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Hi all,Is it possible to create scenery structures in gmax that you can actually land on? I have only been able to create structures that you can either A: crash into, no matter how delicately you touch down, or B: go straight through as though they aren't there.I ask because I would like to be able to create bridges, and similar structures that you can land on.Cheers,Sean.

Hi!Is there a solution to eliminate the problem of objects disappearing behind a transparency when it is not fully transparent? I have designed a fence in gmax using a plane, with the opacity level not set to fully transparent, in order to reduce shimmer. But unfortunately, when buildings and aircraft are viewed through the fence, they simply disappear.I have also noticed in other sceneries that other people have used this system, or something similar, and it works. I have tried with all file formats (dxt1 dxt3 and normal bmp) but the objects only become visible when the fence transparency is set to 0, i.e. fully transparent.Any suggestions, please?Thanks,Daniel

What layer must a road be set at in Airport 2.6 in order for it to show over a runway in FS2002 ? Or is it not possible ? I'm trying to use a road ( set at a width of 1 foot ) as a centerline for my taxiways. I'm using a custom texture for the road. If I set the road layer to about 8-12, it appears on the taxiway, but not on the runway. I've tried numerous higher layer settings for the road between 24 - 80, but then the road doesn't appear over the taxiway or the runway. My taxiways are created from polygons with a setting of 8.

Does any one know the relationship between the x y coordinates displayed by the Lizard Tech MrSid GeoViewer program and Latitude and Longitude?For example, when over the airport DOQQ (Digital Ortho Quarter Quad) aerial photo that I am interested in, MrSID (the program) displays x = 251294 y=262955 in meters.I know that the coordinates of the airport are about 46 31.5 N and 114 03.1 W. Further, from a different program, I know that the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates for this airport in Zone 11 are approximately Lat = 726122 meters, Long 5156605 meters.So if you know 251294 relates to approx. 46 31.5 or 726122, I would appreciate your response. Than…

In Annotation properties, it is possible to choose a Building texture.When i choose another way than "default" (blda2.bmp...etc), i can't get any building in my scenery. Why?Page of autogen SDK doc seems to be clear:"Building TextureUse the Building Texture list to select the bitmap that will be used to texture autogen buildings. You can modify the default texture or create new autogen building textures. For more information, see the Autogen Texture Sheets SDK."Autogen Texture Sheets SDK only give directives about texture making.thank you for your help.setchy

Hello there,I really need help as I am sucked with transparencies issues.I get some issues with DXT3 transparent textures which makes some objects shown behind to disepear as well as even part of the same object shown through the transparencie to not beeing displayed as you can see on the attached image.For information, all the trees shown here are in the same BGL. I give that precision as far as I noticed that sometime it looks like that priority orders are linked with different BGLS usage.Who can at least give me an indication about where I can find an explantation. At least I would like to understand what the problem is to find a way to solve it.Thanks

Hi all. I have a question about exclude. I use Airport for my scenery making. I have always built on either empty ground or added to an existing airport. I found a great little airport, but as usual, it has the MS office buildings and strange sized, unrealistic hangers all over the place. I wanted to try an exclude. (first time...be gentle!) I went to the exclude area which is click and drag, but when the options come up on what to exclude, I am given a choice of Scenery and Runways. My question is, how can I remove the buildings only and leave the existing runways? I know I can put down new, but I want to know if there is a way to just dump the buildings and retain the …

Hi !I made a ground vehicle macro for FS2002. Now I have the problem that FS2002 AI traffic doesn`t notice this macro :-bang. Is there any way to tell AI traffic not to drive over my vehicle ? Shure there is a solution. What command do i have to insert and where ? Thx in advance, Marijo

Hi I am not capable of making this just learning. but just north of SF is a town called Sausalito what makes it important is it has a seaplane base microsoft has it listed {Commodore: 22CA Ca} and you can start there. But there is nothing there, the base is just South of the bridge across what is called Richardson Bay there are good arial views at http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/default.asp and I have some photo's of the commodore op. building and a DHC2 Beaver of their's on their ramp. Commodore flys tours of S.F. Bay. and a local news program park a Heilo there.

