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Hi guys!I've been messing around with custom photo-real textures and everything has been going great. But for some reason there seems to be a thin black line about 1 pixel in width around the entire border of the area covered by my custom textures. I hope that someone has some ideas about what is going on and if there is a way to fix it. it's not a real big problem, but it would be nice to find a fix for it. My bitmap file is 2048x3072 in size and below is the .INF file I created[Destination] DestDir = "C:Majestic12Top SecretArea 51custom textures" DestBaseFileName = "groom_lake" UseSourceDimensions = 1 BuildSeasons = 1 [source] Type = Custom SourceDir = "C:Ma…

Hi,Little trick I've tried and that works. If you set up an ATIS at different airfields, but that use the same freq, as long as the broadcasts are within range they will be broadcast in order. So you can set up a number of airfields on one freqs to save changing all the time.London has a ATIS on 128.60 giving out various UK fields. I set up three (one each for Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted) and they were transmitted in turn and then the tape started over again.Be aware you can't put the ATIS at an airfield and then use a different ICAO code from that airfield. You have to place the ATIS at each airfield you want the broadcast to use. Lastly if you are on the ground you w…

Anyone wanting a copy of the New River Gorge Bridge please email me at [email protected]. I had posted a message that I have been unsucessful at trying to upload the file, and had asked if someone would try but no offers. The bridge was made by Daniel Greenwwood of NZ.,with photograqphs and data I had supplied him. There is no hard surface to the bridge, and he did not know a way to get the autogen trees back in the bridge. The New River Gorge Bridge at the time of construction in 1977 was the longest single arch construction in the World. We have a bridge day the third Saturday of October. The South bound lanes are closed to allow wisitors to walk its 3,030 ft l…

After looking at Lee Swordy's wonderful AFCAD for FS2004, it is apparent that some people already have their hands on the new SDK. I looked at the file format of the new BGL files. And, as Christian mentioned previously, the format appears to have completely changed. Even the header has changed, making it just about impossible for us anxious developers to crack it any further.Since FS2004 is somewhat backward compatible, there must be 3 supported BGL header file formats now.I am now starting to wonder if there is a beta-test list for the new SDK. If so, I wonder who we contact ?With no word from Microsoft, we may be looking at days, weeks, or even months for the SDK.…

Hi i want to start a scenery group where we design scenery and if its worth to be payware you will be paid. I am not a designer but i want to organize this and promote it. I want to assemble a great team of designers. I want to design for FS2002 and FS2004. I want our group to design scenery, airport scenery, and aircraft. If anyones interested please respond or email me at [email protected]

Hello All,I am an avid FS2002 user and would like to build up the detail of the NY area GA airports. Megascenery will be coming out with photorealistic scenery for the NY area in November and I think it would be nice to compliment this new scenery with more realistic GA airports. I am a web developer by trade and have worked with apps such as "airport for FS". I am good with photoshop and also messed around with some 3d apps. What I am looking for are some people that would be willing to help with this endeavor. If you have any experience in designing scenery or are willing to help in some way let me know. I plan to set up website if I get enough people to coordinate reso…

Hi allDoes anyone know if it is possible to remove the default taxiway and runway signs. I am constructing an airport from scratch using FSSC and can exclude everything but the signs...any help is much appreciated.regardsDaryl

Now, I've got some programs like AFD, EOD, and so on. I've been trying to find info, but haven't found any. Can anyone point me in the right direction for scenery design? I know pretty much nothing.

Hi allAnother question for you.I've taken a screenshot from fs2002.What i must to do to get from my bitmap a resolution of 1m/pixel. It's possible to do it with PSP (If so how to ?) or i need another tool ?Thanks for your suggestionRoberto

Seems I have "tweaked" the default photo ground texture out of existance! I tried to reinstall the textures from the cd but still don't have it, any ideas?

Daniel Greenwood had emailed me the New River Gorge Bridge, in Fayette County. After some time he has answered my email saying I could upload the file. At the time of construction, 1977, it was the Worlds Longest Single Arch Construction bridge, it might still be. On the third Saturday of October each year, they have Bridge Day, closing the South bound lanes to allow for visitors to walk it's extent, and you might see up to, or over 100 parachutists take the plunge 876 feet to the New River. While he never found how to make the surface HARD, or fix a problem with regen trees not showing up, he said I could upload it. The problem is I have tried over ten times to compleat…

Hello Everyone,I'm currently working on Kvernberget Airport, Kristiansund, Norway using Norwegian Airports version 8.My problem here is that all the planes are below the tarmac - the best I can get is a Braathens B737 tailfin protruding through! I've looked at the help file and it seems I can adjust the altitude of the airport at the "Airport Reference Point" or the runway altitude. I did this but it had no effect. Can anyone help here?

Howdy,Am searching for a particular scenery macro I once had installed (and of course, I failed to keep a backup :-( ). It is of a rusty 44(?) gallon fuel drum/barrel; I have no idea who the author was or the zip file name. Anyone know where I might be able to find a copy? Naturally, I have searched through both the AvSim and FlightSim libraries to no avail, as well as doing a Google search. :-hmmm Sure got me beat where I originally found it. :-hmmmTIA.

