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Hello! I'm trying to create a model to use for a scenery of the Karolinska hospital in Stockholm. I've been trying to follow the tutorial on turning a sketchup model inte a scenery model but I can't quite get it to work. I've made the model, exported it and imported it into modelconverterX but I-m having problems with the export of the textures, only one comes out as a bmp file, the other one shows up as a jpg file. And I also get two messages with the following text: "Please set the path to ImageTool in the options" but I cannot find such an option. And when I try to export the file to the mdl format for FS9 it doesn't show up at all. Here are the files from sketchup, in…

Hello I have spent long hours searching a solution how to solve my problem, but I got no satisfaction. It seems like FSEartTiles refuse to work with KML file that I created in G. Earth to define coastlines and deep water. I placed AreaKML.klm file in work folder but FSET shows its default region (some runway and water) after launch but not my area. Could you check if the newest version of GE works with FSET? Thank you in advance.It is senseless to make sceneries without nice looking shallows and rivers.

I have a bgl that was created with SCASM Ver. 2.88. I want to disassemble it to XML to modify it. I have tried all the BGL-XML analyzers and none work. I have heard of a bgl2xml_gui_92.zip but can't locate it. Does anyone have a way to disassemble it to XML? Thanks, bob.

Hello, I kinda failed while installing an afcad. The afcad I downloaded was so bad that I want to restore my old one but I overwrote this file:OBX53080.bglIt is in the this folder:C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Scenery\0601\sceneryIt is needed to get back ESPA. Can someone please uploaded for me. It would be very appreciated. Regards Manfred

First, I am an end user, not a designer (although I am considering dabbling). Here is my question. In FSX, I installed the wonderfully executed Alpha India Group AFCAD scenery for New Orleans airport (download aig_kmsy_new_orleans_armstrong_fsx_default.zip in the FSX -> AFCAD File Section). The aircraft that I typically use (the PMDG 737-NGX) has not changed. However, now the jetways miss the hatch and dock against the aircraft too far forward and at an angle (the best way to describe it is that once the jetways are fully deployed, I need to slew the aircraft forward a few feet and yaw the heading a few degrees counterclockwise in order to align it properly. I had a…

Whenever there is not an image availale for an area (for example areas of the sea) "FS Earth Tiles" make these areas to become white. How can I fix this?

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/350720-can-massive-scenery-be-easily-converted-for-x-plane/ Sorry for the quasi-crosspost but I haven't had any response in the other forum. Figured I'd ask here since there are infinitely more people familiar with what, if anything, can be done to convert Sim Savvy's textures to use in X-plane. Thanks,Andrew

I decompiled the .BGL file FS9/scenery/same/scenery/ AP936400 to edit the approach to RWY 28 of RIO GALEAO.When I finished and tryied to recompile the file the bglcomp.exe refused the parse because all taxiway paths of all airports contained in this file have two attributes "drawSurface"and "drawDetail" not expected in the schema.I made the same with the file FS9/scenery/Eurw/scenery/AP949160 and recompiling the file I found the same for all taxiwaypaths of all airport contained in this file.How it's possible that Microsoft has made the stock .bgl files not respecting the schema?Gianfranco

Hi to all good people at this great forum. My name is Svjatoslav, I am 45 years old. I am from Serbia And Montenegro, former Yugoslavia republic. I was a military pilot for over 20 years and I have 10 000 + hours in russian military trasnport plane Antonov AN-26 I am relatively new to scenery design. I try to read about scenery design as much as I can, but from time to time I must ask other for help. After reading FSX SDK about terrain design I am in very big confusion.I cannot explain to myself how to CREATE A CUSTOM, MY OWN LANDCLASS file that I can later use to make my home town more realistic. I noticed that the product of FTX Orbx - Australia which I admire, has ma…

I am using ADE 1.47 and Instant Scenery 2 and I am looking for the secret to either adding bgls - like hangars, blastpads, terminal buildings etc from a specific freeware airport to another freeware or default airport for scenery enhancements. I can copy the objects and see them at the new airport but I get a error when I try to place the object (using IS2). Something about the objects being area protected and I am outside that area. I know we can get around this, I just don't know how. Any help. Need very specifec steps or details. Thanks. Ray

Can someone please tell me where to put the files for static aircraft so that I can add them to FSX scenery using the object placement tool in the SDK? I downloaded several static aircraft from http://www.okad.ca/cvq/modeles.php, and I tried to understand the installation procedure, but I'm a little lost. Any help much appreciated.

I use FS2004 and I have Abacus EZ Scenery program. Recently I decided to enhance my Belize City International airport (MZBZ) which I downloaded from a scenery package at Flightsim.com, file: latvir3.zip. After adding many items to the ramp with my EZ Scenery program, I was checking to see how it looked with all the aircraft in the ramp, when I noticed that the baggage truck I placed next to the Tropic Air ramp took animation and saw it runnning away with all the passenger's bags. I thought it was funny and decided to leave it with the scenery. I never thought EZ Scenery program had animation included, or was it a fluke? http://www.youtube.c...h?v=uc0YUIztGtc

Hello everyone. I have FS2004. I found a wonderful scenery for the Flores airport in Guatemala (MGTK) developed by Bob Whitney. The scenery dates to 2004 and I have notr been able to contact its creator. I have been trying to add some AI traffic to this airport and I wasn't able to figure out why the airplanes were not showing up. I used the slew mode to follow a flight from Guatemala City La Aurora airport (MGGT) to the Flores airport and I noticed that as soon as the AI aircraft touched the runway, it kept flying "under" the ground and it dissapeared from view. I also used "flyable" aircraft and I found that they stay normally on the runway, but, not with the AI traffic…

I want that the traffic with bus and car move outside the freeway traffic and stop at the departure and arrival parkings by the next side of terminal. And I want that the car/bus move slope and down by the gmax material as a platform. Is it possible ?

