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Hi all,A new version of FSX Planner is available. You can download it here: http://www.zbluesoftware.com/clients/FSXPlanner.zipHere's what has been modified/added for this version:* ILS Beams and their associated DMEs and Glide Slopes can now be displayed and edited. By default these items are not displayed. To show them, select the Show ILS Beams option under the Display menu. The colors used to render the ILS Beams, DMEs and Glide Slopes can be customized from within the Preferences Dialog (File -> Prefernces; Colors tab). When you select any part of the ILS (ie ILS, DME or Glide Slope) all items associated with that ILS system will be selected and highlighted, maki…

I am trying to flatten an area and exclude all autogen from it and the tools I am using are BLNMarker and BLN2SHP. I have got the BLN files from BLNMarker and try to change them into .shp files but when I drop them over the BLN2SHP program nothing happens. What is wrong? Before you al suggest it, I already have been over to fsdeveloper but haven

Anyone knows what percentage every autogen setting is off the default setting? Default for trees is 4500 and for buidlings 3000. I pressume Extremely dense = 4500 and 3000, but what amount does Very dense, Dense, etc. give me?

HI All,I have built a ship for our latest scenery package and would like to set it up as AI. The model is done. I have no idea where to go from here and am looking for a step-by-step guide for dummies. How do I attach an air file to make it an aircraft? How do I add a wake effect and smoke effects etc? Is anyone aware of a tutorial?Thanks in advance.Adam

Hi folks,after a long time trying this and that I found that SBuilder in conjunction with AFCAD is a very fine and almost complete way to build and modify airports with all belongings.I would like to build individual buildings and other objects using Gmax, but I can't figure how to get those objects into SBuilder to place them. Does anyone know a way to do so?Any help is appreciated.GreetingsEddie

Hi All:One of the inquiring fellows over at the SimFlight FSX Forum has identified a strange phenomenon on his copy of FSX involving "image_globe_xx.bgl" files which appear scenery and stutter related, occurring every 60 seconds; be the first one on your block to help us figure it out!!!;-) see: http://forums.simflight.com/viewtopic.php?p=351736#351736GaryGB

Gentle Beings...I have come across a perplexing problem. I have made an AF2 for a small apt in Alabama, added some parking, designed and installed some buildings and saved the whole works to addon scenery/airport, put the AF2 in the addon scenery/scenery folder, and activated it in FS9. Now here's the problem. The default runway seems to be poking through. It's like AFCAD is not disabling it. If anyone can point me in the direction of a solution, I would be eternally grateful

Hi, is there an easy scenery creation tool for FS9? I simply want to add some fence, a couple of hangers, and a few office buildings to Tinker, so I tried RWY12, but it is confusing, you have to use the airplane to place an object, and then you can't even see the object so you don't know if it was placed correctly, have a feeling I'm doing something wrong, and I'm in no way bagging on RWY12, I realize it's freeware and someone spent a lot of time to make it, but I was hoping there was something more user friendly available.Thanks,Jeff

Hi all,A new release, build 12, or FSX Planner is now available. You can download it here: http://www.zbluesoftware.com/clients/FSXPlanner.zipHere is the list of what has changed:* The Taxiway Sign properties display now also shows the taxiway sign as it would appear within flight simulator. This makes it much easier to decode the cryptic label system used by flight simulator.* The Taxiway Sign Wizard has been implemented. This wizard is accessible by clicking the 'wizard' button next to the taxiway sign label in the Taxiway Sign Properties display. It is a graphical tool to help you create Taxiway Signs without having to keep looking up all the various characters used wi…

I used the addon scenery tool to add a "secret island" and I also added it's runway. How do you get the runway to raise out of the water?

Is there an easy way to exclude the ugly stream lines from FSX?

Just looking for a nice scenery/mesh for the european alps (swiss and french mainly) to fly around in.TIA!

I have a problem landing at PHNL (FS 2004) using all runways. It seems that when I land at the airport, the aircraft nose falls through the runway. This happens with ALL runways and aircraft. (Not AI) It looks like the problem is the ground underneath the runway is not "flat" and the plane bounces (Like it's hitting potholes) and then the nose drops through the runway (But does not crash). Has anyone else had any landing problems at the default PHNL? Unfortunately modifying the AFCAD does not help either. If there is a problem with the runways, is there a fix? Could it be that there is no "flat" surface under the runways? Any ideas? Thanks Scott

Part of my morning involves visiting my favorite web sites.One of them, the Popular Science magazine, had a curious article on how to do 3D scanning using a disassembled scanner.And of course, others chimed in with better ways to do it.Anyway, I thought I might share the links for those of you who might need a cool way to created textures for, say, automobiles and tucks, using toy cars, buildings, etc.http://popsci.typepad.com/how20blog/2007/0...project__1.htmland here's one that shows the results someone got using a turntable.http://klospuelen.de/bildertest/Have a good dayJohn WhiteNewburgh, IN

