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FSX Object creation

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I just realised that I am able to create some custom object sceneries (such as those of aerosoft), which I honestly have no problem with, but I found one thing hindering any progress in making custom sceneries.

For example, If wanted to make a scenery for Munich, I would set the taxiway and apron layout in munich first, then I would work on the photoreal. After photoreal, I would layout the custom ground textures on top of it all. All is fine there, but when I reach a stage at which everything is done expect creating buildings, that's when I would start to worry.
How do I know the height of the building?
How would I add the details If I can't see the building from all angles?
What does each PAPA box look like?
I would the inside of the terminal appear to be like?
What are the exact dimensions of the geometry of the airport?

Questions such as those keep me away from making custom object sceneries, but I often see such custom object sceneries being done in the Showroom.

How does each developer manage to find out the exact dimensions and details of the building they are working with? :confused:
 
aerial imagery x proportion + commonsense = image size.

Imagery can be measured or used as a template

Photographs show what a building "should" look like, so using the base dimensions you extend upwards to create the correct proportions.

Common-sense is a check./balance -- eg doors should be a certain height, hangars should fit the planes they are designed for, etc.

All scenery is a combination of fact and fiction ...

depends how much photosource you have.
 
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Ah
So spots of the scenery that are unknown are filled in with a guess?
 
I assumed developers like those of aerosoft know EVERY detail...

Now I see what it's supposed to be...

I might try that in the future, so thanks for your help! :)
 
The ideal is to know every detail ... and if you can get airside photos, then you are close.

In making payware scenery, that is more and more what is expected.

That's not quite the question you asked though!!!

You asked what to do when you can't see every detail, or you don't have photosource.

A complete work of fiction is going to be less convincing, and not very satisfying to someone who knows the field.

I am sure that some aspects of textures and objects are synthesised by Aerosoft, as they are by many scenery developers. I'm not sure what alternative method could be proposed? There is no magic way of knowing what something looks like.

IMO, you need solid airside photos before you can even attempt a project ... landside photos alone won't get you very far at all.


What you want to do when starting is just make things to learn. It doesn't matter if they don't look quite how you want ... that's the whole idea of refining your skills and learning new things.

A few mistakes made whilst using Gmax is worth a hundred questions (both in application and retaining knowledge)

What you HEAR you'll forget ... what you DO you'll know!
 
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