FSXA Resample error

[james3127]

Hi,

I am new to making scenery for FSX, and I am having some issues with my resampler.exe, attached is a picture of my problem:

 

[JCRL]

hi

can you post the code of your .inf file??

 

[james3127]

[Source]
Type = MultiSource
NumberOfSources = 4

[Source1]
Type = BMP
Layer = Imagery
SourceDir = "C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\HAYJAM_Scenery"
SourceFile = "Rottnest_main.BMP"
Variation = Day
Channel_BlendMask = 3.0
Channel_WaterMask = 4.0
NullValue = 255,255,255
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = -31.969971
ulxMap = 115.508047
xDim = 2.390297386602583e-5
yDim = 2.389747171392653e-5

[Source2]
Type = BMP
Layer = Imagery
SourceDir = "C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\HAYJAM_Scenery"
SourceFile = "Rottnest_night.BMP"
Variation = Night
Channel_BlendMask = 3.0
Channel_WaterMask = 4.0
NullValue = 255,255,255
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = -31.969971
ulxMap = 115.431694
xDim = 2.390297386602583e-5
yDim = 2.389747171392653e-5

[Source3]
Type = TIFF
Layer = None
SourceDir = "C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\HAYJAM_Scenery"
SourceFile = "Rottnest_Blend.TIFF"
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = -31.969971
ulxMap = 115.508047
xDim = 2.390297386602583e-5
yDim = 2.389747171392653e-5

[Source4]
Type = TIFF
Layer = None
SourceDir = "C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\HAYJAM_Scenery"
SourceFile = "Rottnest_water.TIFF"
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = -31.969971
ulxMap = 115.508047
xDim = 2.390297386602583e-5
yDim = 2.389747171392653e-5

[Destination]
DestDir = "."
DestBaseFileName = "Rottnest"
DestFileType = BGL
LOD = Auto
UseSourceDimensions = 1
CompressionQuality = 85

 

[GHD]

Presumably you have the inf file in the same folder as resample.exe?

If so, you can remove the full path from the command, ie.

resample.exe Rottnest.inf

If the inf file is not in the same folder, you need to put quotes around the path since it contains spaces:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\resample.exe" Rottnest.inf

 

[james3127]

Yeh, My .inf is in the same folder, and also I changed the path and that still din't work.. I am new so I have never experienced anything like this.

 

[GHD]

So, what happens if you type:

resample.exe Rottnest.inf

?

Or, what happens if, in explorer, you drag/drop the .inf file onto resample.exe?

 

[james3127]

Tried, That gave me the same result...

 

[GHD]

Tried, That gave me the same result...

It can't give the same result, there is no C:\ in the command

This is what I get:

F:\FSXSDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Terrain SDK>resample test.inf
Microsoft Corp. Terrain Resampler 10.0.61637.0 (FSX-Xpack.20070926-1421)
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Resample Info File: 'test.inf'

Resample completed successfully.

F:\FSXSDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Terrain SDK>

 

[hcornea]

It is really important to read the error dialog you get.

As pointed out, the error dialog cannot be the same.

You need to be more systematic, rather than abdicating "it doesn't work"

Take a look at the error dialog again, and see what it is this time ....


BTW: Rotto does have some nice imagery available ... even looked at doing it myself a while back before things bacame a bit busy.

 

[james3127]

I am using a batch file so I can see any errors, and it is say my desktop is an unrecognizable batch, Where and what do I have to "edit" so it finds the batch file?

 

[hcornea]

... and it is say my desktop is an unrecognizable batch, ......

James ... I don't understand what your sentence means.
A desktop cannot be a batch .. it might be worth posting exactly what it says.

 

[deccas1391]

I should probably add something here. I've been helping James with making basic photoreal scenery, as this is his first project. What we've been going through is making the main PR base, then night textures as well as blend and water masks. We edited the .inf file correctly, and when we came to running the batch file to tell the .inf file to run with resample, we got an error (as displayed in the first post). I thought it may have been an administrator rights issue, so I told him to copy the resample.exe file, the batch file and the .inf to the desktop and tried running it from there, and received the same error (from what I can tell).

 

[GHD]

... and received the same error (from what I can tell).

What same error

If you do not give the exact error, no one will be able to offer assistance.

 

[deccas1391]

Disregard, there was an error in his batch file I believe. We've now come across an issue with the blend and water masks, where resample says "Pixel height and width must be greater than zero". I've tried redoing the masks myself and have received the pixel error too.

 

[hcornea]

I have tagged resample.exe to "Run As Administrator" in WIn7

With regard to the Masks:

It will depend what you are saving them with:


They need to be TIF files
The masks need to be Flattened when saving
(24 bit or 8bit greyscale will work fine)
No compression (from memory ZIP will work but not LZW .. but resample then has to decompress the images anyway, so I never save with compression)

TIFFs saved with Photoshop will get unrecognised Meta-tags ... but these don't matter an iota.

"That which does not stop us developing makes us wiser ..." or something like that

 

[GHD]

LZW compression works fine.