Alaska Cook Inlet Rigs – Offshore Oil Platform Placement for Microsoft Flight Simulator ( default 3D model )
Description
This scenery adds all 16 oil platforms in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, between Kenai and Anchorage. This is an early version and will be a work in progress. The primary intent was to add rigs offshore for enhancing helicopter flying in multiplayer and to add visual checkpoints / landmarks in this area of the world.
Although the placement of the rigs is accurate, the scenery is currently using the default oil rig, which is not representative of the platforms in the inlet. Eventually, the default rig will be replaced with more accurate models of the Alaskan rigs.
Installation
- Extract bhd-acirigs.zip using WinZip, 7-Zip or WinRar.
- Place the entire bhd-acirigs folder into the Microsoft Flight Simulator Community Folder.
- Select Kenai as your start point (PAEN), Platform Osprey is right off the coast near the airport. Use the included map and navigation info to explore the area..
- Requires USA World Update to be installed from the Marketplace ( oil rig is part of update scenery content )
Known Issues v0.2.2
- Oil rig 3D models are not accurate to actual Alaskan platforms.
- Placement of rigs should be accurate, but orientation is a guess, based off best available info.
- Might experience -2/3 FPS spikes, but in general, not much performance impact.
Update v0.2.2
- Added KMZ file in documentation to add rig locations to Little Nav Map.
- Added 3D Oil Tanks to Valdez Terminal.
- Added Landable Helipads on all Oil Rigs
- Added Windsock to Helipad
- Added simple omni light near helipad and windsock
- Fixed modellib.bgl naming issue.
Update v0.3.0
- Added Helipads ( start position ) to all Rigs
ICAO names are fake / placeholder
"Airport" names are "Platform ...." - ie Platform Holly
Helicopters will start w engines running, since the marker is handled like a runway for airplanes.
Cleaned up some sloppy helipad placement ( railings clipping through pad )
Also available: Santa Barbara Oil Rig placements, Adriatic / Italy Oil Rig placements
Recommended Payware - PAEN Kenai, Northern Sky Studios
Recommended Freeware - Global AI Ship Traffic, We Love VFR 1, We Love VFR 2
Installed as described but when I enter my aircraft on one of the rig platforms it is either just the platform (no other structures) or it's not there at all (I'm floating in space).
11 months ago
Check to make sure you have both of the USA World Updates installed from the marketplace ( free ), esp the first one ( World Update 2 )... the default rig asset is part of that package and won't show up unless it's been installed...
11 months ago
ravenn22
dave23913
Great, Tx!
1 years ago
Ginete
Just stopping by to say "THANK YOU" for your scenery work. Having lived in Alaska almost my entire life, it is nice to see the Valdez Oil terminal come to life in FS ;0)
1 years ago
it'd be nice to see a good scenery for the whole area - airport, town and oil terminal... what's there now just doesn't do the area justice ;)
1 years ago
ravenn22
Akflyin
Great Job!!!! I find these wonderful and adds a lot to the area.
1 years ago
mmorgan9812
Added a kmz file to the documents folder in the latest version - you can import that into LNM.
2 years ago
Raven ... can you tell us HOW you added landable helipads?
2 years ago
fsxmissionguy
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