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Hi,On this subject the MS Terrain SDK docs refer to fans and stripes! I wonder if someone with experience in geometrical computation could point me out to some reading where I could get some insight on these terms.As far as I could test, FS takes convex LWM polygons OK as far as the sides of the polygons do not cross one other. On the contrary concave VTP2 do not seem correct.Kind Regards, Luis

Another question from me :)Is it possible to make a runway with yellow markings without making the shadow from the planes go under the markings?Thanks, Stian

HiI've got a problem using BGLC.EXE. If I take the HP954180.BGL and in LWMViewer export it as source to HP954180.BGS I can of course read this sourcefile in Notepad. But I'm not able to compile it again with BGLC.EXE. I've got the two INC-files TDFHeaders.INC and TDFMacros.INC in my folder. RegardsLars

I created a rather long object for FS2002. It was a course of gates in the sky about 14 miles long. In GMAX I laid out the gates as I wanted them and them I attached them so they formed one object. When I fly about half way through, the whole thing just disappears! Is there a size limit for objects? Its odd...I can see the whole course in the distance, but when I pass a certain point it disappears into thin air. When I go into slew mode and back up, it all reappears. But when I go forward again, it vanishes. I posted this question in another forum but the reply was beyond my level of knowledge. I was told to "calculate the correct value of V2, and insert it in your callin…

Hi all...is it possible to set the makemdl options within gmax???what I mean is that for instance can I specify the lat and long plus the heading as it used to be possible in the previous versions of it...now it only self start working without any time for me to input data...cheersrgc

I'd like to do a basic GMMX but am having a lot of trouble finding photos and other source material. I've searched the web and have found very little. Could anyone point me in the direction of such material? Many thanks

Hiya All!Well I am in beta testing for my Doolittle Raid scenery for FS9.One of the beta testers asked me if it was possible to land and take off with crashes enabled.I have been using the new SDK's and noted the AttachTool document which speaks of removing crash boxes.Well I made a platform which of course adds the /NOCRASH tag.Also tagged my original flight deck no crash.Also I have detached the upper hull near the flight deck and tagged that /NOCRASH.Still if I have crash enabled.. as soon as the flight begins... BOOOM! Building crash :-( I have looked at others carriers and with crash enabled they are fine... even though you can drive thru the island.Are the crash bo…

Hi, I'm getting along pretty good with the Crawford (99V) Airport in Western Colorado USA "modernization". I have a nunber of buildings, a reservoir and an airport pond just about ready. THe water will be no problem because its LWM and CTP stuff. However the buildings were made with Gmax and the resulting models for FS2004 have GUIDs for the objects. I understand that Windows assigns these unique GUID values which means that my copy of windows knows what they mean. Can I upload only the BGLs or do I have to send one or more XMLs that have multiple objects in them along with all of the MDLS to allow recompile by any other users. The project has a few BGLs that I know can…

HelloDoes anybody know how to avoid that water is clinging to the more or less vertical cliffs of my coastline - like on this picture?http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/68370.jpgKind RegardsLars

Hi everyone,I've a little problem with my taxiway lights. One some parts of the taxiway, there's no lights, and on the other parts they show up correctly (see the attached picture). How can I fix this? I'm using FS Scenery Creator.

I'm so sorry to ask this...as it may be answered many times before....but soes anyone knows of a tutorial on how Guids work with gmax...how can i design an airport and use f

Forgive mabe a dumb question, or one which has already been asked,but is it possible to create api macros to call objects in the new style xml libraries to use them in programs such as FSSC.Thanksgeoff

Hi FS designers!I have redrawn an island in Ground2K4. The default was not in exactly the right place. But the problem is that after redrawing the island there is some missing land along my new coastline. My procedure has been as follows:1. Make a watermask around the island to cover the default island2. Make a new coastline choosing Poly with shore and LWM = Land /Witdh=64/Layer=323. Exclude the old coastline, roads etc with the "Exclude" function in Ground2K44. Then I tried p

Hi, super-newbie here :)I was wondering, is there a way of excluding objects and buildings made with SCASM?Thanks, Stian

Gentlemen,I am finally working at migrating from FSDS to GMAX. Object creation and texture placement is coming along. I am having trouble with the MakeMDL use and am looking for a tutorial that can lead me through the process and plugins to use GMAX reference XML and API use. Please be gentle. This is all greek to me so far.Mike Eppright

