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Hi all-Just tried searching through the library here, but wasn't able to figure out how to find content that may be available for EZ-Scenery...Any help appreciated-ThxAndrew

This update to the Software Development Kit (SDK) for Flight Simulator X includes improvements to almost all aspects of the SDK shipped in the Deluxe version. Please note that this update requires the installation of the original SDK from the Deluxe version of FSX.On download page at www.fsinsider.comHave fun!-Doug

Just updated my FSX SDK and it removed all the source and Example files. Ouch! anyone else getting this same result?

Hi all,Have you always wanted to know everything there is to know about the FS land/water class and mesh display system? On the other hand, did you always feel stupid about learning a lot about FS, which has no relevance to your "real" life?Well, now you have the chance to learn something valuable - a foreign language - and a lot about FS at the same time ;-)Joachim Buhre recently uploaded his FS documentation and its 502 pages (!!!) are available in German only: http://www.jobia.de/ There's a PDF version and a HTML version (the latter will be removed from his server shortly). Also, the website contains test scenery and his patch files for the lclookup table and blending …

Does anyone know where I can download Steve's Flatten utility?The website named fs-traveler.com where his utilities were kept apparently has closed - at least I cannot access it.Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

For some reason, I do not have the information on how to write the code for multiple SceneryObjects,for a single bgl. I have no problem generating single objects on a single bgl. But for the life of me I cannot seem to enter the correct code to include multiple Objects! If some one would show me in XML, or Notepad I would be forever in your debt. Thank you Ken

Subject says it all. Looks like it is only capable of creating up to 4.8m mesh so I thought I would ask before spending any more time om it.Oh, and this is for FS2004 not FSX...thx,ClutchProject 9 Dragons

Hi guys. I'd like to ask a question regarding the default.xml file. I'm afraid I'm a bit of a noob at working with scenery in fsx, but I'll describe my issue and what I'm trying to do as briefly as I can.The issue: Basically I think there's a serious bug in the autogen system, much as there was in fs9.0 before the 9.1 fix, a memory leak or somesuch.I use a track-ir exclusively when I fly and I've noticed a serious problem creeping up. If I start a flight with normal or heavy autogen, everything is fairly smooth for the first few seconds to a minute, and then as I continue to pan my view around over a city, the panning becomes more and more stuttery over the next 10 minute…

The beta version of EZ-Landclass 3.00 is now available if anyone wants to try it out. It's very similar to previous versions, except it can now be used with FSX. It's only been tested by myself, so if you find any bugs in the program or documentation, let me know via this thread or the email address in the Readme.You can download it here : [a href=http://www.dirks-software.ca/scripts/download.php?path=/downloads/ezlc300.zip&description=EZ-Landclass%203.00]EZ-Landclass 3.00[/a]Once it's stable I'll upload it to the various flight sim libraries.Best regards,Russel DirksDirks Software

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I was looking at the cvx bgl for the US colorado river (1719/1720) and see areas in tmfViewer where there are GPS polys and no corresponding hydro polys (see 33.790631/-115.213755). I looked in game and don't see this, either in a main view or in the GPS or map. So I'm wondering am I missing something?scott s..

Hi:I've created an objetc whit EOD for FS2004, and the used it whit FSSC.The problem is that at certaing distance (130 mts) the objects star disappearing.Settings in FSSC for the macro are:V1= 5000mtsV2= 200mtsScale= 1.0Range= 20nmThe EOD object was created at 0.25 fixed scale and the code is:;ASDesign Compatible Macro;Name=muromedianero256 (EOD), Type=EOD , Bitmap=muromedianero256.bmp, ;FixedLength=3, FixedWidth=0, autoscale, ;Latitude, Longitude, Rotation, Scale=1, Density=0, ;Visibility=0, Range=10, Elevation=0, Shadow=1, ; ; Designer: Helio Regalado; Credits: ; Macro generated using EOD 2.2.85; EOD Website: http://www.echos.ch/eod/; ASD Macro (*.scm). Date: 12-05-20…

I have an allegedly goog TIF file. View it in three different programs and it looks good and lat/lon is good.I compile it in resample. Then view the BGL and it comes out red. Any hints?Regards,Dick Boleyhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/162514.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/162515.jpgINF File for resamplehttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/162516.txt

Guys,You can test my PR scenery at http://68.199.117.86:33000/PR_X_beta1.zipIt wont be there for too long.There's no readme in the zip just yet...To install it, extract the zip file to your FSX addon scenery folder.The scenery is not done yet but I need some feedback!Current Issues:1.Two-ways freeways: No plans on making them. It takes a lot of time and efford.2. Too much freeway traffic: I might have to make a "lighter" version perhaps.3. Broken/not continuous roads: No plans on fixing smaller roads or non primary roads at this point.4. Land Class: I tried hard to make it look close to the island as I could but the area around TJSJ is hard to fix.Put your feedback in thi…

