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Is there a simple XML way to add an obstruction light to a say a 4-antenna tower?I've created the radio tower in GMAX (v1.2) and am happy with the object but I need an easy way to add a red obstruction light. I also cannot locate the attachpoint tool in GMAX.Can someone point me in the right direction (SDK, forum thread) for a beginner's way of adding obstruction lighting?Many thanks.Jim

Hi to all...I'm currently placing autogen buildings in a phototile for my FS9 scenery project... but I'm snagged into a problem...a small area (to be depicted as a housing village) seems to be making some of the buildings I placed disappear... I haven't breached the 300 building limit on that tile, and there are no exclude or flatten command/bgls whatsoever in that regionwhat the hell's going on...needing an immediate solution...thanks

Ok, for some strange reason whenever I ask this question nobody seems to have an answer.My question is pretty simple, how do I add large office biuldings or Skycrapers to FS? I have used runway 12 object placer in the past and added many objects like Super Tankers, small buildings and various objects over the years but I have never seen any generic or custom Skycrapers that can be eassily added. What I would like to do is populate the areas around Qatar,Bahrain, Abu dhabi etc with a more realistc skyline I'm not worried about super accurate positions of buildings etc, would just like a city skyline on approach.I have a very fast system so frame rates are not a problem.T…

Golden Age Simulations (GoldenAgeSimulations.com) is looking for an experienced scenery designer for multiple upcoming projects. As a developer of vintage aircraft from the Golden Age of aviation, we are searching for scenery designers with a passion for the beautiful lines of old structures, and the talent to bring them to life. Experience with custom AI and landclass/mesh is not required but highly desirable. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

Ive been in FS since FS98, I mostly run FS9.1, I like fixing AFCADS with AFCAD2.1 and AFX, Now I want to work on some scenery like buildings, jetways and other airport scenery what would be some good tools to start with?

Hi All,I've half-heartedly started work on Atlantic City Casinos, mostly for landmark reference. If I can remember how to texture the buildings, I will.I have two dilemmas: 1. What do you call the ground beneath scenery and 2. Should I be including all of the buildings in ONE GMAX object?See attached photo. I do all of my work using the measurement tool in GOOGL Earth. Whether it is the size of an object or distance from another object.1. the default ground scenery is too small and my scenery is in some of the waterways. What is the best way to get the correct "ground scenery"?2. All of the beige buildings are my work in one object. Should I be creating individual objects…

I'm posting this here, does anyone know which observatories(radio telescopes, domes, etc) are present in FSX? It could be a nice project to do some missing or new ones.

I have been maintaining a .kml file to show which airports i have addon scenery, but i lost it somehow.Is there any tool/procedure available to automatically catalog the airports that i have as addon? I would like ideally to have Airport code,name, lat ,longi know i ask too much but thought i would ask.

Looking for people who could make scenery. Needed airport EYKA - Kaunas International, Lithuania. Everything would be given, photo's, dimmensions of structures, everything that you need.Anyone want to take this job?

Hi all,When using FSET to make water transitions with a KML file it is working fine when I let the program compile the scenery right away.However sometimes there are color differences on the used service maps, due to different seasons. On land I change the bitmap colors and then let FSET compile the scenery. The ascenery looks fine. The issue is when doing this and there is a coastline.When using a modified bitmap ( same name and a new FSMask bitmap has been made ) then there is no transition.Is there a way being able to modify a bitmap and still have water transitions ?All suggestions are welcome.Screenshot 1 : with modified bitmapScreenshot 2 : directly compiled without…

This post is to make scenery builders aware of how to use the Finney Crosshairs in FSX.A recent post to a (older... but long 'unanswered') thread by a newcomer to AVSIM in the FSX forum, kindly shared what I presume was his (recent) discovery of a solution for an unresolved issue... the (apparent) inability to use Finney Crosshairs Plus (aka "CH+") in FSX.http://forum.avsim.net/topic/59734-finneyground-crosshairs-plus-placement-tool-in-fsx/The original release of Finney Crosshairs Plus user pilot-able scenery object placement "aircraft" allows one to fly or slew with the joystick while placing scenery library objects, or performing various other scenery development functi…

John over at Orbx is trying to estimate how much interest there would be in people attending this possible future event in Washington State this fall. I t was posted on the Orbx web site but i thought i would post it here as well for people who love the Orbx scenery but may have missed the posting. If you would at all be interested in attending, you have to sign up for the Orbx forum to tell them you would be interested in having this event so you could attend. Below is the copy from the Orbx post.We're considering holding a one-day event, possibly at the Bellevue Hilton, which will be a celebration of the Orbx Pacific Northwest (and NA BLUE series regions). The plan i…

HiI got Fset working and downloading perfect,but i still have the problem with the water mask.The Fset user guide is very confusing.It only says draw the lines and name them and save them like this and that,but nothing about how to draw the lines in ex. inkscape...I have tried making KML files using Google Earth and saved them with Coast and deepwater names but still i get this:maybe fset does not see it even it is saved as areakml.kml in work folder....(see att. under)When i try to use the "inkscape" it does not do anything.Can someone please explain how to draw the coast lines and deep-waterlines in detail?(which pencil do i use to draw and how save them and so on)Thank…

Hi to allI'm asking an help to somebody that can help me to understand and sove a problem, that is creating me "confused"First of all I'm at beginning on scenery design and GMax use, than the following happens:I've just completed a revision of Dervio scenery (VFR italian Como lake), with several new objects GMax created; one of this object is the terrain, that I created with GMax "flat box" of 500x500 mts textured with real picture of the ground.All rights in my PC (Window7, i3, nvidia geforce with cuda ..) as you can see on the first enclosed printscreenbut ...the result on other PC, where this scenery was activated (checked with two simmer friends, of which one provide …

