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First attempt using Terrascene 2.1 and Randall Rocke great project packs. Read TS manual, forums, everything I could find. However, everything goes smoothly during render process until message: "tk.ts.d.a.IO exception:C:program filesTerrascene 2.1texturesbaseswampbog.jpg (system cannot find file specified)"Cannot find/don't know where to look for such a file. Also tried re-rendering "using existing segments"--Where did I go wrong?

What do you think of Integrated Video Cards. Are they as good as others. Does that mean they reside on the mother board and cannot be upgraded. Titus

Can someone tell me where the Texture Packs went ?If I have TS2.0........ Not he newer version, Can the textures work with Version 2.1, And where can I find the old Texture packs Used for Fly! 1& Fly! 2K and be used for Fly! II ?How about it Todd Klause.......... Have`nt Heard from you in a whileStill Around ?Thanks Jeff

Hi,I would like to use Borland C++ to developpe DLL for Fly!2 but I get various errors.Have someone ever used Borland C++ to make DLL for Fly!2 ??Thanks.

Hello everbody! I am afraid I can't say I know much about programing but in anticipation of the Lancair Columbia 300, I am looking for some infromation on making a moving map on the aircraft panel. I would make a link or attach a pic. or some thing but I don't know how. specifically, it's a Flight monitor from AvroTec/Avidyne. If you go to http://www.lancairusa.com/columbia300.html and there is a brochure that shows you some pics and gives some more info.If it can't be done... oh well.If it can... Yay! It will be more work for Dan Larson, but it is worth a shot.

Is there a line in the config file that can be modified to make the distance to arrival airport less when asked by center to contact approach. When using the default ATC you will be asked to contact approach and many times you are not close enough to the airport for the frequency to show the arrival airport. If you tune the requested frequency you get a closer airport sharing the same approach frequency. I have been just ignoring the request until close enough the autotune for approach will give the arrival airport but there must be a setting that could be altered to allow this frequency change request to occur when closer to the airfield.Any help is much appreciated.Z…

As you can already guess I've been spending time with the Navajo model. The visual model used in FlyII is a Panther modified "B" model (no stretch fuselage, nacelle baggage extensions and flat nacelles with four blade props). I did not own Fly! but the photos represent a proper factory Chieftan (which is what I want to be able to repaint!). Is there a way to use the visual model from Fly! or with the proper software could I modify the visual model in FlyII? Any work done will be shared :)Zane

I've been working over the Kodiak files to more closely match what I remember my father's Navajo performing like. I have included the files below, they go in the "world" folder. Anyone that wants to futz with them and let me know what further mods should be done. I don't think the EGT is accurate but you get full rpm on takeoff and climb performance is greatly improved. BTW ATC now will recognize the aircraft as a Navajo with the call sign N7ZG (my father's)... I've done several searches for this call sign and cannot find it in the FAA listing or NTSB accident reports. I was able to track it down in 1990 but I imagine it was sold and re-registered. It was the first …

I have been messing around, like normal, with the config settings and found a listing for speech recognition and wondered what it was for. Anyone out there that has a clue, please respond.Zane

Hi GMAX users, I received a nice piece of a plane model in gmax format, but I'm using 3dmax and relized that the formats are not compatible. In 3dmax, I can't open *.gmax files neither convert them.Is there any way of saving the model in gmax in autocad format or the 3dmax (*.max)?Could somebody convert the file for me?Thanks,Rene S.

Just some random thoughts I had this morning as I was messing around in Fly!II. How hard would it be to yank the floats off of the Stearman and stick them on the Cessna 172? To all the aircraft modelers, how hard would it be to make an amphibious 172? Or even just a float version would be cool enough. Here's another. Could someone take the cool PA-19 from ROTW, pull out some of the gauges, back the horsepower down to 80, but a wood background for the panel and call it a J-3 Cub? I believe there was already a Cub for Fly!2k. Can you convert models between Fly!2k and Fly!II? What about giving the default Stearman 400 horsepower and a paint job from the military trai…

I edited one of the posts with a paint program. After the conversion from pbm to bmp, the background screen appeared red. I edited the post, left the background color untouched, saved the new image, converted it to a pbm. When I load the aircraft with the new edited post, the red background color shows up. This, of course, hides the scenery and part of the panel. I've changed the color of the background( to black), and, still, it gets in the way. What did I do wrong? I am using a freeeware paint program, Image Forge, and can't seem to figure out th trick. It does not always do with other bmp images, since I had tried another image and everything looked fine. This one is …

I've taken a left view dc9 bmp shot and converted it to an act and pbm file(with FLY Graphics) with a name to match an existing panel. I've added these two files in the "world" folder, thinking that these two files would replace the "podded files", but I still don't see the new panel image. Any ideas?tony

you can simply extract your plane's *.whl file into a temp folder, change the turn radius to a smaller number, and place the file in FLY2's "world" folder. This has enabled me to fly the b1900 into smaller airport where the taxiway is the runway, so a plane's ability to turn more precisely is important.tony

Hi,I'm modelling an aircraft and came accross rudder and elevator trim parts. I have them modelled and both controls animated. Is there a way of controlling move of those trim parts? Is there a tutorial on how to sequence their animation?I haven't seen it on any FLY2 plane yet, but asking, just in case.Rene S.

