FSX | FSX-SE Scenery Design Forum - How To

Hello, excuse my poor english...I'm a total newbie with creating scenery.I'm looking for a simple tutorial that would teach me how to place a generic building (one That is already included in the FSX library) on a existing scenery in FSX.Say I want to place a generic fishing camp (cabin) on the shore of a lake.Is there a simple way to do that.I have installed the acceleration SDK.

I have posted this message before but haven't recieved any answer. When loading excbuilder, I get this popup "class not registered..you will need the following file to be installed on your machine...MSSTDFMT.DLL". I have the file but I don't know where to install it...Any help will be greatly appreciated. I used to have this program up when my 'puter crashed I had to have Windows XP re-installed,,,my E-mail address is "[email protected] to hear from someone soon so I can get back to doing some scenery :(

I am wanting to create some small islands in the ocean, but in the Polygons/Lines window that comes up when I right-click the prepared work area, the VTP1 button is always greyed out (LWM Poly and VTP2 are OK). Why would that be and how do I get it back in use? I just want to create some small sandbank-like islands, without autogen - isn't the VTP1 option what I need?Can't see any mention of this searching the forum, so would appreciate advice ..Thanks!Martin

I created scenery packages for Montrose Regional (KMTJ) and Telluride Regional (KTEX) about a year back based on their Master Plans available on the internet. I have been sitting on these files ever since, not wanting to post them up until they can be properly tested so I figured I would post here to see if anyone would be interested in trying them out and letting me know what they think. I have not run into any major bugs except for the terminal building at Montrose, but I would like a second set of eyes before I go posting it for everyone to download. I did that with a mod I created for Swat 4 and I don't relish the thought of continually releasing things that aren't fu…

Announcement: The scene of the Park of the Grand Teton (Hi-Res) is ready for the Download. (Free)Enough to reserve the download via email to "[email protected]"Good Flight on the Grand Teton!! Frankmy BLOG: http://scenarialpinifsx.blogspot.com/

Hey guys!! I am looking for people to give me a hand putting together a project to design scenery for FSX.Any of you interested? Let me know.Regards,Teo

Running FS9 and UT USA. Flying along the south western coast of Florida there is a rectangular block of what looks like concrete in the ocean off of Tampa bay. I have looked at the .bgls with LWMViewer and tried to load them into SBuilder to see if I can fix it. But aside from the usual ABxxxx, FLxxxx ect .bgls I cant get any of them to load via the Append function. They always say they are not valid LWM or VTP files. Does any one know where the offending files are located or how to fix them? I assume the lod squares in question have an incorrect value somewhere. But I have no idea where to find them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!Cheers..............Smokin…

I have just installed FSX Dlux with SP1 & 2. Is it ok to install the SDK now? (I want to use Airport Design Editor) and what updates does the the SDK require pls? Thx. from a newbie. b/.

Hi All.My name is Al Sibley from Flight Ontario. I suffer with a brain injury which can really mess up my thought process.I went and deleted every one of my Goose Bay and Labrador Regional Airports sourse files. I thought I kept them on my external drive but I went and saved the downloadable version.Can anyone help me with a good data recovery program that is easy to understand.Because of my head injury I really struggle with difficult programs.I desperatly need to recover the .SBP files.Your help would be so very much apreciated as right now I just feel sick.This project I worked for 4 years on.Thanks Al Sibleywww.flightontario.com

Is anyone please able to explain to me exactly where the fault lies with those addon sceneries that cause Out-of-Memory errors in FS9? I just installed a scenery for NWWW (just as an example) and, according to Process Monitor, FS9 is searching for all sorts of bmp files in the NWWW/texture folder, when these files are in the scenery/world/texture folder. Is the fault with the NWWW bgl files?I am watching the amount of memory drain away on my FS PC as I write this on another: in 10 minutes or less, FS9 will crash, OoM. I can stop this by copying all the 'missing' bmp files from the scenery/world/texture folder into the NWWW/texture folder - but exactly why should this be n…

This programme may be 'clever' but I always find it a nightmare to use. I wonder if someone can advise re. my latest mess?I have an area of terrain (near WSSS) where there are many buildings in the ocean. I get this even if I disable all my addon sceneries, reverting to the FS9 default sceneries. I find that if I remove a particular bgl file in scenery/asia/scenery (HL975130.bgl) the water where the buildings are becomes land. Fine, but a bit further up the coast an area which should be water becomes land (with ships sat on it) - so that's not the way to go.I should (shouldn't I?) be able to select the area of ocean where the buildings are and change it to land, using Gro…

Hi guys,I'm working in updating the land class for the Dominican Republic but I got a problem that I can not figure out.After editing the image in photoshop, I saved it as a RAW and ran resample.exeDid some trial and error to align the image with tmviewer and I got this:wordlc.bgl with my land class on top.But in FSX I get this:And this is the actual land class I worked on:Don't know what's wrong!