Dear All:Is there a way to edit the Zbias in the Gmax parts?Thanks.Alfredo Mendiola LoyolaLima Peru

Dear all:I have made some macros with object library call, but i don't know how to add the crash detection to my .scm macros, i know that the .scm macros uses the ifvarrange3 command, but i don't understand how to calculate the min val or max val for the three variables.Thanks.Alfredo Mendiola LoyolaLima Peru

hello,i've designed a couple of heliports using the following procedure:1. created the base in eod and exported to api.2. placed a flatten area directly below the api in airport2.63. created an invisible runway surface area over the api with the correct altitudethis works fine, except that if i fly to the pad from a location greater than 20 or so miles in distance, the ground level of the pad sinks about 2 feet lower and i end up sitting with the wheels "stuck in tarmac" syndrome.any idea why this is happening and is there a work around other than reloading the scenerey library when i get close?adrian cholmndeley

Does someone knows precisely what are the various and efficient possible numbers that can be used with the 2 attenuations options for lights with FSregen ? I tried some but can't find any real differnce between the various combinations ! My second question is about the lights themselves, I don't even see a difference between a taxi light, a nav light or a strobe...Thank you in advance for who knows...Florent

Hello folks,I am wondering how I could create a runway guidance lightning such as a PAPI for my airport under construction. I am using Gmax, I know a bit of BGLC (really a bit) and I don't want to use any default runway to be able to place lights along my custom runway.Some can help me ?Florent

Hello all,Maybe this is a bit off topic but I really need to get this cleared up and this is the best forum to do so in the fastest time! :-)Ok, the format FS2002 displays your LAT/LON coordinates is as follows:N18 26.08W66 59.23But, in tools such as Terrabuilder, one needs to enter the coordinates as DD:MM:SSHow would I convert the coordinates above into the DD:MM:SS FORMAT? This is driving me nuts! Thanks in advance!Also, I once read a long time ago that one could add an entry into the FS2002.CFG file, which switched FS2002 into displaying a more complete LAT/LON and/or in DECIMALS... Anyone knows this hack?

I've started to make London Gatwick control tower. The tower itself will be fully detailed, with every dimention correct and with animated parts.I only started learning Gmax properly yesterday, and this is my third creation after a church i had built.I require help in the following fields:* How do you make all selected objects into one?* How do you create a see though texture -ie. looking through windows?* If i select lots of individual objects (ie. all selected) how do i change the width, height, length?I've tried using squash, and different scales, but it doesn't really sort out the issue. This is the main thing i'd like to know, as from the picture below the proportion…

Hi,I would like to make some disperse comments on the workings of the "MS SDK Resample Tools" to generate Custom Terrain.1) the first comment is that a normal 256-color bitmap also works as a photo-tile. The "alpha-color" appears as water. I tried non-mipped 8-bit bitmaps but FS creates (and shows) the MIPS. The only difference that I noticed in compairison to DXT1 is that they do not look darker as it has been reported. However, I will keep using the DXT1.2) the second comment is about the sampling of an input (large) bitmap to generate the 256x256 photo-tiles bitmaps. I noticed that only the inner 254x254 pixels of each photo-tile are displayed in the simulator. I do no…

Having just posted my first attempt at scenery creation (Bermuda) - created mainly with GMax. I now realise I need to become competent with Landclass to improve the overall effect of ground textures. Where and how should a beginner start ? Anyone recommend some suitable tutorials or should I just begin with Landclass Assistant ?BazElloughtonE Yorks, U.K.

Most probably this topic has been discussed before, but unfortunately I cannot find it in this forum.I have got a lot of flashing taxi- and runway textures at a lot of airports, both default ones as well as 3rd party ones.Is there an easy way to correct this problem, and if there is, how should one go about to correct this phenomenon?Thanks,Hans

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Hi all, i've just found that a Gmax handbook is coming out. It covers in detail how to create things in gmax for both the novice and expert alike, INCLUDING a/c for FS2002!http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/158...6282836-5296930Got info from this ace Gmax related site:http://www.windowlight.co.nz/ontarget/gmax.htmlI'll be buying it, as i've just started to learn Gmax!Will

does anyone have pictures of the New York John F. Kennedy interantional aiport

Does anyone know where I can find airport and aerial photos of Columbia Metropolitan Airport (KCAE)?Regards,David S.

Hi!I need a reviewer for the manual of the "Scenery Germany 1" which is to be released soon. The English translation is finished now but I need a native English speaker who could review this manual to correct bad sentences and failures. It's urgent! I have to finish it until tomorrow. For the reviewer it should be possible to get a free package of Scenery Germany 1.Just click above on the icon "Click to EMail Sasa" to email me.ThanksSasa

Is there a scenery design program that allows you to import an airport into it, edit it or build it up, then export it back to FS2002?Forgive me for the questio I am new to scenery design and I wanna start small and then build on that experience.I want to make MYNN (Nassau Intl Airport) a better airport. Then work on Freeport.Your help is greatly appreciated!!ThanksJasonhttp://www.forefrontgrp.com/jayssig.jpg"There is an art . . . to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss!"