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Hi again,I have a question on using lighting in FS 2004. I'm currently using Gmax as my design program and I have read in previous posts that GMAX lighting is not supported in FS and also that 'FS effects' can be used instead.So how exactly does one go about lighting an airport at night?I understand I can creat an ambience layer and assigning that to an object, however my problem lies in the creation of the light itself.Is the beam of light simply a semi-transparent yellow cone or do I need to fiddle with Alpha layers to creat a light effect?Also what is the FS light effect that people talk about and where can I find more information about using it?Thanks for you help so …

Hi....( again :( )I have just installed the 'Six default fixes' by Joshua Robertson of3D Softworks Design Studios for some dramatic terrain mesh elevation data errors and, while checking the results, came across this:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/133520.jpgAnd here is the same area as seen by Jim Keir's LWMViewer (V2)http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/133521.jpgClearly I have encountered another conflict between some LandWater Mask files (I do seem to have the knack.. LOL).Question is: Can anyone help, please?Installed: UT-USA, FSGenesis US Nat LC Project (v 1.09)Thanks!Mike

Hi there everyone,I've just started playing around with Gmax and have spent the last few days learning the program and creating my first airport. After doing up the Control tower complex and the Domestic terminal I decided before I went any further I should started getting some experience in applying textures.I have run through the FS Gmax tutorial and found it helpful however I have hit a snag in applying my texture correctly to a none rectangular surface.Specifically, I am trying to apply a created texture onto a surface of a cone control tower. I decided to make a dummy texture to practice with, this very simple texture is detailed below.http://forums.avsim.net/user_fi…

Ok I started this thread in the FS2004 forum, but I think it now belongs here.I asked for help with either getting a FS2004 DCA airport or making Shehryar Ansari's DCA2002 more compatible with FS9. I received a suggestion on using "jabbgl" to adjust the elevation of the DCA airport. I downloaded the program but,for the life of me, cannot make it locate DCA.bgl in FS9. I tried searching for Ronald Reagan, Washington National and KDCA, in the scenery folder "name" which should be the correct folder for this airport bgl. Can someone who is a little more familiar with jabbgl help me get it to work? What am I doing wrong, it seems like a pretty straightforward program for adj…

Gentlemen,Its been awhile since I dealt with effect elements. This problem is that the lighting effect shows up at night but also during the daytime. I have applied the conditions of: night=1;day=0;dusk=0;dawn=0. Is there a formatting error in that statement? Progress is being made but its like reinventing the wheel!

Hi, hope someone can help me out here....I've been flying around Scandanavia allot lately (Norway, Sweden and Finland) and have downlaoded a number of sceneries for the are: As many Swedish airports as I can find, most all the posted Findland airports along with FinnClass, Fin Terrain, the FISD_Library, Scan Mesh, and the Norway_Airport files. I'm also running the FEGenisis mesh that 'touches' the southern boundries of Sweden and Noraway. In addition, I have installed a number of Denmark airport sceneries. In addition, I have included some AFCAD files within the scenery files.For the most part most my flying has been between Norway and Sweden, but have made one stop in Fi…

Hi all!i have written an approach for LOWS (Salzburg).All is working fine, except the missed approach.If there is a plane on the runway, the landing AI-planesgo straight ahead up for a short time and thenturn RIGHT instead of LEFT.I tried different leg types in the sectionbut no success.Here is the section:

i can't use SBuilder,WHY?

Hi Guys!I am trying to use RWY12 to add a heli pad and tower to an airfield, whenever Iask it to generate the scenery file I get the message:"XML File created: but BGLComp failed creating BGL File"Any ideas? I have BGLComp in the RWY12 folder and have installed all the files as directedin the readme but still no joy! Failing this are there any other "Slew and Drop" tools that I could use? or any tools that take less than 5 minutes per item (I need to plant a fence around a large airfield and there are approximately 340 fence "bits" to put in - I don't want to spend 28 hours just planting a fence!)Many thanks in advance! Alex

As you've probably seen in my other posts, I'm taking a college GIS course and using my experiences with flight sim scenery design as the subject of my term paper. In part of my research I went looking for information about commercial flight simulator products and found this web page from Evans and Southerland. That company is one of the largest commercial FS providers for the military it appears. This page lists one of their products and thought you'd all be fascinated as to how the tools they use so closely mimic our own efforts.Enjoy,Art Martinhttp://www.es.com/products/software/integrator/index.asp

