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- MOSCOW STATIC SCENERY
- (for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator v.4)
-
- The scenery file that comes with this text file has been entirely created
- using Microsoft Aircraft & Scenery Designer, with no further processing or
- enhancement, so it can be freely edited by means of that program.
-
- Requirements:
- - Microsoft Flight Simulator (v.4).
- - Microsoft Aircraft & Scenery Designer.
- - Sublogic "Western European Tour" Scenery Disk (SD-EUR).
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- This scenery file includes Moscow very central area, significantly the
- Kremlin (where The Grand Palace and Ivan-The-Great's Bell Tower stand out) and
- Red Square (with Saint Basil's Cathedral at one end, and The History Museum at
- the other), besides some bridges and streets that *I hope* will make the city
- look more realistic. The only noticeable features away from that area, are the
- National University and Lenin Stadium, both making an interesting ensemble
- located a bit Southwestwards. No airports have been included because of the
- lack of detailed information.
-
- The city of Moscow, as rendered in Sublogic European scenery, includes
- only Moskva River as a single line, which has had to be widened on some areas,
- the Kremlin's wall, which has had to be entirely "coated" since the buildings
- placed within showed that it was transparent(!), and an empty square line
- drawn on the floor next to the wall, which supposedly represents the Red Square
- but actually coincides with the site of Saint Basil's Cathedral, being the
- actual Square just Northwestwards.
-
- The file is only 11036 bytes big, so no A&SD configuration problems are
- previewed, but since most of the included features are closely gathered, the
- Image Complexity option (Menu 2-VIEWS, Option E-DISPLAY CONTROL) should be set
- to "Complex" in order to see all those features altogether. Otherwise the
- furthest ones will disappear from the image.
-
- Besides the scenery itself (MOSCOW.SC1) and this file (MOSCOW.DOC), I have
- produced three modes: ready to takeoff at Nurnberg,Germany and Helsinki,Finland
- airports (NURNBERG.MOD and HELSINKI.MOD), and also flying low and slowly
- towards the Red Square (MOSCOW.MOD), where it should be possible to land by
- cutting throttle off right after starting the mode, and smoothly controlling
- the elevator. The info sheet enclosed in Sublogic SD-EUR includes some precise
- instructions to perform a 10-hours flight from Nurnberg to Moscow via Helsinki.
- I simply think that if somebody is willing to computer-fly for 10 hours in
- order to reach a place, he or she deserves a somewhat more appealing final
- reward than the sparing rendition included in Sublogic SD-EUR.
-
- Finally I would like to state that this scenery has been entirely created
- after a tourist's guidebook and some pictures shot by friends who have visited
- the city, so I would ask for a little of indulgence for the imperfections (or
- those details which I have been forced to solve with imagination because of the
- lack of a more precise info).
-
- I would really appreciate any comment about this or other scenery files,
- or any other question related to flight simulators.
-
- My name is DANIEL BIOSCA and I can get messages by modem at:
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- ABAFORUM BBS
- Tel. 34-3-589.3888 (for 1200/2400 baud modems)
- SANT CUGAT, Barcelona
- (SPAIN)
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- Or by mail at: P.O.Box 23257
- 08080 BARCELONA
- (Spain)
-
- Thanks to Microsoft Corporation, Bruce Artwick Organization and SubLOGIC
- Corporation for their respective parts in Flight Simulator development.
-
- Fly safely and enjoy Moscow!