I have released a new version of FSX Planner. It is available here: http://www.zbluesoftware.com/clients/FSXPlanner.zipThese are the updates for this version:* Added error check for duplicate jetways* The Vasi tab of the runway properties display is now working. You can edit the primary and secondary vasi and approach lights for the runway now.* Fixed bug where latitude/longitude points were displayed and/or saved using commas instead of decimal points.* Communication frequencies can now be displayed and modified by selecting Navigation -> COMs.* Save As option now asks for permission to over-write an existing file.* Save As option now opens the file chooser in the sam…

Build # 10 of FSX Planner is now available at http://www.zbluesoftware.com/clients/FSXPlanner.zipUpdates in Build 10* The 'New Airport' command has been implemented, allowing users to create airports from scratch.* XML files that contain multiple airports can now be opened. A list of all the airports witin the xml file is displayed allowing you to choose the one or ones you want to open. FSX Planner supports opening multiple airports simultaneously.* You can now insert taxiway points into existing taxiways by holding down the Shift key when adding the new taxiway point. If you click over the center line of a taxiway, then the new taxiway point will be inserted into the…

The picture shows a small section of Sea Island Georgia.http://seamless.usgs.gov/website/seamless/viewer.phpThe resolution is 3 inches to a pixel!! The download size for this picture is 890mb !!So, if you want really hi res for FSX here it is.Regards,Dick BoleyA PC, an LCD, speakers, CH yokeSection from USGS:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/171522.jpgFrom FSX a small 2.19mb BGL, 7cm detail set in FSX:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/171523.jpgAnd from FSX at a detail setting of 1meter/pixel:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/171524.jpgAnd at 60cm/pixel:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/171525.jpg

I tried Tree Planter to place trees in FSX but it came back with the message it was only for FS2004. I then tried the SDK Object Placement Tool, there are lots of trees in the FSX objects library but none of them showed up in the simulator.Are there any programs that will do this in FSX?NigelVancouver

Christian Buchner recently mentioned that the height and slope attributes of default rivers (Hydro Polygons) could still be seen on his photo-real tiles. While the custom ground will cover the default terrain, the height of the default Hydro Polygons is not excluded. I had not had the opportunity to see this before, because, of course, in my part of the world, as in most of the FS world, there are no rivers (Hydro Polygons). But, I have been putting together some photo-real ground for the island of St.. Barth

Hi,As a first attempt I have created an airfield which exists in real life but not in the FS2004 scenery.It is the old Navy airfiled 'HMS Daedalus' at Lee on Solent Hampshire which is now used by the Coastguard Sea Air Rescue helicopter and Hampshire Police.I am delighted with my first attempt and this easy program but I cannot get the airfield into the FS2004 list of airfields or to appear on the GPS. It is in the Scenery Library and is useable in FS2004 without any problem.I cannot find an ICAO ID for this airfield in any list and as the FSSC prog requires one I have used my own : EGLE which is not (I belive) used elsewhere. All runways I have made are ticked in the "Ai…

The latest version of FSX Planner is now available at http://www.zbluesoftware.com/clients/FSXPlanner.zipHere are the changes:* Added ability to specify whether jetways should be updated along with parking locations.* Added ability to specify how many undo items should be stored in the history. The default is 30.* Redesigned color preferences to allow for more colors to be specified, including the background latitude/longitude lines.* Implemented the Clean Up Aprons and Clean Up Fences functionality. This finds and removes aprons and fences which consist of two or one vertices respectively.* Implemented Error Checking. This scans the airport for items that will cause e…

I'm wondering if there's a quicker way to see the results of my new scenery design than having to quit FSX and re-launch a (round-trip time of about 3 minutes)?To clarify I save my new scenery in the Addon scenery folder, launch FSX, load my saved flight to see what it looks like and take a mental picture of what needs fixing before I quit FSX. I then repeat. Is this what everyone does? Seems laborious.

=---World Terrain Exclusive---= http://www.worldterrain.co.ukOk guys those of you who didn't know I unfortuantly lost all data on the current terrain project we're working on. Since then we've been trying our best to get back on track. In the last few months we've been working on the Alps. This terrain is at 76.4m.I have compiled a video of Terrain at Innsbruck which is completely utilised by WorldTerrain terrain. Unfortuantly we can't announce any release dates at the moment but I can tell you that this scenery will be freeware and we are also working on making it FSX compatible!ScreenshotsAnyway about that video...VIDEOComments would be very grateful on the terrain. (I…

Hi,I installed an alaska mesh scenery and Ultimate Terrain for Alaska. Well, my float plane base(lake hood) turned into a very mountainous body of water! Is there any way I can flatten just lake hood?Thanks in advance!

Hi all,I'm new to this forum, so here is post #1. :)I am involved in the development of an airport editing program for FSX called FSX Planner. This application allows you to open an airport xml file (bgl as well once finished) and graphically edit the airport, then compile the airport into a bgl file that you can use within FSX.It is nearing completion, and is available as a beta to whomever would like to use it. As it is a beta some functionality is not yet finished, and there may be some bugs. But it is working and we will try to incorporate any suggestions into the finished product.You can download it here: http://www.zbluesoftware.com/clients/FSXPlanner.zipThere is…