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Hi folks! Can someone tell me how fs9 can display more than two digits after the decimal point (shift Z) for more accurate placement of objects using FSSC. I usually place about 3 to 5 objects perfectly before I inport a background image for the alignment. Starting and re-starting the sim to check is a time consumming process.Thanks (chik)

Hello all,I am new to the forum and have a question regarding an add-on for the FS2002 sky. I have read through the AVSIM FS2002 Tribute and looked at all of the screenshots and have come across a much more realistic looking sky colour is some of them. Being a simmer of FS2002 and not FS2004 this is a wanted add-on as the FS2002 sky is very unrealistic compared to the much richer blue FS2004 one.I have attatched a collage of screenshots shown on the AVSIM FS2002 tribute to show you what I want. The large top picture has a much more realistic looking sky colour than the bottom ones (which are default FS2002). I have searched EVERYWHERE and I am completely unable to find an…

Ground2K4 V5.40 has been uploaded.See FS2004 utilities : Ground2K4_V540.zipMany thanks again ! to all who answer ground2K questions.Merry Christmas and happy new yearChristian

After successfully developing STAR approaches for KSEA using XML and BGLComp, I thought I'd try KSFO. I've done everything just the same, the XML files have compiled OK with BGLComp, I've placed them in the generic scenery folder, but the new approaches are not showing up on my GPS, as the KSEA ones did. The only thing I can think of is that I am using Jetways and Terminals ACOF for KSFO. However, I've tried removing this . . .still no success. I've tried placing the new BGL approach files in other folders such as AddOn Scenery/Scenery, and even in the Jetways & Terminals Scenery Folder ... still no success. I'm open to suggestions from any XML approach experts out th…

Hi all,I am having two problems that are probably very simple to solve but I have been incapable in doing so...1 - For one weird reason the Taxiwaylines do not appear in the sim. (they do appear in the FSSC)2 - The active a/c moves over the taxiways or the apron and it seems that it is taxiing on rough terrain because it is shaking and bouncig all over....also the 'splash' from the wheels can be seen...hope someone can help me....thankxxx!! Art

Folks, I am building a seaport terminal, which also includes a heliport. There are many custom objects, which sit on a big slab which represents the parking area and large docks. All created with Gmax.Overall it looks ok, but there are some functional problems. See screenshot attached.1. When slewing it is possible to move below the surface of the slab. I want movement limited so you cannot go below the surface.2. The heliport has its own min-AFCAD. To ensure that aircraft look like they are on the surface of the slab, its altitude is the same as the top of the slab. However that affects object placement, as the AFCAD raises the ground level under it.3. As the docks…

Oups! Sorry. I posted this to the wrong forum!! Hi! For months, a friend and I use to fly mutiplayer once or twice a week through an FSHost site we meet at. For unknown reasons, the last time we tryed to join, he was unable to log its FS9 to multiplayer although he could into FSNav we both use. He could see me in its FSNav screen but could not see himself nor could I see him in my own FSNav screen. Besides, while theoricaly logged in FS9, he could not make the chat screen to appear after pressing 'return' key which is a supplementary 'proof' he is not logged at all.Since, he has delete and reinstalled FS9 an FSNav with no joy it seams. Tomorrow we should meet and will be …

Hello. First, i would like to introduce myslef, my name is Shane and I just recently joined the forums. I am currently in the process of creating a VA and I was wondering if someone could provide me with a hangar for my VA. Nothing complicated, I would just like a open hangar with the name of my VA on the top of it and just to be added to the VA's hub. I would like the hangar to be able to hold around 5 aircaft the size of a King Air or so. I would thank you in the VA's website and give a link to your webpage or email address if you would like. Thank you.

Hi everyone,Okay, I've installed Lennart's Norway ground textures by creating a separate folder called 'NorthEurope' containing the FS9 defaults + Lennart's new seasonal textures. This is placed in the SceneryWorld folder ready to be renamed to 'texture' as and when appropriate.I went for a flight at LOD9 (76m) and saw what I am assuming to be redesigned shorelines around existing shores, but no textures filling in between the old and the new:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/101393.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/101394.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/101395.jpgI have confirmed that this probably has nothing to do with Lennart's new texture sets as these lin…

Hi again,Using exactly the same Runway SCASM command for both FS2002 and FS2004, when the runway is displayed in FS2004, the rabbit lights strobes are NOT visible. They are visible in FS2002!Any ideas?Thanks.George DorkofikisAthens, Greece

Hello Members.Does anyone have an E-Mail address for Toni that actually works. If you do a google search for him, he gives an address, but you try and actually send him one. It comes back in Spanish (Naturally) undelivered.I've tried 2 or 3 addresses from his past scenery files, but all of them come back undelivered.There doesn't seem much point making oneself available for comment (good or bad) if the E-Mails keep being rejected.Best RgdsPaul JenningsUK

Howdy Everyone,I downloaded and installed ExcBuilder 2.0 but every time I attempt to start the program, I get a message that MSSTDFMT.DLL must be installed on my computer. I downloaded this file and have placed it in Windows, WindowsSystem, WindowsSystem32 and the ExcBuilder folder, one folder at a time, but still keep getting the message that the DLL file must be installed. Can someone tell me where MSSTDFMT.DLL should be installed?Wil Husted

I am new to scenery creation and need help removing the existing control tower from KVNY so I can replace it with the one I'm creating in FS Design Studio Pro.Any thoughts?AFCAD won't evidently do it yet.Thanks.

