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All,Some minor bugs found by Rob Westhouse fixed.New build is on my site now.ColinMy Hangar Site

Hi Flyers,My post it's like a broken record, but have to ask again: is it any guy working on an elevation tool for Fly! II? Rich told me once that he had almost finish with editor, but unfortunately his sick got worse and the rest you all know. :'( I know that we can use Flattenator to generate some elevations, but it's impossible to see them in realtime (like old Editor 1.05 for Fly!) and very hard to do it since I also got some software crashed when tried. Thanks in advance,Keyton Cabral

I don't know if any of you noticed this, but last year Airnav, a fantastic online source of U.S. navigation and airport data, removed all of the detailed info on ILS, Localizer and related data. It was still a good source of information, especially on runways, com frequencies, etc., but I was really disappointed in the loss of localizer data, as it's been a godsend for exact placement and editing of Fly! approach systems.I wrote them a few weeks ago, asking if the data was going to be posted again or whether they could point us to a good alternative source. Well, happy day - they notified me that "due to popular demand" they're bringing it back! :-yellow1 So folks - if …

I`m making one quarter tile, 3-181NW. When I import GTOPO30 elevation data, I get these jagged lines on the border. I am using a tile density of 4x4, and Subdivide Tolerance=200. No matter what different values I try, I can`t get rid of those jaggies. Has it something to do with overlapping the tga and/or elevation data?Hope there is a solution to this...if not, I have to give up on the elevation data x(

G'day all,After 2 years searching I have finally found an acceptable satellite image of Sydney.I have tried to get to the "enhanced terrascene tutorial" but keep getting the "this page cannot be displayed" error message. I've installled terrascene and taken a brief walk through the program but the satellite image is a 9.5 MB compressed JPG file and not any of the formats listed.(ie dem,usgs,dgl etc). At least they don't say it is. It's a NASA image, the scale is not stated. The only reference point mentioned is that the centre of the image is 34.0S/151.0E. and that it is 5000 x 5000 pixels. My question is "can this image be used with terrascene to create scenery for Fly! …

...with the SDK (C++) and pressing the buttons. I just can't seem to get this to work. It obviously does as there are many programs (Squawk Box) that uses many UI windows. If I can just get ONE working example of entering text, clicking a button (with the *.win) to close the file, I know I can take it from there.Jeff

Hi All,I've just posted a new version of TerraShape on my site.It's still a beta version and no doubt will have a few bugs remaining.Anyone is welcome to try it out; If you find something wrong, please let me know.ColinMy Site

Hello,I have been successfully running Terrascene2.1 on my MacOSX 10.2.3 with the latest drop of the Java 1.4.1 VM provided by Apple. I still need to go back to a PC to use flyslice.exe to complete the process, though.But comparing with a PC output I noticed that the roads and coast/lake shore lines are not rendered when using the same parameters.1) this may well be a bug in Apple's 1.4.1 implementation. Without the source code for Terrascene, it will be hard for Apple to find where the problem is, as the program does not raise exceptions during processing. It is very stable, and spends a lot of time rendering the different road/railroad levels, but none come out in the f…

Can anyone assist me with adding States to Countries in FlyII. The changes to the Flight Planner in patch 240 has options for selecting countries and their associated states, however only US states exist currently. I would like to add Australian states. From my investigations this information exists in the GEOGRAPH.POD but VolEdit will not open the .DBD files in this pod. I read somewhere that VolEdit only opens certain pod files. Is this the reason that the pod data can't be edited, and if so, is there a way of doing so using some other tool? :-hmmmKen Brand.Perth, Western AustraliaFlying out of YPJT.

Any know of any good docs or howtos for repainting. Would like to know were to start...Thanks!