Please help, I am stuck here.I am trying to use some of my FS2002 macros as they all work perfect in FS2002.In FS9 however, some do not show the transparency but either show a white or a black color.Please look at the picture Notice the people I made are perfect. The kerosene pot, the ferry, and the menur pile are not. They are showing the either white or black canvas that should be transparent.All these were made the same way as the people who are perfect.All turn to the plane.I have no idea why this is. How can I fix this, please help.Leon Louishttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/46365.jpg

The age old questions continue!I am interested in bringing my local airfields up to par by redesigning them inside FS2004.I have access to gMax through FS2002 (and I presume FS2004), but I am interested in how NovaSim and FSDS2 stack up against gMax when it comes to ground scenery object design! Does anyone have any opinions as to the ease-of-use (or lack thereof) with the programs above?I'd be creating airport terminals, hangers, and perhaps an out-building or two. I wouldn't be going crazy with every last detail, but I would have enough in there so you'd know where you were. :) I have used gMax in an attempt at this a year ago, but I gave up on it due to the decidely st…

HelloI have a photoreal airport that I released for FS2002 and now I am updating it for FS2004. With AFCAD2 I loaded the default FS stock airport that corresponds to my add on one and moved the nodes of taxiways etc around to match my layout (I deleted the Rwys because I have them done with Architect2002) then saved in a new BGL file...Now the thing is that my airport has already taxi side lines, center lines, hold etc done with Architect using the FS2002/2004 type of taxi lines but when I tried AFCAD2 I loved the way it links taxis with sidelines and centerlines precisely and easily...So I disabled my add-on scenery taxilines but when I save the AF2 BGL and put it in my …

I recently installed FS9 and find that the terrain scenery seems to shimmer a lot especially at low altitude. Also,you can see even quite close scenery being redrawn as you fly along. This is a bit disappointing as the scenery in FS2k2 was rock steady by comparison.Has anyone else struck this problem?I have played around quite a bit with the display/hardware settings but can't seem to improve the situation much. Does anyone have any advice on the best settings to use?My PC is a P4 2.2 gHz with 512mB of DDR ram and a geforce4 Ti 4400 card, running winME and DX9a.Would Dx9b help?What are the best drivers for my graphics card? I am using the original Leadtek drivers, but …

Ok, I was able to get AFW version 3, EOD, and some jetway micros. Now, I'm totally confused on how to build an airport. No tutorials seem to be out for FS9, so is there anyone that can tell me the basics of how to build one?

I have tried this but I get a error like this: Error in line 703 -> Poly( au 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 -> corrupted polygon, check points and point list!Scasm compilation status: error(s) 1 Here's what I tried. I took my AFW scenery scasm code and imported it into FSSC and it all displayed fine. I made some positioning adjustments to the runways and then tried to compile it and get this error.I have been curious if this was possible and this is what I got. Any feed back is apprciated. Also if anyone has an idea of the error I have, if it is correctable to get it to compile normally.Thanks,Jay

I'm a long time flight sim veteran, and want to get into scenery design for FS2004. Where is a good place to start, and what programs are good to start with? I mainly just want to start adding jetways to a couple airports for myself, and then once I get familiar with the procedures, start scenery design. Are there any good tutorials out there?

I'm a long time flight sim veteran, and want to get into scenery design for FS2004. Where is a good place to start, and what programs are good to start with? I mainly just want to start adding jetways to a couple airports for myself, and then once I get familiar with the procedures, start scenery design. Are there any good tutorials out there? Please reply to my other topic only, I accidently did a double post.

I need a light in FS that blinks at a 1sec interval.I have used Light_beacon in Gmax but it blinks to slow.Can I change this in Gmax or in the Scasm file I get from Gmax?Can I change any of these numbers to get the desired effect? BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, 271.977, 17.800, 99.597, 20, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFFF0000h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; source poly num = 553 IFMSK lgt_2, becon4, 0c000h BGL_JUMP_32 nolgt_2 lgt_2 label BGLCODE BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_BEACON, 239.975, 21.974, 280.258, 20, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFFF3232h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; source poly num = 5426 nolgt_2 label BGLCODE IFMSK nolgt_3, beacnt, 00002h BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_STROBE,…

Hi!I am just trying to collect some information about how to create new custom landclasses with custom autogen-objects. Has anyone information about it? I tried to find some information about it on old treads but I'm not sure it this topic has already been discussed here.Are there some threats you suggest for information about it or the same question in other words: Has someone got it to create sutom landclasses with custom autogen objects in FS2004?ThxSasa

Hello simmers,this is my first post here and it's gonna start with a question: I tried to put some AI traffic into my favorite scenery (EDHE - Uetersen, Germany) and I am using Sascha Norman's scenery for it. I managed to get the AI traffic to taxy and fly but I only see it when it's airborne. When AI is taxiing, all I can see is the registration numbers FS2004 is telling me and they are at 25ft. MSL BUT my plane sits there at 37ft.So I thought "flatten" a part of the scenery would be the solution but apperently this does not help in any way. Can anybody give me a hint?Regards,Boris

Greetings,I am looking for animated fire truck api, that actually sprays water. I was thinking of using this api for a temporary scenery for our VA's retirement party. One can use this for other reasons as well. One of our good pilots is retiring and I thought we give him a grand water hose spray on end of his last final flight, like they do in the real airlines. I think most of you know what I'm talking about.If none exists, then I can learn. What would be the first step that I have to learn in animation? I have some experience on creating and placing some static objects and that's about it.Your inputs would be highly appreciated.Regards,Danzian