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I've been trying to find a solution to add some scenery to local airports... I can't get Abacus' Scenery Shortcut working (posted on this separately) and it doesn't look like RWY12 is available/still being worked on.Besides buildings, I'd like to be able to add large groups of trees/plants.. ideally would like to be able to draw perimeters to fill with trees.I did read through the FAQ but it looks like it hasn't been touched in a while.Thanks,Andrew

I've been doing a lot of flying into Narita airport lately and I noticed that there is no autogen anywhere near the airport whereas in real life there are forests right next to the runway. I figured this must be because of a large exclude zone around the airport and I was wondering if it was possible to edit this exclude zone to make it smaller so that I can have autogen trees closer to the airport. I've seen topics on how to make exclude zones but none on how to remove them or minimize them. I use fs2004... Thanks in advance :)

Hi,Does anyone know where I could find maps that show gate locations at Australian airports? In particular, I am looking for YBBN and YBCG. I want to use them to create more accurate parking spots in AFCAD files so it will show more realistic airline parking.Thanks in advance!Beau

Hi all-The installation instructions state "After you install the SDK you'll have to edit a file to activate the Mission Builder's Object Placement Tool. The name of the file is dll.xml and you'll find it in this folder: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX\"but I don't have an "Application Data" folder...Any ideas?thanksAndrew

Hi: I just spent a bunch of time and money tweaking my computer for FSX, and its running great. I am also now learning how certain sceneries just slow things down. Orbx, Tongass Fords, and anything from Flytampa runs smoothly, but I have several sceneries from an other manufacturer (whose name I will not mention) that I purchased before I became "enlightened" that seem to bog down. From what I can see from posts in this forum, it is because this manufacturer does not "mipmap" its files. Here's my question. What is a mipmap and an alpha channel? Should all texture files have these? Is there anything else a properly formated texture needs to have? Is there software …

HI,I am trying to capture the specific requirements Amsterdam Schiphol airport has. With 5 runways it is not possible to use only 1 AFCAD, one needs several depending on the present winds.It also means adjusting the taxiways to cater for some AI traffic. I have added a new taxiway so both arriving and departing aircraft can find their way but unfortunately some trees are in the way. I have looked at the options ADE gives me to exclude areas, but so far I am not successful. I have also tried to define grass on both sides of the taxiway but the trees seem to grow right through them. Would there be an easy way to get rid of the autogen trees?This is for FSX, I am using ADE.T…

Does anyonre know if there's a current version of a tutorial for SBuilder "for idiots". I cant seem to get any satellite imagery to display within the program.What Im after is to add photo textures to a simple aerodrome.I have never used Sbuilder before and find the tutorial has quite a few holes hence the concepts are quite hard to grasp.

Hi,I would like to obtain a copy of a freeware shapefile to KML converter called shp2KML v 2.0 that used to be available at http://www.zonums.com/shp2kml.html. The download link is dead and was wondering if anyone has a copy of it and would be kind enough to make it available?Thanks!

Hi all,Is there a utility that can check agn files for errors ?I have some addons that cause errors when loading the scenry with custom agn files.Because there are 348 agn files it would take a lot of time to check them manually by loading them one by one in FSX. Thanks in advance.

I'm having problems installing Imagetool in on Window7, 64 bit. When I try to install, I get a message stating that it is incompatible with the 64 bit version of Windows 7. Any idea as to how to resolve this. Mike Gutierrez. North Hollywood, California

With the new tutorial on converting models from Sketchup to a format usable by FS I thought that it may be around time to do some scenery design of my own. I am looking for ideas on a small airport that has not been done yet and it would be preferable if somebody had photos of the airport (terminals, hangar, aerial, etc.). This will be my first scenery project so I would expect to finish sometime this year. Any ideas for where to model?

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Hi!I'm experimenting with some large scale photoreal water masks using BlueMarble imagery. Due to the large size of the imagery (I am working with 3 arc deg x 3 arc deg cells), I had to use CompressionQuality = 80 to keep the size of the BGL within reasonable sizes. While things are mostly working out, I have a problem with the boundary between adjacent cells, where there is a dark border which appears only when I use low CompressionQuality values (the problem does not occur when CompressionQuality = 100).I presume this is due to the compression algorithm, but I'd like to understand why the artefact only appears on the border and not inside the image. I'd also like to hea…

Hello,Normally around an airport in FS there is an area which has none of the normal imagery, and it is usually just green, or brown. I downloaded an AFCAD file for LEMD (Madrid) to reflect the expansion, but this is the problem:Directly near the new runways and parts of the airport there are the normal buildings and fields. I wanted to know if it is possible to remove these images and replace them with the usual brown/green areas, and if so, how would I go about doing it?Regards,Michael Jones

Just wanted to share the latest screens of my KCSG Columbus Airport located in Columbus GA. Follow development over at http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19283 hopefully this will be a first in a long run of GA Airports from me.

