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Recent content by Shakakoz

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    Texture file format...

    I just wanted to know what format people are using for textures in scenery design. Are you using the newish .dds format? Or are you sticking with the DXT1/3 method? If you use .dds format, what are you using to convert images? imagetool.exe, or the Nvidia plugin? - Martin
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    FSDS3 in FS2K2

    Actually, it is compatible with FS2002... sort of. You can export as a .X file, which can be loaded into the FS2002 version of makemdl.exe, and then compiled as a .bgl file (you have to provide the lat and long, of course). I didn't use the FS2002 SDK very much, but presumably there is a way...
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    Website bandwidth limit

    Maybe you need a better plan? I host my website through Yahoo Small Business. The "Web Hosting Starter" plan costs $11.95 per month, and includes 5GB of disk space, and 200GB of bandwidth. I'm not sure what your forum runs on, but it includes PHP and MySQL for scripting/databse support...
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    FSDS V3 to EZScenery

    I saw a post on another forum where the writer moved the axis of all the parts of his object to 0,0,0. Apparently this helped his problem, and would explain a bit of what was happening, and why it affected some parts, but not others. My export to .X method works fine too. - Martin
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    Taxiway lights problem

    I actually don't know what I'm doing. I just peruse the forums and copy code snippets and experiment until I get it right. :stirthepo I think you will need an effect, and an effect controller to make your running lights. Don't worry about your exclude problem - that only affects effects...
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    Taxiway lights problem

    I had a similar question here: http://www.scenerydesign.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2281 So basically what I did was I created a BGL file containing 3 blue lights of different darkness, all of which were visible at different distances. So, as I approach the airport, I start to see a hint of...
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    PAPI lights with Separation plane

    Ah yes, my mistake. Only the BGL lights themselves are offset. In any case, the reference point is not the centerline of the runway, but it is actually in the center of the PAPI lights. I could have created the left and right sides together as one object instead of two, but it was just easier...
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    PAPI lights with Separation plane

    There seems to be a little confusion here. Maybe there is a better way of doing this, and part of what we do here is improve on each other's work. I'm all in favour of finding better ways to do things. To start with, it is important to remember that there are four seperate objects - one for...
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    VTCC Chaing Mai, Thailand - Photoreal Exxxtreme Professional Version

    I've been updating my old Chiang Mai scenery to FS2004 standards (XML vs. FSDS2). The biggest difference is that I used the custom ground texture for the airport (FS2002 style). Otherwise, I updated all the objects IAW the current SDK, improved the textures and added a lot of detail. I reused...
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    Why do ai aircraft.....

    From my observations, the AI aircraft will use the same runways that ATC directs you to use. Generally, this is the nearest runway, unless, it is closed in one direction or another, or if it is not connected to a taxiway. In my Bangkok scenery, there is two runways, and both get evenly used...
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    Effect-based lighting vs. BGL light for taxiways... which do you use?

    Shameless bump. Any comments?
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    PAPI lights with Separation plane

    You're right - I only did it this way to keep it easy for me to understand, but I could have used fewer seperation_plane commands. - Martin
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    PAPI lights with Separation plane

    Hi there, This might be a slightly different type of light than that which the original poster described, but here it goes... A couple weeks ago, I made a custom PAPI-4 light for my runway. In my case, I needed to make a total of 4 different PAPI lights, since my runway has PAPI-4 on each...
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    FSDS3 Quirk (carryover from FSDS2)

    Hi there, I just tried this and I had no problems with the radius. I think I see what you are talking about though; The radius being the distance from the center of the object to the furthest extent of the point on my traiangle. After I did this, I wondered if it was the bottom part of the...
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    Effect-based lighting vs. BGL light for taxiways... which do you use?

    Hi all, I've been creating custom lighting for my airport taxiways and runways. At first, I planted my lights using effect files, since I could control the brightness, and I liked the way they seemed to fade with distance. Of course, I ran ito the probelm of having placed too many effect...
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