Is there any way to convert FS2004 BGL file to FS2002 BGL file? I have both AFCAD2 and AFCAD but I only have FS2004.

hey Guys, I need some help, my friends fsx is having trouble with autogen trees and buildings. Autogen Disappears withing 10 mins after i fly out side of the radius i started at. i he adjusts the graphics settings they reappear on ly to disappear in a few minutes, everything worked before but this recently started. Things that I have tried:1. Deleting FSX.cfg. no affect2. Complete reinstall of fsx ( uninstall and deleted all files pertaining to it EVERYTHING)3. Installed original graphics card drivers and software.4. Updated graphics card software.5. Rolled back drivers6. Update drivers.7. edited MSconfig to selective startup with only the basics8. have turned up and d…

Hello, Can anyone help me to find a tool, which can make own animation at any airport? E.g.: VIP limousine car come close to my aircraft by setting the Nav 1 or Nav 2 to any frequency. And go away, when I disable that frequency. Like in Wilco Cessna Citation X animation. Thanks.

Hi Simmers.I tried fsearthtiles to cover some area around my city using google map.Downloading of tiles worked ok.But now i have only a bunch of "BITMAP IMAGES" in the work folder and nothing else in the fsx/addon/fsearthtiles scenery or texture.What am i doing wrong?Is it possible to make bgl files from my bitmap images and use them in fsx?Or do i have to start all over again?how can i use bitmap images in fsx?Thanks# FS Earth Tiles Pre Version V1.0 HB-100, July 2008## ****.*** you need to replace this with a service base address. # %s In the URL %s is the placeholder for the later on service access filled in Tile code## hint: Check Tile Proxy Proje…

Hello... I have a number of the MegaScenery Earth Files and sometimes when taking off on a certain rw in some airports, the runway is seemingly underwater.. or at least a part of it is not totally visible. Any ideas on how to fix? ThanksBob

Hi all,on using F1's Instant scenery to embellish the scenery at CAE5 (Whistler-Green Lake). A mate and I used the utility, fstutilities.zip, suggested by Opa , successfully.This, to flatten the area at the end of the Jetty, to enable us to add a terminal amongst other buildings. Getting carried away with this achievment, I then progressed to adding pontoons for float planes. As use of the Instant scenery involves non stop slewing to position objects, I did not realise that the underlying lake bed was only inches below the surface from about half way down the jetty.So once again attempted to use the flatten utility and lower the lake bed adjacent to the jetty, but to no a…

Hello fellow flight simmers. I have FS2004. A few years ago I dowloaded a scenery pack for Central America and Caribbean. I have a problem with removing one of the sceneries from that pack, mainly, San Pedro Sula airport. I found a better scenery version by another scenery developer, however, the scenery from the pack stays, even after installing the new scenery. The title of the original pack was under "latvir3.zip" and I cannot find it in my Add-on Scenery folder. As I remember the scenery pack installed directly into my Flight Simulator main root. I still cannot find that folder. I went to my Start of programs and tried to remove it from my Control Panel and I don't se…

Hi, I am looking for a tutorial on the Sbuilder but I can't find it here. Is there a link where I can find it. How do I exclude or get rid of bushes and trees around airports/fields and runways in FSX, with the auto gen slider to normal or higher? The airports are FS9. There are FS9 scenery that work well in FSX but there are some that didn't such as Airfileds can't be seen in the place where it should be while it is shown in the GPS Will SBuilder be doing that? Appreciate any help Thanks Hash

Okay, so I've been adding scenery to FS9 for about 3 years now from the various addon scenery sites that are available. I have also dabbled in scenery design using ADE9X, EZ-Scenery, Runway12, etc. Those designs basically involved taking existing library objects and placing them where I wanted them.But, the addiction has gone to a newer level. I have downloaded and practiced with Google Skecthup 8 in designing my own 3D objects as well as the visiting the fabulous Google 3D Warehouse you can access through Google Earth.I searched for instructions on how to export these Sketchup Models into a useable form for FS2004, but everything I found is geared to exporting from SU…

For some years now I have been looking for Rhett Browning, developer of FSX scenery for Bocas del Toro (MPBO) and David (MPDA) airports without success. Has he vanished from the face of FSX earth?

Hi I downloaded your 2004 EGJJ (Jersey) and EGJB (Guersney) by Tim Clayton, and have converted it into Xplane scenery to use in Xplane, I had to redo most of the ground textures but a lot of the work in there is still Tim's,I want to submit the scenery into the Xplane scenery and need permission to do so,could you help me on either contacting Tim or if the permission can be granted, I will of course acknowledge Tim Clayton's workThank YouStephen Dutton