| The scenery includes hundreds of telescopes around the world.
All specially created detailed 3D models for the game
The scenery especially focuses on the new generation of giants (more than 30m), which are under construction, and will start operation in 2024. These giants are included in the scenery.
Check the documentation for more detailed description and historical information about these telescopes.
This project required a hard work. If you like it, please leave a comment to let it know.
Installation :
Delete all your previous versions of this package folders.
Download the two .zip files (2.4Go of data !) and unzip in some folder.
I recommend you to use MSFS Addonlinker instead of installing the folders directly in your community folder.
You can activate, with MSFS_AddonLinker, whichever area you want to fly, just make sure you always activate the Common Libraries.
Activating only relevant areas for your flight is better for game performance.
Note : part 2 package is compilation of the sceneries that have already been individually published on flightsim.to
Version 5.2 :
4 more observatories added :
- Silesian Planetarium (Poland)
- Hubert Reeves observatory (France)
- Paris area observatories (France)
- Mars Desert Research Station (USA, Utah)
Required libraries :
Download and install the “Dave’s 3D People Library” in your community folder.
Download and install the "Windy Things Library" in your community folder.
Download and install the “Dave’s 3D Animals Library” in your community folder.
Compatibility :
The scenery may conflict (duplicate buildings) with sceneries that place building in the same places.This is especially the case with "We Love VFR" that automatically places antennas, instead of the radiotelescope dishes.
Two work-around are possible :
1. you can either delete SatDishes.bgl file from “We Love VFR” folders.
2. or you can arrange the priority of the "Giant Telescope" folders, as explained in provided documentation.
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Must Have Add-On
Ginete
Thank You!
Quassel89
Really great mod
Looks really fancy.
thanks for that
droide 12 day(s) ago
Thank you for your kind comment
Chaser67
Thank you for all your add on and the great job you do. I was wondering: could you do the "grand four solaire d'Odeillo" in the French Pyrénées montains, which looks pretty much the same as some of your telescopes (I mean about mirrors ans reflectors)?
droide 2 month(s) ago
Not so easy to handcraft, but this was a nice proposal
so i made it, and it is now available for download !
https://flightsim.to/file/45257/grand-four-solaire-d-odeillo
Catalina29
Un SAV au top!
rossmum
If it's not outside the scope of the mod, I'd love to see the giant ionospheric research dishes by Zmiiv, just south of Kharkiv, unfortunately the satellite imagery doesn't cover the area let alone any 3D representation 😞
http://wikimapia.org/6411587/Ionosphere-researching-institute
https://iion.org.ua/en/
droide 2 month(s) ago
Thanks for the recommendation. It could be an idea
dkiewicz
Awesome work! How about adding my old stomping ground? Goldstone, Canberra and Madrid Deep Space Complexes? They're Radio Telescopes.. 😉
Dan...
fosheem
I love all of your add-ons! But it would be a big help if you told us that Part 2 is just a compilation of existing scenery. I've already downloaded your latest individual files, why do I need this Part 2? Is there something not contained in your individual releases?
droide 3 month(s) ago
You arer right, part2 is a compilation of sceneries that can be found individually except space telescope which is unique in giant telescopes.
blave
I flew around the Kitt Peak complex today. It's just fabulous, complete with a helipad (that I landed my H145 on). I'll be exploring more than a few of your creations soon...
I did notice two domes that have some kind of texture issue -- the round building beneath the dome are pink checkerboard'd. One is more or less west of the helipad, and the other is near the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMath%E2%80%93Pierce_solar_telescope. Is this an issue on your end or on mine?
Finally: There is a balloon west-ish of the peak. Is that something you did? I love it.
droide 3 month(s) ago
Thank you for your comment.
I'll check these pink textures and solve that, thanks for the warning.
droide 3 month(s) ago
Pink texture issue corrected in Kitt Peak version 2.1
FlightsWithJoel
Wow. Just used this on a group flight and it is fantastic. Thank you so much!
droide 3 month(s) ago
Thank you, i am so happy you like it !
Catalina29
Very useful .csv file for version 5.01. Thanks.
goggless
Hey while updating I noticed there's a directory missing from the last version, /Europe/droide-fuencaliente, is that intentional?
droide 4 month(s) ago
Yes indeed, you can delete this old folder which is no more required because of Spain world update.
goggless 4 month(s) ago
got it thanks
Catalina29
Quite a job and excellent idea to compile in two files
Pepefpvrc
Suite et fin des videos... Encore merci ! https://youtu.be/nq9jacG2C18
droide 4 month(s) ago
Merci à vous. A bientôt quand la version 5.0 sera finalisée !
Marionettework
Hi droide, this add-on is fantastic and the telescopes look beautiful. However I was flying over the Big Island observatories in SU11 and I noticed that the default ground texture still has the photos of the observatories projected on the ground, which really detracts from your models. Is it possible to replace or edit the ground texture in that location? Am I doing something wrong with the installation that leaves the old texture in place?
If you need someone to help with some Photoshop editing work I can help, I just let me know.
droide 4 month(s) ago
Thanks for your feedback.
Indeed with World Update 11 and World Update 10, the satellite photos have been improved by Asobo, and do not match with the previous version of the observatories.
I am under a process of reworking all my observatories.
Some have been publishers already, i continue one by one, and when complete i will publish a new version of the megapack.
Pepefpvrc
Troisième video... https://youtu.be/IRSeLifh_zw
siglr
Since SU10, MSFS Addons Linker cannot edit the CONTENT.XML file. Is it still required? I read on Navigraph forum about it and I'm not sure. If it is still required, then please explain a little better because I can't even find the file, let alone know what to do with its content.
droide 4 month(s) ago
I need to check that, thanks for the warning.
The content.xml file is 2 directories upper than the community folder.
in
...AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache
Maverick333rd
These observatories are wonderful, what a fantastic job you (Droide) have done on them. I have had them for a while and see there are no user galleries here. I will fix that if I may. I just completed a glider flight and plan to send a group of people here to download this scenery for a week-end gliding club that I contribute to!
HenixK
Hello,
I'm not sure if "droide-space-telescopes" is broken. But in the SIM's content manager, it is indeed marked as not installed.
Pepefpvrc
Hello ! Voici la deuxième vidéo, merci encore ! 😉 https://youtu.be/f95RUae5KkM
Pepefpvrc
Bonjour, et merci pour ce fantastique mod ! Je m'en suis beaucoup servi pour cette video, https://youtu.be/N8gTku4gnwQ 1ere d'une série de quatre qui restent à faire. Encore merci, super boulot !