Mesh Scenery Design - How To

Only new to fs2002. I would like to know what software you need in order to add a few buildings around airports etc. T

HiI am a newbieFOR FS2002 pro:1.-.I would like to know Which Mesh Software are the best to build Real terrain and moutain... Like the reality2.-.Where could i get information about how to create Mesh?Excuse my english , i speak french :)Thanksbyebigbang84

Hello,I was reading the report on simHQ site about the different sims previewed at E3. They said :"Low altitude detail. Good. Not as good as LOMAC, but close. Sense of altitude and depth good. Clouds were the absolute best ever! ""Terrain and ground details too "dark"

Hi, does anyone have any terrain mesh and/or scenery .BGL's for Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island (to the east of Australia)?Thanks, John.

I plan to develop a terrain following radar gauge. I can easily get the ground altitude below the aircraft, but I need to get the ground altitude in front of the aircraft (0.5 or 1 NM ahead).I am not a scenery expert, but if anyone knows how I can get this information from the scenery, I'd be glad to know...Thanks !!

Does anyone know where to get geological data similar to that found at http://edcnts14.cr.usgs.gov/Website/store/viewer.htm (US) for Canada?ThanksRay

I would like to create a mesh for the island on which I live, Bermuda. Where do I get the geo data or whatever I need to start? Thanks, Steve tanner

What is going on with Lago? I bought several days ago North and South mesh of Italy, downloaded the files, but they didnt send me the codes. I wrote to them, but no responce!!Andy

helow allI'm new to mesh creating... So do u know any tutorials, how to do this meshes(landscapes?)... can i do that whit fs2000 SDK since i have fs2002... and so on :)...

Guys, I need a little help...figured this group of expertswould know this...Im using Richard Goldsteins excellent Spotted Bear MontanaUS Forest Service field and have installed it like this:[Area.185]Title=Spotted Bear USFSActive=TRUERequired=FALSELayer=185Local=scenerySpotted_Bear_USFSRequired=FALSEFlatten.0=3677,N47 59,W113 34.3,N47 59,W113 33.8,N47 56,W113 32.1,N47 56,W113 33Which is how the readme says to do it. Works fine. Only problemis that I would like to extend the flatten area longer along thelength of the run way (8U4 is the field) because theres a riverbeside the field that has a hump in it at the south end of theairfield. How can I expand this flatten ar…

Go to [www.Lagoonline.com] for the 70mb file. Its only 5 euros (about $4)! Made by thierry Pignot, this is the most detailed mesh for anywhere in europe ever! Resolution is (effective) 5-10m and (real) 75-100m. Don't ask me what this means exactly, but there site explains it. Just look at the screenshots to see how good it is! By the way, I don't work for LAGO, i've just been looking for this product for over a year!

HiI made a an airport with autogen (using 256 X 256 textures witht a total area of 1025 X 512 pixels)I added Autogen obejcts with annotator on the textures using the annotator tool. Anyhow it seems as teh mesh ground bgl exlcudes the autogen obejcts or prevents it from being shown.I'm not a newbie to autogen so I did everything right here.Any help on that issue is highly appreciatedthanks in advance!!!!Mario

When taxing at some aiports I have noted that the grd is laying on top of the taxiways or ramps. The grd seems to flash in and out. I live in the midwest and fly out of KSPI where this problem is real bad. Alot of the ramp is covered with grd textures. Can this be corrected and has anyone else noted this. It is not my computer as I have seen the same with out computers at the same airports. ThanksCPKSPI

I'm working with photoreal textures (converted from bmps with TEXBMP)to be used as elevated terrain mesh for FS98 in ASD 2.1. If the actual land area of coverage is known for a specific texture, is there a way to size your terrain tile to match the texture size exactly or is this trial and error?

