NZFF

Just done a complete re-install and this is how Milford looks with nothing added, surprised about the water though.

AirTruk Me ... step back into the time tunnel

It's pretty terrible really isn't it - I cant even recognise that part as Milford - it looks as though you have a scenery error!

I could never fly without Orbx or VLC etc

Was there scenery in that screen ....

Yes, Milford was always 'broken' in FSX, due to the SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) data they used. It looks to me like low cloud cover over Milford, but whatever caused it, it certainly wrecks one of the most dramatic parts of NZ. Luckily this is just an isolated issue, the rest of NZ did pretty well with the default mesh.

Just think had that been real, Sir Pete would have been in making another movie .. maybe he still could.. the movie Dambusters ?

Actually, it's easily fixable.

Go to FSX/Scenery/1105 folder and make a copy of APX92470.bgl. Extract the data from APX92470 using BGLAnalyzeX and edit the resulting .xml file in Notepad. Change all NZMF elevations from 846.00m to read 3.05m (with the exception of Tower), save, and recompile with the BGLComp executable (found in the FSX SDK/Environment Kit/BGL Compiler SDK).

Remember to keep the original APX92470.bgl safe.

Edit: Technically, NZMF's elevation is 10 feet, so the correct elevation is 3.048m, but I don't know how well FSX handles that sort of accuracy.