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Hi all,Why is it that no matters what drivers you use and how you set your scenery that certtain scenery flickers and shimmers?For example KLAS by simflerys is completely flicker free, as is EIDW by PC Pilots of Ireland, as is Aeosoft's Canary Islands but KSEA and KSFO by Flytampa flickers, as does Gary Sumons EGCC, as does EDFF by Aerosoft.Anyone any idea's?Best Wishes and many thanks,ChrisWin XP SP2AMD 64Geforce 7800 (512)

hi there,i've pieced together quite a large map at 3000x3000pixels and downloaded photoscenery maker. i gave the program a try with a small 256pixel area but i kept getting 'resolution too high' errors. i had even adjusted the size to make the 4metres per pixel resolution fs requires, but i still get the same error.so a few questions; from the above can you see if i am doing anything wrong? i have a 3000pixel wide bitmap from 2800ft - how can i scale this to be 4metres per pixel, i can't figure the trigonometry (it's been a while...)? and lastly, is it possible to use this massive bitmap as one without cutting it all up?thanks, hinch

Hi,Steve Greenwood's site, http://www.fs-traveler.com seems to be down at the moment and I'm desperately trying to get my hands on it to sort out some flatten problems I'm having. Does anyone know of any other place I can get it, or would anyone be willing to send it to me ? E-mail address is fantasy_f1_2002 "at" hotmail.comThanks,Alan Carter

Hi!Ecuase my bad english. Have a strange thing I would like som help with. When i put a macro (made in EOD) sometimes i got like a ring around those macros. Threes disapers in that area. Se the picture. How do I fix this?Regards G

Gurus,Is it possible to give a tick18_ object an LOD? What would you need to do?I tried to name my object "tick18_van_LOD99" then linked the LOD object and named it "van_LOD80" and it did not work. It just displayed the LOD80 object.ThanksShez

I am sorta new to this whole thing, I know basically how to use gmax, how to create textures, and place them. I have a few questions about textures and shadows. 1. When I place a flat plane on the ground with and aerial image on them the texture never appears. I dont know if my plane is too large or what? 2. I have made custom ground markings, as in gate markings, and I have the lines surrounded by alpha so ONLY the lines appear in FS, it looks great unless the ground scenery have shadows is checked. Is there anyway to remove the shadows in gmax?? and if not, is there anyother way to do this so the shadows dont show?

Hi All ,Just installed some great scenery scenery of Mumbai, but some of the default buldings are showing through:-zhelp. Is there a way of removing these, if so would be grateful if someone could show me howThanks in advanceRen

Hello,I am new in scenery design and don't want to go deep in it, my specialty beeing gauges and panels.But I would like to add objects like static aircrafts, a little building eventually to enhance some defaults airports or airfields where I usually fly. Is there an easy program to create bgl using for instance existing AI aircrafts (model and texture) and place them on these airports ?I am looking for a program that has not to run with FS, but only creating light scenery addons.Thanks for any adviceJean-Pierre

I'm trying to redraw the landclass autogen for a town in Romania. I've redrawn the rivers, roads and main railways so that they are now fairly accurate (using Google earth pic attached). The FS autogen is nowhere near right. When I try to modify the autogen I get this message:'This point is outside the area for Landclass!' Targu Mures - Google Earth my airfield, rivers, roads, railway efforts - Google Earth background my airfield, rivers, roads, railway efforts - FS9 autogenI'd be grateful for advice. Thanks.John

Hi!I posted thisone on the scenerydesign.org forum, but nobody knew about the problem...When I try to start Sbuilder I get this error:"Run-time error:'13' Type Mismatch"Any idea about whats wrong?Intel Centrino Duo 1,6Ghz1GB ramx400 ATI Mobility 128mb (+128mb HM)WinXP HomeFS9Any ideas?Best regards Geir Groenlien

Hi. I wonder if anyone can offer a solution to the following. I downloaded & installed the ENGM file from the ASVSIM library (usdgard_11.zip) - also at http://hem.passagen.se/cybwor/gardemoenus.htmThere are some nice features, but as it stands it is unuseable on my system, since the runways, as seen from the cockpit, 'roll' back as you advance along them - disappear, that is to say, revealing the ground texture underneath.Don't suppose there's a quick fix for this? Nothing I do with AFCAD2 makes any difference. Thanks,Martin

The first photo shows the position of a grass runway at a sports stadium in Marosvasarhely (Targa Mures) in Romania. The airfield is not included in the FS9 default scenery. The second photo shows the FS9 scenery with the aircraft cross at the 'correct' real life lat/lon. The city autogen is only vaguely accurate, but at least the River Mures runs roughly as it should from NE to SW. The arrow points to a green area beside the river which I suppose could be tweaked to resemble the actual aerodrome in the first photo and which is not too far away from the real life location. I have modified many airports with AFCAD and I've tried to create this new airfield with it. Howeve…

Hi there,Does anyone know whether GMax will be replaced as the stock 3D modeling software for FSX? Seeing that official support for GMax is limited, any ideas if they will be going with a more 'accessible' package?

