Installation problem - visual basic

[shorthauler]

Dear community,
I have recently installed ScenProc for the first time (64 bit system). Unfortunately, I am getting this error message:

scenproc requires Microsoft Visual Basic C++ 2008 SP1 runtime files, please make sure this version is installed

I have tried all kinds of installs and reinstalls of Visual Basic, but to no avail.

Any idea what I could try next?

Best regards,
Holger

 

[arno]

Hi,

I think the message says Visual C++ runtime files, not Visual Basic. This has nothing to do with Visual Basic.

You can download the runtime files here (the manual also contains the link):

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26368

Make sure you install the 64 bit version, since you are running 64 bit scenProc.

 

[shorthauler]

Thank you, Arno! I did this, and now the program opens. But I cannot write in the text field. Do you think you can help again?

Groetjes,
Holger

 

[arno]

You first need to press the new button to create a new configuration script. Then you can type your configuration.

 

[shorthauler]

Thank you very much, Arno, this worked very well.

I tried to build a first scenery by copying the road script in the manual. The script runs without error, but there is no output, the folder remains empty.

If I take a bigger area, there is obviously an XML file in the making in the scenery folder, but it remains empty.

In QGIS, I notice that the SHP file uses "secondary" but also uses "motorway" and not "highway". But I replaced "highway" in the script with "motorway", and it was still the same result. I also tried a shorter path for the BGL.

Any idea about the mistake I might be making?

Best regards,
Holger



# GCC roads
ImportOGR|E:\FSX\Scenery\roads.shp|*|highway|NOREPROJ
#
PlacePointsAlongLine|FTYPE="LINE" And highway="secondary"|CONTINUOUS|150;150|5;5|0|String;type|licht|hdg
#
CreateXMLLibObj|type="licht"|{47c97ced-c4e6-4e4b-8e9f-b110989eea62}|hdg|0|0
#
ExportBGL|FSX|GCC roads|E:\FSX\Flight Simulator X\Addon Scenery\FSX\Asia\BHR\Bahrain roads\scenery|KEEPXML

 

[arno]

Hi,

If you downloaded the OSM data as shp most likely the attribute is called type and not highway. You can check this in QGIS as well. So try type="motorway".

 

[shorthauler]

Thanks a lot, your assumption was right. Now I have BGL files of a reasonable size. However, I don't see any changes in the scenery. I set the altitude for the lights to 100 as I was wanted to check whether the lights were underneath the surface, but no. I assume this is about the XML library. Do I need to reference to a specific library or does a library file need to be in the same directory as the lights bgl? I also tried with "lights" instead of "licht" as I thought this might be in the stock library, but - again - no changes.

I have to apologize that I never tinkered with XML file. All my programming experience is coming from the EPIC module for homecockpits which uses a language similar to C++

Best regards,
Holger

P.S.: Any hint were I can find an example of a configuration file to generate roads (not autogent, but vectored roads)?

 

[arno]

The guid you use should match an object in an active library bgl. I think the sample used some default FS object, but I can't remember exactly.

Licht or light doesn't matter, it's just a name of an attribute and you can use any value you want.

At the moment scenProc can't make terrain vector roads yet. That's on the wishlist.

 

[shorthauler]

I used a different library object - trees. This worked, the streets were lined with trees. I have tried different kind of lampposts, but so far, I have neither seen the posts nor any lights. I will continue, this is a good source for objects: http://lc0277.gratisim.fr/sceneobjects/

Best,
Holger