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Hi,I just create, using the FSX sdk, a textured scenery which work well in scale and geo position, but I can't optain transparency around it in water and land , using a water mask , in bmp or tiff . the resample.exe works but return an error about the tiff water texture during work(unknown field between with tag 37724(0x935c) encountered) : the texture scene appears with no transparency. and no autogen works on it.I work with photoshop and try tiff with LWZ compression and no compression...I try too dxtbmp and alpha channel with no results.my inf. file :[source]Type = MultiSourceNumberOfSources = 2[source1]Type = BMPLayer = ImagerySourceDir = "SourceData"SourceFile = "ir…

In flight sim, the ATC ask us to land on the special runway, can I ammend the runway to land? Such as the atc ask me to land at runway 31, but I want to land on runway 13, can I ammend it to make the atc ask me to land at runway 13? Can it be done by using AFCAD2?

I don't know if this is the right place to go to for AFCAD help. If not, could someone kindly point me in the right direction. Anyway, I downloaded an AFCAD for Fly Tampa's KSFO scenery. The problem is that I can't get the new AFCAD to override the original one. I think it has something to do with the fact that the one I downloaded has a layer of 38 while the original has a layer of 47. Does anyone know how I can fix this or who/where I can go to?Ryan GamurotLucky to live Hawai'ihttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/supporter.jpg

Hi,Installed Rwy12 and placed a lightpole. It works fine.Then I placed a flashing light, but it doesn't emmit light. Have I missed something ? The file come of the FS9 navaid list, but I do not find other data concening this item. Where are they ? In which library and under which name ?The same question for the ag_trees. I think that I have not the right files. Where can I find them ?Greetz. Jos

Hello,Could someone explain what is a good distance or height that should be used to replace default ground textures? I understand they need to be 256x256, I just need to know how far viewed from above the earth they need to be to look to scale in the sim.Thanks in advance!

FSX automatically reduces the display resolution using some unknown (to me) criteria. Has anyone uncovered a way to prevent this automatic action?Regards,Dick Boley

if there's a way of modifying the color/brightness of the autogen buildings? Is there a file that could be edited to that effect? Thanks.

Does anyone have any scenery that depicts the Janet terminal at KLAS? The Janet terminal is used by the planes that fly the personnel to Area 51 and other Top Secret places. Thanks, regards, Bob.

Hello-I know nothing about scenery -lol- but I have tried to download and install the IFSD Irish scenery for FS2004 which has an installer.At the end of the process I have the following error messages come upInstalling EIWF Waterford The import file specified a destination file eurnwafd.bgl that was not found in the AFD scenery folder. This facility file was not installed.I had this same error message for each of Kilkenny; Dublin Int; Carnmore and Cork.The scenery files were listed in the ususal way on the scenery library and Dublin airport was different from the default.I have looked for AFD folder in both scenery folders but can't find it .It seems I am missing this eu…

Hello everybody,today I downloaded SBuilder from the library. Extracted from the ZIP file but when I want to run it Im getting some kind of errorRun-time error

HiI have now a terrain working in Global Mapper. When I open it in Global Mapper the terrain is visualized finein 3D.But now I'm stucked.I would like to make this Global Mapper to a format for Flight Simulator X.Do anyone know how to make Global Mapper file useable in FSX?Any tutorial ?Greetings,Ulrik M.

Scenery design programs for FSX. What [scenery designing programs] are available that at the same time are/is compatible for [airport designing] for FSX?

To the Flight Sim Community, Although I have been enjoying Flight Simulator since the Amiga days, I have only recently started to design my own scenery. As I do not own the latest Cray super-computers that Microsoft uses, I am concentrating only on the newer XML and GMAX based scenery objects. In this vein I have been reusing many of the FS2004 default components to help insure a low frame-rate impact. It's surprising what you can do by changing the scale or elevation of an object. Unfortunately, most of the default libraries are limited to specific geographical areas and it's very inconvenient to have to keep de- and re-compiling the BGLs to get the needed objects. T…

hi, I have been making an airport from scratch, and I have been adding buildings...etc. My question is how do I include the objects that I put in my airport using the RWY12 objects placer,with the Afcad bgl I created. I think I know how to upload the Afcad by itself, but I want other people to see the objects that I have put in. TY Phil I want to upload my work to Avsim.

