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I have updated the MapFile topic on the Wiki with the following text to list the valid types of maps that are specified in the tag of a MAP file. Laurent, I just got into town after a short business trip and haven't checked your map helper application yet, but if you haven't already, it might be a good idea to add the ability to select the map type and write the appropriate value.-------------------------------------------------------Indicates the map type. The Select Map dialog allows the list of available maps to be filtered by the map type. Allowable values are: 1 - Sectional Chart 2 - Terminal Area Chart 3 - ??? Undefined ? 4 - Arrival Chart 5 - Airport Diagram 6 - …

Hi all,As planned earlier (previous Tony's post : signs in airports vector map) we wanted :1) to create a very low time consuming (for me !) add-on and an easy to add database (for you !)2) to have a nifty tool to find your way in airportsAfter some tests it turned out that a chart of the airport was the easiest way to keep with the tower taxiways commands.LFPO for instance has so many signs (see the included example) that it would have been really boring to add them manually in a database !Then I prepared an easy addon for airports charts ...Two examples are provided : LFPO and KSFO.The handwork is quite easy : 1) just have a pic then convert it in PBM file2) fill two no…

I notice that when these posting are archived, all attached files are deleted, thus negating the fact that these attachments are needed to answer a question or ot solve a problem. My suggestion is that we do not append files that we think are critical to the answer.tony

Hellosince I'm the proud owner of a new G5 Dual 1.8 with a nice ATI Radeon Card and the new Virtual PC 7 I'm finally able to explore TerraScene :-) I've already rendered some Carolina projects offered by Randall Rocke (thank you!) and it worked fine. Now I've had a look in the TS Manual and I have some (probably silly) questions:1. What is the difference between working say with the Fontana Lake material from Randall Rocke and rendering the same area just with the automatic download by TS?2. Randall Rocke offers a complete set of folders (data-files, output and projects), which makes it extremely easy to create the scenery. The Florida Scenery material of James Burn conta…

For online flying, ATC provides clear taxiing instructions. While it's important to have an airport taxiway diagram for taxiing, it would be great if the taxiways that appear in the vector map had taxiway signs. I am not referring to out of the aircraft view, but the taxiways that appear when the the vector map is at full zoom. If we could add signs of the alphabet, taxiing would be so much easier when under atc control. Where does the vector map get its taxiways information? tony

I am sure that FLY2 can be hooked to fs9 or fs2002 so that on another pc the scenery can be displayed. tony

Donny AKA ShalomarFly 2 ROCKS!!!I like being able to read a menu and just punch in a number instead of remembering key commands. Also those ground control generated arrows are very useful when taxiing. These two things have been a factor preventing me from using C4TO. Is it possible to improve the default ATC pod? I have a few suggestions if so. First, minor changes that would make it MUCH better.Include active runway info in ATISList wypoints in clearance requests or specify "direct"Force ATC to assign runways selected in flight plan waypoint detailsAdd "request approach vector" to approach and tower options without an open IFR planHave Center initiate letdown at a 3 to …

G'day all,The propeller on an aircraft I'm makeing is animated and spins in the correct DOR but it only spins at approximately 30 RPM. If anything it slows down slightly when I open the throttle. Anyone know what I'm not doing. I've looked at the prp and eng files but can't see anything obviously wrong ( to me :-) ) Thanks for helpingCheers,Roger @YSSY

You just missed the show by a couple of minutes, Alex...tsk tsk tsk that's what you get for going out and drinking beer!Anyway, here are some screenshots showing the results of a quick converter I've put together to convert .BGL files to .S3D. The BGL files are generated by the FS2002 gamepack exporter for Gmax. The model is the sample "Building" model (New York New York hotel in Las Vegas). So basically this provides a means for anybody with FS2002 or FS2004 to create high quality static models for Fly! II.Here is the original scene in Gmax:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/107427.jpgHere is the imported S3D in the Shape Editor with a 256x256 texture cram:http://foru…

Hi all, back with another question. I installed Daniel Arias London Scenery last night, many Thanks to Daniel for his great contribution, went due East from EGLL to do some site seeing.I found the Eye in the sky wheel, started decending from 1500 to 500 ft to follow the River & both last night & tonight got this error message:Msg: Can't load texture NATWEST_1.RAW: File not foundFile: texture.cpp line 1376Time: Sun Feb 06 22:06:05 2005errno = 2 (No such file or directory)----------------------------------------------------------------Msg: Can't load texture NATWEST_1.RAW: File not foundFile: texture.cpp line 1376Time: Mon Feb 07 19:58:01 2005errno = 2 (No such file…

Hi all,To continue with the Danieletona previous post related to sounds in sceneries, I prepared a first dll that associates a sound to an object (or many) in a Snn scenery file.The zip (link below : 63 Kb) contains a complete example and descriptions of the way the dll can be used.This is a first attempt and it needs probably some improvements ...BTW sounds are not yet attached to posts, then I'm sorry I can't give here an example, eh, eh !http://rotw.simvol.org/beta/Project_Scener...S_SOUND_v10.zipCheers,laurentC (rotw)http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/106650.gif

Hi all,My main 3D tool these days are Gmax. And I thought it was a pity I could not move my models over to 3DSMax in order to still throw in a Fly II scenery model now and then.Well I just found out...thanks to Quake3. :-hah I downloaded MD3 exporter and 3D Exploration (a very nice program) from here: http://gearheadheaven.racerplanet.com/miscfile.htm(The dll is to be placed in GmaxStdplugs).And fortunately, I read a tip about what to do before exporting at a German site. Here goes:Open Gmax, bring up your model. Go to the toolbar on the right side, choose "options" (the hammer symbol). Then use "Reset Xform" on your model, then collapse the stack. Export the model as a Q…