I have searched the forums for entries on invisible building crashes (IBC) but have found little, yet I know people elsewhere are experiencing these. I am experiencing the ICB at 4 addon airports Malta (Daniel Chircop); Incheon (Yunjin Lee); Johannesburg (Johan van Wyk); and lately at Castlegar (Vern Opperman). An example of an IBC when an aircraft moving or stationary, is on the apron near the terminal, a building crash occurs, particularly if in spot view when panning, and there has been no visible contact with the building.I had extensive messaging with Daniel Chircop but he could not duplicate any IBC

All,This may sound like a loaded question but I am fairly new at this. I have searched this forum and not found out exactly what I need to know...I work with another designer who makes most of his scenery using Airport 2.60 and quite a few API macros. The problem is that most of the scenery we make is pretty hard on the framerates. With my 2.8 gig P4 when I approach the scenery I get terrible stutters and a large drop in framerate.Are there any good tricks to making this scenery more framerate friendly? For instance, would converting the bitmaps used to another format help?Most of out scenery is designed to be used with FS2004 but we would like it to be compatible with FS…

Hi, I should like to use the carriers in "All ArrCab Carriers" as starting/destination airports in my flight plans for FS2002. Actually I get them only in GPS. I didn't find any "how to". Could you help me? Thanks.

It seems that I got a bit behind, and I'm catching up with VTP lines :)I missed the discussion about hook ends on VTP lines involving at least Edgar and Dick (Edgar sent me a pm).I had a bit of a snoop yesterday, and came to the following conclusion:FS2004 default data doesn't seem to use hooks. Loading the data into TMFViewer can give the impression of hooks, but I don't think they are real. For one, the lines start from (and ends at) one edge and then go into the middle, which gives a 'hook' impression. However, looking at decompiled data itself, I couldn't really make out a hook pattern. (Then agian I only examined 5 roads or so).What is happening is that most lines ar…

Hello everybody!I have redrawn an island in Ground2K4. The default was not in exactly the right place. But the problem is that after redrawing the island there is some land missing behind my new coastline. My procedure has been as follows:1. Make a watermask around the island to cover the default island2. Make a new coastline choosing "Poly with shore" and LWM = Land /Witdh=64/Layer=323. Exclude the old coastline, roads etc with the "Exclude" function in Ground2K44. Selected the Land Class function in Ground2K and tried with the Rock texure (no 130). And remembered to get the LCxxxx.BGL file in my folder too! http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/68191.jpgYou can see my isla…

I live on the gulf coast and there is a scenery that would do great for me for a helicopter shore base. The question is how do I change the coordinates only to have a copy made at my new location and what is the procedure and what program do I use Thanks ahead of time

Does anyone know how, or if it's possible, to export or convert objects made in GMAX to either VRML, DXF or 3DS?I'd like to make some simple models in gmax (since I'm already familiar with it) and put them into a format that we can import into one of our custom applications at work.Alternately, can anyone suggest a free 3D drawing program that can save/export to any of those formats? It only needs to be able to do very basic 3D drawing.any comments or suggestions appreciatedthanksAndrew

hi, i've started working with ground2k some time ago, and i'm getting addicted. It's outstanding, even if it's a little buggy:-( I'm working on a cost scenery, several kms long. My procedure is this : draw my coastline, pay attention to check land on right or left as i design it, then follow that line with exclude square, then fill all the area where the coastline passes with fill with land features. The results is that in some spot everything is ok, in some other spot i've full water ( and flatten) areas, in some other i've full water and meshed areas ( you can see elevations on it), in other i've full ground areas ( as the coastline didn't do what it has to do ). Have …

Happy Spring!I have created a jetway that I want to use to populate airports that dont have them. Can I use same object id in my XML code, or do I need to create separate objects of the same jetway, and create separate .bgl files. I thought I had read that it was possible, but cant find the post.ThanksDave

In my never-ending quest to create sloping runways, I am now experimenting with using really flat objects to create runways.I used LWMPoly3 to create a sloping area that is "almost" smooth. I am using FSSC to create the airport. Because the "stock" runways demand a flat (non-sloping) surface, I tried using taxiways to create runways, but kept getting "tears" in the surface (even using a lot of points). I also tried painting runways on the terrain, but it was just too fuzzy at ground level.So I am experimenting with using APIs created from FSDS "runway-shaped" objects. I adjust the height of the object, so that when placed using FSSC, it barely projects above the surfa…