As the original creator of the Season Pack for MSFS 2020, I've had the privilege of exploring MSFS 2024 with early access. Leveraging my familiarity and experience, I've been able to implement key improvements shortly after its release. I'm dedicated to ongoing refinement, continuously monitoring the simulator, forums, and bug reports to identify areas for enhancement. Community feedback is invaluable in helping me prioritize and make targeted updates. If you encounter any areas for improvement, please share your findings.
I'm aware that many cities, surrounding hills, and mountains still need refinement. In particular, Photogrammetry cities with combined Photogrammetry and real trees can sometimes produce oversized trees. I'm working diligently to address this issue, city by city.
My approach involves removing Photogrammetry from trees and small houses, as they often appear merged and distorted. I also remove spiky mountains and forests, while preserving main high-rise buildings and important structures. If you prefer not to have this modification, you can simply delete the corresponding file from the scenery folder.
Why do some of forest trees look bare:
It's winter. Many winter landscapes can look pretty bare, just like in real life, since lots of bushes and trees lose their leaves. Switch to summer and you’ll see a big difference! MSFS 2020 users are used to seeing trees with leaves all year round, so the winter scenery can be a bit of a shock in MSFS 2024 version.This is a reply for few questions I get asked and also reply to a review here.
Below are list of fixes and enhancements in MSFS 2024:
Season Enhanced 2024
Global:
1. Added missing or wrong season in Southern hemisphere in Australia, New Zealand, South America, and South Africa.
2. Added spring season blossoms to most cities.
3. Replaced excess rural trees with 12 new bush species in various regions.
4. Removed trees too close to ocean waters.
5. Adjusted fall season duration with leafless trees starting Dec. 1st, depending on latitude.
6. Enhanced desert vegetation.
7. Added depth and variety to green tree colors.
8. Toned down vibrant colors on trees
9. Added missing autumn trees with red leaves.
10. Introduced banana, date, and coconut trees to select rainforests.
11. Added palm and date trees to desert cities.
12. Farm plantations in various part of the world.
Regional:
1. Enhanced and modified trees in Scandinavian countries.
2. Added swamp trees to The Great Dismal Swamp, South Florida, New Orleans, and Louisiana.
3. Removed evergreen trees from most seasonal areas, except for pine trees.
4. Removed palm trees from select US states and cities; Washington, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee.
5. Replaced most trees to bushes in Iceland (except for trees in cities)
6. Removed Giant sequoia trees from higher mountains and updated trees in California.
7. Enhanced trees in UK areas, including Scotland's shores and hills. Added a variety of heather, bushes, and plants that mimic the look of wildflowers, creating a more natural and diverse visual experience.
8. Redesigned Los Angeles with native trees.
9. Added pine trees to Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles.
10. Removed trees from higher elevations in various mountain ranges.
11. Removed most trees in Greenland.
12. Removed bamboo forests from select Japanese cities.
13. Fixed bamboo trees that dropped leaves in winter by default.
14. Added more olive trees to Italy, Spain, Turkey, and Greece.
15. Adjusted the distribution of Sequoia Giant trees, focusing on specific parks such as Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Tuolumne Grove, Mariposa Grove, Placer County Big Trees Grove, and Sequoia National Park, ensuring a more realistic and accurate representation of these majestic trees within their natural habitats.
16. Added Shunan Bamboo Forest in Japan. POI
17. Added Black Forest in Germany.
18. Introduced fern-like plants to New Zealand.
19. Fixed New Zealand's elevation.
20. Added Kaingaroa pine forest in New Zealand.
21. Corrected tree types in Queenstown, New Zealand.
22. Updated New Zealand's desert areas.
23. Removed leftover trees from Antarctica and Arctic regions.
24. Added deciduous trees to Northeast USA.
25. Removed pine forests from parts of Texas.
26. Updated trees in Iran.
27. Updated trees Cyprus and Greek Islands.
28. Removed trees from Svalbard Islands.
29. Removed trees from Faroe Islands.
30. Added conifer trees to Minneapolis, MN.
31. Updated Catalina island trees.
32. Enhanced Birch Forest and reduced pine trees in Northern Norway.
33. Added Larch trees to the Alps.
34. Cypress trees now line the roads around Monticchiello, Italy, covering a stunning 30 square kilometers.
35. Updated Caribbean islands.
36. Removed water and trees from dried-up Iranian lakes.
37. Corrected seasonal trees in the Dominican Republic.
38. Removed non-pine evergreen trees from Michigan.
39. West coast USA and Canada shorelines: Enhanced shorelines by adding realistic vegetation from San Diego to Canada, complete with palm trees, bushes, and vibrant flowers, creating a more lifelike experience.
40. Removed trees and bushes from Wind farms over ocean between England and France.
41. Las Vegas strip palm trees added.
42. San Francisco's waterfront trees have been updated, with tree palm trees and sizes in parks reduced for better visibility.
