The scenery includes airstrips, cabins, creeks, docks, the various 'places' (including Misty's place), regattas, retreats, missions, harbors, lakes, camps, campgrounds, clubs, rivers, lodges, ranger stations, landings, resorts, etc, etc. Due to time and other constraints, I will only be reviewing a representative selection of these. On this page we have an alphabetical listing of all the scenery available in RTMM. To get you started, the first page to locate is the "Scenery" page. Now that's some prime real estate to be flying in. With C.I.R.P., it now also includes the starkly beautiful glacial areas above Stewart, BC. So let's start with the demographics: "Return to Misty Moorings" covers over 350,000 square miles (See map below) of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia.
These are the detail scenery objects that you need to install in order to use the various scenery contained in RTMM. Important Note: For these scenery add-ons to work you must have all of the library objects installed first.
All of the information about MM is contained in Misty's Place and that is where you start from anything from downloads to information.ĭocumentation is unique to the individual download and will vary in content, and is states on the RTMM scenery page: "Each folder comes with readme, instruction, map, flight plan, pictures and description."
Standard procedure and full readme.txt are usually included in the download.
In the case of VFR flight plans just unzip as usual and add the ".pln" file to your folder that you store flight plans in. Then click on "OK" and then "OK" again.įSX should begin to recompile your scenery library. You do NOT need to open the "scenery" folder. Locate the newly installed folder for this package you just unzipped in your "Add-on Scenery" folder of FSX Click on the main folder only. You then start FSX Go to "Settings" then to "Scenery Library", click on "Add Area" and click on "Add-on Scenery".
zip files and after extraction you copy or move the resulting "Scenery" folder into the FSX "Add-on Scenery" folder. The add-ons are usually (taken from the instructions on the RTMM website). This will of course depend on what you install but the same basic principal applies to all add-ons in the package, and I need to add that installation is complex as there are quite a number of library objects as well as scenic add-ons to install, Hence, here I will just cover the basics. In reality, this scenery add-on is about navigating the RTMM website and ensuring that you download and install all the necessary scenery in order to fly in this beautiful area. It took me nearly a year to complete the task and so my review will cover just a few of the highlights found in this area. I well remember Misty Fjords/Moorings from my FS9 days in that I flew to every cabin/scenic item listed in MF and the adjacent Tongass Fjords. There is no doubt in my mind that this is a must have add-on if you enjoy low 'n slow flying and exploration, in a place that has exceptional beauty. To obtain the full benefit of this scenic experience you need to visit (on a regular basis) the superlative 'Return to Misty Moorings' website:, where you are informed that "EVERYTHING YOU WILL NEED TO GO FROM HERE TO THERE IN MISTY FJORDS" is available in one place and it is. In my opinion it would not go amiss to also have the FSADDON - TONGASS FJORDS X from Holger Sandmann & Bill Womack, just to complete this superb scenic area. Also recommended are FSDiscover, Plan-G Flight planner (Freeware) and Real Environment Extreme I did not install any of these so my review does not cover them).
Obviously it is based in FSX but you also need the magnificent Orbx USA/Canada Pacific Fjords (PFJ) plus some object libraries which we will look at a little later. The Return to Misty Moorings and the Cambria Ice field Research Project is a freeware add-on package depicting the beautiful Misty Fjords National Monument near Ketchikan, Alaska.