North Central Ecuador, including SEQM (SEQU) and SEIB
Landclass, road, river, lake, and airport upgrades for North Central Ecuador
for FSX

File Name: North_Central_Ecuador_v2.zip
Author: Carlyle Sharpe
Date of Release: June 25, 2015
Version: 2.00


Version 2 of this scenery includes all previous patches/updates and includes an alternate option which works seamlessly with the roads/rivers added by FTX Global/Vector.  It also includes minor visual updates as well as the ILS for runway 18.  Building upon Menno Robert's original SEQM (for the new Mariscal Sucre Intl) as a starting point, this project grew into a complete airport and landclass upgrade for the area. (An SEQU encoded version of SEQM is also included to allow AI traffic to begin using the new airport immediately.) The new imagery corrects the position of the airport and implements the airport's slight tilt to the west. Almost every element has shifted from its original location to match its real-world location: the main terminal is rebuilt, buildings are added, gates are resized to the satellite image, and gate assignments are made at the jetways to allow the smaller planes access to those gates when the large planes are not present. The parking lot and service areas also receive a facelift, and a new airport background, as well as a custom polygon, follows and preserves the contour of the original plateau. Roads now connect the airport to the main highway, default roads (with traffic), rivers and lakes are corrected within roughly 100 square miles, and a new Ibarra/Atahualpa (SEIB) airport, as well as the addition of corrected city textures, is
included. Default lake elevations and shapes are corrected, and startup files are included to fly from the lakes and the Ibarra/Atahualpa (SEIB) airport.  Scenery was created using Airport Design Editor X v1.61.5298, SBuilderX 3.13, and the FSX Object Placement Tool.  Scenery objects were added and modified from stock FSX scenery to resemble as closely as possible the actual airport.


INSTALLATION 

Remove any previous installation folders of this scenery.  They are "FSX_SEQM_&_SEIB_CS" and "FSX_SEQM_(as_SEQU)_&_SEIB_CS".  Extract the "North_Central_Ecuador_v2.zip" file.  Place either the new "FSX_SEQM_(as_SEQU)_&_SEIB_CS" or the "FSX_SEQM_&_SEIB_CS" folder in your "Addon Scenery" folder.  Start FSX and add and activate one of the new folders through the "Settings - Scenery Library - Add Area..." menus.

 

ALL users:

Open the "FSX_SEQM_(as_SEQU)_&_SEIB_CS" or the "FSX_SEQM_&_SEIB_CS" folder and place all files in the "Place in Scenery-World-Scenery" folder as indicated in the readme text.



*Special note for users using the option of SEQM coded as SEQU "FSX_SEQM_(as_SEQU)_&_SEIB_CS":


1) Open the "FSX_SEQM_(as_SEQU)_&_SEIB_CS" folder and place all files in the "Place in Scenery-World-Scenery" folder as indicated in the readme text.  This allows the "new" location of SEQU to reflect the proper elevation.

2) If using Ultimate Traffic 2 for the new SEQM coded as SEQU, make sure the "distance to spawn ground aircraft" is set to no less than 10nm. The old SEQU radius is hard-coded into FSX , and aircraft will not appear with a smaller radius.

3) The progressive taxi feature is inconsistent when using the SEQU coding for the new location of SEQM. (It functions normally for the SEQM coding, as FSX sees it as an entirely new airport). The progressive taxi inconsistency using the SEQU coding is most likely due to the fact that FSX cannot fully resolve the change in location from the old location of SEQU to the new location. Despite this small issue, all ground operations still function normally.

4) The old airport has now been removed, as it has been replaced by a park in real life.  I exchanged the coding for SEQM and SEQU in this option for the airport.  The new airport will appear as SEQU, and the location of the old airport  will appear as SEQM.  This will allow all  AI Traffic currently coded for SEQU to begin operations at the new airport immediately.



*Special note for FTX Global/Vector users:

To enable the version that will fit best with FTX Global/Vector, simply enable "CVX_Ecuador-North_Central_FTXG-Vector.BGL" by removing the ".OFF" extension from the file, and add the ".OFF" extension to "CVX_Ecuador-North_Central_FSX_default.BGL".  DO NOT leave both files active simultaneously.

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Region covered by updates


Custom roads, rivers, lakes and landclass for Ibarra


Custom roads and  rivers near new Quito airport


Highway detail at dusk


SEQM with custom polygons, added roads, and corrected rivers and landclass


SEQM with new terminal and expanded parking facilities


Some of the custom lakes with corrected locations, shapes, and default elevations


(SEIB) Ibarra/Atahualpa with altitude correction and added city textures


Sailplane over Ibarra

All FSX screenshots reflect ground textures enhanced with Ground Environment X (North America/Europe/Africa-Middle East/Atlantic and Pacific Tropics)
enabled and synced together. Aircraft are managed through Ultimate Traffic 2, clouds and water are Real Environment Xtreme 2.0, 
terrain mesh is World & USA Extreme Landscapes.  "ENB_FS.zip" FS bloom module is active.

 

More FSX sceneries by Carlyle Sharpe:

Branson Airport KBBG--New Airport, Scenery, and Flight Plans
Bhutan Airports and Paro Valley
Chatham Islands: Updated Airports, Landclass, Water Data, and Flight Plans
Helgoland and Airports
Honduras Islands v2
Houston Hobby KHOU - New Terminal
Los Roques Archipelago and Airports
MGTK / MGMM - Mundo Maya International Airport - Santa Elena, Guatemala
Minneapolis/St. Paul (KMSP) Regional Gates and Jetways Update
Miracle on the Hudson
Rodrigues Island, Mauritius
SCIP - Isla de Pascua & Mataveri Intl - Easter Island
Springfield-Branson National Airport KSGF--New Midfield Terminal and Airfield Update
VTBS - Suvarnabhumi Intl - Bangkok, Thailand **Custom Airport Background**

 

Software used to create scenery:
SBuilderX313
Airport Design Editor 1.61.5298
FSX Object Placement Tool

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 Disclaimer:

The author is not responsible for any damage, which may result from the use of this product.
Use at your own risk. No warranty is offered.

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License:

This scenery is released as Freeware.  

For redistribution on storage media or via the Internet, a number of conditions apply:

1) The archive must be distributed without modification to the contents of the archive. Redistributing this archive with any files added, removed, or modified is prohibited.
2) The inclusion of any individual file from this archive in another archive without my prior permission is prohibited. 
3) No charge may be made for this archive other than that to cover the cost of its distribution. If a fee is charged it must be made clear to the purchaser that the archive is freeware and that the fee is to cover the distributor's costs of providing the archive.
4) I request a brief email notifying me of the website and/or procedure used for redistribution.

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Author:

Carlyle Sharpe
csharpe@drury.edu
http://www2.drury.edu/csharpe

Falcon Northwest: Core i7 4770K@4.2Ghz, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX 780 (3GB), Windows 7 64-bit, FTX Global Base, FTX Global Vector, FSGlobal 2010 terrain mesh for FTX,
and Real Environment Xtreme
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June 25, 2015