Simviation Forum - Now they went and made me mad...

Jun 1^st, 2003 at 8:51pm

John Elrod Guest

OK Columbia SC is a mess in FS2002 so I intedn ot fix it, heheh sounds like the Battle cry of the truly ignorant doesn't it heheh.

I have experience building terrains for Warbirds II and III and Dawn of Aces but never MS FS so I'm not sure what I am getting into but what the hey.

Some of the changes I would like to be able to make are.... Move the Capitol building where it belongs. Add Willliams Bryce Stadium, 2nd largest college stadium in the SE and it's "poof" missing. Realign the buildings in downtown to properly match the road pattern, and add my high school and College of course, and maybe the place where we used to go parking after fotball games.. Oops soorry I digress.

Anyway, can anyone answer the following questions for me.

1) How difficult is it to build / edit terrains in FS?

2) What's the best program for doing it.

3) Am I off my rocker for even trying?

4) Can you do this without having to leanr a new language?

Thanks in advance for all warnings: Jo Grin

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Reply #1 - Jun 1^st, 2003 at 9:18pm

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LOL John.

You don't need to learn a new language but you do need to learn how to use the tools.

Do a search for Derek Leung's FS Scenery Creator. It's freeware, very good, and comes with built in tutorials.

See how you get on.

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Reply #2 - Jun 1^st, 2003 at 9:26pm

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Thanks Tipster.

As John Belushi once said. I'm on a mission...... a mission from God.

and just for the record, Yes I do need a life. Just to prove it last nigth I was up all night napping at my desk as I flew a 747-400 from CHS AFB to HNL. 8.5 hours and after staying awake, mostly, for the whole flight I was so tired when I landed I forgot to press the brakes and rolled right off into the Ocean and crashed. I was to tired to swim ashore and went down with the ship.

John

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Reply #3 - Jun 1^st, 2003 at 9:54pm

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Hahaha!

I'm sure you know you can accelerate the flight and skip the boring part, right?

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Reply #4 - Jun 1^st, 2003 at 10:35pm

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Thanks Tipster.

As John Belushi once said. I'm on a mission...... a mission from God.

and just for the record, Yes I do need a life. Just to prove it last night I was up all night napping at my desk as I flew a 747-400 from CHS AFB to HNL. 8.5 hours and after staying awake, mostly, for the whole flight I was so tired when I landed I forgot to press the brakes and rolled right off into the Ocean and crashed. I was to tired to swim ashore and went down with the ship.

John

From your ability to report the crash, I'm assuming you had the foresight to take your snorkel with you. Grin

Oh and "The Blues Brothers" is one of my all time favourite films. Cheesy

"It's dark and we're wearing sunglasses...." 8) Wink

P.S. If you happen to find a couple of spare lives lying around, post me one would you? I did over 18 hours non-stop on leg 8 (I think it was) of my RTW flight. Click the link in my signature if you fancy nosing at what it's really like to get obsessed with flight simulation...

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Reply #5 - Jun 1^st, 2003 at 10:55pm

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You can accelarate flight time? Well I guess I am as dumb as my wife said I was. Hehehehe.

::pulling the pamphlet out now to look at the key commands.::

Hoochie Mama on the round the world flight. I don't know which is more impressive, the flights or the documentation and web presentation.

How man ytotals flight hours do you think it will take you to fly?

Now I am off to figure out this editor thingie.

John

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Reply #6 - Jun 2^nd, 2003 at 3:40am

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Just learning FSSC myself. You might also want to download Easy Object Designer. I just recently figured out how to make people and my next task is buildings.

You'll also probably need a good photo editing program. Paint Shop Pro is one of the best (and pretty expensive), I make do with Photo Express.

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Reply #7 - Jun 2^nd, 2003 at 9:54am

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You can accelarate flight time? Well I guess I am as dumb as my wife said I was. Hehehehe.

::pulling the pamphlet out now to look at the key commands.::

Hoochie Mama on the round the world flight. I don't know which is more impressive, the flights or the documentation and web presentation.

How man ytotals flight hours do you think it will take you to fly?

Now I am off to figure out this editor thingie.

John

It's in the options menu from the menu bar once in flight mode. A lot of the time clocks also have a clickable entry to increas/decrease the sim rate. You'll see a separate readout with "1.00" in it if it's there.

Glad you like the site. My best guess at the total distance covered when I get back to my start point is 50,000nm. It's as much a sight seeing tour as anything else generating a lot of extra mileage.

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