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Sep 9^th, 2007 at 12:06pm

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Where can I get GMAX?
or any other freeware alternative so I can add some Scenery to my Airport I am making...
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Reply #1 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 12:45pm

Groundbound1 Ex Member

Turbosquid still has it I think.

http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax

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Reply #2 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 12:48pm

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GMAX is within your flightsim Roll Eyes

(free)
and you can download rwy12 for adding scenery oblects
and for adding runways,runway3

Dave Wink

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Reply #3 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 12:54pm

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Quote:

you can download rwy12 for adding scenery oblects

Is it easier than Gmax?

and I just used AFCAD for Runway's and taxiways, seemed easiest Wink

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Reply #4 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 1:04pm

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My fault, I never really looked through the disks to see what was ther! Roll Eyes

Anyway, Crussel Gmax is a 3-D modeling program that you can use to make buildings and such, You would use a program like RWY12 to place those buildings into your sim as scenery.

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Reply #5 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 1:20pm

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Uhh, Gmax isn't on my FS2004 Install disks O_o

Meh, I will use the site you provided, thanks.

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Reply #6 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 1:27pm

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Quote:

you can download rwy12 for adding scenery oblects

Is it easier than Gmax?

and I just used AFCAD for Runway's and taxiways, seemed easiest Wink

runway 3 is easier,run your fs get your coordinations,heading,alt, then close your fs open rwy3 type in what figures you got.Done. open sim go to where you put your runway and it should be there.as for rwy 12 you will need to download the object libraries aswell which are the object,hangers trees etc.

have fun,let me know how you go

Dave Wink

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Reply #7 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 1:48pm

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Where can I find it?

Google is not my friend because I have tried it Tongue

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Reply #8 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 1:51pm

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Crussell wrote on Sep 9^th, 2007 at 1:20pm:

Uhh, Gmax isn't on my FS2004 Install disks O_o

Meh, I will use the site you provided, thanks.

It's on disk 1 in the extras folder.

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Reply #9 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 2:03pm

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runway3 & runway12 are here, http://www.scenery.org/design_utilities_d.htm ; but you will have to search for the object libraries for runway 12 as i have never used it,i use abacus EZ-Scenery which is payware.

have fun

Dave

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Reply #10 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 3:10pm

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I got Runway 12 seen as all I need is to add scenery, but I don't see how it works, it won't sync to my FS position and the files save as XML into it's own folders, not FS2004's and as .Bgl ..... Undecided

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Reply #11 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 3:21pm

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Crussell wrote on Sep 9^th, 2007 at 3:10pm:

I got Runway 12 seen as all I need is to add scenery, but I don't see how it works, it won't sync to my FS position and the files save as XML into it's own folders, not FS2004's and as .Bgl ..... Undecided

Do you have the FSUPIC module by Pete Dowson installed? It's needed for the syn function to work. When you choose the name for your new .bgl, you can also choose where to save it. I personally use a temp folder on my desktop. When you hit the generate scenery button, RWY12 makes two files, the .bgl for use in the sim, and an xml that RWY12 can read from if you decide to make changes to your new scenery later. If you are happy with the scenery you made , you won't need the .xml, and it can be deleted. Once you have your new .bgl simply move it to your FS9 addon scenery/scenery folder. If everything is installed correctly, you should be able to find your new scenery the next time you load the sim.

There is an updated tutorial for RWY12 available here:

http://www.rwy12.com/rwy12/index.php

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Reply #12 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 3:30pm

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I have FSUPIC, it came with Sqaukbox.
I think I fixed it, I had AFCAD and Runway12 running at the same time, it came up with an error message saying 2 copies were running.

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Reply #13 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 4:47pm

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have a look at rwy3.very simple and you can have,tarmac,concrete,grass,or gravel runways easy peesy.

Dave Wink

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Reply #14 - Sep 9^th, 2007 at 6:41pm

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Okay, well I totally ****'d that up Cool

I must've done something wrong because all of the placement options went and things I had placed are now floating around in the sky....
and because it's not an install it's not simple to just un-install.

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