FSX Land Class Catalog and Visual Reference (not for use with FS2004 or earlier FS versions!)


by Holger Sandmann


For feedback and questions, please use the FSDevelopers "FSX Mesh" forum: http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=77



This package contains an "evolving" version of my FSX land class catalog and visual reference. Its main purpose is to help with converting FS2004 land class files to the FSX system and to guide new projects in terms of class selection. 

The catalog .xls file requires MS EXCEL. If you don't have EXCEL on your computer you can download the free viewer here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=EN

The spreadsheet contains a separate page with notes explaining the different columns and codes. If you're not familiar with the terms used please refer to the FSX Terrain SDK documents or search the scenery development forums at the public FS sites. Please understand that I don't have the time to provide one-on-one support for land class development! ;-)

I included the land class test scenery ("Texture Gallery CEE8 FSX.bgl") and EZ-Landclass source files I set up in northern Canada (based on the EZ-Landclass test file made by Russel Dirks, extended for FSX use) as well as a flight situation that will place you at the NW corner of the test file (Class 0) in case you want to look at different seasons or take your own screenshots. 

Also included are custom region files covering the same area as the test scenery. Adding the appropriate region file to the same scenery folder as "Texture Gallery CEE8 FSX.bgl" forces FSX to display the class textures associated with that region. The screenshots in the attachment show the same class (35) with an added Region A (Europe Germanic) file and without it (i.e., the local Region B).

I've included custom region files for Regions A, C, E, F, and X as well as the .tif file for deriving other values/regions. The regions are coded from A=0 to Z=25. See also http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3223



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Acknowledgements:

Many thanks to the FSX team at ACES as well as the authors of various land class catalogs for FS2004: Joachim Buhre, Gerrish Gray, Arnaud Clère, Russel Dirks, Ed Truthan, James N. Bertelson, Nick Forsyth, Joe Watson, John Dow and Burkhard Renk.



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Disclaimer:

The author is not responsible for any damage, which may result from the use of this product.
Use at your own risk.  No warranty is offered.



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License:

This zip file is released as Freeware.  As an End User you can do whatever you want with these files.  For redistribution on storage media or via the Internet (which I encourage), a number of conditions apply:
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Author and Copyright:

Holger Sandmann, October 31, 2006
http://www.fsaddon.com/

