Experience New Zealand (Part 1 of 2 - Files 1 and 2 of 4)
This mod contains customized height profiles. The mod contains a 10m elevation profile interpolated out of a 20m elevation model. (LINZ - Land Information New Zealand)
Many airports are already excluded.
Installation
Download Part 1 - File 1 and 2, Part 2 - File 3 and 4.
Extract all 4 files to the community folder everything will be in one folder at the end. All files merge into each other. (you can overwrite existing files)
IMPORTANT
Disclaimer: The creator of this mod is not responsible for any problems, damage, incompatibilites to other mods or performance issues that might occur.
Please note, that this mod is a very high resolution mesh. The elevation data is applied through terraforming rectangles, thus loaded at a certain distance from the player. When travelling fast or at high alitude (wide range of view) there might be too many new rectangles loaded simultaneously and thus stutters might occure.
If you have any stutters you can try and reduce your ingame render settings or uninstall!
If you are mainly flying airliners in high altitude, there is probably no benefit for you in using this mod.
Credits
The elevation data: (https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/51768-nz-8m-digital-elevation-model-2012/)
This 8m Digital Elevation Model (DEM) was originally created by Geographx (geographx.co.nz) and was primarily derived from January 2012 LINZ Topo50 20m contours (data.linz.govt.nz/layer/768).
It was then transfered into MSFS using MSFS Toolkit by Nool Aerosystems (https://msfs.nool.ee/)
Thank you both and for anyone reading this: Please go ahead and support them!
Thanks Troglodytus for you help!
Enjoy your VFR flights above New Zealand!
Looking fine and working well in areas like around Christchurch (over plains and mountains too) but it crashes every time in the southern part like around Milford Sound and Invercargill. I also have some NZ bush airports installed, I'll make a try deleting them but I'm open to any other suggestions. Would be a top product if I could solve these issues!
2 years ago
Szepy
Hey Mike - I would love to fly more with this but I am encountering way too much stuttering. Any idea what I could do to improve that?
2 years ago
redphoenix666
Awesome mesh, redefines nz.
Heads up to the dev, there is a small issue with missing terrain on the seaward kaikouras near ohau point, with missing data. No terrain is shown.
2 years ago
chiggs
I'm crashing into invisible mountains! At least that's what it looks like: I'm getting random altitude warnings of my plane, then the plane actually crashes into something.
Noticed in the Queenstown - Milford Sound area. Exact ccordinates of one of the crash points (there are others): -44.769869,168.126634; flying clearly above ground level (100+ ft)
Can you tell me if this is a side effect of this mod / if I can do something to prevent that?
Would be a shame to uninstall it - these mountains look far better than the default DEM!
2 years ago
NickWing
I have placed both files into the Community Folder and they show up in the Content Manager but there remain "Not Installed". What is the problem? Other files eg the Vertigo aircraft from flightsim.to installed no problem.
3 years ago
Sorted. Hint for Noobs - be aware that the "mikeaat-dem-newzealand" folder must be in the Community folder rather than a sub folder of the extracted files after extraction into the Community folder.
3 years ago
EMCSquared
EMCSquared
Sadly too much stuttering with this scenery on Intel I5 and RTX 2060super 32 GB Ram. Nice in-between the stuttering though
3 years ago
Do you use a HDD or a SSD for your community folder?
3 years ago
Mikea.at
PaulHolmes
Hi, probably a stupid question. In which order do I copy the files? Do I start with part 1 being overwritten by part 2 which is overwritten by Part 3 etc... or vice versa? Thx for your mod! 😉
3 years ago
that does not matter. the files that get overwritten are identical in every file :)
3 years ago
Mikea.at
Robair996
Flew from Queenstown to Milford Sound. Really nice, but I have to say Milford Sound didn't look too great, lots of artifacts. But the Queenstown area looked as it should.
(I note the comments below - I will disactivate the NZMF scenery and have another look at the area - thanks)
3 years ago
The freeware NZMF addon doesn't work well with this mesh (not Mike's fault) ... but neither does ORBX's. I already asked the NZMF author if he's likely to update, be he said no ... :(
3 years ago
AdamskiNZ
royaloak
Unbelievable total awesomeness!! Well done! I was too busy gawping to even take screenshots ... now that, for me, is quite an achievement!
3 years ago
AdamskiNZ
I found a huge gap and uploaded a screenshot under user gallery with the coordinates.It is only a remark , to this beautiful work.Or maybe it is the boarder line between two parts?
3 years ago
Scotty
Thank you for all the hard work and getting these to us. You are making my addiction worse.
I found a couple gaps in the elevation data just north of the Kaikōura Peninsula. As if One Punch Man punched from the shore inland, flattening the mountains 😊
3 years ago
DeathKotse
25/05 Sim update IV New Zealand ?
3 years ago
NAM_PLASTIFLEX
Awesome. So much effort and dedication went into this! 😊
3 years ago
Troglodytus
The day, NZ finally looked like it really does.
Thanks a lot!
Whatch out, little hobbits, i´m gonna see you now in detail!
3 years ago
Scooty
I just bought the ORBX one 😭
3 years ago
Me too! How does this compare I wonder...??
3 years ago
musician262
foreign17