When I do that exclusion tool in my scenery.cfg file, it removes everything including my airport. I only want trees and houses removed.

When building parking places in AFCAD, I connect the taxiways to the parking spots but the parking spots are in the grass. How do I fix this?Anthony

Could someone please explain how I might achieve a ripple effect using fx_1.bmp? I have tried the following but nothing shows:George[Emitter.4]Lifetime=300.0, 300.0Delay=0.0, 0.0Bounce=0.00Rate=400.00, 500.00X Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Y Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Z Emitter Velocity=0.00, 0.00Drag=0.00, 0.00X Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00Y Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00Z Particle Velocity=0.00, 0.00X Rotation=0.00, 0.00Y Rotation=0.00, 0.00Z Rotation=0.00, 0.00X Offset=0.00, 0.00Y Offset=0.00, 0.00Z Offset=0.00, 0.00Pitch=0.00, 0.00Bank=0.00, 0.00Heading=0.00, 0.00[Particle.4]Lifetime=0.50, 1.30Type=19X Scale=0.10, 0.10Y Scale=0.00, 0.00Z Scale=0.10, 0.10X Scale Rate=0.20, …

What program would I use to remodel an airport? I want to make new taxiways, and hangars and more parking places at a certain airport for a virtual airline.

I have scoured very many postings and without success.I am trying to use ground2k4. I've printed out Ground2k4 for Beginner's tutorial and still I can't get my island to show up.I managed to get my coastline to appear with SBuilder but fell there at the same stumbling block!When is an island near land or not? It is the bit about putting landclasses at the corners of (or completely filling) an all encompasing polygon when the island is a long way from land. I presume that when an island is near land it is undercovered by the nearby land mass?I have used a screenshot of an island, I made a long time ago with Airport for Windows, as a backgound map. I then drew my…

On a recent project while using TCalc, I noticed what appear to be terrain description files with long numbers and *.bmp extension in the lower part of the pane. I assume these relate to *.agn, and landclass etc., for that particular cell. Upon searching for them, none shows up of course, so I pose a stupid question: where or how _do_ they originate?

I just had a conflict Yesterday because one author recommended that his library be placed in the FS9scenerygenericscenery folder. I have Arnos trees library and 2 more in the FS9sceneryworldscenery folder and they work fine. I don't know what the other library was doing but I sure got a crash. I moved it from the FS9scenerygenericscenery folder to the FS9sceneryworldscenery folder and all was fine.I think we need to decide where these librarys need to go and place all of them there. It seems this is simular to the landclass problems last year.How about you Guru's decide where to put them and lets all recommend that place. The worldscenery folder seems to be fine.Joe W.

Hi all! I used to know this, but have LOOOONG since forgotten how. How do I make a macro show in some seasons, but not in others? I want to place some boats in the water, but not have them there in the winter. Thanks for any help. :)Don Moser

Hi,I've been using AFCAD2 by Lee Swordy a lot lately (It's habit forming) and the list of airports(in ICAO code)under the Files Menu in AFCAD keeps increasing - even if I delete an airport in AFCAD and FS2004. I've tried to find a way to delete these old airport codes from the list but have not been able to.:-hmmm Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.Tom - Happy Holidays!

When Microsoft defines a river course through a city with complex terrain, it often gets it wrong and as a result, one can sometimes see an ugly gash cutting through the wrong part of a custom photoreal image. I will fix this with many, many hours of tedious work using Ground2k (a marvelous tool). However, since I have FSGenesis custom terrain, I thought I could run this mesh at a higher priority,(1) than my photoreal scenery, (2) and the custom mesh would effectively override the lower priority default river course errors in the FS9 terrain. It doesn

Hey modelers, thinking of what to create in 2005? Maybe this will get your juices flowing. Go to www.MileHighProductions.ahost4free.com and download "Project Nine Dragons". Working on drumming up some interest. The video will explain all.Happy Holidaze,pony

Hello,I've just had a strange experience with Gmax:One of my hangars is shown with flipped polys in FS9 after converted from Gmax. In Gmax it looks totally normal, but in FS9 everything is flipped and I don't know why (this is maybe my Gmax object #200 or so). I didn't do anything special.Well, then I tried to flip all the polys in Gmax, but after that all the shadowed parts of the objects look like a mirror in flightsim (roof is dark, while the shadow side is bright etc.).Has anyone had had that experience before and knows a solution for it?Best regards,Sascha