Cologne Bonn Airport for X-Plane

Wow, what a fantastic weekend: Cedric Gauche released his Cologne Bonn Airport for X-Plane. This freeware scenery package is one of the most extensive freeware add-ons ever seen. It does not only cover the Airport in a incredible detail, it also offers individuell configuration options on a professional level: optional photo-coverage, four options for forests, four […]

New Antarctica4XPlane Add-ons

In addition to the update of existing Antarctica4XPlane add-ons last week, Paolo released this week a bunch of new scenery packages for the antarctic continent. Again he surprises us with well over a dozen locations to explore: All freeware add-ons from Paolo are available on his download page. Please notice: Depending on the location of each scenery package, […]

A tool to edit X-Plane Meshes: Current project status

In the last couple of weeks, numerous inquiries reached me, asking about the current state of the development of my tool to the edit existing X-Plane terrain meshes. In summary I can say: The development of the core features is finished and the tool proved itself already in various payware (e.g. recently released Aspen XP) and […]

Update of Antarctica4XPlane Add-ons

What a great and very welcome surprise: Paolo released updates for his Antarctica4XPlane add-ons. His seven scenery packages feature updated and new research stations, base camps and airstrips – overall there are now 20 locations for you to explore: Someone could say now: Why we need such a huge update at the end of the […]

Prince Edward Islands Mesh Update

The announced update of the Prince Edward Islands Mesh is now available. The terrain mesh for X-Plane covers two Subantarctic Islands in the Indian Ocean: Marion Island and Prince Edward Island. The update features a slightly better elevation model and enhanced and more varied texturing: Here’s the download link. In addition to mesh scenery I suggest as […]

Svalbard4XPlane Sightseeing

In the last couple of weeks, I toured around Svalbard4XPlane and enjoyed the scenic landscape. The about 61.000 square kilometers of terrain mesh are covered with two texture sets: one for a summer- and one for a winter-representation of the landscape. And here is now a selection of snapshots I made. Shown is a winter- […]

Antarctica Earth Orbit Textures

What really annoys me when flying over Antarctica4XPlane, is that the virtual horizon is so close. I feel like, that the earth is flat. X-Plane would have a solution for that, but this solution is simply not “activated” for high latitudes. To make it short, a suitable virtual horizon is in development, which will enhance your polar […]

Aspen–Pitkin County Airport for X-Plane

Stairport Sceneries released their Aspen–Pitkin County Airport for X-Plane. Worth to mention, not only because of the detailed representation of the airport, but also because Maps2XPlane had the honor to develop a custom elevation model for Stairport Sceneries. The custom elevation model is the basis for the in the scenery package included Photo-Mesh as well as for a patch of […]

Subantarctic Islands News

Great news regarding X-Plane Meshes for the Subantarctic: First of all, I’d like to announce, that I currently develop a new terrain mesh for Heard and McDonald Islands. The islands are Australian external territory and are among the most remote places on Earth. Also worth to mention: Mawson Peak, the summit of Heard Island, is higher […]

Futuna and Alofi Scenery and Mesh

Great news: I had the opportunity for a first cooperation with well known X-Plane scenery designer Cami De Bellis. Her new scenery represents the Pointe Vele Airport on Futuna Island and the scenery package will be released with a custom Maps2XPlane base mesh covering Futuna as well as its neighbor island Alofi. Futuna is an […]