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What program is best for placing big city sections ?

good_old_enzo

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Hi everybody !

After trying out Autogen-Annotator, gMax, TrueSpace, Poser, etc.
i want to build my hometown.
Thank god it is in the Aerosoft Real Germany 1 - Scenery ...
so i mustn t create photo tiles- all the tiles are there in 256x256 pixels in
very very good quality. :)

1. Question : Can i do bmp´s with 512 or 1024 pixels and use them instead of
these bmps ? ( Or can this size only be used with planes or objects ? I have a very good source for aerial photos - so parts of my town
would be incredible real.
:eek:
2. Question : It would save a lot of time to use the tiles from Aerosoft as a
help for the positioning. I think some programs will accept a background bmp for scenerydesign. But what would you think best for this ?
i have gmax-objects and i want to use
the standard objects for the inner regions of the city. All wider areas will be
ok with annotator and autogen.
Also building some little lakes would be great.
I think the tiles are each 1,2 qm .

Sigh - a lot of questions - but i think asking the right people with much
experience will be better than to be frustrated and waiste a lot of time.
:p
Thanks - Enzo ( Stuttgart , Germany )
 
Hi Enzo,

good_old_enzo said:
1. Question : Can i do bmp´s with 512 or 1024 pixels and use them instead of these bmps ? ( Or can this size only be used with planes or objects ? I have a very good source for aerial photos - so parts of my town would be incredible real. :eek:
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I am pretty sure they placed the photos with the mesh techniques and in that case you can not use bigger textures. Or in fact you can use them, but FS will alway use the 256x256 mip, so it makes no sense to use bigger textures :).

good_old_enzo said:
2. Question : It would save a lot of time to use the tiles from Aerosoft as a help for the positioning. I think some programs will accept a background bmp for scenerydesign. But what would you think best for this?
i have gmax-objects and i want to use the standard objects for the inner regions of the city. All wider areas will be ok with annotator and autogen.
Also building some little lakes would be great. I think the tiles are each 1,2 qm.
Click to expand...

You could try to use a tool like ObPlacer XML or Rwy12. Then you can just slew over the photos in FS and place your objects. For designing a city I think that is the easiest way.
 
Thanks Arno ,

too bad that bmps won t work this way ... sigh :mad:

I use the ObjPlacer XML already - a great tool !
- but i think i need the preview of the
standard buildings to see the roofs, colors , height , etc. for the
wider areas.

Perhaps i will use ScenGenX - because i think XML is the right way
to survive the next version of FS .. lol

I have read somewhere that ScenGenX can handle bmps as background
so i could put the buildings on the table :D

But for placing the Special gMax-Buildings i consider ObjPlacer XML as the
far best - gmax - export - place - compile - ready . Way cool !
At first view i thougt RWY is best - but to make librarys - preview pics blabla
is a bit too much work for some purposes.
That was my first start with the campfire and fire and smoke effect.
Too bad that the cloud-bug keeps the clouds from the background in the
foreground :banghead: ( last thread from me ).

Ok - thx - til next time -

Enzo
 
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