Hi all,I am new to scenery design, although not to FS or FS design. I am finding scenery design much harder than anything else I have tried before, including building aircraft.I am trying to make an airport scenery for FS2004.What I want to do is to create a high res background for my airport to start with.I have great source imagery but I have no idea how to start.I have read that you can use ground polys to create the tiles to put the ground photo textures on.I have tried using sketchup, Gmax and now Sbuilder but I just do not know how to get started.Can anyone give me a quick step by step on how to do this, I don't care at this stage which of the design tools is used.…

Hi all,After having read the other topic about the watermask issue when using Inkscape , I want to ask your help for a simular issue when using GE.It is working only half and the masking isn't working properly as can be seen on the screenshots.When moving over the scenery small area blocks appear/disappear. I have drawn to lines , each 2,0 wide.Names them Coast and DeepWater and saved them in the same AreaKML.kml file and put that one in the working folder.Here my AreaFSXMaskInfo....inf file :Destination]DestDir = D:\FSX\Addon Scenery\FSEarthTiles\sceneryDestBaseFileName = Area_Lp2_SnapOff_N051164182_N051102003_E002502696_E003011955BuildSeasons = 0UseSo…

Hi.I am looking to add some scenery addons to my FSX (Deluxe with Acceleration) and somebody mentioned that he used UTX, and GEX with SceneryTech and REX. This seems a bit much and surely some of the textures would conflict with each other? I also took a look at the FTX addons and they look pretty nice, but surely these would also conflict?Help please!Thanks,Will.

Hello all,I have a couple questions regarding this software...I am thinking about trying to make some photo real scenery, can I install the FSX SDK on a separate computer without FSX itself so I can use FSEarthTiles on this other computer? How long does it take to generate the files?Thank you,

HiI got Fset working and downloading perfect,but i still have the problem with the water mask.The Fset user guide is very confusing.It only says draw the lines and name them and save them like this and that,but nothing about how to draw the lines in ex. inkscape...I have tried making KML files using Google Earth and saved them with Coast and deepwater names but still i get this:maybe fset does not see it even it is saved as areakml.kml in work folder....(see att. under)When i try to use the "inkscape" it does not do anything.Can someone please explain how to draw the coast lines and deep-waterlines in detail?(which pencil do i use to draw and how save them and so on)Thank…

Hi all,I have done some basic airport mods in the past on FS2004 using AFCAD and RWY12 but not too extensive. I would basically add an ILS and maybe a VOR nearby where they didn't exist. Oh, and some chickens on the runway 8^). Anyways, so now I would like to add a static model of each aircraft I fly at my home airfield KABQ, a showcase so to speak. I have about 20 different planes I fly and I would like to park one of each on the flight line. Each has a custom paintjob with my tail number so there would be multiple models for some of the planes. What I don't know is:1. How I would go about creating and saving a model of each of my planes?2. How would I add this model to …

Hi; I have a weather related question for someone familiar with the way FSX is programmed?Example given;If you set up FSX for building storms, then start a flight on a ramp where lightning and storm clouds are showing off in the distance say visually at about 10 miles away from your position on the ramp, is there actually a storm at that location that can be flown into with storm effects present as you arrive there or is that visual you see sitting on the ramp before you take off just a visual effect and not an actual programmed storm cell?Many thanks,Dudley Henriques

Hi all,Up to now I am using FsEarthTiles for making photoscenery.It is working very nicely , but I find that it makes rather large bgl files.Eg : Aerosoft released the whole of Germany in 1m/p and that took 55 Gb incl autogen and custom objects. FSET would use up to 400 Gb for that. And 102 Gb in 2 m/p. ( I found out that the Est download size x 3 is about the size the scenery will be. )Today I made Paris and surrounding in 1 m/p ( after having seen Paris HD from France VFR )and it looks the same.I also took a look at Corsica HD which was 3.0 Gb in size.When I would use FSET that would takeappr 7 Gb.Which program can do this and makes smaller scenery files ?Thanks in…

Hello guys i am using sbuilderx in order to do some sceneries with succes but i have a problem i need to discus. If i select for example add map / from background and then i make my selection in zoom15 and size=2.348.810 KB i am geting the usuall error " could not make an image ". If i try the same with size=377.487 KB for example it working fine with no erros. My system memory is 12 giga of ddr3 and my os is win 7 ultimate. I think i have enough memory for the first option so why i could not make it work? What i am doing wrong? Also if i am in zoom 10 for example and i add map / from background i only can choose zoom four levels up which is in that situation 14.Is there …

Hello everyone.Ive come across a problem of which ive never encountered before whilst building airports etc.There is a runway at Perth Airport (ypph) Rwy 06/24 by which the AI aircraft from the runway 24 end takeoff on the grass, yet at the 06 end they takeoff from the runway as normal.I would have thought if a problem existed with a runway then they would of taken off on the grass from both ends, not just from one.I did modify the taxiways, introducing new ones at both the 06 and 24 ends. Im not sure if this is the problem as ive rarely taken off from this runway.I havent modified the runway itself in anyway.I used ScanAFCAD and there are no duplicate AFCADS.Im stumped.C…

AFCAD now hangs when I try to OPEN a file. The counter starts and then stops before it gets to the open screen.Has anyone ever seen this?Scanafcad finds no issues.Thanks.JimI'm running Windows XP SP3.Jim