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Hi all,I would like to modify, or at least repaint, those bright red pylons that populate some airports (see for example LIMC).Any suggestion?Thanks in advanceRegardsFulvio

Hi all,I wonder if it is possible to add sound to scenery without having to use the payware programs. Cannot find anything on the subject in the SDK.(E.g. the sound of water after landing on a lake or the sound of waves on an aircraft carrier while waiting for an AI aircraft to land).Thanks in advance for some info.Roby

Is it at all possible to use EZ scenery library objects in RWY12? I know the XML files are different but is it possible to use them at all if so what do I need to do?

Does anybody know where the Italian Scenery Designer web page has goneISD

Hi,This is more a scenery tweaking question than a design one but I guess I'm posting in the right forum...I have a Freeware airport scenery which came as part of a larger package and I've been trying to isolate it (only for my own use of course) to gain better performance etc. I'm nearly there but it seems that the ground under the airport is not properly "hardened" and at two points when taxiways cross canals, the plane falls in! (actually, this also happened before I started trying to isolate stuff)I've tried adding an apron layer to the AFCAD file but that has no effect. Do you think I need to just make a flatten for the whole airport and modify the VTP layer to remov…

I'm pretty good with Solidworks and Afcad and would like to start building airports for FS9, without spending time on learning a new 3D program. My main concern is exporting from Solidworks to FS9... has anyone tried it?Solidworks can export:IGES (.igs, iges), ACIS (.sat), STEP AP203/214 (.step), VDAFS (.vda), Tiff (.tif), Universal 3D (.u3d), Microsoft XAML (.xaml), STL.(stl), VRML (.wrl), Parasolid text file (.x_t), Parasolid binary file (.x_:(, eDrawings (.eprt), Adobe (.pdf), 3D XML (.3dxml), Catia (.cgr), ProE (.prt), JPEG (.jpg), HCG (.hcg), HOOPS (.hsf)It seems .xml is the key format to end up with .bgl's. Is there any way to convert these file types to .xml or eve…

Hi folks,I try to make an exclude-file using ExcBuilder 2.0, but when I try to compile the xml I always get an error. When I hit the space bar in FS (to align the aircraft north, before I transfer the coordinates via FSConnect to ExcBuilder), the actual course is 333

I have just started dabbling in scenery design for FSX. I have a couple of questions:-1) Is there a way to change the ground levels around airports?. My local airport (EGNM) has a severe drop off the end of runway 14 into the Horizon VFR scenery (I use their mesh too). I want to be able to eliminate the 'cliff' and smooth out to a more gentle hill. The area that requuires attention is outside the airport boundaries.2)Having placed automated hangars in my scenery I have assumed that 'automated' means the doors will open, how to get this to work ? or am I well up the wrong tree here.I am familiar with FSX Planner, Runway 12 and recently just started the learning curve w…

Would there there be any tutorials available how to process elevation data (e.g. NED 1/3 arc second) downloaded from USGS seamless servers into BGLs for use in Flight Simulator?For the output format I selected:Output Format: BILNAD 83 GeographicX cell Size: 00.00009 DegreesY cell Size: 00.00009 DegreesI suppose NAD 83 format requires some reprojetion to WGS 84. I could also have selected GeoTiff or GridFloat format, all of which are in floating point. Now the big question is which free software could I use for reprojection...For the moment, I am just trying to get a Bryce Canyon at 10m resolution. But maybe later I want to cover larger areas and figure out how to make eve…

Hi again, I created some scenery of my local airfield for FSX using the OPT. I was forced into a re-install of FSX and the SDK (both SP2) and unfortunately I backed up all relevent files from the SDK except the original XML file for the scenery. I am now trying to remove a couple of objects from the scenery, and have used newBGLanalyse and BGL2xml to create a new file, but when I load it into the OPT, I get no names or GUID's for the objects. When I used bgl2xml and loaded the OPT, the object handles appeared and I could delete the objects, but when I recompiled the BGL, everything was gone. With newbglanalyze, the handles won't appear, but everything recompiles fine …

Hi all,I've modified one of the generic landclass textures -bare desert number 002- and want to use it only in my local scenery.Using SBuilderX, I've compiled a cvx-type bgl and put it into Addon SceneryScenery folder. Also put into Addon SceneryTexture folder the complete set of 002 modified textures (ie 002b2su1,..su2,..hw1, etc), and indeed my region is within B boundaries.The problem is, on textured polys (not landclass tiles) I still see the original bare desert texture instead of the modified version existent in the local texture folder.Is there a need for another bgl to correct this, or maybe it is not possible to achieve?Thank youTom

This is driving me nuts, can somebody please go to KSQL and check if they can see the taxiway signs in "standard" FSX?Mine have disappeared (but only at KSQL) !!!I was modifying the airport and suddenly discovered that I could not see the taxiway signs, assuming that I had screwed up somewhere I removed all my extra scenery moved the files out and restarted - still no signs...They are all there in AFX (even my modified ones in the AFX preview).Geoff

