The duo of Frank Dainese and Fabio Bellini have announced their interest in developing for Microsoft Flight Simulator with previews of the Dolomites in the simulator.

A post to their blog revealed what they have been working on recently, although it does not seem as though they will pursue further and release products for MSFS in the near future.

They said the very limited functionality of the MSFS SDK prevented them for achieving their desired level of detail, even with the “extraordinary and very realistic” atmosphere the Dolomites bask in.

“I've been working Dolomites for a few days ... with my 3D models,” reads the post.

“As everyone has seen, the Dolomites (a World Heritage Site) are absolutely not present in MSFS, but only bleak hills.

“After a first phase of uncertainty, due to some setting errors, I was able to insert the 3D models in MSFS.

“However, simply entering is not enough. Precise and burr-free positioning is required. With current MSFS tools this is currently not possible. Very approximate and not very intuitive.

“Easy to insert small 3D objects on flat meshes (airports, houses ...) easy to insert entire cities in photogrammetry (even for non-experts), for the mountains the difficulty is considerable.

“Accurately positioning a large 3D object (mountain) on LOD-low meshes, without the ability to correct the meshes, is virtually impossible.

“Currently the tools available are very few, bound to work on the SIM, no external compiler, no possibility to work on meshes. In addition, the orthophotos in mountain areas present very evident fixed shadows, creating black areas (unsightly), difficult / impossible to correct.

“For all these current situations it is not possible to build quality scenaries like I did for Xplane 11. Too bad because the light and atmosphere created by MSFS is extraordinary and very realistic.

“I await your comments and suggestions.”

Up until today, Dainese and Bellini have worked exclusively on X-Plane.

Their most recent release was Torres del Paine National Park situated in South America.

The remake of their Dolomites series, however, was released in five parts between February and September of this year.