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Hello All,

in FSX Planner for a Custom Scenery Object, it has an entry area called "Name (GUID)" I seem to have to enter the Correct names for this. I typed in "building" and it said it wouldn't recognise that.

What can i put in and what comes up if i put in something particular.

Thanks
Soaring
 
The GUID is an alpha-numeric character string. Each object has sone. For example, looking at the Global Library Objects page of the SDK you see entries like the following:

air_beaconlightheli {c01195dc-0a04-402b-aefc-63131ea0ab5c}

On the left is the name of the object. On the right is the GUID.

-Russell
 
Thanks Russel,

But how do i know which one to use. IS there a list of codes that i can use for that entry??
 
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Hello All,

Problem again.

NO matter how i enter the text in the name(guid) area, it keeps coming up with an error when i compile. I just copy and paste the name, the code, the whole thing or whatever i tired to the 'custom scenery object' Name(GUID)field but its always an error.

What is the correct procedure to insert one of those things in the scenery???

Thanks
 
Soaring said:
Hello All,

Problem again.

NO matter how i enter the text in the name(guid) area, it keeps coming up with an error when i compile. I just copy and paste the name, the code, the whole thing or whatever i tired to the 'custom scenery object' Name(GUID)field but its always an error.

What is the correct procedure to insert one of those things in the scenery???

Thanks
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I think you need the GUID but it also needs {} around it. so for example it needs to look like this:

Code: 
{08b7aa8c-14d4-49bd-8e00-9efd723c2d55}
 
Sorry jon,

Still no luck. I think the { and }'s are automatically put in around it because the brackets are already there in the error message.

Any further idea's anyone pllleeaassee
 
Soaring said:
Sorry jon,

Still no luck. I think the { and }'s are automatically put in around it because the brackets are already there in the error message.

Any further idea's anyone pllleeaassee
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Can you send me the xml file that FSX Planner is creating so that I can take a look at it. jon AT FSDeveloper.com
 
email sent.

Just to let you know, it compiles the files properly without the "custom scenery Object" in there. As soon as i add it, the errors come popping in.
 
Soaring said:
email sent.

Just to let you know, it compiles the files properly without the "custom scenery Object" in there. As soon as i add it, the errors come popping in.
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I have the email. At the moment the name field contains the object name and not the GUID - that won't work but I understand that you are having problems with the guid also - can you email or post the GUID here please?
 
THe saved XML is with the name but i tried the GUID code as well.

I tried few, but this is one of what i tried
gen_nucplant01
{DDA775E2-5E3E-435E-
9A11-F5A8ECF75D37}
size: 439.13, 180.38, 348.23
 
I have emailed you a fixed and working file that compiles
 
Thanks Jon,

Didn't get your email by the way. Also trying out ADE as some people have said. That also seems to work pretty good
 
Dunno what happened to the email then. However, here is a fixed version of the XML. The object may not be quite the one you planned.
 
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Guid

Hi Jon,

I have been reading your replies to what "Soaring" asked about.
I too have had the same problem. I went to that website you recommended and downloaded some objects that seemed to fit my needs, however when I went to compile I kept getting all kinds of problems.

I found that I had left the "{}" off the GUID when I copied it over from the website, so the system entered them in , but just to a couple of them. Then I found that when I copied them , somehow a space was entered into the GUID title, always in the same place. I fixed that but it kept on coming back as if I had never corrected it at all. I found eventually that the only way around this was to save the XML file after "EVERY" correction, this worked.

Then I found that when I copied it over on some GUID names I copied the space AFTER the GUID name as well, this caused some problems, more fixing, more independant saves.

However I still could not get all of the GUID's to compile correctly so I simply deleted them and the compile went through without a hitch.

I will look around for some more buildings that look like our local airport ones.
If you know of any other sites please let me know. donofbunbury@yahoo.com.au).

It would be good if the FSX Planner help files were a bit more informative though. maybe they will fix this as time goes by.

Thanks Jon for being there for Newbies (at FSX Scenery design) like myself.

Don Phillips.
 
donofbunbury said:
I found that I had left the "{}" off the GUID when I copied it over from the website, so the system entered them in , but just to a couple of them. Then I found that when I copied them , somehow a space was entered into the GUID title, always in the same place. I fixed that but it kept on coming back as if I had never corrected it at all. I found eventually that the only way around this was to save the XML file after "EVERY" correction, this worked.

Then I found that when I copied it over on some GUID names I copied the space AFTER the GUID name as well, this caused some problems, more fixing, more independant saves.
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Thanks for all this information. We'll have to check the code that parses the GUID to see why the above is happening. (We want it to work the same for all GUIDs and trim off leading or trailing spaces.)

-Russell
 
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