsu-duxford-airshow-addon

Please note release note:

***PLEASE NOTE**CHANGES TO SCENERY SINCE V1.2*****

This scenery is now WITHOUT PEOPLE for this DownLoad
A new file EGSU Duxford AIRSHOW-ADDON (https://flightsim.to/file/22075/egsu-duxford-airshow-addon) is available which must be downloaded and installed in the Community Folder WITH this Scenery if you want people in your scenery.
This way it allows you to have both quiet and Airshow version with minimal download space and means I only have to update one main scenery.
The Airshow addon contains people, more parked cars and in future updates will have additional Airshow objects added.

Remember BOTH packages need to be in the community folder at the SAME TIME to have Airshow Crowds, remove the Airshow Addon to remove people.

I think this will be easier in the long term for future updates by joining two versions to one.

Hope this is not confusing, please comment for bugs and suggestions, thanks.


The Duxford AIRSHOW-ADDON avilable here... DUXFORD AIRSHOW-ADDON


(https://flightsim.to/file/22075/egsu-duxford-airshow-addon)

[Dangerous Beans]

Thanks, makes perfect sense to me.

[Wittpilot]

Pretty sure that is my problem! Many Many thanks!
-witt





New versions available:
https://flightsim.to/file/21755/duxford-airfield-egsu
https://flightsim.to/file/22075/egsu-duxford-airshow-addon

Please note release note:

***PLEASE NOTE**CHANGES TO SCENERY SINCE V1.2*****

This scenery is now WITHOUT PEOPLE for this DownLoad
A new file EGSU Duxford AIRSHOW-ADDON (https://flightsim.to/file/22075/egsu-duxford-airshow-addon) is available which must be downloaded and installed in the Community Folder WITH this Scenery if you want people in your scenery.
This way it allows you to have both quiet and Airshow version with minimal download space and means I only have to update one main scenery.
The Airshow addon contains people, more parked cars and in future updates will have additional Airshow objects added.

Remember BOTH packages need to be in the community folder at the SAME TIME to have Airshow Crowds, remove the Airshow Addon to remove people.

I think this will be easier in the long term for future updates by joining two versions to one.

Hope this is not confusing, please comment for bugs and suggestions, thanks.


The Duxford AIRSHOW-ADDON avilable here... DUXFORD AIRSHOW-ADDON


(https://flightsim.to/file/22075/egsu-duxford-airshow-addon)

[Bomber_12th]

With this scenery, I've noticed the grass being very long, making it not such a great experience using the grass runway or taking screenshots around grassy areas. Well, interestingly, there was some discussion about this today on Facebook, as it turns out this is supposedly only a problem for those using Nvidia cards, such as myself, while those who run AMD cards have properly sized short grass, which looks great! It turns out, based on some leaked information from one of the individuals testing Sim Update 6, that this issue will be fixed with the release of Sim Update 6 on Tuesday.

[Bomber_12th]

It's so nice to have properly sized grass now in MSFS, following SU6, as well as the latest version of the Duxford scenery (v1.3).

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51614464326_2dca4a02dc_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mCZC2m)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51614632311_d23697e7b9_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mD1tXD)