FSX | FSX-SE Scenery Design Forum - How To

I just tried to register over at the FS Developer's forum, and apparently it's not working. I filled out the form a bunch of times with no joy. Maybe I'm not holding my mouth right. I didn't see any way to contact anyone and let them know, either.

Hi,im living Germany and was born in the city of Erfurt. Erfurt has a nice little international airport. http://www.flughafen-erfurt.de/de/unternehmen/unternehmen_video.htmlFor the FS9 you can find a wonderfull freeware scenery here: http://www.fslive.de/projekte.html . This one is full of details and i realy would like it BUT it is for FS9 and i use FSX. Im also using Addon Converter X for some stuff that i only found in FS9 and most of the time it works but this time there are several Probs :(1. The airport hast the wrong sice, it doesnt match the satimage of VFR Germany 4 and also the overlayed apronchart doesnt match the AFD file. 2. The Taxlines are using the textur…

Hey folks,A quick question please and maybe this is the wrong forum...What's the difference putting AFCAD files in the FS9/Addon/scenery folder compared to putting them into the FS9/Scenery/World/Scenery folder? I heard AFCAD files won't work if they are in a scenery folder next to a Texture folder containing files? If so, I see texture files in my FS9/Scenery/World/Texture folder. Where's the best place to put my AFCADs?Would this work? Putting them here: FS9/Addon Scenery/AFCADs/Scenery with no texture folder? I just wondered why different designers suggest you put AFCADs in different folders and not just one.Thanks,Greg

Hi all,Is there a program that is able to identify landclass tiles and give the names of the textures being used ?I tried TmfViewer , but that only give names like Value 76( Crop and Water Mixtures ).What I need is the texture name like 4b2.... etc.Thanks in advance.

Hello...I am curious. I downloaded an old scenery for CYHZ. There are yellow taxi lines, the ones that lead to the gates. There are also original FS2004 taxiways that are visible. Tarmac looks chaotic. Is it possible to remove one of them?

Just curious if anyone here has tried the new Instant Object Maker from FlightsimTools and if so, what you think of it - pro or con.You can check it out here:http://flightsimtools.com/iom/I have reviewed the Manual and it looks very good but wanted to see if anyone has any comments to share before purchasing.

Hi all!I just downloaded and installed the LCCT for the ProjectKLIA freeware..One minor issue though.. At the LCCT there are ground vehicles modeled, but these move way too fast.. Is there a way to disable them without disabling the entire scenery? (they are not very detailed and I´d like to get rid of them completely)In the scenery folder of the LCCT addon there are the following files: AF2_WMKK.bgl, LCCTerminal.bgl, LCCTerminal_2.bgl and observation.bglI tried to remove "observation" but that only resulted in a strange visual bug around the entire airport..Any clues?/Johan

Hello,I was wondering if there is a simple method to import a road network (in ESRI .shp format), into FS9/FSX scenery.Although I'm a FS veteran, the last time I was involved with scenery design was back in the days of FS4, so TBH I got a bit confused after doing a search in the forums for this matter.The idea is that I have a shapefile with all the main Greek roads, (4-5 different road types), so I need to know if there is a simple way to keepe these 4-5 road types distinct, and convert them into one or more bgl files that will cover all of Greece in the FS world.Thanks!

So I have been struggling to find a good AFCAD of KDAY for FSX. This is my hometown airport and I would really love to see something beyond the FSX default basic. The only file I was able to locate was a poorly done afcad where the airport vehicles are just inside sticking out of the terminals, the gates are off and the jet bridges are stuck in the walls... On top of that if you try anything bigger then a CRJ you crash because the parking spaces are poorly designed.I have tried doing this myself. I struggle getting one parking space complete and thats not even counting if I can get the jet bridge to show up.

Hi all.I have searched everywhere for an answer to this, and I am stumped. I have tried many times, in many ways, to edit the river textures (FS9) with DXTBmp and Photoshop. But no matter how careful I am in editing; and no matter what format I save the file in - it always shows up in the sim with wide black edges.I know there is no alpha channel in these, it has something to do with using the 0,0,0 black for transparency; but I'm missing something.Anyone have any tips or advise?? Thanks.Ron

I hope it's OK to post a link to this - I asked the question in the FS9 forum, but in case any of the 'gurus' who browse this forum don't read that 'general' one, I'd be grateful for any input:http://forum.avsim.net/topic/326874-aircraft-land-off-the-runway/Any replies, kindly post in the FS9 forum or I'll be accused of double-posting! Thanks!Martin

I would like to add some steam effects to cooling towers in FS2004 scenery. Can someone tell me how to do this?I found some neat ones in some UK scenery, but the author does not respond to any emails.Thanks,Mike

Wondering if anyone may have any insight to why part of this photo tile won't take autogen? I used Autotrees beta to add autogen trees to the entire photoscenery and then I've been opening these in the annotator to add buildings and relocate any trees that didn't wind up in logical places. Here are some screenshots:Here I replaced the tile with a blank texture, as you can see it's not the entire tile that's not taking autogen:Here's what it looks like in the annotator, the yellow outline approximates the offending area:I have some tilted LWM polygons under this tile to try and smooth out the airport plateau problem, but I disabled my LWM3.BGL temporarily and it made no di…