Hello All:I am installing most of Ed DesRoches & Brent Robillard's Canadian airport Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 sceneries presently. I am using them just as an example for this query. What are these oddly placed *.MDL, *.XML and *.JPEG files scattered randomly throughout the scenery and texture file folders within these and numerous sceneries created by other authors? I have listed six of them below just so you know what I mean:BEIGE_HANGER.MDLBLUE_ROOF.MDLCARP_OFFICE.MDLOPEN_L_STEEL_HANGER.MDLRED_ROOF.MDLSML_HANGER.MDLSome authors' scenery and texture files within their scenery and texture file folders have corresponding *.XML document files of the same name in t…

Hello All:As everyone knows, the installation of many Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 sceneries often requires the end-user to seek out and download separately those third-party freeware scenery object and texture file libraries created by Abacus Publishing EZ-Scenery, Rwy12 Object Placer Program, etc. However, there are two third-party scenery object files that I cannot find anywhere on any flight simulation site. They are:kbuf04.bgl lightpoles.bgl Does anyone out there know where I can find these two files definitively? The *.bgl file name does not always mirror the name of the original scenery *.zip file that contains it. It's almost impossible to do successful Google …

Hi,1.) Does somebody know how to edit die GUID per HEXEdit-Tool in a mdl-File for a FSX Lib-Object. I am looking for a search criteria for my hexeditor in order to find the GUID number in the mdl-file. I just want to change it to make the object different from the FSX library.2.) Is there i trick to assign a GUID to a AddOn mdl-file ( Aircraft, Object etc.) in order to make this to a static object in a FSX scenery.Thanks Dietmar

I have just installed Ultimate Terrain Canada X & fsGenesis Canadian Mesh for FSX. Since having done this, the airport background from one of my favorite strips CZMT up in the Queen Charlotte Islands appears to run out into the ocean creating an ugly rectangle (pls. see attached picture). Thanks to my new AVSIM forum friend Kendall, I have installed and updated the SDK & ADE which has allowed me to adjust the runway and airport features; however I can't seem to find any way to exclude the old background or the offending part of it. Is there a way to fix this problem? Thank you for your consideration.

I have installed the FDG2 B-17 Bases in FS9 and in FSX. The AFCADS show tower and ground frequencies. The Map view in both FSX and FS9 shows the frequencies for ground and tower as the same in the AFCADS. When I select any airport in the scenery file the ATC always says Traffic on 122.90 and does not give me the option to tune the ground or tower frequencies. The scenery and parking locations show excellent in both FSX and FS9. What is wrong? Thanks, regards, Bob.

Greatings all! I made a flight from KSPG Albert Whitted field St. Petersburg Florida to KCDK Lewis field Cedar Key Florida yesterday. But when I got there I found no field anywhere in sight. So I made a flight to start there and found the airfield under water! I have only UT USA for addons on the east coast. It seems that UT USA has the island a couple hundred yards south of where the default FS9 places it. I have tried moving the runway and other parts with afcad2 but it doesn't move the runway at all. I can tell it's using the new afcad because I changed the name from "Lewis" to "Lewis field" just as a check. Even if it did work it wouldn't help me much because there ar…

or do I need to use something different? I'm asking because I got an idea for a flying club (based on www.margaritaair.com and this song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkKvgPGAFgQ.....aaaaaaaand I need a base for it. I know how to use AFCAD, so I'll be pretty disappointed if I have to use something else because it just does not work anymore. I remember trying it, but only once, so I don't remember if it worked or not.Thanks! - Draconhype

Is there an easy solution to get the (all) default runways and taxiways to disappear? Or at least make them semi transparent so photo scenery can show through? I tried making the default dds textures semi transparent but that obviously didn't work (too simple a solution).Any help appreciated.thank youMichel

I took a flight to Gaza Intl LVGZ today. Upon approach I saw 2 trees and half a house at the last minute which I guess clipped my landing gear with Fspassengers and I crashed.How do I take those trees out and move the house over. I tried opening with ADE and didnt see anything and also instant scenery and couldnt access them.I was thinking of opening the stock airport with ADE and just resave it and throwing it in the addon scenery folder. ??

Hi everyone. This is as simple as as the title says. Would anyone know how I can contact Lars Hoyer, the author of AGenT?Thanks in advance.

I need some help with rain effects I've created on a ship deck poly. I get the reflection I need by using the global environment option in Gmax, but I need to get the texture to darken when it's wet.{see pics} I've read the SDK, experimented with the Fresnal Ramp, Specular settings ect.. with no luck. Anyone give me any pointers?AJ

Hi AllI just retired my old P4 1.8 that I use for scenery design only.I grabbed a new Acer Duo Core Athalon with vista 64.Was wondering if I shold just keep the Vista or swipe it and reinstally my XP PRO.I presently use these programs and want to know if there are any issus.I use Sbuilder FS9 and FSX Gamx with 2002 2004 FSX Gamepack, DXT bump, EZlandclass, AFX ,Airport Design Edetor.amongst others.Any isues with Vista plese let me knowThanks Al Sibley www.flightontario.com

Recently I was trying to see if I could get FISD FS9 scenery of EFRO working in FSX. Whilst the scenery appears to work well, the landclass in the near vicinity of the airport does not load. I have created an exclude file for the default FSX airport buildings using FSXPlanner, and even when removing all of the BGLs from the FISD scenery, apart from signs..., taxi..., snow... plus the exclude file that I made, when activating the default autogen simply disappears.Is this an issue with FSXPlanner excludes or am I missing something?Regards,Stuart