This has probably been asked before, but I can't find it anywhere:When you animate a scenery object, does its crash box move with it or does it stay in the original position?How about rotation? Does it rotate with it?Finally... for both translation and rotation: does the crash box expand with the movement (as in, scale up to envelop the new positions) or does it stay the same shape/size as when the object was created?I hope this makes sense :)

somewhere can't appear and the default terrain overlay my new Shorelines,how to del the default terrainand Line/Shore section,and which type of line has surf these are picture::

Hi Guys!I am trying to use RWY12 to add a heli pad and tower to an airfield, whenever Iask it to generate the scenery file I get the message:"XML File created: but BGLComp failed creating BGL File"Any ideas? I have BGLComp in the RWY12 folder and have installed all the files as directedin the readme but still no joy! Failing this are there any other "Slew and Drop" tools that I could use? or any tools that take less than 5 minutes per item (I need to plant a fence around a large airfield and there are approximately 340 fence "bits" to put in - I don't want to spend 28 hours just planting a fence!)Many thanks in advance! Alex

Gentlemen,I've got a hitch in the old get-a-long using effects. I've used them several months ago so think I know the basic drill. Now I am trying to attach any one of several effects to a place holder object without any results. When I go to FS2004 where I have placed effect, I do not see either the place holder or effect. There must be an obscure requirement that I am missing. Suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Hi all. I would like to produce an animated hanger door using FSDS2. The door's action would be triggered by either selecting a radio frequency or, better, by the proximity of an incoming aircraft. It'd even be nicer if the door would also operate with the incoming of an AI aircraft :-eekHas anyone succeeded doing something alike with FSDS2? I'm aware FSDS has the capacity to animate aircraft parts but what about scenery parts?Thanks for any lead,Hugo

There is an FS9 library object landmark that is improperly scaled (at least that is what it looks like) in the x dimension. Is there anyway to scale this .mdl? It appears that the z and y are OK so the scale= attribute won't work.scott s..

Just downloaded the Sao Paulo Guarulhos by FRAME-RATE-FRIENDLY Studio/William Morgan.Anyone knows what kind of texture i am missing if you look at the strange fence in the background?http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/133159.jpg

During the edit phase the program shows which pixels on the bitmap are errors. left clicking in Point mode deletes the bad pixel. This requires a minor mouse movement and a left click. I just did South Florida with a very complex coastline and 1895 errors. I thought that an alternate delete function would be to allow the use of the Delete Key as well as the left mouse button. I believe it would be faster since AutoASM already knows the location of the bad pixel.Dick Boley @KLBE

Gentlemen,I'm coming along great with GMAX but have run into a snag. I have a sidewalk/ramp that needs to be illuminated at night. I'm missing something about materials that would allow an object not to darken at night. Help is appreciated.

Hi,Can anyone tell me what is causing this and how I can get rid of it? Kinda spoils the effect as it stands :(http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...id=286213&page=Flying over Switzerland.Installed: R&ROE, FScene Europe and Lago's TerrameshMany thanks,Mike

A fellow simmer has downloaded and (re)installed my Eaglesoft Hanger Kit to FS9, and has followed the included directions faithfully. Every file installed correctly to the "Eaglesoft Hanger" subfolder under the Addon Scenery folder.He has been successful in placing the .bgl properly, but the hanger itself is solid-gray, and the textures aren't appearing. He has not modified the textures in any way, so I'm at a loss to know what else to suggest.AFIAK, he's the only person to have experienced this, and from what he wrote, it USED to work prior to reinstalling FS9.Anyone have a suggestion? ;)

How much can you actually make in GMax? I've heard of people building airports, but I thought it was for modelling individual buildings and placing them using FSSC or RWY12. Can you add aerial photos for ground textures, and multiple buildings and create the whole airport, then do final editing for AI and stuff using AFCAD? I'd like to use GMax to do what I need to, but I've been using FSSC and EOD. Thanks!Dustin

Hi all.Does anyone know the email address or URL for Dave Joosten, so that I can get the free registration key for his Project Pure Scenery?The URL on the readme sheet does not work.Any ideas?Cheers,Matthew.

which is the best software to do this things1altitude mesh terrain (what information do i need to do this?how can i make real)2road and put light in the road(what information do i need to do this?how can i make real)3lake,shorelines(what information do i need to do this?how can i make real)some questions i am thinking

i want to see some Grids in FS?how to install CellGrid?????????thank you