Hello guysI am trying to model a telecommunications tower and at some parts I want to apply transparent glass. I managed to create transparency where I want to but I find it difficult to apply reflection and confine it at the desirable parts only. Whould it be easy for someone to help me create a glass looking material with some tips? Thanks in advance.Best wishesJim

Is there a program that will use SAMB State Area Mapping photographs for photograptic scenery? The photographs are 2 meter per pixel color photographs 5000x5000 pixel.

Hi all,I'm new to re-doing scenery. My home airport (KROG) has changed since FS9 was published. The runway has been changed from 1/19 to 2/20. I've been able to change the numbers on the runway its self with AFCAD, however, when I taxi upto the runway it still has 1-19 on the runway signs. Is there anyway to change this?The airport is now also tower controlled. I've been able to add the tower freq through AFCAD, but do not know how to actually add the tower building.All help will be greatly appreciated,Shawn

Hi,I'm have a problem adding arrows to taxiway signs in FSX. Specifically, the BGL complier gives an error when I insert an up, left or right (haven't tried down) arrow character in to the sign xml. The SDK says to use <, > or ^ for these arrows, but every time I use one of these I get an error.It's probably some small thing, but I wonder if there's anyone out there that can help.An example of the code (for adding a taxiway direction sign) I am using is:ThanksLowell

Hi there,I am after some scenery files for the Oceania region. The three I would like the most are for Lord Howe Island, the Chatham Islands and McMurdo Station in Antarctica, the Pegasus Field. I also would like to find some airport scenery/AFCADs for these airports as well as they do not really have much to them apart from a runway.I have spent a good few days looking around on the net for these files and have had not luck as yet.Any help would be much appreciated. I am looking for both FS2004 and FSX.Thanks,Karl

Tried to create an exlude file for default ENAL airport using sbuilder beta with no luck..First i tried to creat an poly around the buildings, choosing if i remember correctly exclude_utillities and then compiled an bgl file witch i put in an own folder called e.g ENAL_exclude with subfolder scenery. Put that one into the scenery library with 1 priority...This did not work, no buildings was excluded from the default airport.If someone has an genius way to explain me how to exlude these buildings so i can start designing my airport, please feel free to send me an email on [email protected] have all required things installed such as Toolbars, SDK, SDK SP1 and so on.. All c…

I am using the "Making_scenery_with_Object_Placement_Tool" description / manual published on AvSim. Great stuff, and it works. But ...I am saving my sceneries as a blabla.xlm, and do the .bgl-compilation. Activiating, okay. So far so good, flying is no problem. To change the sceneries again, I reload the blabla.xlm and I see my objects. But here comes my trouble:I see the objects, but they have now a larger frame around (much larger than while I placed them for the first time), and I cannot move them anymore. Selecting the objects (in the list), the frame will become green (as it should), but I cannot grap the object or move it with the mouse.Could somebody help me throug…

FSX LockupsI'm experiencing frequent, but random lockups, when starting FSX while converting scenery to FSX. The lockups occur after selecting a saved flight in the location of the scenery being converted at the screen "Loading Scenery Objects". If I get a lockup, restarting FSX and trying again may succeed, or it may not, and I may have to try several times to succeed. It seems most lockups occur after generating a new GMAX object, but because of the randomness of the lockups I am not sure.I never have lockups with FS9 or FSX after successfully starting it.I don't have lockups if I create a new flight in the conversion area.I never have lockups with any of the Microsoft…

I got a copy of LWcfg and I assume I have a compiled program somewhere because I have traffic on my freeways but nothing on my new roads. I could find nothing about getting traffic onto my roads in the FSX Autogen SDK or anywhere else.Is there something published somewhere by MicroSoft?

I'm not a designer, but this was the closest forum to what I need. I've recently installed Misty Moorings add on scenery for the Misty Fjords area of Alaska. I installed a scenery package for Ketchikan Airport which included a tower, hangers and the like. It all shows up and looks good, however, you can still see the default scenery under the add on scenery. For instance, the replacement hanger with open front door has the default building inside of it and coming out of the walls. How do you find which file is the conflicting file? Is it an AFCAD file for the default airport that needs to be renamed, and if so, how do you find out which one? Any help would be appre…

Hi allI redid the parking apron for a small regional airport.When taxing across the asphalt apron I get the effect of throwing dirt as if you taxied off the runway into the grass.Any idea what might be causing this and how do I correct it?Thanks Alhttp://www.flightontario.com/images/sig_asibley.gif