G'Day!How can I "make" from a *.pod file (for Fly!2) an *.epd file or a *.bin file (with *raw and *.act) for Fly!2K?Thanks for Your help (if it's possible)mare

Hi I'm trying to get on to http://www.flydevelopers.com/ but get an time out error! Is the site downHenrik

Hi,I'd like to find a solution for trace debugging between VisualC++ and Fly!II :When the code execution stop on a defined breakpoint, then the Fly!II screen freeze and I can't switch back to the Visual screen. So I have to kill Visual or stop the execution with keyboard shortcuts !Does someone have a solution for this, without using a remote computer of course :-))Thanks

You may already know this, but the dead link is preventing the downloading of those sample files in order to do some experimenting with maps, especially when it comes to the *.map file. Any chance that you could upload those files in a zip to AVsim? thanks.tony

Hi all,Is there a way to read control inputs (cyclic/collective/...) through FSUIPC or MS SDK? I'm actually interested in the collective/cyclic input value rather than in say, the pitch, which is a function of the cyclic/collective/pedals/... input. Thanks

Help!!!I believe the autopilot has the channels hard-coded and it expects the aileron, elevator, rudder and its respective trims. Is there any way around this? Could I modify the .MIX file with the helicopter channels?At this point I've successfully connected the A/P in the Bell's panels now the problem is to make it work. If in the .FCS file I assigne the helicopter channels (xCyt, zCyt and tRtt) I get a "AP not registered" error and then CTD. If I leave the aircraft channels, then I can see in the errorlog that the K150 can't get a reply from the airplane channels.I'm stuck with this.Alejandro AmigorenaCheshire, CTFly! II Beta Team MemberAthlon XP 1800ABIT KR7A-RAID768M…

Hi!Has anyone tried to tweak the autopilot &/or flight director in Fly2! to make them "softer" and smarter?The FD allways commands huge bank, and one should simply not follow it's indications or risk killing the passengers or destroying the airplane... Now, a FD is supposed to be followed....Can the SDK be used to access internal variables directly related with these instruments : AP & FD ?Thx in advance for any answers!!!

Hello.I'm having a problem assigning a caution light for the rotorbrake in the helo.Anyone know how to do it? Thanks for any help.Jan

Hello.Anyone got the flashing red lights on the radiomast working other than after placing it in the editor?Next time when starting FlyII the light is gone.Same story as with the dynamic vehicles?Jan

Well I still havent got my head around this. I have printed out the tutorials and followed every letter to the "T". Still no go???"THIS IS THE DEAL" I send you my new Airport, Manchester EGCC, you make me a couple of Dynamic Vehicles. Send them back and You then have your name in bright lights in the credits...Thankyou :-)Steve Brown "The Best Aid To Navigation, Is Having Been There Before" ;-)

Happy new year!I have a problem with the file Francetaxi-f2_v23.zip you can find on simvol.org/fly. I have intalled it on fly2 but I have always a gap between the new taxiways and the original runways from fly2.I have the last patch for fly2. (fly2patch240.zip)I haven't any problem with the other files containing taxiways in other part of the world.Thanks in advance for your help.

My website is backonline now thanks to AVSim! Click the link in my signature![h3]Ken Salter (aka SaltyDog)[/h3]Fly! Forum ModeratorWEBSITE ONLINE!!

Just wanted to know if anyone in Fly II's world has ever attempted to increase the funtionality of the Peregrine's Universal FMS. If so, is there a file I could download to use more of its features? If not then would it be possible to accomplish the task of programming additional functionality. I don't have a clue about simulation programming but have used the Universal extensively on a number of aircraft I fly, and it would be delightful to see much of it functional in Fly II. Maybe one of you wizards can help by walking me through the process of bringing more, if not all of its features to life, so we can all get a little more out of this wonderful simulation. Thanks fo…

Fly!2 is in awesome simulator. I think we'll all agree. But two features of the earlier revisions (Fly! and Fly!2k) were functioning weather radar and icing. I have no appreciation for what it would take to implement icing, but my very (and I mean really very) limited programming skills would lead me to believe the weather radar shouldn't be that difficult at all. We already have the capabilities to "know" what the cloud density and height are, and even if one cannot make a fully accurate weather radar system, one should be able to at least simulate radar by writing some algorithms to recognize cloud type and height in order to draw green, yellow and red dots on the insta…

http://newshuttle.topcities.com/aragon.jpgHow do I create a bendy building !!! like this http://ftp.avsim.com/library/sendfile.php?SendImage=21937 with terramodels?Thankyou *:-*"The Best Aid To Navigation, Is Having Been There Before" ;-)