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Hi all.I've been able to make a Gmaxed invisible 20 meter helipad that is a Library object... and can be XML-placed anywhere over the planet to provide a hard landable surface:http://www.flatface.net/~rhumba/Zips/20MeterPlatform.zipIn the above zip, I have all the sourcecode, the Library BGL ( best placed in "C:Program FilesMicrosoft GamesFlight Simulator 9SceneryGenericscenery" ), an example placement XML and BGL, and the gmax file, as well as BGLC_9.exe to compile FS9 MDL files ( just drag'n'drop the ASM file onto the icon, and then rename the extension to .MDLThe gmaxed pad is an attached platform... but there is no material assigned to the object ( a plane ) it is att…

I have searched this forum and others for any reference to the use of sounds in Gmax, but no luck at all.Thanks to Arno's CAT program it is now very easy to make hangers with opening doors (thank you Arno, the old editing method was so tricky I had almost given up!).I noticed that there is a sound option in Gmax, so now (in Gmax anyway) I can have my rusty old hanger doors open with a grating, grinding noise. (Go to Graph Editors>Track View>Open Track View and select sounds)How to get this to work in FS?As an alternative to Gmax I tried Peter Dowsons esound.dll but I don't think it works with scenery.Any ideas?Geoff

hi: I have downloaded some objects from this files library,because of it looks quite good, and I use SceneGenX. The problem is all of this files are .API or other extension name, they r used in AFW3.0, how can i use them in SceneGenX with XML? thanks

Im using Novasim to creat macros, and sometimes these macros dissapear once Im in FS.I don't know why this is happening but some just appear if I move from place to place.Anyone had the same problem?Regards,Ricardo

I disassembled a default airport flatten file with LWMViewer, and got:LWMAreaDrawPolygons 1, _Flatten_, 1, x, yinstead of the expected:LWMAreaDrawPolygons 1, _Transparent_, 1, x, ywhere _Flatten_ EQU 2_Transparent_ EQU 3does anyone know what the significance of this is?scott s..

Hello, i want to use the FS9 default NDB shack and dipole antenna in FSSC. i see that the tophat NDB antenna has been included in a pack of autogen macros on avsim...can anyone tell me how to use the other NDB shack?THanks in advanceThomas

Hi everyone,I've been trying to get the photo scenery option working in SBuilder and not having much luck... If anyone has time to type some step-by-step help that would be great!Here's what I've done so far...1. Click "Map" button, click in my scenery project, pick the map bitmap image, calibrate. All of this goes good.At this point, I'm not sure...2. Click "Photo" button? Photo Properties window pops up... (what's this for?) I'll stop describing what I've tried from here because it seems I've tried different combinations of things and get everything from Run-time errors (crashing the program) to nothing compiling.Again any help would be great. Thanks Luis for this…

Ok I have Holgers draft tutorial for editing bgl's I have removed the North Saskatchewan river for one area. When I view the bgl I can see that the water and shore lines are gone. But when I fly over the area the river is still there Any suggestions?? I removed the appropriate default bgl from the NAMW scenery folder and added the "new" one without the river in a new folder which I activated through the library.

I have searched everywhere for a small re-fuelling point Macro. The airfield I am putting together has got just a single pump with a reel of hose (I can here you all say wow!) If anyone can point me in a direction I would really appreciate it.Thanks

Hello!Due to some action I don't remember I've created an box in GMax that seems to be undeletable. I want to delete that box that I've created somehow by accident but it isn't possible to select it by mouse and it also isn't shown in the object list.This object is definetely no part of all the objects in the object list of that file, but the problem is that MakeMDL converts it too.Every help is greatly appreciated.Sasahttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/82554.jpg

I am having a few problems using these tools.To start, Airport 3.0. Should I be using this tool primarily? A lot of macros are now in XML, or MDL files. Anyway, when I try compiling, I get a message that says error compiling _exclude.bgl. What do I need to do to fix this?With SceneGenX, I am trying to install XML macros, but dont know where to put the actual image stuff. Do I just manually do the XML code? Or is there a way to effectively use them by putting in 3D objects.Also, with both of these, when I compile and install, I dont see any changes. The only chages to the actual airport scenery I have seen thusfar are with AFCAD2.21.Anyway, any help would be appreciated. I…