Hi, guys. First time in here...For objects I normally use FSDS Pro to make api macros, and for scenery design I use Airport. After I've read some of your comments here, I see that not a few have recommended to switch to gmax for object design.Well, today I installed ver 1.10, the help and tutorials, went through four or five tutorials, and all I can say is WOW!! That program is fantastic. It makes FSDS look so tiny. I'm already liking it too much and considering to switch altogether to it, but I have one major doubt about it: the inability to produce api macros. I've searched and tried but it seems you can only get bgl's. Am I wrong? If that is the case, then this is disa…

I just created a mesh for the Chatham Islands in New Zealand. However, I can't get it to work (yes, even I get problems :-lol ).I did it in 2 LOD quadrants. The amazing thing is that the second one works, but the first one doesn't. I have double checked about a 100 times.Here's my setup: I have a DTM that covers the Chatham Islands and I resample into 2 LOD quadrants like this:NorthLat = -42.1875;SouthLat = -45;WestLong = -180;EastLong = -176.25;NorthLat = -42.1875;SouthLat = -45;WestLong = -176.25;EastLong = -172.5;The first one doesn't substitute the default mesh, whereas the second one works fine (the inf files are identical apart from the above statements). My strong …

Just wondering if anyone is having Annotator lockups...I have been having it lock up on me quite regulary and it getting to the stage now that it's becoming a real pain in the butt...I have tried in both XP mode, and also with loading in 98/me emulation under XP, the emulation mode locked it up within placing about 10 houses on one square....Anyone got any ideas??Regards - John...

I just put a post in the main forum that should be very much of interest to people who don't visit the main forum very often, but post here!Cheers, Christian

Dear All:I have created a small island over the default FS2002 sea texture using a Phototerrain scenery , but whwn i create the mesh terrain, only the part of the island where were the default displaced island have mesh eleavtion and the part where was the default sea texture is flat.Is there a way to create mesh terrain over the deafualt sea textures.I see hat the sea texture in FS2002 faltten the terrain.Thanks.Alfredo Mendiola LoyolaLima Peru

If your still hanging around this forum, have you seen the press release from LAGO about the Europa meshes? I think this is just what i've i've been waiting for, for Switzerland! There aren't any screenshots, but i've got some of Thierry Pignot's meshes already, and i KNOW these are good to be GOOD! Lets hope they don't cost a bomb.P.S. You said you are going to give up with FS2002, does that include that swiss mesh you were going to have a go at?

So now I have a 4 km by 4 km high detail image of the airport and surroundings. How do I apply that in the scenery. And how do I alter coastlines if they are wrong compared to the photos.ThanksPeter

Is this problem related to the explanation regarding floating trees?I made a building with gmax and placed it over a mesh and over photo terrain texture, it worked well untill I put materials to the object,its not a flickering effect, it just dissapears some times depending on distance and viewpoints. I followd the "disappearing trees" sugestions,and greatly incremented fps, reduced max vertex level from 25 to 20,placed it on a different scenery at the upmost layer; but no change, besides, Airport2.6

not for steep terrain!I started correcting the deafault landclasses around my hometowns airport with John Cillis great Landclass Assistant and Orlando Sotomayor's landclass values.First you have to imagine the aiport is in a valley. Between the aiport and a close mountain range there is flat land. The default scenery on the flat land and on the mountain range consists of dense pineforests although in reality there is a suburban residential area which streches from the airport quite high up into the foothills of the mountainrange.So I created a bgl and put it into the scenery folder started FS2002 anch checked the results, which looked perfect for the flat land and for a f…

Hi all,Comparing the TMF files generated by resample.exe with type = CUSTOM and Type=CLASSU8, i have realized that both have almost the same format. In "custom" TMF , only 2 codes are used for the data : X'FD' and X'FE'.An X'FD' ( decimal 253 ) is placed in the file where a custom tile is available, otherwise x'FE' ( decimal 254 ) is generated.It simplifies our life drastically. If you have already your phototextures well cropped, renamed, and converted, put simply a 253 at the right place in the input data file and resample it using type=ClassU8. It takes only a few seconds and that's it.!!Another interesting behaviour is with 254. It acts as a "don't care" flag. Putting…

:-lol What are some techniques to get ride of floating trees ??Every mesh that I have completed comes with these magical trees and bushes that Float !! LOLIf you hit them you will crash !!Pic;http://www.x-plane.org/users/jackknife/floattrees.jpgCheers Jackknife..........