Gents and Gentettes,I'm having some issues trying to make watermasks with TS21 using non-usgs data. Here's where I'm stuck:I go to http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/CLI/frames.html and click on land use. I've been downloading the UTM projected files for the eastern provinces as described in the TS21 docs - I'm trying to render the St. Lawrence seaway right now, but I'd like to apply this method to other areas outside the continental USA...First, is there a free converter for the E00 files to create shp files? I've been using FME, but the demo is expired, and I thought the USGS DLGV32pro would do it, but I get a "functionality not available until you register" message.Second,…

G'day all,I think I have it sussed out but just to be sure, better to check than be sorry. :-) A bit of a basic question but just exactly what files do I need to to include in the upload of a model to the library.? Will just the *.smf do or do I need the *.s3d and *.tif as well. If I'm thinking straight ( and that's a rare occurance :-) ) if the *.s3d file is included then that would enable the user to scale bridges to their own needs in the fly! II editor. Should I also make an *mlf file or leave that to the user.?Cheers,Roger

Part of the runway is surrounded by water which I am unable to change with Ground Type Transformer. globe Tile 120,93; ground tiles 62,30 and 63,30 see attachments.Is you use scenery editor you will see a different image as I have changed some of the tiles.What do I need to do to correct this?Thanks,:-hmmm

Hi all,Many airports have now nice 3D objects and taxiways ... but many also have non appropriate textures underneath. It would be a good idea to have also compound areas where runways, taxiways and facilities are well shown ... something like generic MSFS.Furthermore it's hard to distinguish runways from distant point of view ...How to draw a generic texture and get an airfield compoundROTW January 2005(This tutorial is a summary of a previous rotw Henri's SIMVOL french tutorial : Henri has also developped technical explanations that are not reported here ) 1) What is neededA Dxxxyyy folder of the area with almost two RAW and a Gxy.TRN filesFly!II |____data | |…

Hi All, I have been fighting with this ILS for a couple of years on & off & can not find the solution. Here is the problem, when coming in on an ILS to runway 15 at Halifax International, Canada CYHZ I am always approaching on about a 10 to 15 degree angle to the left of the runway. So I thought, easy fix I will just correct the approach with TM2.2, Excell & Voledit,I have done this several times using slightly different numbers in Voledit but always seem to end up on the same approach, also although I have a GS it never shows up on the approach, I have added a DME to this approach, also Rwy 33 which does work OK. Question: is it possible that TM has the wrong…

I am in the process of correcting the gross ground tile errors in NZ ( there are hundreds). I discovered that if they are not corrected before one tries to create scenery with better elevations one has problems such as holes in mountains that one can fly through and very sharp jagged points and vertical sheets of water at 1,000 feet or higher.One problem I have come across are tiles of water that are bright blue in colour after correction in lakes that are of 'normal' colour.An example would be Globe Tile 119,91; Ground tiles 2,16 and 3,16.Can anyone explain why this is and how to correct the colour to 'normal' water colour?Thanks,:-hmmm

the base textures pack for TerraScene.I've just installed both ts21_full.zip and ts21_update.zip,read the manual and tried to find the base texture pack here at Avsim,anyone know where to find it??I've had Fly!2 for a while now, but only just got a system big enoughto run it on :-):-wavePete

Hi all,I have three questions.1- Some days ago, I flew on the scenery Venice/Lago in FS9 and I was appreciating the included sound effects. My question: be also possible in FLY! "to hook" of the sounds to an object? Is there already perhaps this possibility? 2 - In the same scenery I observed the static objects that had some mobile parts as a radar. Be also possible in FLY! to move a part of a static object?3- To pilot a helicopter, besides the normal instrument of flight, it is used a lot of our perspective sense. In a simulator this sense comes to miss. What do I propose? The possibility to add some sights of the cabin.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/102300.jpgThan…

Hello die hard Fly developers,I have been messing with a voice recognition ATC software package for FS2004 called VoxATC developed by Tegwyn West in the UK. I was curious if any of you had taken a look at this program and what the possibility would be of making a Fly/FlyII version? As many of you found the default ATC didn't work well, FlyScripts and C4TO are more usable but the standard recordings get old pretty quick and they are not region specific. ATCsynth, a program Didier Rigault from ROTW worked on in 2002 actually had a lot of promise but there has been no further updates. I am thinking that a merging of the work done by Didier with further enhancements and u…

G'day all,Just finished texturing the aircraft and imported it through the Fly! II editor. Unfortunately the windows didn't quite come out nice and transparent. I used an alpha chanel RGB *tga ( 32 bit) texture. ( I think! :-) )Anyone got any idea as to what I may have done wrong?Cheers,Roger

All,Does anyone know where I can download 7.5 DEM files for Belgium? I am trying to create scenery for the area I live in (near Chievres) and I have scoured the internet and cannot find the DEM files I need. I know that they must exist somewhere as I see that people have created Belgium scenery before. Thanks in advance.Bill

Happy New Year to all,I have tried to import some elevation SRTM data using the Fly II Scenery Editor with surprising results,see screenshots.Is it because I used the wrong settings for the Samples, (Width and height) boxes or the wrong Subdivide Tolerance or is it because of the holes in the SRTM data?I set the maximum density to 8X8.I used about a quarter of a 3 Arc- sec file converted by 3DEMBIN2RAS Can anyone help me improve on this?Thanks,:-hmmm

Firstly, I have found some DEM ASC file data for NZ and wonder whether it is possible to use this in FlyII?Secondly, is it possible to convert NZ Terrain Mesh (Christian Stock's) for MSFS2K2 to a format that Fly II will recognise?I am still trying to create some NZ scenery for Fly II but the elevation data in some shapefiles I downloaded wasn't any good at all.Thanks for any help,:-hmmm