Hi,
Can anybody help in giving some pointers on how to program a tunnel made of squares/circles along a desired path? Something similar to the landing hoops in the Landing Lesson I (Student Pilot) of FS2002!
Thanks,
Javed

Okay, just tested it, with some primitive tubes.  It will work, but I need to know if you have Gmax.  If so, I can suggest some excellent ways to do this.

Hi,
Thanks Baron. I am downloading Gmax1.2 now. Appreciate your help.
Yes, Jim I have been using the landing hoops but I want to create a 3-D Tunnel to fly through, not necessarliy for landing but for a general maneover.
Javed

Thanks! Will try it out.
Javed

Did you add it to the scenery file?  If not, here's how:

If you have not already put the *.bgl file in its own file folder in the Addon Scenery folder, do so now.  Name the folder anything you want, something like "Hoops" for example.

Open up that folder and make two more new folders.  Call these "scenery" and "texture".  The names are important here, so make them just like that.

Now put the *.bgl file in the "scenery" folder you just created.  Don't worry about the texture folder, that will come in later.

Start FS.

At the main screen, select "Settings"

Select "Scenery Library" under "Scenery" in the lower left-hand corner.

Ignore the list for now and find the button labled "Add area . . ." on the right.

Navigate to the "Hoops" folder you created earlier.  Highlight it and select "OK".

Now click "OK" on the FS tabs.  It should take a moment to load, and then you can go set up a flight and check out your new scenery!

Remember that every time you change something on the Gmax file you need to remake the *.bgl file and stick it in that same folder.  FS will automatically scan and install the new file as long as the entry in the Scenery Library is still active.

The altitude of the hoops will correspond to the height of the hoops in Gmax.  For instance, if you have a hoop at +1000ft above the center of the Gmax scene, it will be +1000ft above the ground level in FS when you export.  So just make them as high as you want them in the Gmax scene, and then export.

Certainly.  Anything you can make in Gmax can be exported to either a *.mdl file (aircraft) or *.bgl file (scenery).  If you want to make a flying production plant, or a mile long stationary spacecraft, Gmax can do it.

But for things like airports, I would recomend first checking out the programs that are already out there that can do those things.  I use FSSC (Flight Sim Scenery Creator) for my airports, and it works great.

I think you could even combine the two and put in things that FS doesn't have in its file library by using Gmax.