Hey Todd.I was searching through the forum on creating scenery and a thought hit me. We should have some stickies for different how-tos on development topics such as scenery creation, aircraft creation, etc. Just have some place with the basic FAQs for each laid out like what you need, where to get it possibly, and a basic tutorial on them. I know we have for for database editing and TerraScene, but aircraft modelling and custom modelling of buildings and such in scenery are difficult to sort through in the search. Just a thought.John S. MorganReal World: KGEG, UND Aerospace Spokane Satillite, Student 39+ hours.Virtual: Fly!II, KPHX, MidCon, PMDG Boeing 757-200

I'm just fixing up the runway lighting for EGHE and I need a little help with Fly!'s database codes.The text on the chart has the following terms:HI green W barsHI greenEND lights redHI bi-d with omni-d component2 HI edge lights with LI componentCan anyone help me with what codes I should plug into the runway pod for these configurations?Also, one runway is half asphalt and half grass. Any ideas for how I can do this?RegardsAndrew Luck18 miles SW EGSH

I've been able to shift the main runway at Kenai Municipal Airport(PAEN) using TerraModels and RWYFIX, how ever the runway that is causing me the most grief does not show in my TM, and it is completely in the wrong spot. At the real airport there is a 2000 foot gravel strip off a ways to the side parralelling the larger, in fly too there's a 2000 foot concrete runway that intersects the main runway. I want to add taxiways to this airfield however I need to move or remove the erroneus runway.John S. MorganReal World: KGEG, Student 33+ hours.Virtual: Fly!II, KPHX, MIDCON, PMDG Boeing 757-200

Hello all! Been laboring over my Pilatus repaint and getting dirty looks from the wife! Almost done but I'd like to add some chrome to the propeller hub, air intake and exhausts. Using rgb 204 204 204, it just looks gray. Using photoshop 7. Thanks! If I get her done before the 4th I'll post for all, if not will have to wait until I'm back towards the end of July. Hmmm... Tastes Like Chicken!

After about 4 months of searching, I finally navigated the AK geospacial clearing house to find DLG files for Alaska, the road DLGs unfortunately appear to all be dead links, but the hydrology files are downloading just fine, I haven't tested them in Terrascene yet, however. So far I've only veiwed them through a geodata veiwer. With anyluck, I'll have the Cook Inlet area fairly well detailed someday soon. Now just to find some place that has more then just Valdez in the way of LULCs. ;)If any other scenery developers want to try the files in their area, the files all can be accessed from this page: http://agdc.usgs.gov/data/usgs/geodata/dlg...rography_S.htmlIt'll initial…

I installed Fly II and updated it to Versin 240. Then I dowloaded C4TO Version 3.0. I also installed Flyscripts! When I opened Fly II and pressed alt F12 the message in he lower left corner was that there were no scripts loaded. [email protected]. I tried to follow the Key Text and started Cntrl Alt and still nothing happen. When I looked in the Flyscripts! folder it was empty.Titus

I'm in the process of making scenery for San Diego, CA East to Yuma, AZ and have a question regarding using the Shapefiles generated by ArcExplorer2 to use for the Mexico side. In the Terrascene tutorial they mention only six files that you will need from ArcExplorer... these do not appear in the file generated for NW Mexico. The files that do appear are the following six: awriv3ml.shp, awriv3mp.shp, awsadmin.shp, awscitie.shp, awswrlda.shp and mdworld3.shp. Are these files usable and if so which attributes (using the wizard) would I assign so that Terrascene uses them correctly. If there is another source for these Mexico files please let me know... I'm always lookin…

I have added the Abate (HI) NDB for the ILS approach to runway 12 at KHIO using the database editor within Fly!II. It is functional when 356.0 is tuned and the correct icon shows up in the map view but there is no information in the detail view of the map, nor can it be used in a flight plan (coordinates 0,0). I marked this entry for export when I added it and then ran the automated utility to create a navaid index. What did I miss? Any help would be appreciated.Zane

Hi there are there any Mac users out there that are actually doing some developing in the Plane making world. Did FLY2 successfully load the S3D in the Key Frame editor? Patrick Martin

Hi Guys,Does any of you fellow flyers know what the digits relate to in the KLP sound files. eg. 1 20344 0I know Cory(Prince) was the sound expert but Ive seen much of him around lately.Any help or knowledge would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advanceJohn