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Hi,i want to add some of the fs9-effects to one of my static sceneries - adding wakes to some api-ships (yes, i still use EOD by Br

I have a problem with scenery objects disappearing after I reload FSX. This is for some San Diego scenery I am doing. The cars disappear after reloading FSX. (not sure about reseting the flight) Once I reload the scenery with Instant Scenery they come back until the next time I load FSX. They are FSX:Acceleration objects. Anyone know why they would do this? Just can't get enough of this picture and want these cars to work for when I release the scenery for download. :(Looks like you will hav to go here to view the picture.http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthrea...64393#post64393

Ok, maybe im in the wrong forum, but this issue has been bothered me for almost a week without getting any wiser browsing the various forums.So, first off, i know im awfully late in doing this and if u guys and girls have any pointers on new software to use, im all ears. :)So, what im trying to do: Im trying to update some airports in FS9. ESSA and many more in sweden, because they are way out of date.I use AFCAD2 to import the stock APT. modify it to my liking and most cases as IRL.Then I TRY to import the .bgl file created into scenegenX to add some buildings. I also have Runway12 installed.Here is where the bad part starts, Apparently, scenegenX dont like the parking a…

Having just sorted through the various tutorials, SDK's, utilities and forum posts on the subject, here is a quick tour of the process for making your FSX scenery a "reality"1.Make sure you have FSX Deluxe edition, that's the only version with the SDK (software development kit)2.Download Gmax and install, install FSX SDK, add service packs to SDK up to the version of FSX you are using. copy FSX gamepack from SDK into correct folder in Gmax directory- follow instructions that come with SDK.3.Create the object and add day/night textures to it in Gmax-follow gmax_3d_model.zip tutorial from http://www.scenery.org/tutorials.htm4.Export the object model to FSX .mdl format and a…

Hi everybody, the Ground textures in FSX, mostly the Autumn and Winter ones are way too "desert looking", that

Anyone ever considered doing Kota Kinabalu airport (and city)? Also Mt Kinabalu on the Island of Borneo?

Hi,does anyone know where is the texture for autogen cars, trucks,.. in FSX?I'd like to tone down the bright colors a bit.Any tip appreciated.Thanks in advanceFulvio

I noticed that, as I am making small adjustments in the landclass coverage, the changes are not reflected in the "earth" image, when you zoom out drastically and the Earth globe becomes apparent. It seems that the globe is covered with texture that is derived from landclass info (not the satellite imagery is was the case in FS9) because that coverage varies with seasons... however, modifying landclass does NOT alter the "far-away" landscape. Any idea where this coverage is located and what needs to be done to modify it so that the landclass change is also visible on it?

Well I have decided to learn Gmax. The currently available KPFN by John B. Loney, Jr. is great, but is not exact. I plan on building custom models in Gmax and making mine as accurate as possible. The current airport has about 2 or 3 more years before it is replaced, and I really want a way to remember this airport as it is now. I have already built the SheltAir building in Gmax, but now I have no idea how to get textures on the object. I have actual photos of the building, and want to use them to skin the model. If that is not possible, I can create them in MSPaint. Also once I figure this out (hopefully with help from here!) how do get it into FS for placement with Inst…

Hi guys, sorry to be a pain because I am sure I have asked this before but I cannot find it.Although I work mainly in FSX I have a need to do a small job in FS9 and I cannot remember how to import or calibrate an image in SBuilder for FS9.Please don't point me to a tutorial, I have scoured them till I am blue in the face.Would some kind soul please help my aging memory.RegardsRichard

Since PAI was reorganized, and their forums lost all the old information, where is a good place now to go to find information on modifying, designing AFCAD's, and info on learning the "STAR" runway config, and AFCAD's in general. I have the ability to resize, add, delete parking spots, taxiways, etc, but want to learn the deeper science behind these.Thanks!Rick

I am beyond myself. I just spent two hours trying to replace the grass textures in Austrian Airports and could not get it to work. Something so simple, and I can't get it.The default grass texture is way too green and does not blend into the surroundings. Anything I do with the two textures, causes the sim to CTD.I opened the texture in DXTBMP and converted to BMP.I edited the texture in Photoshop CS2. I saved the file as a BMP (16 bit) and then tried to import.CTDThen I converted it to an Extended BMP with DXTBMP in every format it supports, each time, CTD.Can someone help me? My favorite place to fly is Germany and Austria, and I would like to get the Austrian Airpo…

