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In the pre-XML days AFW (I think it was) you could create an Island which was useful for testing things but this no longer seems to be the case. Can someone tell me what software I need to do this please?Alan:-hmmm

HELLO THERE!I AM TRYING TO MAKE REALISTIC VTP ROADS, FOR MESH TERRAIN WITH GREAT SLOPE ANGLES (FOR EXAMPLE, MOUNTAINS). THE PROBLEM IS THAT VTP ROADS ARE TOO WIDE, THE LIGHT POLES TOO HIGH AND THE FLATTENING ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROADS, TOO WIDE (ALMOST 100 METERS). DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW I CAN CHANGE THESE VALUES?ESPECIALLY THE WIDTH OF THE FLATTENING CAUSES GREAT LOSS ON REALISM, AS IT FLATTENS A VERY BIG AREA ON THE MESH TERRAIN...HELP!!!

As a rank, if fairly keen, amateur in this, I tend to use EZ-Landclass to make changes I want in FS9 - it's a great programme with a very gentle learning curve.However, it won't change waterclass to landclass, something I quite often want to do to correct coastline errors. For this I have to use Ground2K4, which is not so easy to use by half. I have had successes with this, but 75% of the time I find my efforts wasted and no WC-LC change happens - for what reason I never know. Does anyone know of a programme like EZ-Landclass that would let me change WC to LC without the angst I go through every time I try using Ground2K4? (And I do have the Grounbd2K4 for beginners guide…

I am trying to get ATC to recognise the ILS's I have put in at EGPE (Inverness Scotland). I have downloaded the BGL compiler.The help file is not clear as to how to go about opening the program with the file. How do I go about doing this and which file (and location) do I need to open with it? None of the BGL files I have seen have any name that I can relate to EGPE.This is the first time I have tried this other than a little with AFCAD.Many thanksSteve

For the braver souls :-) You can get a copy of the latest beta of LOM/SM from my website http://www.scruffyduckscenery.co.uk. This will always be the current beta for the next release ( Version 1.00 in this case) and has a couple of things which might be of interest.Has an enhanced library information function. You can use friendly names for libraries which are used in all the library filters and store a bunch of extra information such as distribution package, download source and a copy of the readme. Also lists all the objects in a library and textures needed for the library. You can print the information as wellThumbnails - If you want thumbnails then creating th…

Hi all. I have just done a quick search of this forum and can't find any information.Does anyone know how to identify which ABxxxxxx.bgl file contains a specific airfield boundary? I can't see how to relate the number to a location on the earth's surface. I am looking to remove the default airfield boundary for NZPP.Thanks everyoneJames

I have installed Saba Island scenery (saba2004.zip) and the corresponding AFCAD file (af2_saba.zip), all files from the AVSIM library. When I only active the AFCAD file I have no problem in adding AI traffic to the airport. However, when I at the same time activate the Saba Island scenery I cannot get any AI aircrafts visible at the airport. To me it doesn't seem like an AFCAD problem, so what may cause the problem? The scenery?

Not sure whether this is the right place however... I have put together a small airfield complete with AFCAD and AI. I have put parking spots and a taxiway with some hold shorts. For some reason and I just cannot figure it out, if 2 planes come out at the same time, in this case a cherokee and a cub, they crash into each other or get mighty close. I presume I am doing something dumb, any help would be really appreciatedThanksPaul

For years now (literally), I have been struggling with water masks that simply do not display as I would wish. Using maps as a background, I would draw the coast, but invariably it would appear strange in FS.Either the water mask would cut the altitude mesh and create ugly stone cliffs, or it would extend too far and display a coastal plain where there was none.I put it down to inaccurate maps mostly (and it is difficult to get good maps), and would then spend hours, days, no, weeks and months fussing with it and trying to get it right.Ground2K has a wonderful feature that allows for the drawing of a line while slewing in FS. So, I would slew around coasts, miles and mile…

First things first...I must congratulate and thank Christian on such a wonderful program as Ground2K, I have been having trouble trying to get the remesh feature to work on a project I am working on.It involves changing the shape of an island and also adding some elevations to the mountains.Doing a search through the archives I stumbled on a possible fix for remesh over default ground problem.I cannot remember the guys name but he suggested changing the naming convention of the bgl file.( something to do with the read order performed by the terrain engine).He named the exclude bgl with aa preceding your choice of filename and zz preceding in the number 2 bgl file. I tried…

I want to make a concrete area where I can launch and beach an amphib plane. Launching is no prob. Same with placing the concrete textured area. The problem is when I try to beach the aircraft it jumps up in the air. When flying on full realism it causes my aircraft to crash. Is it possible to make a landing area where I can move a plane from the ocean to land without this problem happening?

