Corsica Island

TuFun

TuFun

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Want to thank Daube for info on enhancing this island. Also thank you Filipo and team for the awesome enhancements! Link (French): http://www.pilote-virtuel.com/viewtopic.php?id=58077



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There seems to be a lot of files associated with this and to some, it may be a bit daunting as to which files are needed. Is it possible to get a master list posted here?
 
In fact it's not that complex.
Basically, once you have the payware Corsica photoscenery installed, you just need to download two things:
- the autogen file, which is a very big archive containing some .ASN files to copy in the Corsica "texture" subfolder ("AUTOGEN v3.0" from this page: http://www.f-bmpl.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1066&Itemid=231 )
- an autogen description file, which includes several definitions of autogens from various creators. This must NOT be installed before setting the FTX Central to "default".. First set FTX Central to default, then you can install the new definitions. I use the AGX freeware from the FranceVFR website. There is an alternative package, I don't remember the name.

There are some optional other files, to add some additional sceneries and other goodies here and there, but the initial steps are the two listed above.

There is also a huge package in development, which will include all airports in Corsica, together with many cities (for more consistent and precise autogen) together with local scenery improvements such as VFR landmarks, all across the island. This package might be ready in July, if we are lucky :)

I also strongly recommend the newest version of the Solenzara military base located on the eastern coast of the island:
http://www.virtualcorsair.fr/aeroports/zara_X.htm
(download is at the bottom of the page)
 
Thanks for the great screenshots!

I also have that scenery and it's beautiful. Been there in RL a few years ago with the family. I drove around a lot and can identify many roads that we travelled on in the scenery, which speaks for its good quality.
We stayed at a camping site at the beach just north of Solenzara AB. In the scenery you even see the big circular swimming pool :)
At Solenzara, there were a lot of mil jets taking off and landing day and night because it was the time when Lybia was attacked. Mainly F-16 and Mirages, but also quite a few C-130 Hercules. There was a lot of griping because of the noise. One guy loved it though :) Nothing beats a Mirage doing a low level high G turn just above the breakfast table in the morning.

Being a big fan of Catch22 I rented a Cessna 172 at Ghisonaccia airfield (former P47 fighter field) and searched for the old airfield of Alesani where Joseph Heller was stationed. And wouldn't you know it, I found the overgrown airfield from the air by comparing original fotos with the visible ground and surrounding references. So I then spent a second day to walk on the "holy grounds", finding a lot of signs of it's former being. Quality times!

WW2 Corsica, based on the F-VFR photo-scenery, is definitely on my list of scenery design. Let the B-25 come, VS!



Cheers,
Mark
 
Great story !
I would love a WWII scenery for Corsica, just for flying the hell out of the Accusim P-47 over there.

Back in 2006, I went to Corsica with a few friends for a week of skydiving. That was in Cavli, more precisely in the base of the 2nd regiment de la Legion Etrangere.
A military truck would pick us up in the base, drive us to the St.Catherine airport from which we would take off in a Pilatus PC-6. Then, at 4000 meters above the beach, we would jump and land in the big field inside the base. That field was supposely an ex-WWII airfield, if I understood correctly. The old runways were barely visible thoughm and only from high altitude.

Another funny thing in Cavli, is the "death skull of Cavli". When you are flying high enough above that long beach, look in the water. The seaweeds are drawing a king of death skull (with a bit of 16/9 distortion, and with teeth ending on the beach). You can see both eyes, and the nose was more visible some years ago. It's also visible in Google Earth, of course.
 
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