FSX CXV - how do you add roads or other things

[ronh]

I would like to add some roads missing from my area of interest. I used SBuilderX to add a road and created a cxv file. I add it to the main scenery 0302/scenery folder in FSX It does not show. If I remove the existing cxvxxxx.bgl file that my road is in , my road shows. Does this mean that I have to decompile the existing cxv file, add my road and recompile the entire cxvxxxx.bgl file.

SBuilderX - append cxvxxxx.bgl does not show anything - no error - no existing data.

Or what am I missing in adding roads to an area that I want?

 

[Shaun]

Hi,

I know SBUILDER X vectors make roads fine. You have to have them selected and then compile your .bgl. I put mine into an activated scenery folder.

You can use instant scenery 3 too. Unfortunately it wont have the map overlay obviously.

 

[scruffyduck]

CVX files. ADE will create roads. In any case what ever cvx file you create you should not add it to a stock folder but to an Addon folder such as Addon Scenery\scenery

 

[rhumbaflappy]

The default CVX files are compiled without the -ADDTOCELLS flag, so they overwrite all other vector files in that area. If your CVX addon is displayed before the default, then the default will 'erase' your roads. This can happen when adding to the default folder. (You probably shouldn't ever do that, nor should you ever modify a default file). The order of display is called the data stream.

As written above, place your CVX files in an addon folder, which is then displayed after the default files, and allows your roads to merge on top of the default files. You can also use exclude polygons in your files to erase default terrain vectors when they are placed in the data stream after the defaults.

And you can always check your road BGLs in TMFViewer to see if they should display properly.

Dick

 

[ronh]

CVX files. ADE will create roads. In any case what ever cvx file you create you should not add it to a stock folder but to an Addon folder such as Addon Scenery\scenery

Thanks Shaun, Dick and Jon,

Looks like adding cxv file and/or ADE cxv file to the add-on folder works best. I knew I was doing it wrong.

I also got SBuilderX to work with shp files decompiled with Patrick's CXVExtractor. This gives me a better look at all the roads and such in the area of interest.

 

[rhumbaflappy]

Hi Ron.

Patrick's tool is great for allowing you to blend-in roads and such to the default files, or to check the default features against an aerial background. Amazing tool!

Dick

 

[vanyuha]

Hello, I have some questions about cvx files, shp2vec tool, and shape files. Because this thread already exist I will continue here.

I want to create photoscenery for Finland. Started from south-west side of this country. There is islands chain which is not exist in Flight Simulator. Of cource in cvx file for this area only water polygon and created mesh not work. So, I have to cut holes in water polygon around all islands. With very great tool Patrick's CXVExtractor I got HPX file. Also created shp file with islands and in QGIS in Vector-Geoprocessing Tool-Different cuted very good holes. With shp2vec compiled bgl file and almost all looks very good.

 

[vanyuha]

But in one place I got strange effect.
When I extracted back my new cvx...bgl I found that shp2vec changed vectors in free way and part of vectors was removed. Why it happens and how to avoid this effect? I tryed different ways to add my new cvx, overwrite default, add to addon scenery/scenery and also use -ADDTOCELL, but nothing work.

 

[vanyuha]

Ok, now Im a little close to my problem. When I loaded shp to SBuilder, those polygons are seted as holes, but why??? I edit it and set them as outer, then compile bgl. Now I have water around all islands, but anyway lost all mesh north from edited area.