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HI,Not sure if this is the correct forum to post this message but thought I'd start here.I created an airport using Lee Swordy's AFCAD 2.1. Everything works and there are no problems with the addon scenery. However, there is one problem-I have no tower view. I placed the tower in AFCAD and gave it 200ft above the airport elevation. I can see part of the airport in tower view but it's about 1 mile away.It seems like FS2004 is over-riding the coordinates for the tower in AFCAD. Is there a part of one of the FS2004 configuration files that allows placement of the same coordinates I have in AFCAD?:-hmmm I tried finding a configuration entry but I can't find anything - maybe i…

Hey,I'm creating photorealistic scenery of the Tucson area (approx. 1,000 sq miles). However, the Tucson airport has an elevation change of over 100 feet from north to south, according to the charts... because of this, there is a big cliff at the end of the runway, and a depression at the other end as FS smooths it out to be nice and flat. Same with Davis-Monthan AFB. The other airport in the area is similarly affected, though not nearly as badly.Question is: is there any way to get FS to not do this? Has anyone tried? Or will I have to purchase X-Plane/wait for FS10?ThanksJohn Holden

I am not sure whether this is the best place to raise an AFCAD problem, but I am using Lee Brompton's excellent AFCAD for Nigel Grant's CYVR scenery. It works fine in FS but AFCAD 2.21 does not recognize this one airport (nor does FlightSim Comander). Given that Vancouver International is my base, I would appreciate any thoughts on how to overcome the problem.Peter Lowry

Sorry for the cross post - the group here is a little faster though! I'm trying to get sharp elevation changes in terrain (ocean cliffs/rocks) by using LWM flattens, but even though the flattens are almost touching, I'm only getting a 45 degree slope which is deforming the land, water or both. Looking for suggestions - could you guys check my other thread in the mesh design forum if you get a chance?http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...=2449&mode=fullThanks!sg

Howdy, I need to make some lighting for a hangar/shelter I'm working on in GMAX- however, after adding some lights and installing the shelter in flightsim the lights dont show up. any ideas??? anything could help...

Is there any good tool for creating a nighttime texture for scenery and buildings? And how would you do it in Fireworks/PSP?Thanks

Hi,I wonder if it's possibles to see my GMAX polygon or building in Aiport for Windows 2.6. I only can see it now by running FS.Of course I can make an API of a GMAX building, but that don't show the surface it really takes.Greetz. Jos

Hello Everyone,(Sorry if this is the wrong forum)JetBlast Creations, a recently formed freeware scenery design group, is looking for AFCAD and GMAX designers who have had experience in either area, and are proficient in doing so.We are aiming to provide extremely accurate and realistic FS2004 sceneries for airports that have not yet been covered by add-on developers, or poorly done by Microsoft. Airports we are hoping to design in the near future are Newcastle (YWLM), Sydney Kingsford-Smith (YSSY), Melbourne Tullamarine (YMML) or Melbourne Avalon (YMAV).If you are interested, drop me an e-mail to:[email protected] "JetBlast".Thanks,Blake

Hi guys,I just attached fence object to individual box to make a line of fence. It shows up in my FS as attached picture. But when I approch close to fence or swing my view to certain angle, the whole fence disappears!!Does anyone know the root cause about such situation? How can I solve this problem?THX!Rudolf

Greetings from the prairies of North Dakota!I am a "newbie" when it comes to adding sceneries to FS9. I recently downloaded an aircraft that has some extra scenery files bundled with it. According to the instructions I'm supposed to activate/add the sceneries via the scenery library manager. When I go to the FS9 options menu, there is no scenery library listed in the drop down box. I checked the Microsoft help file, and it too mentions the scenery library when adding scenery files....but I don't have the library. Also in the help file it says that if running WinXP (which I am, with Service Pack 2), that the administrator must give permission (or something like that) to ac…

Hi,I have a rather large 68 MB file (5590 x 4227) color bitmap I wanted to load into Photo Scenery Maker for a specific coverage area I'm interested in. When I select the file for use with summer only, the photo loads only for a second and then alternating grey and white vertical lines appear, moving slowly up the screen. It stops after a minute or so and the photo reappears. But if I move the scroll bar horizontally or vertically at all, the whole process repeats again with the annoying grey/white lines and I have to wait and wait and wait..... I basically can't do anything, and I often have to Ctrl-Alt-Del to stop the program.The only workaround I have is to split the p…

Hi PICs.See there, for a possible future tower, on the World Trade Center site:http://library.avsim.net/search.php?CatID=...&Go=Change+ViewBlue skies.

