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Aerosoft Larnaca X 1.00 Manual
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Cyprus seasons
You will notice that Cyprus features a mix of Mediterranean and subtropical climate, which features hot
and dry summers and a rather mild and fertile winter season. The big salt lakes close to the airport dry
out between April and October, whereas for the rest of the year they provide perfect living conditions
for several flamingo flocks that can be spotted from the road crossing the lakes.
Finding the airport
You will find the airport using either the airport name (Larnaca International), the city name (Larnaca) or
the airport ID (LCLK).
Visuals Tool
This addon includes a tool to improve visuals for different graphic cards.
 MipMaps: Unfortunately FSX handles textures in a way that leads to rather different results
depending on the graphic card used. The most important factor in this matter is MipMaps.
While ATI users tend to like textures without MipMaps (because they offer sharper texture
resolutions in the distance), NVidia users might suffer texture flickers and Moire patterns if
using textures without MipMaps. We decided to let you decide yourself. Simply click on "Yes" or
"No" in the Visuals Tool to select/unselect MipMap textures. Restart FSX and you will
immediately see the difference.
 Light Cones: This addon features a new approach to 3D airport lights using light cones. Although
we are quite happy with the result, we reached another limit of FSX' texture handling: the light
cones might cause blending issues with autogen objects or clouds. It's up to you if you want to
use the cones or rather want to disable them.