[Polls] City Update 15: Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

Broken, melted or missing photogrammetry in several cities such as Madison (KMSN looks awful), Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth is not looking very good.

Something is wrong with this city update. It’s like photogrammetry is not loading properly into MSFS 2020.

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Chicago , Milwaukee

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I just downloaded this new City Update 15In. The Marketplace shows that I now own it. But when I open my Library it lists it as disabled and not available. What is wrong with it?

Madison

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Simply restart the sim.

Chicago

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Hi,

I’ve downloaded the update for City Update 15. But it appears as Disabled “Not Available”.

What is the matter?

Any help?

Thank you

Restart the sim…

Have I read wrong or CU15 is really only available for fs24 and not for fs20 too?

CU15 is available on MSFS 2020. I have it installed on my Xbox Series X.

Overall a very nice free update, thanks!

This CU stands out in 3 categories which makes it superior to what we generally have in my opinion:

  • mostly extraordinary good bridges geometry
  • the new water masking tech is noticeable
  • nice new 3D geometries on some buildings, like pillars (capitol) or roofs (stadium) with real “see through geometry”

Topics for improvement:

  • PG-trees are still disturbing
  • green-tint issue is quite rare in this CU, but especially Chicago Downtown has some affected streets, buildings etc.
  • unfortunately not all brigdes have received the appropiate care (example Minneapolis):
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Getting the free update gave the same problem which is as described by TenPatrol and DementedCorn327 in the first post of this topic, i do not know if this is affected by the fact im on beta 5.1 ver .32
But so far very pleased with this city update so far.

So many thanks to the team

Has some serious conflicts with Drzewiecki Designs Chicago Scenery. Missing PG in some areas.

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So I am flying around Bryce Canyon. Is there a defined area map we can refer to. I can’t tell which bit has been updated.

As mentioned by @FacetedArrow204 , it is available for FS2020 too:

It comes with an additional update of the WU2 in the content manager, don’t forget to download it too:

Isn’t that the upcoming US National Parks WU? I think that’s scheduled for next month.

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Aah, of course, duh! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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I was just about to ask the community about this; did you remove Drzewiecki’s Chicago scenery? I think I will, as it’s old and hasn’t been updated in a long time.

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I am shocked that photogrammetry was added to my hometown! Racine, Wisconsin. I have always hoped it would somehow be added but assumed it never would.

Sylvania Airport (C89) is home to Skydive Midwest. Their Twin Otter and Caravan can be heard circling over Racine all summer long. I’ve been flying out of this airport in the sim more than any other airport. Possibly hundreds of times now.

The quarry right next to KRAC. I used to ride past this quarry quite a bit when I was a kid on the road that goes right along the edge.

J.I.Case High School. Named after Jerome Case, the founder of Case Corporation, which is headquartered in Racine (now as CNH Industrial).

Smolenski Park features hiking trails through a pine woodland and a restored prairie. Directly behind the aircraft is Campus Park, which is directly connected to Smolenski Park. In real life that park has paved pathways, picnic shelters, and a bandshell, which shows this photogrammetry is quite a few years old from before it was fully developed into a park, showing that this photogrammetry is about 5-6 years old.

The Pike River Pathway follows the Pike River through Racine county and down into Kenosha county.

SC Johnson headquarters. The round building houses a Sikorsky S-38 that can be seen through large glass windows in real life. The tall building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Wind Point Lighthouse, which I just visited in person last weekend.

The award-winning North Beach, Reefpoint Marina, and the Root River.

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Maybe they provide an update now as it breaks the new CU. It would be nice cause the handcrafted buildings are awesome there.