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Scenery Upgrade : Alps UHD XP12 by Frank Dainese and Fabio Bellini

 

Over my long decade, and more of my journey in X-Plane I have encountered many adventures. But a series by Frank Dainese and Fabio Bellini stands out head and shoulders above the rest.

 

These two renowned developers have created a series of sceneries dedicated to their greatest love, Mountain Climbing. They have covered, or recreated mostly all of the greatest mountain challenges on the planet Earth for the X-Plane Simulator. Everest, K2 - Karakorum, Banff National Park, Machu Picchu National Park and Torres del Paine National Park (Chile). Two masterpieces are closer to their hearts, the magnificent Brenta Dolomites (Coming soon to X-Plane 12), and this newly released upgraded package "Alps UHD XP12".

 

Yes they are scenery packages. But they are more than that in context. Basically these unique areas are exceptional for exploring, because of their unique high quality detailing of the landscape and their regional areas. More so is the reproduction in high (or here Ultra) detail of the most famous peaks in the world. Not only can you see these peaks in realistic detail, but also learn about their position and placement geographically.

It is an X-Plane classroom of sorts, a learning realistic geographic location. Besides the huge educational values there is another great bonus. Flying high, these magnificent sceneries can be seen enroute (certainly with these particular Alps/Dolomite releases) from the aircraft at altitude, so they not only give you great geographical vistas, they make X-Plane visually more even ultra realistic.

 

So by now you have gathered I am a huge fan of the Series. Only two notes. Obviously the sceneries in packages are large downloads (Alps is 3.3 GB, expanded to 8.9 GB installed), and setting them out in the right scenery order is crucial to get the correct layouts. So you will need a lot of storage and memory storage, but they won't hog the computer down, which is amazing with these huge file sizes. This is also only a X-Plane 12 Scenery package (so not compatible with X-Plane 11).

 

Customers who own the X-Plane 11 versions of this previous mountain package can get this new Scenery for 40% off. Please find your coupon code in the original invoice. Eligible packages include: AOSTA+Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and Eiger for XP11

 

This "Alps" release is noted as an "Upgrade", and the upgrade is for use in the X-Plane 12 Simulator, along with it's unique effects. With winter effects, Seasons and that real Alpine feel, X-Plane 12 lighting are also all included.. Yes you have to pay...  but one is that four of the original European Alpine sceneries have now been collated into the one package, the "Alps", which consists of;

  • Eiger Park
  • Matterhorn park
  • Aosta
  • Mont Blanc and main peaks of the Alps''

 

The price is US$59.95 (Currently 17% off), but if you have already purchased (even the separate packages), you can get the Alp's scenery for 40% off. Please find your coupon code in the original invoice. Eligible packages: AOSTA+Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and Eiger for XP11

 

The scenery also includes improvements and additions in each part (Parks).  In addition a large area added both from French side (Megeve, Sallanches,Meribel, Courchevel...) and from Swiss side (Interlaken,Thun, Meiringen, Raron, Reichenbach...), it also includes from Italian side all the VAl d'Aosta bringing the complete scenery over 8000 sq km.

 

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Notes include; "In order to achieve the seasonal effects , some attributes were changed to the 3D objects, also in order to include the 3D models of the mountains, the terrain meshes were changed, a forced choice that resulted in the loss of some bathymetric depth data, useless data for mountain lakes. However the lakes have been reconstructed in 2D with specular characteristics with a good visual effect of realism but without water effects (waves ...)".

 

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A nice Christmas present, well you can certainly explore X-Plane 12's unique WinterWonderland here, so what is not to like....

 

Highly Recommended!

 

Images are courtesy of Frank Dainese and Fabio Bellini

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Yes!...   Alps UHD XP12 by Frank Dainese and Fabio Bellini is now Available from the X-Plane.Org Store here :

 

Alps UHD XP12

Price is (Currently) $49.95

Retail Price:$59.95
You Save:$10.00(17%)

 

Requirements

X-Plane 12 (not compatible with X-Plane 11)
Windows, Mac or Linux
4 GB VRAM - 8 GB+  VRAM Highly Recommended
Download Size: 3.3 GB
 
Customers who own of of this previous mountain package can get this new Scenery for 40% off. Please find your coupon code in the original invoice.
Eligible packages: AOSTA+Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and Eiger for XP11

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News! by Stephen Dutton

3rd Dec 2022

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