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I just put La Guardia airport up date into my fs 2002 from the Avsim libuary, well is there any way you can fix the runway as it seems to be off line in placement, as all the fs2002 planes takeoff and land way over on the grass and i have 2002 planes parked inside other parked planes, i know i could fly with no other planes around, but i like having other aircraft flying and landing and takeing off when iam flying, am i the only person with these problems, is there a fix to all this, please can i anybody help me ,are all airports like this as well, thankyou very much, Marc.

Seems he's been missing from this forum lately, and I noted a comment from Jim Kanold that his design group is dwindling, suggesting that Elrond has left his "fold".Just wondering.Bob Bernstein

Hello,I was wondering what is new in the AFCAD 1.1 that appeared in the library today. It is the same version as the 1rst release and I did not notice any new option in it. Any idea?CheersMichel

I hope that someone can point me in the right direction, as I am looking for the program, that takes the screen shots. Is there such a program, and if not how do you take the screen shots?Anyone out there that can help I would appreciate it, as I am new to all this, and want to use add-a-gate, and gmax, and am still trying to figure out how.thanksdon d. leonard

I would like to use the scenery provided on an australian website, but am having trouble locating required texture files. These are:Airport 2.6 texturesVOD textures (I understand there may be two versions)Nova texturesNova Gold texturesAny links would be appreciated.Replied via the post or email me direct.Thanking or who view or reply in advance.Rob [email protected] Creek,Victoria,Australia.

I have noticed at a few of my airports KCVG,KRNO that the ground textures around the parking area are flashing. As I move away towards the taxiway and runway it seems to get improve. I have Lago FSSE and some Sim Flyer airports installed on my system but none of them should effect the 2 airports mentioned above.If anyone has a way or a few things I might be able to try to fix this annoying problem please let me know. Much apprecited !!!

Calling all scenery designers:-wave Hi everyone!I seem to be continually downloading scenery with loads of unnecessary *_lm.bmp night textures files included. FS is quite capable of darkening the ground and 3D objects all by its clever little self, thanx. _lm night textures are only required if you want to add deliberate night-lighting effects such as floodlighting, or lit windows on buildings, etc.So please guys, save yourselves the time and trouble, make your downloads smaller, and save space on our disks by forgetting those _lm textures that are just a darkened version of the original.Of course, if you like to have everything under your micro-control, there is probab…

Just did a search at AVSIM with no luck, as well as trying google.Also, there are lists of "must haves" for Fly! II posted as sticky in that forum... is there some kind of list like this for FS2K2?Considering using some trade-in games toward it if I can do what I'd like to do (adding big groups of trees mostly) in Airport.Thanks,Andrew

Is it possible to create a single point light which can be distributed by Autogen?If so, is it possible to tell FS to replace houses with it at night?Andrew

Hello all!I'm trying to create some taxilines in Airport 2.60 but whatever method i try they keep coming out white; and i want them yellow! I've also tried making those yellow and black type ones you find a t big airports using the road/rail method and creating a small texture for it, but again, i get white. Anyone else had this? Am i missing something or is my version of Apt2.60 a bit buggy? BTW: its the latest build; 144 i think?Thanks in advance, Mark.

Hi Shez and all I and Jim Kanold are working on an airport up in Ontario all done in gmax(all meshes anyway) and I think people are going to like it. Since one has a high degree of control over how amesh is made and textured in Gmax (like 3DSMax). So if one takes the time ANY airport can look like this. Dan

Oh My,I try to drag a flatten rectangle by grabbing each corner (Airport 2.60) but nothing happens. The flatten rectangle is a solid green line. Am I not selecting it properly? Definitely missing a basic step here somehow.Any help appreciated on how to drag the corners of a flatten [email protected]

Hi AllI'm new to Scenery design. So I have a few Q's:I use FSSC to create scenery. I want to add/refine scenery in an existing airport. But the buildings in the existing airport are located all wrong compared to the real thing. So I can't just build on top!!How do I replace the original scenery? Or some of it?Thanx!Peter

