I am flying around California and was deeply disappointed that this area north east of Lake Oroville is void of any details.
I am currently toying with the editor for the first time and this area won’t be released in the next days, but I want to show you some progress made so far.
Biggest problem of course is finding matching elements like bridges and rocks.
Also getting fixed are the blank surfaces: The whole canyon is rich in missing trees on the mountains where the AI could not identify the underlying images - resulting in dark and blank surfaces on shadowy areas.
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Looking good. Been there many years ago.
New version (2.0) up on flightsim.to:
- Continued fixing riverbed, water masks and vegetation (mostly upstream)
- Fixed railroad trackbed (mostly upstream)
- Fixed watermask and surface on Oroville dam and resurfaced boat ramps and water inlet structure to power house
- Added rockfall protections on railroad track
- Added boulders
Have fun buzzing the canyon!
V 3.0 is up on flightsim.to
• New railroad tunnel model all along Feather River Canyon
• Updated intake structure on Oroville dam
• Added rail bridge over Thermalito diversion pool
• Added basic details around Thermalito diversion dam and Fish-barrier dam
• Added abandoned rail tunnel near Oroville dam
• Updated river beds
• Updated water masks
• Updated missing vegetation
• Added lower part POIs
Moving trains by Trains: North America (available on Marketplace inside MSFS2020):
Not perfect, but still fun to engage!
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V 4.0 is up on flightsim.to
*Added levees around downstream water structures and fixed water masking (Thermalito Complex)
*Fixed more river parts
*Added POI where sensible
Overview of all edits (Thermalito Afterbay down left, Lake Almanor top center):
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A dedicated version for MSFS2024 has been released on flightsim.to (V1.0)!
It features more details, more watermasking, more rocks and covers a bigger area!
I had to completely redo Lake Oroville with correct shorelines and flattened water surface.
A satellite view - Oroville is down left, with the Thermalito Afterbay visible. The branching section is Lake Oroville and Feather River Canyon continues north east. Top right is Lake Almanor.
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5.0 for MSFS2024 has been released:
Update to changed sim map data:
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Improved water masking on river and reservoir
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Replaced scenery items due to removal by Microsoft
Other:
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Added (some) detailed powerhouses
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Added road tunnels along Feather River Canyon
Feather River Canyon (USA/CA) for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS
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