Hi,i hope this is the correct forum for my question - if not, sorry ;)My problem: i made a seaplane base and an 'AFCAD' file with ADE and it has besides the water runway also docks for parking.Now i try to make some ai-traffic and for that i used the TDB, but if i compile the file it says that there would be no parking places for my plane.Thats the airport data:YSRB,-33.868138902,151.262838095,0.0,G,0,1.00,Australia{ RUNWAY,3937,164,WATER PARKING,20.0,DOCK PARKING,20.0,DOCK PARKING,20.0,DOCK PARKING,20.0,DOCK PARKING,20.0,DOCK PARKING,20.0,DOCK PARKING,20.0,DOCK PARKING,36.6,DOCK PARKING,36.6,DOCK}My CustomAircraftSchedules.dat: DHC2-4,VH-AAM…

Hi all.Here's a handy program to get the containing boundries of a lat-long location. It will return the LOD5 -> LOD9 boundries. Very useful for Ground2K,G2k4, Sbuilder and SBuilderX.Using a GIS program for data or images, is made easier as it easily calculated exact extents, or oversized extents.This gadget is very useful with the tile gathering/combining features found in programs such as those found at AllAllsoft.comLEC:http://webpages.charter.net/ludowr/LEC.zipDick

Hi all, anyone know if exbuilder by "Paavo pihegas" has ever been updated for fsx. I seem to think it has, it worked fine for fs2004. thanks.:9

Hello, I hope i am in the right place to ask for help so here goes, I have 13 Oil Rigs in FS2004 in the Cook Inlet Alaska,they were made by a team called Munchbros back in 2004, i have tried to contact them but no luck via web site /email etc, what i would like to know is how can i if possible relocate these rigs to other places in Alaska in the sim , the rigs in Cook Inlet have been placed fictitious so its not like they are there for real, Any help would be appreciated, Thanks,

I've been testing AI behaviour at PAAQ in FS9 with a default Dash 8. The only published IFR approach at PAAQ is a GPS (A) approach to Rwy 34. I set visibility to 2 nm, wind 330/8. I ran FS9 for approx 15 minutes before the approach was scheduled to begin. The plane approached the initial approach fix (IAF) (I think CF008) on a southerly heading at around 5000 ft. The FP was 5000 ft for a 50 nm flight. According to the approach plate the altitude at this point should have been 2500 ft, so it was far too high. (I know that AI planes do not follow the published data too well). The plane then made a curved approach to what I think was the final approach fix (FAF) at ZUYEB but…

Hi all, I am making a little fictional airport for me and my mates to fly in and out of. Im using Flight1's AFX. The problem im having at the moment is that the ground where I want my airport to be isnt level, is anyone able to assist me with leveling it out? And maybe some texturing?Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.Cheers, Bwuuci. :-newbie

Hi In FS2004, if you made a change in the scenery library and added a piece of scenery(in a separate folder -not in the default ADDON SCENERY folder), it showed up as a new entry in the scenery.cfg file.I have just added a mesh addon to FSx - using the scenery library. It works OK - but I can't find a change to the scenery.cfg file. Is FSx different to FS2004 in the way it registers addon sceneries?Thanks Barry

This document is a collaborative effort of the following members of the AvSim Scenery Design forum:- Bob Bernstein- Goran Brumen (gorchi)- George Davison (ghd)- Luis F

Does anyone know a way the change the QMID grid color in SBuilder X.The current dark green color is very hard to see over photo scenery, I would like to change it to yellow. ThanksHarald

Hi,I've just started to make my first scenery to FS2004. I've made model by using gmax, but I don't find any good instruction how to move model to FS. So, could someone explain how to do it or give link to good instructions.Thanks, NP

I'm doing a little programming in Delphi and would like to make a little program that makes it possible to show labels in the 3D landscape - something like EZ-landscape or FSDiscover, but off course not so sofisticated. Can anybody help me with a link or a recomandation of som SDK file to read in order to get started?Best RegardsLars

Hi all and a Happy Easter etc.With FS9 I was using FSSC, Flight Sim Scenery Creator, but with the changes FSX made, like curved earth etc etc, any airfields I designed with FSCC will not display or work correct in FSXe.g the airfield is there, BUT if I fly over it at 2,000 feel ASML, I get a building crash, what is with that I do not know.This is the airfield I did do for FS9, but never finished, as I could never find a way of doing the complicated rwy's.http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=38.0623...010042&t=h&z=17What are designers recommended to design Airfields for FSX?Is this one any good?AIRPORT DESIGN EDITOR HOME EDITION http://www.scruffyduckscenery.co.u…

Hello,Has anyone had time to tinker with FSX shaders? I have looked at them, and while syntax is new to me, logic seems fairly simple. I've tried to adjust a few things - namely, deepen the terrain shadows (we're porting our lunar scenery package to FSX and the shadows, for some reason, are a lot lighter in FSX as compared to FS9 - we need them deep and dark for lunar scenery). I tried changing a few values in what seemed appropriate terrain shader files, but with no apparent change in the scenery.Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.Misho