Hi allThis is my first attempt at a scenery addon so please be gentle with me. Its the new ATC tower at London's Heathrow airport. File is in the AVSIM library as dmk_egll_nt.zip. Enjoy !!All comments are welcomeBest regardsDouglas

Hi all: I am new to the forum. I am looking for assistance in adding on the plpv3 scenery. I have installed as prescribed, but have lost all runways,tarmacs, and their textures. How can I install without losing the runways,taxiways, and tarmac textures?drewsdad612

Okay, I've tried FSSC and SBuilder, but I don't have the time to devote to educating myself on their proper use. All I need to do is fix some coastlines and landclasses, and perhaps place a few static objects. I haven't tried designing scenery since FS98, and the program I used then was very easy. Anyone have an opinion on what the easiest to use scenery designer is out there? Thanks for your help---->Coach

Hi, Just click theses links to see some screenshots :DR221 in Mont Saint Michel FRANCE : http://virtual.planepictures.net/show.cgi?58072http://virtual.planepictures.net/show.cgi?58073http://virtual.planepictures.net/show.cgi?58074Maule in Courchevel and Meg

I've been working on a ground2k4 scenery- i've changed a coastline, added VTP2 polys, and some roads. The problem is that the roads do not show up in flight sim when I install the scenery. Everything else works out fine. Any ideas/suggestions?:-(

Hi Guys,I'm using SceneGenX to rework some taxiways at a default airport, i've excluded the default objects with an exclude area but i'm getting some strange effects with taxiways.. Observe!http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/123023.jpgAny idea's why those bits show through? Also, after I moved a runway a bit the taxiway curves that are calculated haven't moved - you can see that where i've highlighted at the bottom, and where the runways cross. How do I recalculate them? Hope that makes sense...Horgy/edit for spelling

Hi,Is it possible to have a nightlighted apron (xyz_LM.bmp / made with GMAX) + lines (in fact taxiways with nightlichting map) ?What I get is a dark line. Or is there another way to do it ?Greetz. Jos

HI allHow can I make a green transparent glass for use in my ATC tower.I am trying to get a green tint whilst still being about 50% transparent. Any help appreciated.Using FSDS V2Douglas

Hi,Made an API (from GMAX 1.2 with FSRegen /run FS2002) and use it with Airport for Windows 2.6. No problem.Coming to the fact that I can draw lines much easier than with FSSC and have more possibilities... I decided to use Airport for Windows 3. But a few problems occurs.1. The API's are showing up (in AFW 3), but I have the impression working in another dimension: when they are set on the right position, they are far from the spot you should expext. I cannot work under these condition, I have to trust my background image.2. When I test the lines (using this AFW 3): especially the hold short line... they appear right on the apron made with GMAX, but not elsewhere (other …

Hi all.When I complie my project Im loosing the water poly bgl (_3.bgl)I tried creating new projects around 2094 X 1437 and 8 MB as an example.I use satalite shots over a screen shot of the sim with a cell grid activated over the area. Reason for increasing the size was to be able to zoom in on my project without it looking like a giant checker board, thus alowing me the opertunity for greated detailing. My projects cover on average, a GRID of 3 across by 2 down.Its a rather small ground coverage in my projects.It seems when I compile the project I create all the necessary bgl,s except the Water poly _3.bgl.If I do a smaller area of coastal water and save, it creates it f…

I haven't posted to the forum for quite some time but have found a problem that I seem to recall reading about a while back. I have used AFW (Version 3 - build 192) to exclude airport buildings from a default airport I'm working on. I find that if I exclude the control tower, which has a rotating beacon on the roof, this excludes not only the control tower but the AFCAD runway and taxiways. All other buildings I can exclude with no problems. I seem to recall that it has something to do with the rotating beacon having an 'effect' attached to it. Does anyone have any recollection of this problem and/or possible cures for it.. Tony

Well, up until recently I've relied pretty much on using autogen trees for my scenery areas. These have worked marvelously to fill in large sections. However, now that I'm into placing my custom GMAX buildings, which are often riding on top of a large plane of high-res photo textured ground, I'm finding my autogen of all kinds doesn't pop up in those areas. That certainly isn't a surprise.When I began this project I started experimenting with lots of different ways to add in things such as freeware objects and trees and they look wonderful. I've got hot air ballons from Rwy12 flying over the valley, custom palm trees lining streets and suddenly, after deciding to rele…

I have been an FS nut since it became available on a 5.25" diskette, way back when.Being Maltese, I have always set up the simulator to default at Luqa airport (LMML) and I have Daniel Chircop's airport scenery for FS2004.I check out the main sites on a daily basis, hoping to find some decent scenery for the Maltese islands (MS default is truly awful) but although there seems to be scenery for every country under the sun (including some I have never hear of), Malta has been missed on all versions of FS to date.I have some mesh and landclass installed, and I suppose they do improve matters somewhat, but the general shape of the islands and the textures used are in desperat…