Misty Fjords by Holger Sandmann





Misty Fjords by Holger Sandman, and a team of supporting authors and other enthusiasts, has made some of our dreams come through.
The dream of seeing a wild nature world, with endless landscapes of mountains, fjords, rivers and valleys, come to life on our PC based flight simulator.

That is exactly what Misty Fjords is doing ! We've collected just a few pictures below to give you an idea of what the default Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 looks like, and what it turns out to be after installing Misty Fjords ! As amazing as these pictures are, they can not readily convey the feeling of awe when actually flying there yourself... in the sim.

Misty Fjords is unique among all sceneries published so far. It is not only extremely large (> 52.000 square kilometers makes it 20% bigger than Switzerland), and it not only features excellent mesh or nice mountains. There are other products that do that too.

No, 'Misty' is unique because it gives you all that AND many other new features such as life-like glaciers, the REAL coast line and river forms, taken from topographic maps, all the islands and lakes as you will find them in that immense area, all the roads, including the little forestry dirt roads.
AND it features custom made AI ships,
even with diesel smoke coming from the stack, radar turning and passengers on deck, looking at the moving wake they leave behind. AND custom made US Forestry cabins, strewn all over the place for you to find.... 17 of them, faithfully modeled by Mark Smith. AND even an entire bush airfield, the Antelope Trail Ranch from Bill Womack, reworked for Misty and looking better than ever.

And there is more..... Ketchikan and its harbor now look more realistic. There are ferry terminals, a marina protected by breakwaters, cruise ships and other vessels moored along the quays, and buoys blinking in all the waterways. Fly down to Ketchikan on a nice evening and you will feel like coming home! It looks so.... well.... REAL !!

There are other harbors modeled, Annette Island looks as it does in real life, you will find AFCAD2 files for all the airfields AND seaplane bases.

AND there is a set of custom made textures, based on textures from Ruud Faber's FScene. Change of season is more life-like with snow where snow should be, which is not just everywhere or nowhere. And lots of bold patches in the forests show where forest operations are being carried out.... the logger camps !

AND last but not least you have the option to 'freeze' the waters. A small batch file lets you swap fro frozen (and LANDABLE !) water and back. This really adds to the reality of the area, where skiplanes are extensively used during the winter months.

Last but not least there is the option to change the colors of the sky by swapping in some new sky textures made for us by Jun Kazama.

ALL the above features together really make this the Rolls Royce of FS Landscapes and, we think, more than worth your money. And it is just the beginning. We already prepared the scenery for existing Alaskan freeware scenery and there are more add-ons on the way, both freeware and payware. Many of these will be hosted on Misty Moorings, Inc., Misty Fjords' offcial fan site, enthusiastically founded by Doug Linn. Other communications around 'Misty' can be found in the dedicated Misty Fjords forum on simFlight.

Misty Fjords can be bought on-line from simMarket.

We wish you LOADS of fun, happy flying over and dreaming in Misty Fjords

 


Reviews:


Brian Smith on Flightsim.com
(June 2005)
Chris Fishmuth at simHQ (October 2005)

Andrew Herd on Flightsim.com (?? 2005)

Sales Wick on Fluglsimulation.com (in German)
Steve James on Virtualvfr.com
Ingo Koenig at simFlight.de (in German)
MicroSimulateur - Special Mention in 'Best of Flight Simulator 2004' (July 2006)

 

Some comments from people who bought it (copied from the public simMarket Reviews):

5 stars – Richard Macintosh, 03/31/2007
Ok you have to buy this product if you want to feel like your really flying it's AWSOME this is the best addon i have ever seen for flightsim 2004. the best addon money could buy.
 
5 stars – Andrew Page, 04/17/2005
I purchased Misty Fjords yesterday, and I have to say it is an outstanding product. Quality of this sort does not come cheap, and I think the price reflects the time and effort devoted to creating the software. I've been using MSFS since version 5.1, and over the years I've bought my share of add-ons which have turned out to be a complete waste of money. Misty Fjords is definitely not one of them. It is worth every penny (or whatever that equates to where the Euro rules!).
 
4 stars – Johann Krogh, 03/28/2005
I must agree with the other gentleman this is a very good product , good fps THE ONLY DRAW BACK is the price I wonder if this single scenery is worth the 34 Euro , I could pay 10 Euro more and purchase FS Global and get the whole worlds mesh or 2 Simiflyer scenery addons. Nothing against the product like I say it is excellent product but the price a definite killer.
 
5 stars – Richard Moore, 02/11/2005
Outstanding scenery package! Some of the best money I have ever spent on a flight sim program and that includes the purchase of FS9 itself! I would also recommend purchasing Aerosofts Beaver as the perfect companion aircraft for this scenery.
 
5 stars – Humberto Valentim, 12/19/2004
It's one of the best built sceneries I've ever flown. The frozen lakes, the sky and clouds are amazing and bring to sim flight a new dimension. Congratulations for your fantastic job.

 

Buy it at these sites and shops:

simMarket.com (our on-line distributor)

PCAviator
Flightsim.no

FSQuality

 


Below the Bear Glacier in default and next in FSAddon Misty Fjords 'mode'
Next Cholmondeley; default versus Holger's
You thought Big Goat Lake looked good already? Think again !!
Some of the most amazing differences can be found in the way the rivers are portrayed. Here Chickamin River, default and Holger's
Hyder and Stewart, near the Canadian border. I flew there a lot and thought it was awesome. I had no idea what it really looked like... until now !
Another unbelievable transformation. Metlakatla and Annette Island. FS and 'real' !
Here is Neets Bay for you...... Notice the forestry areas where trees have been cut and dirt roads made.
Ketchikan and the Airport. Notice the harbor and ships that were added
Prince Rupert Island has also been 'improved'. Real roads, hills and landclass.
The Soule Glacier as it really is..... swap to 'frozen water' and you can also land on the lake !!
Another stunning change ! Tree Point Peninsula is NOT dry........
The area of the Upper Portland Channel shows again what the real mountains and coastlines look like!


Expected release date of this 'mother of all landscapes': STILL end of November 2004 ! Stay Tuned !



François A. Dumas, December 4th, 2004, 24:00 ZULU