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XML, AFCAD, where do I start?

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Hi all,

I am planning on building detailed airports in my local area with high-res photo scenery. I've built other virtual environments before, but have had tutorials, etc. to follow....

How do I begin making one airport with FSX_KML (or other rquired tools) that has all the buildings, photo scenery, and other terrain features?

I'm primarily interested in creating the runway, buildings, a few static planes, and photo scenery from Google Earth if possible.

Ive tried FSX_KML and have had some basic luck with making polygons, paths etc, and can see them in my FSX when I load it up. But really want more.

Can any of you point me in the right direction, where to start, etc?


Thanks to any and all!

Scribe556 (newbie here)
 
You are probably a little early in the life of FSX for all the tools you will require. There is much experimentation going on right now and tools are being written/prepared but it will be a while yet before much is available for you.
 
Yes, agreed to that. At the moment everybody is still exploring the new SDKs and all new features. Only once the tool authors understand these new things, will they be able to create tool to make use of them.

So at the moment I think you will find most of the useful tool with the SDKs. But these are a little more low-level, so you might have to code some stuff in XML yourself for example, instead of using a nice GUI.
 
Thanks!

Graham, Arno,

Thanks for the replies. OK, I'll give it some time and do some experimentation with the SDK tools for now....

Happy Simming!

Scribe556
 
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