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  1. Rotornut44

    MSFS20 [Released] Bald Eagle Airfield- Myakka Head (67FL)

    This project is special to me as I had started on Myakka Head years back for FSX, but ended up dropping the project. So when I discovered that Cleetus McFarland (Garrett) purchased the airstrip and started publishing videos on it, it sparked an interest in me again to circle back and actually...
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    Blender Simplygon Alternatives - LODs/Vertex Baking/Remeshing/etc

    It was announced this morning that Simplygon will be discontinuing their free tier on March 31, 2024. The lowest cost tier is for projects below $100k USD at $5350 per year. This means that Simplygon is no longer a viable option for many small or solo developers creating for not only MSFS, but...
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    MSFS20 [Released] Twentyfive Mile & Limber Lake Airstrip

    With Fort Crosby now released, it's time to venture on to a new location. Welcome to Twentyfive Mile Lake! But we cant talk about Twentyfive Mile Lake without talking about... Limber Lake These two backcountry airstrips are just 1 mi (1.6 km) apart and 10.5 mi (16.9 km) from my...
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    MSFS20 [Released] 8AK5 Fort Crosby, Alaska | Detailed Backcountry Airstrip

    Note: This scenery is a Work in Progress. It's guaranteed that some visuals will change. Welcome to Fort Crosby! Located 14 mi (22 km) to the Northwest of Talkeetna, Alaska in the Matanuska-Susitna river valley, Fort Crosby is a private backcountry airstrip with a 1550 ft (472 m) long gravel...
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    MSFS20 [WIP] CA21 - Limberlost Ranch

    Do any of you remember Limberlost Ranch from FSX & P3D? It's a little airstrip on a hill that was covered by ORBX's Blue Canyon scenery. It wasn't super detailed, just a basic hangar, fence, some clutter and a small ground-poly. Screenshot from ORBX's version taken in Prepar3D with the Milviz...
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    MSFS20 Forwood Farm: In collaboration with Got Friends

    Good day, all! Usually I'm creating a showcase thread here a lot earlier on in the development process, but I have been so busy with this project, the thought really didn't cross my mind until the project was already in the hands of the Beta testers. o_O Forwood Farm Forwood Farm (EGH2) is a...
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    MSFS20 Set LVar value to 1 without update code?

    This is a duplicate of my thread on the DevSupport Forums. Posting here to try to reach more people who might know an answer to this... Is there a way that I can set a LocalVar to a value of 1 without relying on update code in the XML? I need to pass a 1 for an LVar in my scenery simobject...
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    MSFS20 Parallax Materials in Blender?

    I'm curious to know if anyone has any insight into how to properly do parallax in Blender with the official exporter? I am able to get the texture to show on my polys, but I have not been able to get the parallax to show any depth. Any ideas?
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    MSFS20 Cross-plane shading

    Has anyone been successful in creating cross-plane vegetation or anything similar with non horrid shading? I have created tons of cross plane vegetation in FSX & P3D, but I can seem to get the shading right in MSFS. I have some 3D trees, where I have exported a 2D render of each model and...
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    MSFS20 Chunilna Cabin Strip - Talkeetna, Alaska

    Mission Complete! https://emeraldscenerydesign.com/chunilna-cabin-strip-alaska-released-msfs/ This was a WIP thread following the development of Chunilna Cabin Strip, which has now been released! Not to be confused with Chunilna Creek Airstrip, from my latest scenery for FSX & P3D. Chunilna...
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    MSFS20 [Solved] Anyone able to do a Max to Blender conversion?

    Solved. Thanks! --- Good evening! I'm curious if there is anyone that would be able to convert a .max file to one that I can import into Blender? Hopefully preserving animation, or at least rigging (I'm not sure how well that would translate from .max). Or alternatively, if you know of any free...
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    MSFS20 Scenery Output Paths

    I've had this question brewing for a while and would love to hear other's input on this. This discussion is about the file output path/directory for scenery, which is set in the inspector window. In the beginning, it was recommended to use "scenery\global\scenery\" (Used for Object Libraries)...
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    MSFS20 [MCX] Transparent glass?

    OK. I feel like this should be pretty straight forward, but for whatever reason, I have been unable to figure it out.. I have a static model where I want to make the glass transparent. Just as you would for a normal aircraft simobject. The glass material has a texture by default. Coming from...
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    FSX [Solved] I need to test a simple script on FSX/FSXSE

    Hello all, I'm in need of a few people to test run a batch script snippet for me! I have a script I use in my installers that finish up the installation process by: Activating the scenery in the scenery.cfg Moving the SODE config into place Removing files that are no longer needed (Mostly used...
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    MSFS20 Scenery Devs: A compatibility reminder!

    I know this was talked about shortly after the MSFS was made publicly available, however I've been surprised to see these two mistakes still being made, and often going uncorrected. Remember to always rename your modellib.bgl (You want to rename the "modellib" input folder for this) and...
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    FSX SODE aliased textures fail to show

    I'm trying to figure this one out and was curious if anyone else has ran into a similar issue. All of my SODE models use aliased textures on another drive. This is to ensure that I don't have hundreds of MBs of textures in the ProgramData folder. The textures all show up fine in P3D v3, P3D v4...
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    MSFS20 Looking for a 3D modeler for backcountry freeware airport(s)!

    Hello all, I've recently started a complete redux of my Talkeetna, Alaska freeware scenery. I figured I would extend an invitation out to anyone who would like to collab on this project. I'm really in need of someone who's enthusiastic about 3D modeling and could help take some of the workload...
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    MSFS20 Toggle lights on/off in scenery

    Is there currently a solution to be able to toggle a light effect on or off in a scenery? The idea is that I have some light effects that I would like the user to be able to control by either a switch on the UI bar when they are within x distance from the airport or, better yet, by a radio...
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    MCX "Replace effects by lights" setting

    Arno, Sorry to flood the MCX forum, but I keep running into bumps in the road.. I need to go back and makes changes to some point lights attached to a model. However, the light settings get stripped down to only position, rotation and name when I reopen the MDL. In the importer settings, I have...
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    MCX BGLComp/XtoMDL paths reset after dev update

    Arno, In the last few MCX dev updates, my BGLComp and XtoMDL paths for FSX, P3D v2, and P3D v4 keep resetting when I apply the update. P3D v4.4 is retained. These SDK's have been installed forever, so I'm not sure why only one is being retained. When I update, I typically overwrite my current...
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