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Hey guys, I am literally just starting gMAX and am not interested in the aircraft design portion but the scenery design portion. I am going to attempt to model my hometown airport of KMSO. Could anyone in this forum literally take some time to walk me through this process, I would truely appreciate it! Or if nothing else could you please tell me what I need to get started at least? Thanks abunch guys!-Kellan

I have managed to create a new coastline using G2K. I have attached 2 pics to show the default and the new g2k created coast.My question is about re mesh. How can I get g2k to recognize the coastline as zero altitude so the ocean itself is not remeshed near the shore.Any help appreciatedRay

hi folks, i just install Gmax and i see this..http://forums.avsim.com/user_files/9756.jpg(in the attach)where is the problem???thanks in advance...

Hi all,Im totally desesperate because Im sure I've done everything OK....the problem is when I go to Export then I select BGL and I set the name and then OK , appears makeMDL.......I select the coordenates,keep files and input and output folders are OK,Scenery selected, and then I press start, and in gmax appears this:MAKEMDL WAS NOT FOUND, OR FAILED TO CONVERT THE MODEL SPECIFIED IN C:XXXXXXXXX TO A .MDL FILE, CHEK YOUR SYSTEM PATH TO ENSURE MAKEMDL IS ON IT.My scenery is on METRIC, makeMDL is on C:gmaxplugins together with FSModelExp.DLE.Please any suggestion?Thanks a lot.Mauro

Hi!New question!I use land_light to create lights at my apron. I know that the texture halo.bmp controls the size of the buld of the diffrent lights in FS but is there another texture that controlls the size and intensity of the land_light projected on the ground or is this hard coded?I

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Hi gang, please check this code for error. I'm trying to display one of 4 windsock models depending on wind speed. I've tried a bglc version which didn't work...because I'm weak in bglc I can't know if it was my bad bglc coding, so i tried again with scasm. This didn't work either. This scasm example was built around the idea that I'd make library objects of the 4 different cone/pole combinations, and then do a conditional call of the library object based on c74 (acknowledgement to the real brain, Arno!). The following is the api file (Sock.api) in which I make this conditional call:; --- Created by FsRegen v0.31bmif (0)Area( 5 %1 %2 1 )RotatedCall( :symbol 0 0 %5 )J…

New question, (My lake looks beautiful BTW)Turning to a coastlines, I remember that in Coastline Maker you had to make changes to coastline type only at the border of an area. Is this true for GR2K?I want to go from a coast with surf, white sand etc, to a river with no surf, but I am getting some problems and wondered if this was the answer, if so, is there way around the problem?Geoff

Many time macros do not have accompaning pictures of the final product. Is there an easy way to create the preview pictures so we can see see the macro's picture in programs such as Scenery Creater and Airport??Dick

Hi, OK i give up, just how do you do it? I'm trying to add some Waypoints into FS2002 to create a set of generic North Atlantic Traffic System Tracks (NATS Tracks)(ie Airways) I want to put them into the default scenery. Does anyone have any idea how to do it? If so how and what program do i need?:-zhelp:-beerchug

Hello again...Wondering if you might have some suggestions on how to make dynamic scenery that moves say...a gmax object from point a to point b? like a boat or a car. Kind of an odd request... but any suggestions would be appreciated.Any ideas on if this is generally possible?Thanks

Perhaps someone can advise me about which programs I might need to be able to fully design airports and buildings etc?I already have FSDS V2 and the latest version of Airport for Windows. I don't want to use GMax as I think I would find it too difficult to learn, certainly at the moment.So what would you advise me to get, freeware or payware, to be able to create and manipulate bitmaps and anything else you think I might need? My main objective will be to enhance airports which are already in FS2002 as I don't think I will be one of those people who will go and get FS2004 as soon as it hits the street.Thank you very much for any help.David

Just saw a mention of this in the "favorites" thread over in the FS general forum...I haven't downloaded it (yet) and am hoping someone could explain, perhaps by a "dumbed-down" ;) walkthrough or something, the steps taken to edit scenery.Also, can rivers be changed? The Delaware near Philadelphia is atrocious.Thanks,Andrew

Does anyone know of any G2K easy step by step tutorials?I have just started playing with it today and was actually able to create a raised mesh on the first day. WOW!! After 2 years of trying with FSMesh!!Any help appreciated.Ray Hallock