Hallo, ich würde gern mit dem ADE einen neuen Flughafen in mein FS einbinden, aber immer wenn ich auf "Compile Airport" klicke um ein .bgl-File zu speichern bekomme ich immer die Meldung "Cannot find BglComp.exe. Please check your Settings!" Kann mir da jemand helfen? Ich würde eine Antwort auf Deutsch bevorzugen wenn jemand diesen Post aus Deutschland, Schweiz oder Österreich lesen sollte.Translat from Google: Hi, I would like to integrate with the ADE a new airport in my FS, but whenever I click on "Compile Airport" click a. bgl file store I always get the message "Can not find BglComp.exe. Please check your settings!" Can someone help me there? I would prefer an answer…

sorry for double post, but i think i posted the other one on the wrong place.I installed FSX sdk sp2, and i have 3ds max 2008, so after configuring the sdk paths and getting the aces tools working, i created a simple box on 3ds max, assigned a fsx material, and to the top polygon, i assigned a different material. both materials have bump maps, but when i try to verify my model using aces tools, i get this message:(i already fixed the lod name problem)that happened to me with different machines. i tried everything.if i only apply one material to the object, it works, the problem lies when i assign 2 different materials, for different parts of my object.any ideas what could…

can I apply a transparency to a texture?

Hi to all, I am currently working on an Sri Lanka Air Force Package for ACOF and have completed this and have it up an running in FS2004, Flightplans also sorted but I have noticed that the Standard AFCAD's for the Sri Lankan Military Airports which are most of the airports on this lovely island are not well prepared for AI whilst I have done some work on the AFCADS to enable AI to land,Park and take off nicely some require a flatten switch applied to them to remove tree's etc? I used to use a program called Flattex which was easy to use I would then add the Flatten switch details to the Scenery File CFG lines. I have just changed my machine and now have win 7 ( well we …

Hi all and hello as a new member,ive been working on a project of a pilotable HMS Ark Royal 09 and wondered if it was possible to make the decks hard for landing within FS2004.Any help or tips appreciated.

Hello I would like to ask two questions about scenery files, the first, will FS 2004 scenery files work on FSX ? The second once you have downloaded a scenery file how do you load it into your fsx scenery ? ( please explain this one step by step as i am new to this !) Thank you

Hello I have made an object in 3DS max and tried to add it to FSX but I can't find it anywhere. (on land or in Object Tool)Can someone help?I would like to know the best way to use my 3ds max objects in FSX?I have Rwy12 working and the sdk tool working, so I can place objects, just not my own.I have tried librarycreatorXml and LOM 2 but still can't see my object.I have the 3ds X. plugin and the Photoshop DDS and Nvidia plugs.I have copied the new bglcomp.exe to replace old exe'sI have guidgen and clicked it a dozen times before taking the id.Any suggestions please???**I have attached the .xml .x .mdl in a zip at bottom!This is my first post, I got FSX for X-mas and have s…

Dear all, You might have read a similar post in other popular flight simulator related sites but I want to share this with as many enthusiasts as possible ... so here I go :A week or two ago I decided to pick up an old hobby : Flight Simulator. Now I am not an experienced pilot and therefore I decided to start from scratch. In order to give my new start an exciting environment, I thought about which country could give my flights also some visual excitement. Argentina would be my preferred choice : I am Belgian but lived in Buenos Aires for some years and I travelled enough through the country to know that it can offer you the most amazing anddiversified sceneries. This c…

Hello Designers,I have been on here a lot lately and truly value all the excellent assistance and advice you have shared.I have been designing (read that as modifying default) airports for about two years now, always on my own system and not for sharing or upload to other users. Thus, I never worried about where a matching texture file (.bmp) was for a scenery.bgl file. Recently, though, I shared a file through the AVSIM Library. Finding the corresponding texture files in my system for the object.bgl file I used to create was a logisitcs NIGHTMARE. I did this because I did not want the end user to have to go download additional EZ-Scenery, Rwy12, etc libraries in ord…

Hi,I have a doubt with the creation of sceneries, already as create an airport with the afx for example, add platforms, etc but, the problem that always I have tried to verify is like to do a platform of really detailed parking, since they do in the megascenes, someone might explain since it is done??PD: excuse me may english, but i´m spanish, thanks

I thought I knew what these were, but I think I have confused some of them. Could someone kindly confirm what each of these file types typically do, according to custom naming:*VTPL.bgl*VTPP.bgl*VTPX.bgl*LWM2.bgl (This one LandWaterMask I assume)Thanks,Martin

I am working on creating my own runway textures,but i need assistance in determining the most optimum format.Dxt1-no alpha, or dxt3 alpha?Mips or no Mips?Can someone please explain the differences,pros/cons of each format.Dimitri.