Fort Crosby | v1.0.2
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IMPORTANT – LIBRARY REQUIRED!
Emerald Object Library (Also available on Marketplace) is required for this scenery to display as intended! Not installing the library will result in most models not showing throughout the scenery. Emerald Object Library is our own in-house collection of static and dynamic models, materials, and VFX which allows us to push fixes for common assets across multiple products at once, as well as keep the required space of our addons to a minimum by eliminating duplicates in each project.
Welcome to Fort Crosby!
Fort Crosby (8AK5) is a private airstrip located 12.5 nm (23.1 km) to the Northwest of Talkeetna, Alaska. It has a single gravel runway with roughly 1500 ft (457 m) usable, which makes it quite comfortable for most General Aviation aircraft. The only real restriction being on the Northern half of the runway where Dirt and Snow Berms (during the Winter) restrict wingspan and clearance.
Following in the footsteps of our previous releases, Fort Crosby has been brought to life in incredible detail, with a heavy focus on environmentals and dynamic features! It is the perfect companion addon for our nearby Chunilna Cabin Strip payware and Snowflake Lake freeware!
Features
- A coverage area of 4 nm² (7.4 km²), including multiple custom Cabins and Houses with extra details throughout.
- All model textures done in PBR, up to 4K resolution.
- Color-matched aerial imagery at 30cm/px.
- Digital Elevation Model with hand-crafted terraforming at 2m/px, and fully compatible with ORBX’s Alaska Mesh.
- Custom environmentals including Weeds, Wildflowers, Native Shrubs, 3D Trees, Rocks, and Logs.
- Custom Gravel and Dirt ground materials with NRM textures for PBR and added detail.
- Custom Hangar with dynamic features, interior modeling, environmental occluder, and a parking spawn.
- Custom animated wildlife: Bears, Fox, Moose, & Wild Boar roam the coverage area.
- Dynamic SFX using Wwise.
Dynamic Features
- Animated Hangar Door – Opens when your aircraft is parked inside of or just in front of the Hangar.
- Bears – Can be found crossing the runway and roaming the scenery. Will go into hibernation when temperatures fall below freezing.
- Birds SFX (Downy Woodpecker) – Audible throughout the scenery from Dawn to Dusk, but not when Rain or Snow is reported. Randomly switches between call and drumming sounds.
- Birds SFX (Great Horned Owl) – Audible near the Hangar at Night, but not when Rain or Snow is reported.
- Birds SFX (Junco & Fox Sparrow) – Audible throughout the scenery from Dawn to Dusk, but not when Rain or Snow is reported.
- Butterflies – Visible around flowers from May through September. Includes 4 different Alaska native variations! Will not show when Rain or Snow is reported.
- Clock – Located on the back wall of the Hangar. Fully functional based on local sim time and plays ticking SFX (Wwise).
- Improved Lighting – Hangar lighting is functional from Dusk-Dawn and while Raining or Snowing.
- Morel Mushrooms – Pop up around the airstrip from May to July. Commonly found around Rocks and Logs.
- Rain Puddles – Appear when Rain has been reported in the area.
- Roof Snow & Icicles – 3D Snow & Icicles will appear on the Hangar Roof when snow depth has been reported on the ground.
- Snow Berms – Snow Berms will appear around the runway when snow depth has been reported on the ground.
- VFX – Smoke and Campfire VFX will appear throughout the scenery once temperatures fall to 50℉ (10℃) or below.
This scenery requires the following library to function correctly:
Emerald Object Library (MSFS 2024)
Supported Sim(s)
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
File Format: Zip
File Size
947 MB (Compressed), 976 MB (Uncompressed)
September 2, 2025 | v1.0.2
- Fixed Clock Wwise sounds emitting from Hangar origin.
- Fixed flickering water puddles near Hangar.
- Fixed hangar light emissives too dim during the day.
- Fixed Wwise sounds being highly dominant in one ear depending on where the emitter is located in 3D space (hard panning).
- Removed deprecated DistanceToNotAnimate tag in SimObjects.
May 15, 2025 | v1.0.1
- Fixed Hangar Roof Snow LOD2 always visible.
- Fixed Apron texture UV offset changes introduced in SU2.
- Fixes for improved water accuracy in SU2.
- Removed autogen excludes from a few aprons.
March 21, 2025 | v1.0.0
- Initial Release for MSFS 2024.
We try our best to keep a running list of known issues involving limitations or conflicts when discovered. If possible, fixing these issues are our top priority. However, please note that the majority of these may be out of our control.
- Dynamic Features In Avatar Mode
[Sim Bug – Reported] It is a known issue that dynamic features present in the scenery, such as roof snow, snow berms, hangar lighting, and ambient SFX, do not trigger correctly if conditions change while in Avatar camera mode. All other aircraft cameras will allow the features to update correctly.
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