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    P3D v4 Ground poly base image vs ground poly airport

    Prior to his untimely passing a couple of years ago (RIP), Don was quite prolific in his creation of FS utilities, including some for ADE. IIUC, ADE author (Jon Masterson) incorporated a few of Don's utilities tailored specifically to work with ADE some years ago, so they are relatively...
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    Spiral Ramp Parking Deck

    See our current DM thread; my copies of the rb. (and yours ...as attached) did not show a need for a cited 'fix', so I'm not certain it is completely "fixed". But I'm glad you have it working. :) Please let us know if you start incurring crashes of Sketchup a few seconds / minutes after...
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    P3D v4 Ground poly base image vs ground poly airport

    For those that insist on having every aspect of an airport scenery represented in ADE's GUI, Don's Tool facilitates that goal. When necessary, I de-compile such ADE-GP BGLs, work around the error messages (if any), and then import them into MCX' G-Poly Wizard. ;) PS: I like the idea ordinary...
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    P3D v4 Ground poly base image vs ground poly airport

    Some practical considerations are in order here. :idea: There are already freeware custom photo-real land class BGLs for FSX / P3D for the entire Hawaiian Island chain at LOD-15 (1.2 meters / pixel)...
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    Spiral Ramp Parking Deck

    I have tested both the above cited plugins with (2) different numeric versions of Sketchup 2017, and they work properly in each numeric version. I shall need to research further why this issue may be occurring on your particular Sketchup 2017 installation. :scratchch GaryGB
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    Spiral Ramp Parking Deck

    Please browse to: C:\Program Files\SketchUp\SketchUp 2017\SketchUp.exe > Right-click > Properties > {Details} tab > File version value field. Post your numeric version of Sketchup in a reply here or in a Direct Message to me. Also please state what version of Windows you are running on your...
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    P3D v4 Ground poly base image vs ground poly airport

    What are the pixel count-by-pixel count dimensions of the FSET aerial / satellite source imagery downloaded for your PHNL - Honolulu ? 7 km x 4 km is a good sized airport area in FS; but the resolution of the imagery mapped over that area would determine its visual quality. That would be true...
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    Spiral Ramp Parking Deck

    Hi Ken: I tested the above linked FollowMe-and-Keep plugin with Sketchup 2017 Make. It works properly for me without a need for scaling, or manual assistance at polyline vertices. https://community.sketchucation.com/topic/109810/plugin-followme-and-keep-v0-04-update-20090210/2 GaryGB
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    P3D v4 Ground poly base image vs ground poly airport

    Hi Colin: So, IIUC, you are working on PHNL ? And you have AFD infrastructure made in ADE intended for display not via default FS textures, but via aerial / satellite imagery on a G-Poly ? Arno's MCX does not use SDK Resample (Arno's ScenProc does); so you are working strictly with image...
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    P3D v4 Ground poly base image vs ground poly airport

    Hello: Considering your discussion in this prior thread: https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/how-to-create-different-layers-for-ground-polygons.458240/#post-922769 ...I am curious why you seem to be attempting to use BGLComp XML methods to place XtoMDL type G-Polys at differing...
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    Spiral Ramp Parking Deck

    That is an intriguing and innovative approach to troubleshooting this scenario. :-) This is in some ways a modified procedure that might otherwise be compared to one utilized by FollowMe-And-Keep (aka "FAK") which was also temperamental, and could be 'helped' to complete an extrusion guide path...
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    Blender Replacement of Simplygon

    I suggest first trying the LOD Creator in Arno's ModelConverterX (aka "MCX"). Other options have been discussed at FSDEV forum (both freeware and payware). If you intend to make payware, entry level requirements for quality and performance by consumers in the addon market are likely going to...
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    Spiral Ramp Parking Deck

    OK, first of all, the "Blue Bar" is the Title Bar of the Sketchup application Task Session as it runs in Windows. Edit your Sketchup 2017 shortcut Properties, and set Compatibility / Security for All users to "Run As Administrator", and launch Sketchup with it. If that does not change the...
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    Spiral Ramp Parking Deck

    I successfully set Helix-Along-Curve plugin parameter "Sections per lap" to 64 or more for a less aliased / more smooth circular Ramp spiral. ;) If you have further issues with this plugin, let me know. GaryGB
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    attached object editor : rotation problem

    I am "inclined" to display agreement with that as IIRC, one can place the Fx and control its planar orientation more easily via XML. https://www.prepar3d.com/SDKv6/sdk/world/scenery/scenery_overview.html#Effect I'll try to find / post an example waterfall placed as a BGLComp XML-coded BGL...
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    attached object editor : rotation problem

    IIRC, one may be able to control orientation of an attached waterfall Fx via its "Pitch" parameter value (not sure Hierarchy Editor can edit this)...
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    No Effects folder?

    Hello: Here is what Google says...
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    Spiral Ramp Parking Deck

    Please note that I had updated info and linked to the actual plugin version (fixed by 'TIG') for 2017 ...which works for me: If that is not working or is unstable, there are rare coding conflicts which can occur between misc. plugins installed to Sketchup. With Sketchup not running, ZIP up...
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    Taxi Line Generator Addon

    Unwrapping textures is not something I would want to do if I could avoid it. However, as a Sketchup guy, I was pleased to see that Arno has recently implmented a new feature in MCX: Unwrap Texture Creator...
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    MSFS24 Camera Mod`s for Cockpit Builders FS20/24

    PS: IIUC, when FSDEV's Xenforo forum "attaches" your video, it only 'links' to it, so buffering disrupts playing a video from your own server. I am curious if there is a way to make playing videos not hosted on YouTube etc. less susceptible to buffering if it is not cached by FSDEV ? GaryGB
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