Hello Experts, one and all;I have created about 15 separate "sceneries" none large, using Airport 2.60, build 148. I want to distribute these sceneries to others, who use either FS2000 or FS2002. Is a program available that I could include in the zip file that would self-install all of these sceneries into FS2002 or FS2000 all in one fell swoop?Appreciate any help that I can get.Thank you,

Hello! I'm a C130 Pilot based at Little Rock AFB. I've been tasked to recreate a drop zone we use at Little Rock in Flight Sim 2k2 to use in our training. I don't much about scenery, but I think this is a possibility. It's around 500 yards by 1000 yards. We use it to drop heavy equipment and personnel. The scenery would be used extensively to train C130 pilots. I have imagery, lat/long coordinates, etc. Would someone be able to help me with this, or point me in the direction I should go? Thanks so much!

Hallo, I want to insert that following part into my self written macro:A Light, which does only be alight if a special frequency (e.g. 112.09) is put into your navigation computer of your aircraft. If not, it must be switched off.Turak

Kyprianos Biris did a great London Westland helipad ( battersea )for 2k -Problem is its now land locked and suffers from the usual ills that befalls 2k scenery in 2k2....I have his persmission and digital photos for an update - if anyone is willing to help me.Email me [email protected] GreenVATUSA4Events and VA Director

I have just installed a very nice scenery but unfortunately most of the taxiways are like fields, you can't taxi on them or the aircraft will start jumping exactly like when you go out of the runway and soon it will crash because the front landing gear collapse.How can i change the surface of the taxiways to make them smooth?ThanksStefano F. ITALY

Hi folks,I'm fairly new to scenery design, so have some patience please.. :-)Question about gmax export to BGL. I have a small simple building made just to test export ability. The (box) primitive is specified in Meters scale as indicated in Customize | Units Setup. However, when I go to export the file it reports with an error that it still isn't in Meters.I went through the export process anyway, and entering in the coordinates (slewed to it in FS, and entered the coordinates displayed in shift Z) but it didn't display the object. I'm assuming that has something to do with the meters issue..I must be missing something - any ideas what?Thanks in advance..

Im looking for some good api's of Control towers and hangars with associated textures. There seem to be very few of these available anywhere and I just dont have the time to be making them. Any suggestions? It would be nice to have a larger tower and some contemporary looking hangar buildings.Hornit

Has someone written a complete list of variables that can be used in bgl files? Even the FS2000 SDK doesn't list all of them...

Dear All:I want to update my all ASD2.1 mountains importing the mountain points from the SCASM source code generated by ASD in the format XZY using FSDS.Is there a plugin or way to import SCASm XZY point into FSDS to get the points and make the mauntains with FSDS.The mountains generated by ASD2.1 are not compatible with FS2002, they apper like white mountains at certain angles.Thanks.Alfredo Mendiola LoyolaLima Peru

Ok, I am brand new to this scenery design thing, and have only been through the tutorial this afternoon. The first problem that I am having is after creating my "test island", it loads just fine, and the aircraft is in position.. The only problem is the plane seems to be glued to the runway!! It works if I slew it up to altitude, but I can't seem to takeoff on the runway.. I'm sure I missed a checkmark or something along the way..I am using Airport 2.6 build 148, with FS2000Thanks in advance..S.B.

Somewhere I ran across a site that had a matrix that showed the Denney mesh system broken down by latitude indicating which file covered what area. I need to be able to determine which of the files covers the Ketchikan area. Does anyone know where that file is. It was, as I recall, on a website dealing with Alaskan Bush Sceneries but I have revisited all the ones I can remember without success.Sarge

I know there's been a posting about this subject already, but it did not help me. So here's my question: How can I get a keyframe animation working with the tick18 prefix? I made two (scenery) objects in gmax, one is animated (simple rotation), one is not. Animation is visible in gmax. Used the tick18 prefix for the animated one. Exported the scene, with animations enabled. Nevertheless, there is no animation visible in FS2002.Any Help?Answers highly appreciated, thank you.VH