Hi there folkI am just wondering if anyone else has had to solve a crashing annotator problem?It loads and then after a few seconds windows reports an error which I allow it to send ofWeird thing is that if I don't close the error message I have been able to use the tool to add autogen to my PhotosceneryI have set everything up right and have all the net frameworks and put the default.xml in the same directory as annotator.exeI tried to attach error report but could'nt find it in the temp dirThanks for any helpGregNew Zealand

I have created a small scenery with an airport for Fs9I have used AFCAD, FSSD and SceneryGenXThe airport has a name and an ICAO ID but i cant find my airport in the simulator.I can fly from a nearby airport and land on my airport but i cant start from my airportIs there something I have forgotten ?

Dear All:Whe i compile the file ds_building2.x with XtoMdl i get the following error message:Guis should contain 32 digits with 4 dashes.I have not edite the x file generate by FSDSv3.The files Test.x included int he sdk compiles ok.Am i have to edit the x files generated by FSDSv3 to compile with XtoMdl?Thanks.

Hi all.I'm pretty new to Flight sim and content creation, I've got numerous airport creation software, freeware and payware. At the moment i'm trying to get to grips with FS Architect.I would like to know which airport creation software i should be using with FS2004. At the moment FS Architect keeps coming up with errors and the content i create will not export.Is there any easier software?Kind RegardsRichard.

This question pertains to FS9 hangers with animated doors made in Gmax and processed using CAT.I'm using distance as the condition, applied to the trigger which is the nav freq. When distance condition is met, the animation will play forward if the freq condition is met, and then play backwards if I change the freq. However, if the distance and freq conditions are met (door has opened), and I move the plane so that the distance condition is no longer met but the freq condition still is, the animation goes directly to the static position rather than playing backwards. I thought that applying the condition to the trigger rather than to the animation itself was supposed to p…

Hey guys,I'm still sticking with FS9 and my home airport, KGFK, has always bothered me because of a landclass issue. When you load it up on runway 35L, there is a hangar that is completly engulfed in a hill. This is supposed to be flat, there are no hills even close to that airport, much less in the state of North Dakota. I'd be grateful if anyone could flatten this airport completely and possible add 2 jetways where gate 1 & 2 are located. If anything at all, just to flatten the airport would be awesome. If anyone is willing to take on this task, please email the AFCAD to me at [email protected]. I would really appreciate it. You could probably even upl…

FSXI saw the message sequence on the need to convert from NAD83 to WGS84 or shp2vec will not work. I believe that the road file I have is NAD83 since everything from that source is NAD83. I can look and alter the files contents with a program called MapEdit. However, it will not save in a projection different from the original. ERDAS Viewfinder does not read Shape files. Global Mapper, that does everything, costs $270!! Is there a program that will re-project shape files from NAD83 to WGS84?Dick Boley near 5G8

Guys,I'm updating the land class for my project. Is there an option inside the .inf to disable the SamplingMethod? I didn't see such option is the docs.Juan

I've written code in AutoAsm to create the new-style roads, traffic and shorelines for FSX (thanks for the help, guys). But I'm unable to select different shoreline textures which are listed in terrain.cfg. I need to know how to find the guid to place in the dbf file.Roads are no problem because the road textures listed in terrain.cfg have guid entries.Under (texture.n), 'Terrain Cinfiguration File' describes the parameters that appear in terrain.cfg. The third paramater is 'guid'. Problem is, the third parameter in the shoreline textures in terrain.cfg is not the guid but a 'LegacyID', for example 'LegacyId=1029' In fact the shoreline entries do not have guid values.So m…

Howdy y'all...Guess I'm the dummy of the week, but I've got a problem that has driven me to my wits end (actually more of a short putt than a drive). I am just getting my feet wet with GMAX so you will hopefully bear with me. I have designed a small hangar and textured it following the scenery tutorial that covers fs2k2 and fs2k4. I exported the file to fs9addon sceneryscenery, and bglcomp'ed it, winding up with the appropriate .bgl. Then using image tool I mipped and dxt1'ed my texture files and saved them to fs9addon scenerytexture. I had to "adjust" the coordinates in the xml to put the D*** thing where I wanted it. I then started FS and went to where the hangar…

I have created the following exclude file:<?xml version="1.0"?>It compiles just fine with BGLCOMP and creates the following file: KHFY_Exclude.bglI have placed this bgl file in the Addon SceneryScenery folder where my KHFY AFCAD is located.My problem is that nothing seems to be excluded. All of the default scenery still shows up.I have searched the forums, read everything I can find on exclude files and I still at a loss for why this doesn't work.I am using FS2004, AFCAD 2.21.Any ideas? What have I missed.