Hi,I am now working for almost a year on the remake of Ostend-Bruges Intl. (EBOS/OST) Belgium. Hard work and those who begin to design with GMAX for the first time, knows about what I am speaking. Special thanks to those dedicated people who helped me with solving problems.The scenery is now ready and is available on my site: http://www.users.skynet.be/maximil/Design.htm .This scenery is for FS2002 and FS2004. Is strictly freeware. The files: EBOS2006.zip + Afcad1.4 with a repainted B727-200, that is parked there as instruction plane + a Readme pdf-file with a lot of pictures.There is a lot to discover. Special attention also in the scenery to make nightlandings easier. P…

CAn anyone help with an AFCAD2 for this scenery. I am using Andrew Mckee's FS2002 version of NZNR Napier Airport (New Zealand)(NAPIER.zip from A.R.N.Z.) in FS2004. The scenery works wonderfully, but i was wondering if there was anyone out there that could make an AFCAD2 file for this scenery. The only one i have found is for the MS Default scenery (gnznr71.zip by Dale Heywood) and AI Aircraft taxi through the static Saab 340 on the tarmac in front of the terminal building,and taxi across the grass enroute to the runway (the taxiways in the AFCAD2 dont show up, only grass). Also , AI traffic is floating about half a meter above ground level. Is there anyone out there that …

As I fly over Iceland in the the summer (in FS9, I mean), it is as green as southern England. Something's not right...I can't find any landclass replacement out there. Anyone an expert in this field and willing to take on the task? Please??Martin :-)

I'm hoping to contact Christian Fumay through this forum.For a long time now I've been working with ground2k V.4 creating HUGE scenery for cfs2. This app is the ONLY tool available to create VTP1 lines/poly's. I've developed an application myself that converts different source fs9/GIS formats to ground2k v.4 source so it can be compiled to CFS2.There is a bug in the compilation routine for VTP1 lines that causes an error "Error Lon Decoupe 13_8" when ground2k chops up the lines to lod13 chunks. This is not bad in itself if I only lost a single line/line segment, but after getting the error ALL lod13 intersections in almost ALL lines are distorted.... The error occurs on s…

Greetings,How does one go about adding static objects to an airport?Is there a good program/utility for adding such things as hangers and buildings to a lifeless airport. Something simple that i can export these to populate my airport and that the learning curve is not so steep.Thanks,Dave

I got a bit of a slap in the face this week when I found out that the scenery I've been toiling over for the past year stands the real danger of without warning being eclipsed by a large agressive corporation. Now as all of you know from my posts on scenery design forums and my contributions in software, I've created a small company called Simulating Art and focused on the Phoenix area. Before I went commercial I double and triple checked to ensure no other designer that frequents the forums was working on this area. I have to tell you I was greatly surprised nobody else was working on it. A week or so ago I was just beginning the final beta phase towards release of m…

Does anyone know how to remove a building that sits in the middle of a taxiway on the right side of the main terminal in the default MYNN scenery?Thanks,Jerel

Where in a FS2002 ASM file do you find the heading degrees?The FS2002 makemdl always rounds off heading degrees and I need a heading of .5 degreeshttp://www.flightontario.com/images/sig_jkanold.gif

This is a major re-write of the program. There are a number of enhancements and fixes to Library Object Manager, and Scenery Maker is completely re-written. A major aim of Scenery Maker is to make complex, difficult or time consuming tasks easier and includes new tools for Bridge Making, Fence Making, Object Lines and Filling user defined polygons with objects such as trees.Details available at www.scruffyduck.plus.com and available for download from my site. Will be uploaded to AVSIM and Flightsim Today

Rather than duplicate the thread, I wonder if anyone with the time and inclination could be so kind as to look at the post 'Grass Textures' in the FS9 General Discussion forum (#315708). It concerns replacing blurred grass textures in add-on scenery with sometyhing a bit better defined. Maybe someone with greater expertise, browsing this forum, may be able to help.If anyone can indeed help, could you please post to the other forum, so as we don't get two threads running.Thanks in advance.Martin :-)

I recently tried to reinstall my fs2004 from my cd, but couldn't do so as my cd is corrupted. But i still retained my earlier install and when i tried running fs9 again i faced a lot of problems as it would not start and gave errors like : CESSNA 172SP INITIALISATION FAILED .But i corrected this by unzipping the cab files in my fs2004 cd1 and replacing the aircrafts folder.But now when i start my flight simulator many of the default airports are missing and the ground textures donot show up.I tried correcting this by again unzipping the scenry files from my cd4 and placing them in the SCENERY folder of fs9.Now even though i get all the airports but when i load any flight …

I have installed a couple of ILS's at EGPE using AFCAD2.The problem is that ATC recognises the new runway vector (Used to be 06/24 and now 05/23) but not the ILS. I Only get offered a visual approach. I have altered the wpNavAPT.txt and WpNavAID.txt files. How do I get ATC to recognise the approaches? Also the actual runway on the PFD track display is 058 when it should be 055. I guess this is due to differing mag variation values in the data bases. What is the best way to alter this? I am using the PMDG 747 add on.I am only just starting out with this stuff so please answer with that in mind.Many thanksSteve

Hi everyone,I was trying to help a friend who was new to Gmax texture some simple buildings over the weekend, and after attempting to write down the texturing process, it occurred to me that it might be easier to show it visually. I've just uploaded the first of my video tutorials to my site at http://www.antelopesimworks.com/tutorials/...g-texturing.wmv if you're interested. This is NOT for people who already have a handle on texturing in Gmax, but is designed for newbies who haven't quite put all the pieces together yet.thanks,

Airport sceneries are becoming more and more complex, with increasing moving parts at stands. As I see it is becoming common practice to exclude those parking spots from the AFCAD file to avoid that AI aircrafts can occupy them. A consequence of that practice is that you will never be routed to those parking spots from ATC, nor can use the FS "progressive taxi" help (violet line). As alternative wouldn't it be possible to use the airline designation to reserve those parking spots to your aircraf, for example using a standard "your_company" or allowing the user to enter its own favorite virtual airline designation ?Of course to make it works we must have the same airline d…