Hi all,I am using Ground2K4 to do a WW2 airbase for FS9. I wish to place concrete roads w/o night lighting, throughout the base. I have compiled with the night light box unchecked and they are still lit. Is there a way to keep the roads from being lit up at night? Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.Best regards,Joe

for some reason unknown to me I can't get this to work, I need a generic beaco for my airport, can someone please help. I can get the tower to show, but that's it.<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

Hi all: I am currently trying to setup a pretty realistic Boeing 747 cockpit environment. This entails being able to simultaneously view both the Captain and First Officer instrument panels. Solution? Multiple-monitors with a Captain panel on one and a First Officer panel on the other. Problem --- a ferocious frame-rate hit. The panels themselves are no "Biggie" but the respective outside view windows are real killers. My "screaming" 3.4 Ghz computer (with all sliders turned off) can generate upwards of 40 frames per second. But with an outside view window created on a second monitor that FPS drops down to around 7.5. NOT good. Anyone got a satisfactory answer fo…

HiI usually get rid of the auto gen using excbuilderv2 and it worked fine. Then i needed to reinstall fs (cauz i messed up my ai traiifc and to clear all the rubbish i had in there) and now when i try to use excbuilderv2 i get a error saying that the file MSSTDFMT.DLL is missing. Does anyone know where to get this or how i might of had it in the 1st place?Thanks!

Hi to all,I have recently been experimenting with Ground2k4 and love the possibilities. I have run into a snag: I wish to change a crop area to grass. But when I go to compile, I get an error message written in French although I have English option chosen.(see pic) What does the message say,(i have an idea it has to do with resample .exe) and what do I do to correct the problem? Any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance.Regards,Joe

Hi,I have completed a modification of a Cell (LOD8 cell 397x77) northeast of Alesund airport Vigra on the vest coast of Norway. I

hello there: I am using jetways2 to add some boarding bridges during SceneGenx, but it is so unconveniently to put the bridges to a nice position that fit the building. every time i do is get in fs2004 and take a aircraft to the position i want, then record the datas, back to SceneGenx, put the bridge to that position, back to fs2004 have look first, then switch to SceneGenx again, until it looks correctly.is there any tips can do the little-adjustment for a 3-d object? thankx

I was wondering how you make Gmax scenery time specific for a period. Say I want a scenery to change appearance between October 1999 and April 2002, where upon it would change, and then it would change in June 2003. How can I do that?

Is there a way to make usa roads show up on top of a photo real ground texture, I tried moving usa roads to the top of the list but that didn't work.Allen

HI, all: If I make a 3-D object from GMAX, how to make it available from the object library so I can load or use it from SceneGenx? thanx

won't open the regular way. A project over a year in the making won't open tonight. I'm trying to find a way around losing the work.the error message is one of those helpful ones:"File open failed"Bob B

Does this "really" mean dynamic weather, as the SDK.docsays is possible?It looks pretty cool with the Graphical interface an all.May even give it a try myself. :-bla

I am new to scenery builder and am trying to work out how to lay photoreal terrain with the alpha map to merge into the surrounding default terrain.I can get the photobitmap slices and bgl to generate, and show up in FS9, but where are the alpha bitmaps?For my test project, I create two folders in the scenery builder

Hi everyone,I recently took off from Aswan airport in Egypt and wanted to see whether MS has both the lower and the upper dam on the Nile. The result was disappointing: instead of the high dam, there is a stupid bridge crossing the Nile (The lower dam is missing completely). My question is:- what is the best way to remove that bridge?- what would be the best technique so make both dams? The lower one is a concrete & stone construction, so I could try to make it a gmax building, but how to fit that into the valley between two bodies of water which must have a different elevation, and the higher ground to the sides of the valley?The upper dam is one of those large earth…