Hi Guys!I've installed the freeware Hong kong scenery from AVSIM(vhhh2005b) and have some problem with ILS 07R.I was on about 1,5 miles when the plane made a left turn then a right turn and flown towards.The first time a tought that it is the planes fault, but i've tried many planes(like PMDG, defults...) and reason was the same.Something is wrong in the map mode, because there is a 3rd ils in the water.Can it cause the problem?I've tried to delet it but i cant find it with the afcad tool.Any Idea?Gyulaimage link: http://gyuszi.davee.hu/else/ils%20app.JPG

I am sure this has been talked about a million times, but the forum search tool is nearly impossible to use. What ever happened to a new AFCAD editor, and will there be the same system for FSX??

Hi all. Would someone know where I could find design datas for a tower such as the one in attached image. It is genuine to FS and can be seen all over North America (US/Canada) but not in the rest of the world.I've got EZScenery but can't see it in FS generic object library or any other. Also if someone would know where I could find the database for the co-ordinates of those placed in North America it would very much be appreciated.Thank for your help.Hugo

I'm new to scenery design, but an old hat at 3d modeling. I'm wanting to revamp my home airport of KRVS. I've gotten an image that shows the top down layout of the airport, which does not match up with fs2k4 data. So I've learned how to use afcad.My question:Can you place a background image into afcad to use as a template for laying out the airport? If not, is there another way to do this?

Hi,I have quite content for a long time, but I have come to the point where I would like to be able to add some taxiway signs to some of the standard FS9 airports, I have adjusted some of the airports using AFCAD, but I would now like to add some of these signs to go with the taxiway designations I have made in AFCAD.I just don't know what program to use, there seems to be about three good freeware ones, but I am looking for some help if I can.I like in the UK, and it would be fantastic if someone could help me get started on this, especially if we got together on a MSN voice session.the read me's are fine, but I have found that they sometimes require you to have a certai…

Hi all,Well, they say necessity is the mother of invention... or in this case, education.I have been content to use the default FS sceneries, and have installed one or two local sceneries. Recently however, I began to use FS as a camera to shoot movies and screenshots with, which I then can post process to achieve some rather remarkable simulations of vintage photographs.The problem is all of the screenshots I will be wanting to take will be set in the period of the second world war. Needless to say this is not exactly the domain of FS9.I would like to begin to modify and add to scenes to try to make them more period looking and more complete in details. I do not want to …

The subject says it all!I'm a complete beginner to this fascinating aspect of simming. I've only just mastered the process of installing some of ProjectAI's official file packages into FS9 - to many a very simple process, but to an absolute newbie it's as scary as receiving a tax return query! It was as a consequence of finding some AI planes parked in the middle of buildings that I was advised to enter into the world of AFCAD.I've made a couple of very simple alterations to two small airports as a experiment. I can lock AFCAD2 to FS and so on and creating extra parking and a piece of new apron seems to have been done satisfactorily. The trouble is that, after saving …

Hello there,I have downloaded the ~Brush 'N' Bushes objects~ that were created for use with EZ-Scenery program by Abacus by Kobbe FarwickWhen using this library Now EZ-scenery gives an error saying:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/153599.jpgCan this be changed because I like to place them somewhere in BC Canada and the readme makes no mention of it being a localised library.Thanks in advanceRob "Holland&Holland" de Vries http://fool.exler.ru/sm/fly2.gif"To go up, pull the stick back. To go down, pull the stick back harder"

Is there any viewer that will display the FS2004 GUID's. I want to add a building and want to see what each GUID looks like. Thanks, regards, Bob.

I'm new to Flight Simulator Scenery Creator and I want to know how to add terminal buildings to a default airport. Such as La Palma, but there seems to be no way i can load an overview of the airport it like I can on AFCAD2. Please helpThanks,Jack

Hi Gang,I have read through the help section, but, unless I have gone word blind, then I just can't find it.I am trying to add taxiway designators / taxiway details for some of the airports that I have modified using AF2.here is what I have done,I opened up a stock airport from FS9 such as EGOS (Shawbury) and I have altered the approach lights, ground taxi lighting and runway overshoot area etc, but I wanted to give the taxiways that are at the moment set as "blank" a designation such as Alpha and delta etc, but I can't seem to do this, all that shows up in the drop down box is a runway designator choice,can anyone please tell me how to do this.Many thanks,

ADF radios can normaly tune from about 200 KHz to 1700 KHz. Higher than 535 Khz is the Broadcast band for normal AM radio broadcast. In remote places like those for bush flying, navigational aids are also remote!! Using local radio stations is often the only alternative for radio navigating over these areas. Besides, it can also be a source of local weather information, musical entertainement, news, etc. These radio sources are not implemented in FS. Well, not as of now! Although, I have found that many of the towers we see in FS are the representation of the physical AM radio transmission towers (some of them probably are those of the FM transmitter), and that many, I'd…