MSFS Load new scenery package without restarting sim

[Kiartz]

Blender2MSFS is the last problem

I don’t know but are u sure to have used the SimpleScenary? and not SimpleAirport! I fixed my bug using this package!

Try to open project and select the .bgl, open Inspector and set a new name of scenery. Build packages!
Load in editor, modify something, in scenery windows save the scenery.
Build packages again, just to be sure
Reboot FS2020 and....Good Luck


Roberto C.

Try before using the object3D without texture!


Roberto C.

 

[fabs79]

Try before using the object3D without texture!


Roberto C.

I made some progress but I'm still not quite there. I managed to export a simple cube object with a single assigned material (albedo, Metallic and normal map) into the sim. When I built the package from the dev mode in the sim, restarted and selected the bgl, the cube showed up and could be placed but was without textures. Then I tried a method suggested in another thread, by compiling the files not within the simulator dev mode but by dragging the xml file onto the fspackagetool.exe from the SDK/tools/bin folder. This gave me a package complete with a texture folder containing the compiled dds files. I restarted the sim and to my amazement the cube showed up in-Sim complete with textures and all.
So I tried to do the same with my actual scenery models but there it failed again. I took the least complex object from my scenery, a small shack with three materials assigned, and exported it exactly the same way as the cube. Used the fspackagetool.exe on the xml aaaaand... Nothing. I got the following error messages from the tool:

Failed to load model xxx
Failed to spawn gltflister for input file xxx
Failed to spawn lister for asset group mymodellib

So unless I find a way how to rebuild my whole scenery with cubes, I'm still not getting anywhere.

 

[Kiartz]

I made some progress but I'm still not quite there. I managed to export a simple cube object with a single assigned material (albedo, Metallic and normal map) into the sim. When I built the package from the dev mode in the sim, restarted and selected the bgl, the cube showed up and could be placed but was without textures. Then I tried a method suggested in another thread, by compiling the files not within the simulator dev mode but by dragging the xml file onto the fspackagetool.exe from the SDK/tools/bin folder. This gave me a package complete with a texture folder containing the compiled dds files. I restarted the sim and to my amazement the cube showed up in-Sim complete with textures and all.
So I tried to do the same with my actual scenery models but there it failed again. I took the least complex object from my scenery, a small shack with three materials assigned, and exported it exactly the same way as the cube. Used the fspackagetool.exe on the xml aaaaand... Nothing. I got the following error messages from the tool:

Failed to load model xxx
Failed to spawn gltflister for input file xxx
Failed to spawn lister for asset group mymodellib

So unless I find a way how to rebuild my whole scenery with cubes, I'm still not getting anywhere.

Are u able to use Substance Painter? I’ve fixed the problem with it! If you need a help to export from it tell me and I’ll try to make a little tutorial!


Roberto C.

 

[BMW969]

Are u able to use Substance Painter? I’ve fixed the problem with it! If you need a help to export from it tell me and I’ll try to make a little tutorial!


Roberto C.

Hello, Roberto! Can I watch your lesson? I have the same problem. The textured object is not assembled. No texture is fine
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glTFLister | Failed to load model:
ModelLibLister | Failed to spawn the gltfLister for input file
PackageBuilder | Failed to spawn lister for asset group mymodellib (type ArtProj)

 

[fabs79]

Hello, Roberto! Can I watch your lesson? I have the same problem. The textured object is not assembled. No texture is fine
.
glTFLister | Failed to load model:
ModelLibLister | Failed to spawn the gltfLister for input file
PackageBuilder | Failed to spawn lister for asset group mymodellib (type ArtProj)

Did you select the object in blender before exporting?

 

[BMW969]

Did you select the object in blender before exporting?

Sure! I found the error)

 

[=Hollywood=]

going back to the original question, I've asked ChatGPT about refreshing scenery in MSFS via a simconnect command. It came back with Simconnect C++ code:

HRESULT hr;
hr = SimConnect_ExecuteCommand(hSimConnect, SIMCONNECT_EXEC_APP_RELOAD_AIRPORT);

this is the info it also gave:

In this example, a new instance of SimConnect is created with the name "Refresh Scenery". The ExecuteCommand method is then used to send the SIMCONNECT_EXEC_APP_RELOAD_AIRPORT command, which will reload the current airport and its surroundings in the simulator. Finally, the Dispose method is called to clean up the SimConnect connection.

I'm not sure if this will also cause other scenery to refresh or just the airport nearby

 

[Marionettework]

Stupid question: where would I paste this code into when I'm editing my scenery, in order to refresh it? Never used Simconnect code before.

 

[=Hollywood=]

Stupid question: where would I paste this code into when I'm editing my scenery, in order to refresh it? Never used Simconnect code before.

You'd have to write a simconnect module in Visual Studio IDE, I've not written anything for SimConnect as yet, but ChatGPT can give code samples. I'm still exploring other parts of the MSFS SDK's at the moment, someone else may be able to answer that for you.

 

[rhumbaflappy]

HRESULT hr;
hr = SimConnect_ExecuteCommand(hSimConnect, SIMCONNECT_EXEC_APP_RELOAD_AIRPORT);

This is a typical ChatGPT response when it has no clue. It simply makes up an answer. (It lies.) There is no SIMCONNECT_EXEC_APP_RELOAD_AIRPORT

 

[=Hollywood=]

This is a typical ChatGPT response when it has no clue. It simply makes up an answer. (It lies.) There is no SIMCONNECT_EXEC_APP_RELOAD_AIRPORT

lol dag nab it, it's been doing everything else I've asked it to do, I started to trust it's responses lol. I should have known better, I listed every variable for FSW in the game design docs...

There is however a deprecated REFRESH_SCENERY reference in the MSFS SDK, the question is what has it been replaced by?

Miscellaneous Events

docs.flightsimulator.com

 

[rhumbaflappy]

There is however a deprecated REFRESH_SCENERY reference in the MSFS SDK, the question is what has it been replaced by?

Just not replaced, Dean. I think it presents a security problem for the sim? Or maybe Asobo just doesn't want spend the time to figure the coding out.