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    MSFS24 How to make a scenery acceptable ?

    One thing I forget to mention -- you should use Debug LODs and Scenery Statistics within the sim, which will give you a full picture of what needs to be optimised. With Debug LODs you can move the viewpoint around and see what 'screams' by turning red, and actually see how many vertices you...
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    MSFS24 How to make a scenery acceptable ?

    My post here was a bit brusque, sorry about that. My optimization plan is quite flexible, and as long as I'm reducing complexity and texture use, I'm happy. My models tend to be simpler, anyway, as I come from the days of 'just slap a photo on the side of a box'. At the moment I'm putting the...
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    MSFS24 How to make a scenery acceptable ?

    The SDK documentation explains what's required: https://docs.flightsimulator.com/msfs2024/html/3_Models_And_Textures/Modeling/Landscape/LODs.htm
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    blender to msfs2024 exports textures but no .xml files

    This isn't going to help here, as your issue isn't a lack of XML for the textures, it's that the textures are not found. I'm not sure how to fix this, but I think that Mamu's suggestion of getting rid of the spaces in the paths would be a good idea to start with.
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    MSFS24 Custom Aerial Color Troubles

    Yes, the image needs quite a hefty gamma correction -- I think Asobo have mentioned this somewhere, but a quick search doesn't show anything.
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    MSFS24 Custom aerials in MSFS2024

    This is now fixed in SU3, so older CGLs with LODs display as they should. Unless, of course, you have multiple CGLs with the same name. EDIT: the issue I mentioned with multiple CGLs was caused by an error on my part, sorry about that.
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    MSFS24 Custom aerials in MSFS2024

    I'm not sure if yours is the same issue, but I'll assume it is for the moment. Here's the post from Asobo on the devsupport forum, where Silvain explains the issue. https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/t/my-custom-cgl-imagery-doesnt-show-after-su1/13450/23 I use Global Mapper to build my...
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    MSFS24 Custom aerials in MSFS2024

    Asobo have now come up with a solution for those who wish to rebuild their projects, although they are trying to figure out a way to restore aerials without a rebuild. Apparently the CGL tool automatically creates LODs, whereas some of us include LODs in our source images, and these prevent...
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    blender to msfs2024 exports textures but no .xml files

    I'd just make my own xml file.
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    MSFS24 Custom aerials in MSFS2024

    You are right on all points, Dick. I didn't consider the beta until the consensus was that it was almost over. (I joined three days ago.) I knew that some aspects of my projects would be changed, so I just took a deep breath and dove in, as I knew that any work I did before the final release may...
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    MSFS24 Custom aerials in MSFS2024

    Don't take that too seriously, I have just been thinking of a reason why this wasn't accepted as a bug in the beta, and one explanation is that it isn't a bug, but a feature. Could be anything, though, such as a change in the way CGLs need to be prioritized, or that the sim now chooses the...
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    MSFS24 Custom aerials in MSFS2024

    All my 2020 aerials have worked as expected in 2024, up until the SP1 beta. No CGL aerials show up now, whether built by the 2020 or 2024 SDK. I did post this as a regression on the official website, but I was told that this is not a beta issue. Maybe custom aerials via CGL are not a thing any...
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    MSFS24 Simplygon for Blender

    AutoGeneration works for me this morning, hopefully it'll keep working. I have been using it for simpler models, it does work in that it gives me something visible when it needs to be. Whether it's well-optimised is a different story, but with simple models it shouldn't matter much.
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    MSFS24 Simplygon for Blender

    My take from that SDK page was that they're letting us use Simplygon simply (dammit) to use 'autoGenerate', which works out of the box. If we can actually install a licensed version for use in Blender, then that's great. I certainly hope that they don't realise they've made a mistake, and pull...
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