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FS2004 Hardened surface

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I want to create landable heli-pad on top of a building. You can do it in GMax by making a "hard surface" but can you do it in FSDS 3.0?

John
 
Hi John,

I think it should be possible with FSDSTweak.
 
Hi Guys

FSDSxTweak is for FSDS 3.5.1 and FSX.
Making a hard surface for FSX is easy with the attach method, no need to tweak it.

But this will not work for FS9

I never really got into FS9 hopefully one of the other guys will pop in with a method for making hard surface for FS9

H_Farfy:D
 
a hardened surface in FSDS for FS9 is "easy". The key is in the x file's "xml blurb".

In other words, you need to recreate the same blurb in the FS9 x file as is created in the FSX x file - BEFORE it gets compiled by makemdl.exe


I find that the easiest way is to create the attachpoint in FSDS3.5.1 for FS-X, and process with xtomdl.exe.


using the same fsc, create the FS9 X file and FROM THE FSX X FILE, copy the hardened surface "blurb" into the appropriate location in the FS9 x file.

A long time ago, an ACES team member wrote out the hardened surface attachpoint blurb format. What Abacus/Louis did for FSDS3.5.1 was to implement that blurb format.

Technically, you can add it to the FS9 x file by editing the x file in a text editor.
 
Or, you can do what I did early on in FS9 and define the hard deck as a airport runway in the XML location file. (This is used with Bglcomp to locate the vessel where desired)

Here is the XML entry for the airport and runway for the hard deck on the CV-1 Langley just off Long Beach, Ca.


<!--
LatInfo: 0x000830AB, offset: 0x00000080, length: 0x00000086, count: 1
-->

<!-- Airport, offset 0x00000080 (128) -->
<Airport ident="LANG" name="USS Langley"
lat="33.707518" lon="-118.150234"
magvar="0.00" alt="18.30"
city="Long Beach"
state="California"
country="United States"
region="Namw">
<DeleteAirport
deleteAllApproaches = "FALSE"
deleteAllAprons = "TRUE"
deleteAllFrequencies = "TRUE"
deleteAllHelipads = "TRUE"
deleteAllRunways = "TRUE"
deleteAllStarts = "TRUE"
deleteAllTaxiways = "TRUE" />

<!-- Runway, offset 0x000000D2 (210) -->
<Runway lat="33.707518" lon="-118.150234" alt="18.30"
surface="UNKNOWN" heading="260.00" length="157.6" width="19.31"
number="26" designator="NONE" patternAltitude="503.80"
primaryTakeoff="YES" primaryLanding="YES" primaryPattern="LEFT"
secondaryTakeoff="NO" secondaryLanding="YES" secondaryPattern="LEFT">
</Runway>
</Airport>

Paul
 
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