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Ground textures

yes.. I did and tried what it said, but I couldn't find the .bgl that the "resample" tool created...
 
Were there any error then when you tried to compile your INF file with resample? The folder where the output is generated is also specified in the INF file btw.
 
ok... It says you must create an .inf file first for the data...
:confused:

what does this mean? and how do i do it?
 
Did you look at the samples that come with the SDK? They show what information goes in the INF file. Besides that the SDK explains the meaning of all entries in the INF file as well.

Another alternative would be to use a GUI like SBuilderX to place your image in FS, but personally I prefer to use resample directly.
 
I tried using SbuilderX but after 20 minutes of confusion I uninstalled it...

I was trying to open my .bgl from ADE but it would only come up with the tower point and it wouldnt read a .jpg
 
Michael - it sounds like you might need to read the SDK again.

You will need an image, oriented North-up (more than one image if you are going to seasonally adjust or put in night textures)

You will need to work out the longitude and Latitude of the upper Left and Lower Right corners ... and hence the pixel dimensions xdim and ydim.

If you look at the sample in the SDK .. then tou can create an .inf file using this data for your image.

Then drag and drop the .inf file onto resample.exe - which will create the bgl file specified in your inf.

SBX has some basic photoscenery ability also, but this has been stymied recently by the Google Satellite tile server.

If you use Virtual Earth, however, it may be able to do some of the work for you ... personally, after a while the manual approach is easier.

ADE is really for airport AFCAD editing .. not for photoreal terrain creation ... it will read Airport bgl's -- not photoscenery ones.

The image use in ADE is as a template to edit your airport taxiways, runways and parking.
 
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