Hi all wondering if anyone knows if there are any Canadian airports in the works? Would love to see Vancouver Int.

Hi all,Moving on from playing with the Saratoga file, I've found a modern day carrier I'd like to mess around with but the XML and MDL files are not attached. Is it possible to decompile the BGL file for it and end up with those files so I could modify them? I tried contacting the maker from the readme file but the email bounced and a search did not turn up new contact information. I want to stress this is for my own personal use, but if I'm doing something considered uncool please don't be afraid to let me know. TIA,Erin

Hello all,I am new to this forum so please bare with me.I have been running this Airport Designer program called AFX. But theres one issue with it. It does not let me add named waypoint fixes like for example as these below...MIILS, WHIGG, FUZZY, and so on.....It only lets you add VORs and NDBs....But not these 5-character fix waypoints or intersections.....(as they call it in real-time).FSX itself already has these waypoints like described above. But I want to ADD new ones like for example SHOWW, FIDOE, ABBIE, and etc...So is there like a program were I can add these intersections or fixes?Or, suppose I want to add a waypoint intersection called SHOWW (which FSX does not…

If I'm violating protocol with so many questions please excuse me, sure don't mean to be a pain. I've been playing with the USS Saratoga I asked about earlier and have the hang of relocating it, but the carrier deck does not relocate when I do it, I can't land or take off but I can in the version David did for me. I just fall through the model and hit the water. I've gone through our xml files line by line and don't see anything different between the ones I modify and David's and the original file, but I can land on David's and the original versions but not mine so obviously I'm missing something. Here's one I moved but the deck did not go with it. If anyone can tell me w…

Hi all,trying to relocate Paul Clawson's Saratoga carrier to Lake Tahoe CA and I'm messing somethig up but I can't figre out what. Anyone got time to have a qucik look please??<!-- decoded by bglxml on 2005-11-04, 15:35:46--><FSData version="9.0" xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bglcomp.xsd" ><!-- Object type: 0x0000002C offset: 0x000000AC group count: 1 unknown1: 0x00000001 table size: 0x00000010--><!-- LatInfo: 0x00082917, offset: 0x00000180, length: 0x0000002C, count: 1--><!-- Object type: 0x0000002B offset: 0x000000DC group count: 1 unknown1: 0x00000005 t…

Does anybody know if there is a scenery available for the Memphis International airport (KMEM) either freeware or payware? I have FS2004 and I have a freeware scenery by Vladimir Svoboda that for some reason does not show up the airport terminal textures. They all have white textures, and I don't know how to correct it. I was able to update all Delta Air Lines logos for the jetways and I am only missing the terminal textures. I am not a scenery design expert, but, perhaps someone could assist or help in pointing out what file could be missing. Thanks :(

I'm doing some bush flying in Alaska in my MAAM DC-3 and landed in Eagle, AK. The problem is that in FS9 the airport code is listed as PAEA when in reality it is coded PAEG. Is there a way to correct the coding in FS9? I'm using UT for Canada/Alaska but that shouldn't affect anything.I checked Airnav and Flightaware and the correct code is PAEG.Thanks for any help here.Jim D.

Hi Guys, I wonder if someone could give some pointers to help track down an issue I have with some scenery i made.I have been using TileProxy generated scenery and saving it as permanent scenery. It has worked well and I have been doing the state of Wyoming. However during the scnery generation flights I was plagued with freezes and crashes, mostly referencing the gdiplus.dll. This only happened on the particular flight in question. Having covered the area and converted the scenery to permanent, by copying over the relavant .bgl files for the area into one folder (Scenery) and the texture files into another (texture), I found I still had the same problem when flying the p…

Can someone suggest a scenery object library suitable for ADE that contains a Canadian flag? Can't seem to find one...Tried ex_flags, but it doesn't have a generic flag......Thanks,Steve in Kansas

Hi all,Just a few night pics of my new scenery in development, Cork Airport IrelandSee more at eiresim.comEnjoy...Terry