Hello all fellow pilotsHere in Montreal we have an important stretch of highway which spans over about 4 miles, the Decarie Highway. This is particular in the sense that it is below level land. Basically they dug right down and put it below. It is not covered (tunnel) Decarie blvd which runs parallel to it on both sides (like a service road) is on ground level. Going from one side to the other, the overpasses stay flat as the highway is below ground level. I would like to do this. How would I go about doing it (FSX or FS9) Do I need to modify the mesh? or a poly? Please help as this would open doors to all those intersections who go below ground rather than having an over…

Hi, Im having a problem with my photscenery for fsx created with sbuilderx, for some reason as i fly the photoscenery is being replaced with default textures as I fly. When I bring the texture resolution slider all the way to the left the problem stops, but obviously the textures are blurry, and default autogen still shows up. Its almost like the sim isnt recognising the scenery as photoscenery. What can I do?

Hi all-I just purchased IS last night and think it's the coolest thing. I was wondering if there are available libraries of objects in addition to what comes with the program.Thanks,Mark

Hi all, I want to add some text to a few stock FSX objects.I have tried DXTBMP but nothing shows although I'm fairly sure I have done it correctly.Are there any tutorials.Is this the right tool for the job, if not what should I be using?RegardsRichard

Im trying to follow the photreal terrain tutorial from flightsim world.com, but I cant find the file bigjpeg.exe from the cox site or anywhere else on the net, does anyone know where i can get it? And I am also using usaphotomaps, which is a great tool but is there any way to set it to use a source other than ms terra server because ms terraserver is mostly in black and white. It would be great if It would use yahoo maps, since they have very good sat map coverage in the arera I am doing. If not can I just use the yahoo maps browser and somehow get it in the right format to make it into photoscenery.

Covering a large area with indivudual trees/bushes causes a large processing load. However, if many objects are combined into one group the impact is significantly reduced. How do you combine individual objects, such as trees, into a grouping?Regards,Dick BoleyA PC, an LCD, speakers, CH yoke

I've been working on a fictitious airport for some time now. The airport is located on one of the smaller Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It has one 3,200x60 meter runway facing north, one 2,500x50 meter runway facing northwest, and two 1,100x30 meter runways each parallel to one of the bigger ones. Would anyone be willing to create approaches (VOR, GPS, ILS) or add AI traffic to it?I'm hoping that this will eventually become a base for all sorts of air races. Its out in the middle of nowhere, so there is no need to load/unload scenery files every time you want to just fly around. Its also between North America and Europe, so real-time timezone differences shouldn'…

Hi, everybody.I'm having a problem with my VTP scenery. I don't have a snapshot to put here, but I think you can help me easy.That's it: I used Sbuilder205 to import BGL data from FS, and separated only the material inside the respective LOD8, as explained in Sbuilder help. So I have the utility lines on layer 4. I've created a VTP2 Poly to represent a small neighborhood on the city scenery, then i've chosen a suburban texture for it, and put it on layer 4. The default utility lines are supposed to cross this region, and I perform only small modifications in order to correct the position of the lines. But then I compiled and the line doesn't appear over it. Changed the ut…

Im using sbuilder rto create photoscenery, is there any way to create a water mask for photoscenery? Im new to scenery design, so if sbuilder is the wrong tool for the job is there some kind of tutorial explaning how to do it? And, btw if I I state that ms virtual earth was used for all the textures, and acknowldge that i did not make the textures is it legal to distribute them on avsim for free?

One thing that has always annoyed me about the Autogen Annotator is that it required some initial mouse clicks to load the Autogen definitions XML file first. The same holds true for loading the scenery ground tile to be edited.I would like to integrate that tool tool with Tileproxy, such that the Annotator is brought up for the tile that the aircraft is over. But if the user has to reload the Autogen definitions file and the tile for every single edit, it becomes a bit tedious.Isn't there any switch (command line or registry) to automatically load the definitions file and the tile to load? If not, could ACES please think about adding it? ;-) Any feature that would facili…

Hi all,I am running FSX with Gen X photo scenery.There is an airfield showing in the photo scenery that I wish to make operational.I have "slewed" there and the ground is all hollows and bumps and needs to be flattened before I can change/add runways etc.I have tried the straight forward AB Flatten but I end up with a plateau?Is there anyway in which I can flatten an area covered by photo scenery?RegardsRichard

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Hello all! I really need someone to help me delete default scenery in FS9. I have heavy AI traffic at 100% and really hate default scenery for JFK, LHR, CDG, AMS, MIA, SEA, DEN, DFW, ORD, LAS, LAX, SFO, EWR, IAH, BOS. I was wondering if someone can create a file that would remove/exclude those sceneries including buildings, taxisigns, etc. I want the field to be completely blank, so I can create a new AFCAD with lots of parking. Can someone please explain how to do it or make that for me? Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks!!!