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  1. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 Using ADE XML

    I noticed that there are two asset flags in the XML file located in the PackageDefinitions folder: <FSXCompatibility>false</FSXCompatibility> Do these have to be set to true if one uses FSX XML outputted from ADE for the materials and the <ICAO>.xml file? Or do they have a different...
  2. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 Link Taxiways to Parking spots - How? -(SOLVED)

    By folding the hierarchy of the type of item that you don't want to click by accident (mesh, apron, etc.), it is easier to click on the target.
  3. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 SDK Reference Scenery Design

    Thanks Jon. I have a question. Considering that MS/Asobo is supposedly going to update the world navigation database on a regular basis, is there any point in adding approaches, arrivals, comms, etc. when creating an updated airport (assuming that the stock airport has the data)?I've been...
  4. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 Airport Background Polygon question

    I created a polygon for one airport with the proper settings to achieve a totally flat airport and that worked fine. But for the next airport, I did the same thing, but after adding the airport background polygon, I added another runway which was closed and I had missed, thinking it was a...
  5. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 Link Taxiways to Parking spots - How? -(SOLVED)

    I was about to post that this process is somewhat erratic, but I have been attributting that to running MSFS (and the SDK) at 4K resolution, which sometimes makes it harder to both see and select objects.
  6. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 High Level Overview of MSFS2020 Tech

    The answer to my second question is that any object can be/host a tower object. I do want to add a word of caution. Adding taxiway signs can cause the Scenery Editor to CTD, because it initially adds a blank sign and this generates an error in the console. Even when you enter the correct...
  7. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 Developer camera controls - If you didn't know, now you know!

    E and W switch between rotating an object and moving an object along an axis. If an axis has black dashes, then you have to move the object along that axis by grabbing the appropriately colored square. If the square is not visible, change the viewpoint until you can see it. It's been posted in...
  8. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 High Level Overview of MSFS2020 Tech

    There are a bunch of model library folders, for example: asobo-modellib-airport-generic which includes a file generic.bgl. Does this contain hangars, windsocks, etc. which are placeable in the scenery editor? Or does it contain other objects that show up in airports around the world but are...
  9. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 Developer camera controls - If you didn't know, now you know!

    I appreciate it. The other keyboard shortcuts aren't documented that well either and I figured them out by hitting every key and many of the combinations.
  10. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 Converting complex FSX/P3D scenery to MSFS2020

    Until the "Import APX" window is populated correctly, what I have been doing for simple airport updating is the following. First, I open the airport in ADE. The P3d5 version is better because much of airport's navigation data has been updated by LM. Or one can use any recent Navigraph AIRAC to...
  11. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 ADE and FS2020

  12. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 3DS Max vs Blender with FS2020

    $265/year is still somewhat expensive, but compared to the regular license is it a bargain. For those here who are full-time students, the educational license is free. Now that's a real bargain.
  13. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 High Level Overview of MSFS2020 Tech

    Thanks much.
  14. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 High Level Overview of MSFS2020 Tech

    Has anybody figured out the format for the elevation files located at: <drive>:\WpSystem\S-1-5-21-1205754744-1098576635-1961144884-1003\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Official\OneStore\fs-base-cgl\CGL The only common file format that uses...
  15. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 High Level Overview of MSFS2020 Tech

    There’s a rumor on the Autodesk forums that an official import-export glTF plugin will soon be released. Whether this will help is unknown. The Win 10 3D apps and those from the MS store do read the format. 3D Builder is used for creating objects with a 3D printer and by default in Win 10 opens...
  16. Jay Bloomfield

    FS2020 seems to be a game, but not simulator

    I don't recall any sim being "put through the ringer" here. It has happened at other online communities where the moderating is less stringent and the percentage of argumentative posters is greater. My opinion is that I'd rather read posts about the technical innards of MSFS, rather than content...
  17. Jay Bloomfield

    Airport Background for Stock Airports Not Showing

    If the stock airport has a perimeter fence, it generally is the same shape and size as the airport background. I use it as a starting point, plus I take a look at the companion CVX file with the utility tmfviewer, which is included with the sim's SDK. Select Open Stock Airport in ADE. The...
  18. Jay Bloomfield

    MSFS20 -Everything you know about upcoming Flight Sim from Microsoft-

    We do not know whether there is an SDK or not. We do know that various commercial "partners" have commented on their plans for MSFS, within the limits of their NDA.
  19. Jay Bloomfield

    Recent development release stability

    I encountered a very minor issue. One recently released AI aircraft model caused MCX to CTD when the model is rotated with the Show Spotlights option turned on. Here's a thread about the model: https://www.alpha-india.net/forums/index.php?topic=31190.0
  20. Jay Bloomfield

    P3D v5 Excluding Airport backgrounds in P3d5

    Thanks. It seems to work the same as my workaround. Now, back to my fine tuning of a sloped version of KBTV.
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