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Hi all,i have create an XML File, that look's up to the file: "kasten_0.asm".But the BGLCOMP for FS9 tells me about a bad syntax.Here is my code:<?xml version="1.0"?>

Has anyone tried an exclude with the BGL Compiler?I tried;<?xml version="1.0"?>but it doesn't like the syntax..boneshttp://fsaviation.net

Hi there,on my new building are many new lights called: light_nav & light_strobe.All Ok, the lights are working at night, but also at day.How can i tell Gmax to switch of the lights on day?Or do I need another compiler?Thanks in frontOlli

I'm deisgning a building using Gmax. I'm not sure if the LOD section is working properly because I can't see the building change it's appearnce as I move away from the object.This is what I've done.Make 3 objects each more complex thtn the other.Named them building_LOD_100 building _LOD_50 etc.Saved them all as Gmax files.Openned the most complex eg building_LOD_100 and exported it.Type in the lat and longtitude.Viewed the object in fs. All looks ok but I don't know if the building is becomming simpler as I move away from the object. i guess this is the whole idea of it, but how to do actually test to see if it works.Before typing in the lat and long coordinates do I need…

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimul...wnloads_sdk.aspJust found this, another piece.Regards,Siggy

Hello,After a long time again I tried to create my own photorealistic ground scenery. This time only for a small area. The problem I've got now is, that the textues compiled be resample.exe are grey.The worring about it is that the textures itself in a picture viewer look fine but FS9 shows them grey.My inf-file looks like this:;; Hamburg.inf;[Destination] DestDir = "." DestBaseFileName = "hamburg" BuildSeasons = 1 UseSourceDimensions = 1[source] Type = Custom SourceDir = "." SourceFile = "niagara_falls.bmp" Lat = 53.580321656000 Lon = 9.902344088000 NumOfCellsPerLine = 768 NumOfLines = 1024 CellXdimensionDeg = 0.000047540570 CellYdimensionDeg = 0.00002817…

Chris;Any good news on a beta before Christmas? I have been keeping close tabs here, but havent seen any new news.Seasons Greetings;Richard;

Hi AllI have now been trying for months to get the white/green rotating beacon to work in new addon scenery. This is now possible with the release of the BGLComp SDK, but XML is new to me and I gan't get the code to compile.Will someone please point out my mistakes in this code??<?xml version="1.0"?>Thank you in advanceJohan

Dear All,How are you?Recently, I am building the Dam in Hong Kong. I have some problem about the water surface area which near the Dam of inside the reservoir. I set the water level of the reservoir higer than the sea, but there are slop transition area which I don't want. How to remove it?It would be clear that I send you a picture, wish you could understand what happen.I think that it would be the FS problem. Ijust want to know that do you have any progamme function can remove the slop on the gab which between two water level. I create the scenery by FSSC.Thanks!Virtual Government Flying ServiceGordon Lee http://groups.msn.com/virtualgfs

Specifically, I'd like to find out where the carrier off the Hawaiian coast is in the FS2002 scenery files and copy that to FS2004. Any ideas on how to find out where it is?

Hello, I'm trying to build my own airfield outside of Bozeman, but I'm having a heck of a time trying to get the runway flush with the terrain. I tried finding a flat space to place the runway, but still, the runway floats about 3 or so feet off the ground. Is there anyway to make it sit flush? Am I missing something? Thanks. Ty89m

Hi all,so now, on my new building the lights will work (Gmax) - thanks to bob and arno.My next question: i have navlights and also red and white flashlights at the wall. In real, the "strobes" flashed a little slower then the lights in the scenery.Is there any chance to change the timerate of flashing?Thanks in frontOlli

I noticed there's new gates open at IAH. Anyone planning to do IAH for FS2002/2004?

