Heads up! Former Godzone payware for New Zealand now free

[Motormouse]

Spotted this over at Avsim, by Robin Corn


File Description:The 'Real New Zealand' Wellington International and City scenery previously available as payware is now offered here as freeware. Includes a custom-built airport and city, based on a photo scenery which covers the greater Wellington area



ttfn


Pete

 

[Flyboy208]

NEW ! Freeware Wellington NZ Scenery

Formerly payware ... now Freeware ! Get it @ Avsim ....

New! Wellington International and City


File Description:
The 'Real New Zealand' Wellington International and City scenery previously available as payware is now offered here as freeware. Includes a custom-built airport and city, based on a photo scenery which covers the greater Wellington area.



Filename: installrnzwellfs9.zip
License: Freeware, limited distribution
Added: 31st March 2012
Downloads: 939
Author: Robin Corn, Ian Warren
Size: 83760kb



Cheers ! Mike

 

[Tom Clayton]

http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=Wellington+International+and+City

Looks nice!

 

[Wing_Z]

Looks nice!

It is, the Real NZ sceneries are exceptional, all.
Very generous of Robin Corn to make it freeware.
Although I'm kinda sad to see it at the end of its commercial life, it's still heartening to see almost 1000 FS9ers have snapped it up.

 

[Tom Clayton]

Since two different people posted on this, I just merged them...

 

[rich12545]

Several months ago Robin Corn quit selling FS9 sceneries, right after I bought them, and is concentrating on FSX. Sign of the times. But I never heard he's not commercial anymore. I recall he did mention that he would eventually offer them as freeware.

 

[Lionheart]

Thanks for the heads up.

For anyone that hasnt flown NZ, its awesome. I prefer the south Island myself, hopping from Nelson to Wellington is brilliant.

 

[Tom Clayton]

Dangit - I thought I'd merged the two into the stickied version yesterday - it's fixed now...

 

[Wing_Z]

Several months ago Robin Corn quit selling FS9 sceneries, right after I bought them... But I never heard he's not commercial anymore.

He is still commercial - in fact the bargain of the month must be ALL his FS9 NZ sceneries on one CD for less than USD20!
http://windowlight.co.nz/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=5

Real New Zealand Marlborough is the default scenery for whenever I want to go screenshooting.
Combined with Wellington and the other photoreal west coast up to Paraparaumu (a little-known freeware gem, and better than the FSX version!)
http://nzff.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6480&hl=nzpp
you can spend days in some of the best FS9 scenery available.

EDIT: Real New Zealand Marlborough has just been uploaded to AVSIM!
Don't miss it...​

 

[SPman]

Robins stuff is good - I've got it all and it gets frequent useage.
For those who like other freeware NZ stuff, try [FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Lawrie Roache's [/FONT] site
http://fs-snowman.com/index.php

 

[Wing_Z]

Yes, and if you don't already have it, here's the NZ kmz file showing most of the scenery that is available.
If you have Google Earth installed, you just double-click this file and it appears in NZ with all sorts of links.

 

[nigel richards]

Real New Zealand Marlborough is the default scenery for whenever I want to go screenshooting.
Combined with Wellington and the other photoreal west coast up to Paraparaumu (a little-known freeware gem, and better than the FSX version!)
http://nzff.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6480&hl=nzpp
you can spend days in some of the best FS9 scenery available.
​

This is excellent work and HU Wing.

I have just downloaded and have the ideal aircraft for a Seaplane Safari.

If anyone calls, I've gone fishin'...

​

 

[hawkeye52]

I find New Zealand's scenery fascinating; it started with the recent pix of Milford Sound. Of the places I have yet to visit, New Zealand and Oz are the two I am most likely to choose.

Until then, can anyone recommend a good mesh that will add realism to FS9's Kiwi Land?

- H52

 

[Wing_Z]

I have just downloaded and have the ideal aircraft for a Seaplane Safari.

Can't imagine what that might be... perhaps a screen or two?

Until then, can anyone recommend a good mesh that will add realism to FS9's Kiwi Land?- H52

H52, there is a freeware mesh which was hosted by geographx:
http://geographx.co.nz/downloads/mesh75.zip
but I see they have changed their website.
You must have good mesh to see NZ!
Christian Stock's excellent payware mesh and landclass is here:
http://www.simpilotexperience.com/flight-sim-add-ons/overview/Our-Flight-Simulator-Add-ons.html
and perhaps if you email him he can point you to the freeware one too.

 

[hawkeye52]

Thank you for the info, Wing! :salute:

I checked the http://www.simpilotexperience.com/fl...r-Add-ons.html ; their mesh is described as 10-20m but it's not clear that it covers the entire country.

On the other hand, the Geographx mesh is described as 8m and as covering the entire Nation.

Hopefully I can find the Geographx mesh with some more searching.

- H52

 

[Wing_Z]

The freeware mesh is 75m which is OK... but most NZ scenery is designed around the payware mesh which of course is a lot better.
For places like Milford Sound as you can imagine, you need the best mesh you can get.

Robin Corn packaged the 75m mesh at one time with some scenery so has a copy.
But he won't distribute it without permission from Christian Stock (whose work it is).

So if you want the freeware 75m mesh, probably best to email Christian through the simpilotexperience website and explain the situation.

 

[nigel richards]

G'day!

Can't imagine what that might be... perhaps a screen or two? QUOTE]



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Nice, friendly little airport - some very nice ground textures, buildings...even a little chapel.
Definately worth the download and a good incentive to install some decent NZ mesh.

Thanks for this one Wing.

 

[Wing_Z]

Aah Paraparaumu... a favourite haunt.
Nice aeroplane I see there, too.

Now you'd definitely want to take it to the mighty Lake Taupo, amidst a little photoreal Turangi scenery!
And yes, especially in NZ, mesh makes the difference between "Oh Yeah" and "Wow"!

 

[hawkeye52]

The freeware mesh is 75m which is OK... but most NZ scenery is designed around the payware mesh which of course is a lot better.
For places like Milford Sound as you can imagine, you need the best mesh you can get.

Robin Corn packaged the 75m mesh at one time with some scenery so has a copy.
But he won't distribute it without permission from Christian Stock (whose work it is).

So if you want the freeware 75m mesh, probably best to email Christian through the simpilotexperience website and explain the situation.

Don't mean to be a pest, but now I'm confused. Are you saying the Geographix (freeware) mesh is 75m? Or is Geographix's separate and distinct from Robin's?

- H52

 

[Motormouse]

Don't mean to be a pest, but now I'm confused. Are you saying the Geographix (freeware) mesh is 75m? Or is Geographix's separate and distinct from Robin's?

- H52

Ah, yes,
Geographix is 75m , freeware mesh that the developer allowed Robin to distribute with some of his packages.

Although freely available as was from Geographix, it was not allowed to be uploaded to any other download site, it was copyrighted to Geographix.

Ttfn
Pete