43. Reduced the number of trees in farms across many farms in Philippines.
44. Palm trees added along the roads in Key West, Florida.
45. Sugar Cane plantations added in Ayr, Mackay, Proserpine , Ingham and Cairns, Australia.
46. Banana plantation added in St. Lucia. Marigot Bay.
47. Added Dongjiao Coconut Plantation in Sanya, China.
48. Added terrain mask and Banana plantation in Sri Lanka.
49. Added palm trees in Marina Del Rey.
50. Added palm trees in San Diego Shores and downtown area.
51. Banana plantations and farms in Martinique Island.
52. Restored some of the farms around 4S2 (Ken Jernstedt Airfield)
53. Added banana plantations in Puerto Naos, and Tazacorte.
Terrain Masks:
1. Applied terrain color corrections to:
- Europe, restoring natural tones
- Hawaii, Sierra Nevada forests, northern California coast, western Oregon, Washington state, and Canada's west coast, changing bluish grass to natural green
2. Implemented terrain masks to:
- Australian desert, reducing saturated red colors
- Tasmania, adding more natural colors to terrains
3. Added terrain mask in the Philippines and replaced a few white cloud textures with lush greenery on terrains.
Giant trees:
1. Giant trees removed from downtown Toronto, Vancouver and Tokyo.
Airports:
Removed trees from the following airport areas:
1. Various airports in Iran.
2. EBTX airport.
3. Fixed incorrect trees at Milford Sound airport.
4. Big tree removed from MKEW airport.
5. Trees removed from runway URRP, CYNH, BGGH, BGKK, BGBW, ZSYA.
Photogrammetry:
1. Removed most photogrammetry trees from Vancouver.
2. Removed spiky photogrammetry from mountains in Bilbao, Spain.
3. Removed spiky photogrammetry from mountains in Wellington, New Zealand.
4. Removed spiky photogrammetry from Bilbao, Spain.
5. Los Angeles - Removed photogrammetry in San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita, parts of Santa Monica and Santa Monica mountains and Hollywood hills.
6. Removed photogrammetry from Carson, NV.
7. Removed most photogrammetry trees from Chicago.
8. Removed photogrammetry trees around EDDL airport in Duesseldorf, Germany.
9. Removed most photogrammetry trees from Wellington mountains in Tasmania.
10. Bern - Most of photogrammetry trees have been removed, primarily from forests, parks, and open areas.
11. Stockholm - Most of photogrammetry trees have been removed, primarily from forests, parks, and open areas.
12. Photogrammetry trees removed from most of Zurich hills and forest and mountains.
13. Removed most of the photogrammetry trees from Berlin.
14. Removed most of the photogrammetry Buffalo , New York.
15. PG trees removed around Flugplatz Freiburg, Germany - EDTF
16. PG trees removed around Stuttgart, Germany - EDDS
17. Removed Photogrammetry trees from parks and forest areas from Copenhagen to Helsingør.
18. Fixed photogrammetry in EKGH airport.
19. Removed photogrammetry trees from Norfolk's airport areas (KORF).
20. Removed photogrammetry trees in Nuremberg
21. Cleaned-up San Diego photogrammetry around airport and downtown.
22. Cleaned-up Geneva photogrammetry around airport.
23. Cleaned-up Seattle photogrammetry around airport.
24. Cleaned-up Frankfurt photogrammetry around airport.
25. Cleaned-up Humberto Delgado photogrammetry around airport.
26. Removed photogrammetry trees around EDDK airport.
27. Removed photogrammetry trees around EDKB airport.
28. Removed photogrammetry trees around EDLI airport.
29. Removed photogrammetry trees around EDLI airport.
30. Removed photogrammetry trees from hills in Eugene Oregon
31. Removed photogrammetry trees in Agusta, KAUG.
32. Removed photogrammetry trees in Mount Säntis areas.
Use simmarket app to install or manual install (download zip file and place in communiy folder).
Umgebung von LSZB und Stadt Bern sieht sehr schlecht aus mit diesem Addon. Im allgemeinen bin ich zufrieden. Ein Anfang ist gemacht. Hoffe auf viele Updates.
This addon is actually really great, but I am confused as to why palm trees were removed from GA and SC in the recent update. Both states have many palm trees and are a natural part of the landscape. Very weird. Please put them back.
Everything is great, but there is one big drawback. Since I mainly use mods at airports, especially free ones from flightsim-to, the trees in the airport area look very unrealistic – they are too big and really stand out in a bad way. If possible, I would prefer no vegetation by default around the airport. I use free addons.
Originally I could not get this to work on the GAMEPASS version of MSFS2024 even after being supplied with a direst download. But the latest version has installed so I was eager to tr it out. What a difference it has made!! Working through the locations that come with the install it is clear the effort and attention to detail that has gone into this enhancement to MSFS 2024. Well worth the cost and then some.
This is perhaps the best scenery update I've ever seen for any version in the history of Flightsim. The dedication towards continuous product improvement by Bijan makes this add-on the best bang for your buck scenery purchase I think I've ever made.
Really an amazing work and definitely a "must have"
Last update cleaned up photogrammetry around LSGG making this airport nice and usable again (was awful without Bijan's work) : would have bought only for this but it offers so much more... ;)