Hi all.TDFMacros.inc has been updated with the the addition of FS9 code, and validated as 12/17/03. TDFHeaders.inc is unchanged, but is also validated as 12/17/03.The files are backwardly compatible through CFS2, FS2002 and FS9.Many thanks to Jim Keir, Christian Stock, and Christian Fumey... as well as the MSFS Design team.http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID...04sd&DLID=40952Dick

Hi designersHas anyone nutted the way to make a turbulence bglwith the info in the SDK .I've been trying for hoursthe Ridge_Lift is straight forwardbut I'm stumped on UNIDIRECTIONAL_TURBULENCEandDIRECTIONAL_TURBULENCEAnyone got it worked out yet?I know its early days yet but Im itching to customize turbulance around our diverse New Zealand terrainie Fly down a gorge or Valley and on Exciting the former to be hit with localzed turbulance would really make for some better VFR BushexperienceThanks allCheersGreg

Dear All:Is possible to exclude or delete the default ILS freq to use our custom aiport ILS using the new BGLcomp XML?Is Fs2004 the ILS frequencies can't be excluded with SCASM exclude files?If it's possible, what XML tag i must to use for delete the default ILS frequency.Thanks.Alfredo Mendiola LoyolaLima Peru

What is the system used for having snow show up on runways in FS2004 ?I currently have an asphalt.r8 file for my runway texture. Would editing this and saving as asphalt_WI.r8 do the trick ? Using FSSC latest version.Thanks

Hi,As you probably know, FS9 is missing many bridges. It has really affected my enjoyment of the the sim. I would like to add a few bridges and tunnels. I have looked at a couple utilities, but have not found anything that easily accomplishes this task. I don't really see myself doing any other design work. Can anyone recommend some fairly simple software for this purpose? Thank you.Craig J.J. Snyder

Very nice program and it is easy to use. I've gotten pretty far on my own but was wondering how to merge an afcad2 layout. Also, what is the process to output to FS9?Thanks in advancejja

Hi all,i'm really at the end. I want to create a simple light to my building. A simple red light as a'n "obstruction warninglight" but, whatever i did, nothing, really nothing work's. So let me describe what i have done:First of all, i created a 2D Objekt- a simple treangle. All of the "Splines" are closed. The name of the objekt is: "light_nav_1"The next step is to convert my objekt (really a small objekt, smaller than a quarter of a'n meter) into a'n "editable Mesh".For the next time, i move to the "Material Editor" and select a "Standard material". The material name is: "light_nav". Yet i click on the "Diffuse Color Box", turning the color to red (255,0,0) closing the …

In a separate thread, our friend Joerg asks about static aircraft to populate his latest scenery.In my humble opinion, this has been a sadly neglected area of late, although Jean de Langristin has done some good macros. Since the introduction of AI traffic, we have mostly been concentrating on low-poly AI aircraft and AFCAD etc. This adds wonderful, realistic, aircraft movements to the FS world and populates the aprons etc. of our airfields with a aircraft. But there is still a need for simple statics to represent all those hundreds of other aircraft parked around our airfields. Even with AI, the most strikingly unrealistic feature of FS airfields (which are otherwise…

Hi!Does FSSC work with FS2004/09?And EOD? Does it work?Regards Geir

I would like to thank the following who provided the software which enabled me to attempt to provide a solution to the incorrect placement of the lakes in the English Lake District and to fill the lakes in the VFR scenery with water.Jim Keir for LWMViewer which allowed removal of the default flattens/lake outlines.Steve Greenwood for FSTflatten which allowed me to create accurate lake outline flattens.Luis Filiz-Tirado for suggesting the alpha mask method.Richard Ludowise for Tcalc2004 which identified the required scenery textures.Martin Wright for DXTBmp and Tview which allowed me to create the alpha masks.Here are a few shots of the work in progress. The first two are …

I've made a scenery with Ground2k4 and am facing the same problem as described in a former post (http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=123&topic_id=14531&mode=full)To describe it shortly: after creating a scenery in Ground2k4, all my VTP2 polies have a city night texture. Therefore my fields and forests seem to be lightened from inside. You can see a screenshot of night and day at http://home.debitel.net/user/steschaefer/temp/ (the link at the bottom of the page leads to a larger view).In the thread above, "rhumbaflappy" has identified a certain polygon which caused the trouble. Therefore I would like to ask you if there is a way to identify …

Greetings everyone,I'm new here and to FS scenery design. I already am using FSSC, but I would like to know if anyone here would recommend a specific program for desiging API macros. I'm using EOD, but am getting mad at some of its limitations. Can I use GMax? Thanks everyone!-Sam Hawks