Hi there,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Christian Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] Custom sceneries and new a/c, are
there any? Comments...
Creating a/c is doable for non-techy users (although not trivial) as it
doesn't require any compilation of the source code.
Converting a/c from other sims is ideally the way to go, but with
current tools that limits us to fs98 models and little else. If
thats not true by all means someone correct me! :-)
Creating scenery is a bit different. It is possible to generate a
specific scenery for a specific place - but that's generally a bad idea.
For the base scenery database yes its a terrible idea, as it
would grow in size one hundredfold... :-)
I like the idea of a respository where users can contribute their
local custom scenery...I for one would contribute, but firstly the
tools to create that scenery are proving too difficult for me to
compile...I need to compile FLU to continue with FGSD, but
FLU cannot get past configure (cannot find fltk libs, they *are*
there!)
From: AJ MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] Custom sceneries and new a/c, are
there any? Comments...
To modify the actual underlying scenery does require special tools and is not
straightforward at all. However, again, to model and position buildings etc
is straightforward and requires no special tools.
Yes, its the underlying scenery I'd like to customise. If I cannot
compile the required tools to do that I'm stuck...
Making a new livery requires no fg-specific tools either, so go ahead :-)
Liveries are easy; I'm handy with Gimp so thats not a problem, but
getting something like a 777-200ER to paint in my fave livery? Not
so easy...
Oh - and forget about PPE - as far as I know it's a dead (or at least
cryogenically frozen) project.
Will do. It seemed like an ideal solution, but compiling it is not
working on SuSE 10...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] Custom sceneries and new a/c, are
there any? Comments...
But even without all this -- even if there were no problem getting
the software installed and running, I agree, it's difficult to create
new scenery --
Agreed. I just look at the flood of custom sceneries available for
'that other flightsim', and I think how cool it would be to download
one for my birth city that allows me to buzz the Sugarloaf TV tower!
I might get some lat/lon for such objects and submit them to Jon S,
but I'd rather be able to implement those to my own setup first. Thats
the part I think is in the 'too hard' basket...
Kind regards,
Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.
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