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Looking great!
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Fantastic!
I see some shadow on the roof. Is that texture or real shadow?
I see some shadow on the roof. Is that texture or real shadow?
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So are you converting some models from Google Earth?
I ask because first of all if you are you should say so and second of all because I'm working on a similar project for NJ cities and am interested to hear how things are going for you. I've only done a couple imports of Collada objects downloaded off the Trimble Warehouse using MCX to test the idea - am sorting objects out now into cities and landmarks, etc.
For example if this stadium is from the Warehouse I notice the transparency under the small bleachers doesn't seem to be working in FSX. Looking for a fix? I was wondering too about some models I looked at in MCX with transparencies that didn't render properly and don't know if it's fixable or not
I ask because first of all if you are you should say so and second of all because I'm working on a similar project for NJ cities and am interested to hear how things are going for you. I've only done a couple imports of Collada objects downloaded off the Trimble Warehouse using MCX to test the idea - am sorting objects out now into cities and landmarks, etc.
For example if this stadium is from the Warehouse I notice the transparency under the small bleachers doesn't seem to be working in FSX. Looking for a fix? I was wondering too about some models I looked at in MCX with transparencies that didn't render properly and don't know if it's fixable or not
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Hi Yes its going to be 50,50, Some models are Sketchup Warehouse and some custom Models.
the Stadium is from sketchup but i edited some textures and also resized them. Didnot experience any problems yet, only sometimes textures go missing after exporting but i was always able to fix these kind of problems by applying new textures or edit the sizes
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never tried anything with transparency in MDLX, maybe with alpha channels ?
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Don't ask me 
But if I figure it out I'll let you know... I might not even bother in most cases. Really the bleacher problem isn't a huge deal in that model. But I did notice some of mine that have flags that don't seem to render right I may look into...
But if I figure it out I'll let you know... I might not even bother in most cases. Really the bleacher problem isn't a huge deal in that model. But I did notice some of mine that have flags that don't seem to render right I may look into...
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This is not a hijack, just wanted to mention it for others viewing this thread, as I am sure most of us already ask before using another developers works, its good practice to obtain permission to use or modify another designers work before using it, however the warehouse is a little different, and the policy states the following:
Its up to each person to read the TOS, but Google basically says you can use, modify, etc for anything you want, limited only to what the terms of agreement state. In a legal sense, if you have legal issues, seek an attourney, as I am not one
http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/3dwh/tos.html
Its up to each person to read the TOS, but Google basically says you can use, modify, etc for anything you want, limited only to what the terms of agreement state. In a legal sense, if you have legal issues, seek an attourney, as I am not one
http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/3dwh/tos.html
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This is not a hijack, just wanted to mention it for others viewing this thread, as I am sure most of us already ask before using another developers works, its good practice to obtain permission to use or modify another designers work before using it, however the warehouse is a little different, and the policy states the following:
Its up to each person to read the TOS, but Google basically says you can use, modify, etc for anything you want, limited only to what the terms of agreement state. In a legal sense, if you have legal issues, seek an attourney, as I am not one
http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/3dwh/tos.html
hi,
agree with you 100%
, even payware sceneries out there are using warehouse objects, sometimes not even edited
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yea that's what spurred me on to do my own cities project, after finding similar information searching here on FSDev. Of course, freeware makes things a bit easier and I plan to credit what authors I know of. It's clear though the Warehouse doesn't care. Not a single bit of author information is included in any Collada ZIP files I have downloaded - and I've got close to 1000 objects
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I used to do converting the sketchup model to 3ds and gmax.
But what I found is the models are usually complex and lots of drawcall.
Then I make up my own models but use their models as a template and make less complex one. It came out good and no frame rate hit.
Please make sure that your city does not bother the user when they take off or landing at the nearby airport. If that happens, user might want to throw your city away since it make them cannot fly. Just the airport and AI consume a lot of resource already.
But what I found is the models are usually complex and lots of drawcall.
Then I make up my own models but use their models as a template and make less complex one. It came out good and no frame rate hit.
Please make sure that your city does not bother the user when they take off or landing at the nearby airport. If that happens, user might want to throw your city away since it make them cannot fly. Just the airport and AI consume a lot of resource already.