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Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1980 Brian on September 29, 2006, 01:37:49 pm

does anyone know of free scenery downloads for the UK? I'm looking for scenery for London Heathrow especially as this is my main hub - is there even extra scenery for Heathrow? I'm using FS2004

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1821 Javier on September 29, 2006, 02:58:24 pm

hi Brian,

you can get the demo version of UK2000 scenery if you can tolerate that demo sign like me lol;)

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1980 Brian on September 29, 2006, 03:14:00 pm

didnt want to really go down the 'demo' route Javier - since my hub is EGLL seeing the demo sign will only infuriate me every time i land or take off from Heathrow lol thanks anyway

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1703 Philip on September 29, 2006, 04:49:36 pm

Well to be honest, the only scenery worth installing for EGLL is Payware and the UK2000 Heathrow Pro is the best IMHO.

There is some freeware stuff on www.avsim.com but it's very basic stuff. If you want to try it search the file library for Heathrow by Mathew Ministry. The filenames are:
heathrow2008.zip
heathrow_building_works.zip
heathrow_europier.zip
heathrow_tower.zip

Hope this helps.

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1980 Brian on September 29, 2006, 05:23:12 pm

is UK2000 Heathrow Pro available to buy on the net as a download or is it an add-on that has to be bought in the shops? isnt there a scenery add-on you can buy for Uk Airports? does that include Heathrow does anyone know?

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1980 Brian on September 29, 2006, 06:31:22 pm

actually while I have you is there any downloads that you feel are 100% necessary to improve FS2004 in anyway? ( just so i know  ) ;D   - i have traffic 2005 but i'm just looking for something to download off the net quick and easy

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1703 Philip on September 29, 2006, 06:53:17 pm

Hey Brian, a man after my own heart.... The quick Fix Download, can't beat it when there is a bit of spare dosh about! Well the good news is Heathrow Pro is a download, it's dead simple, you just download the demo, if you like it, you register it and the demo boxes dissapear! you can get it from here:
http://www.s114327879.websitehome.co.uk/heathrowpro/index.htm

As far as other downloads go.... IMHO, stay away from the PSS Airbuses as they are out of date and flakey unless you want to get in to the realms of merging IFDG/PSS products. You can download the PMDG 737NG which is one of the best serious aircraft addons but is simple enough for a beginner to use comfortably after doing the tutorial flight. To be honest, I would look on Ebay or Amazon to get a boxed copy of the 737-800 which works out cheaper than buying the download of the NG then upgrading to the 800. (The base NG pack is the 600-700 models which are not in our fleet) Addons such as FS Passengers can be a lot of fun and there is a demo available to try before you buy. As far as scenery goes.... Active Sky 6 is a great weather environment and improves the quality of cloud, precipitation and weather in general. Ground Environment Pro is also a great addon for improving the ground scenery quality. Be warned though the vast majority of addons can affect your Frames Per Second rate and can slow your sim down considerably unless you have a beefy machine!

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1980 Brian on September 29, 2006, 06:58:52 pm

thats excellent phil thanks for the advice

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1798 Conrad on September 29, 2006, 07:48:21 pm

Just make sure your pc can handle it .... lol

But yes, Heathrow pro by UK2000 is ace ;)

Other than UK2000, there is very few good or even addon scenery for the uk....

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1980 Brian on September 29, 2006, 07:57:15 pm

such as....... come on conrad dont keep secrets lol! :>  is heathrow pro still easily available in shops?

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1945 Christophe on September 30, 2006, 10:08:36 am

Hi,

Usually, when looking for sceneries, I use the following link:

http://walhalla.mine.nu/fs2004.php

This lists all world wide sceneries available, and those links are quite often updated.

Cheers
Kristoff - EHM1945

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1671 Ben on September 30, 2006, 10:15:21 am

Thanks for the link Christophe, it must be a pretty extensive list to have ALL the sceneries in the world for Flight Simulator ;)

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1980 Brian on September 30, 2006, 11:17:20 am

what a brilliant link - thanks Kristoff!!!!

Title: UK Scenery
Post by: EHM-1945 Christophe on September 30, 2006, 02:59:18 pm

You are welcome Brian. See you flighting around UK then ;)