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FSX Hanger Placement Program? Custom EXE?

lionheart

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Hey all,

Does there exist.... a program.. that one can adapt, that can place an object into ones simulator?

Example: I want to sell a hanger. The customer must be able to 'place' the hanger in any spot they choose. They can place it in rows, at various airports, on the top of a mountain, etc, etc, etc.

Is there a 'object placement tool' that can do this? Like 'slew' to the area, boot up the EXE program, or its on the sim, and you click 'place hanger here' and it shows up when you reboot, or something like that.....


Many thanks,


Bill
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Hi Bill:

Been a while since you last worked with FS scenery, eh ? :D


The FS SDK included a rudimentary Object Placement Tool (aka "OPT") which pales in comparison to the abilities of WhisPlacer (freeware ) and Instant Scenery (payware) ...all of which offer a in-flight 3D object preview with manipulation of position for the scenery object to be "placed" via a BGLComp-type XML coded BGL.


IMHO, Instant Scenery has so many features and conveniences that all other such scenery library object placement utilities pale in comparison to it (...an unsolicited and un-compensated testimonial by a satisfied end-user). ;)


Numerous programs can also do placement of such scenery library objects (without a in-flight 3D object preview) via a BGLComp-type XML coded BGL, including Arno's ObjPlacer XML, SBuilderX, ADE etc..



PS: Whatever happened to "'Operation Valkyrie"; is it still available ? :scratchch


Hope this helps ! :)

GaryGB
 
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Hey Gary,

A thousand thanks for the info and heads up.

I had really good fun making scenery for FS2004. I did quite a few. When I launched Valkrie, I think FSX came out nearly the same week, within days. The scenery was totally messed up in you tried it in FSX, which everyone tried. The SDK for FSX was too much for me to handle back then so I dropped out of the scenery thing. I never did a FSX version. Well, I did, but it looked horrible, so I withdrew it.

What has it been, 12 years or more? Goodness....
 
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