Can GMAX create bgl files that include LODs? I don't like it when they just pop outta view & it would be better for both performance & appearance if they could be LOD ed'& if it does support it. How the ... do you implement it?thx guysgeorgePS. I recently posted a preview of my upcoming scenery in the screenshot forum.http://forums.avsim.com/dcboard.php?az=sho..._id=44512&page=

Hi GuysGerrish and Luis and others have tried to explain vectors and distances on vectors, displaying great patience and obviously this still remains a challedge for somebodyI need to understand this and it seems pictures are the only way that I can grasp what is being said. May be because its 3D space(Virtual)http://forums.avsim.com/user_files/9163.jpgThe black line is a polygon like a side of a house and in the real world you want to view it from a very obqiue angle. Of course in designing their is a issue about the more limited view from the cockpit. May be I am geting mixed up with V2's here which I would be more than happy to leave for another day The diagram is …

Hi GuysI am currently using FSDS 1.6b to get my cordinates for a textureIs there any way in PSP7 (Invert/Flip) to read from cursorThe X value is correct of course, so does one just invert the image to read co ordinate, confused because this then puts certain objects in the image in the wrong location. How do you guys do this, would proove interesting!!!!RegardsDave

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From Ground2k for beginners............................................. "because of technical limitations, you should draw your coast in such a way that the land part of the coast is on the right-hand side of the line. This will ensure that land and water are placed correctly."??????????????Does this mean the coastlines always have to be drawn clockwise?Suppose one has to re-draw (the middle third) part of the coastline on the EASTERN side of an island? The land is now on the left side of the coastline.......:-spacecraft

Hi, I having been searching the forum for a way to rotate trees to the aircraft. The code I found reads...SCALE_AGL OBJECT_0_RETURN, 10000, 27, 131072, 0006218AFh, 012D8h, 0A00C3A31h, 08BE3h, 0, 0BGL_CALL OBJECT_0_BEGINOBJECT_0_RETURN label wordthen becomes:SCALE_AGL OBJECT_0_RETURN, 10000, 27, 131072, 0006218AFh, 012D8h, 0A00C3A31h, 08BE3h, 0, 0BGL_SPRITE_VICALL OBJECT_0_BEGIN, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0 hereOBJECT_0_RETURN label wordbut...the asm code I generate reads...SCALE_AGL OBJECT_0_RETURN, 10000, 4, 131072, 00055EFCCh, 061A9h, 0FF3598CFh, 0A6EBh, 0, 0INSTANCE_CALL OBJECT_0_BEGIN, 0, 0, 04000hOBJECT_0_RETURN label wordCould somebody offer some advice on this.Th…

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Hello all 1) I'make my own macro with EOD and after create the bgl file when i go into fs2002 i cannot see all textures that i've applied.My textures comes from 2 bmp files. I can see only textures that came from only 1 bmp files and the others appear black.Also into eod after apply texture when i go into texture window for 2 time, I get red crosses for some side of building.(textures Path is OK)How can i solve that problem?2) There's a program that can preview my api macros ?Thanks for your helps...Robi (Ciao)

Hey everyone! It's been a while since i've been to the design forum... been really busy with school.I have question about the effects sdk. I want to make a simulated red emergency flare that launches about 200ft into the air. Are there any tutorials out there that could help make learning effects file programming a little less painful?Thanks

I'm trying to create a DME (which I presume I can with EasyNavs). Anyway, I can't get at the PDF documentation on Herve's site. It keeps crashing my browser. Anyone know where else I can get the document, or other help file for this tool?Hope you can helpThanksRichard

Hi Guys, I am struggling yet again, although I always get through with the forum :)I have recently Taken reasonable quality images of the buildings at the Airfield I am currently working on, although the image isn't as sharp as I would likeThe problem I am experiencing is tremendous loss in quality, which I assume is due to reducing a 1600x1200 to 512x512, not to mention 256x256. It is more like loss of detail after reduction, which makes the image seem uselessI am not a natural artist and find this aspect of scenery design very difficult, not that other parts are easier.I use Paintshop pro7, and am fairly experienced in using layers, I have tried sharpening the image(be…