*Update 2025-02-23 by author: By doing an A-B test I found that several (not all) issues described in this thread occur in SimUpdate 1 Beta 1.3.22.0 (and now in release 1.3.23), but were not present in original release 1.2.11.0.
ISSUE DESCRIPTION
Description of the issue: The World photographer missions each have a cover photo, usually showing the place or point of interest you are about to visit. Several of them show the POI or landscape differently (usually better) than what you see when actually flying there in FS2024, sometimes the POI is missing altogether making it virtually impossible to complete the mission.
It looks as if these WP missions were designed maybe 2021/22 at a time when the FS world still looked differently, and subsequent World Updates or changes in FS2024 probably “broke” the missions by removing important 3D assets (e.g. rocks).
ICAO, coordinates, or specific location: Some example WP missions (photos below):
- Landscapes of Europe → Preikestolen (also missing in release)
- Notable rocks → Bear and rabbit summit (regression, exist in 1.2.11.0)
- Notable rocks → Devil’s Tower (regression, 3D asset exist in 1.2.11.0)
- World’s most famous monuments → Moai statues (There’s a separate bug thread for this already: Moai Statues Missing)
- Notable rocks → Kicker rock (also missing in release, Screenshots see reply)
- Notable rocks → Chimney Rock (regression, exists in 1.2.11.0, Screenshots see reply, prevents users from completing this mission in SU1 beta as the rock shape is essential here.)
- Several bridges, see 2nd reply below.
This violates the WYSIWYG principle (What you see is what you get.) 
[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? None installed.
FREQUENCY OF ISSUE
How often does this occur for you? Always.
REPRODUCTION STEPS
Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:
- Select any of the missions above. look a the mission’s cover photo.
- Fly to the POI for the mission.
- Compare the scenery there with the cover photo. Notice the difference?
YOUR SETTINGS
- SimUpdate 1 Beta (currently 1.3.22.0)
- Photogrammetry ON
- Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it? No
- What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use? NVIDIA 3070 mobile
Further graphics settings see reply below.
MEDIA
Preikestolen
As discussed in Preikestolen at Lysefjord in Norway the 3D asset was pretty oversized. Now it’s completely gone (see below) and the Preikestolen is even unrecognizable since iits plateau is covered with trees where there are none.
Bear and rabbit summit
Devil’s Tower
The cover image shows the characteristic vertical basalt columns but in the game it appears just a solid rock, all the details are missing, even the sligtly bent shape.
Moai statues
(As said, there’s a separate bug report specifically for this already.)
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