Blimps

It would be really cool to have an airship on the aerofly FS 4/global, I don't know, on the Hindenburg or the Goodyear GZ-20 or even the Airlander 10, which is still in the certification process and should be authorized to carry out commercial flights in 2026

I remember spotting a blimp somewhere - it wasn't near Lakehurst, I think it was in the Boston scenery by TriSoft Sim

I am happy to help lift the blimp from the FS 2 version to the FS4 version. Unfortunately, I don't have the Boston edition of TrimSoftSim. If someone provides me with the object data of the blimp and the associated TSC file, I will be happy to customise it.

Hello Michael - I have the original zip file, it was a payware release on simmarket. There is a review of the software on flight-sim.org, but nothing else. I explored the zip, but I could not find any reference to blimp, airship, or goodyear. I will have another look tomorrow. There was a readme with a support link for email, but now I can't find it. Time for bed, I think.

Mike

Mike

Thank you for your kind offer. I think I have found a way for those who have purchased the software (or are still purchasing it?) to be able to use the airship and perhaps more of the FS 2 software in FS 4.

Tschüss, Michael

So, for everyone who has this software...

• https://secure.simmarket.com/trisoftsim-aer…s2-boston.phtml

... I have a solution to make the Goodyear Zeppelin fly in FS 4:

(1) Download the attached file, unzip it and paste it into the "airports" directory in the FS 4 user folder:

• .../Aerofly FS 4/scenery/airports/us/bosten_addon_goodyearblimp_animated

(2) The blue files from the ZIP file below ...

... are empty placeholders that must now be replaced by copying the original files from "TRISOFTSIM - AEROFLY FS2 - BOSTON" from the folder

• us_boston_ma_v1.1/places/animation.

Good luck.

I went to Sim-market, logged in, and asked for a download, hoping to get the update to v1.1 but I finished up with the one I had already bought

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I realized when I tried it that I do not have the sim market 1.1 version and therefore the files were not named the same as your example. (I found a couple of blimp files in the pois1 sub directory). I think mine must be the 1.0 or freeware version that preceded the commercial release. However it still works fine in my FS2 install so thanks again for pointing out where I had seen it before. I also love the Pride of America ship that is there. I have been on that vessel a couple of times around Hawaii.

In the subdirectory "pois1" there are these two blimp files, but they have nothing to do with the flying Goodyear-Blimp:

The affected files are located in version 1.1 here:

Quote from ApfelFlieger

Mike

Thank you for your kind offer. I think I have found a way for those who have purchased the software (or are still purchasing it?) to be able to use the airship and perhaps more of the FS 2 software in FS 4.

Tschüss, Michael

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So, for everyone who has this software...

• https://secure.simmarket.com/trisoftsim-aer…s2-boston.phtml

... I have a solution to make the Goodyear Zeppelin fly in FS 4:

(1) Download the attached file, unzip it and paste it into the "airports" directory in the FS 4 user folder:

• .../Aerofly FS 4/scenery/airports/us/bosten_addon_goodyearblimp_animated

(2) The blue files from the ZIP file below ...

... are empty placeholders that must now be replaced by copying the original files from "TRISOFTSIM - AEROFLY FS2 - BOSTON" from the folder

• us_boston_ma_v1.1/places/animation.

Good luck.

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FS 4 can now display animated objects as POI. Because this is better than using dummy AIRPORTS, I have adapted the file accordingly.

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Anyone who has the software
- https://secure.simmarket.com/trisoftsim-aer…s2-boston.phtml
can let the Goodyear Zeppelin do its rounds in FS 4:

(1) Download the attached file, unzip it and paste it into the "poi" (!) folder in your FS 4 user folder:

• on Mac computers:
  - else_: /Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>/Library/Application Support/Aerofly FS 4/addons/scenery/us/poi/...
  - or___: /Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>/Library/Application Support/Aerofly FS 4/scenery/poi/us/...

• on Windows computers:
  - else_: C:/Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>/Documents/Aerofly FS 4/addons/scenery/us/poi/...
  - or___: C:/Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>/Documents/Aerofly FS 4/scenery/poi/us/...

  
  

(2) The blue files from the ZIP file below ...

... are empty placeholders that must now be replaced by copying the original files from "TRISOFTSIM - AEROFLY FS2 - BOSTON" from the folder

• us_boston_ma_v1.1/places/animation.

Good luck.

Pretty sure we have the animated Goodyear Blimp within the Hawaiian Islands: Oahu scenery

Quote from AOB

Thank you for your heads up Michael. I have tried this without success as some of those files in my AFS2 instal do not exist. My purchased copy is v1.0, so where is the vendor update to v 1.1 please? Does trisoftsim have a website or any update procedure. I am loathe to buy it again to find it is the same as my original purchase.

Ultimately, it doesn't matter which version you have, as long as you have these 5 files somewhere on your computer. I'm just not allowed to publish them for copyright reasons.

The TSL file is a pure text file and can therefore be customized if necessary.