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FSX 3D ground polys and textures?

Bownsy105

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Hello there.

As a new guy to scenery creation I have 2 questions.

1) what is a common resolution used for terrain texturing, I'm talking about cm per pixel in things like satellite imagery. I ask as I'm trying create some custom textures but I'm unsure what resolution to aim for.

2) I am using Model converter x to create ground polys from 2D planes made in Gmax. However, I would like to create some simple rolling hills on some farmland near an airport. Would simply converting a 3d model to a ground poly in model converter work just fine? or would anyone recommend some further reading or a tutorial? My worry would be collisions. Would fsx correctly work out the collisions, or may there be a problem since unlike flat terrain, it would not line up perfectly with the default ground polys.

Thank you for any help or guidance on these questions.
 
The problem of using that method Tejal, is that is not posible to convert it on landable platform... I just tried on the pass without succes, some error happend if too much faces is on the model that compile the gmax sdk apps.
 
Hi, All right, thanks for clarification, I never tried that tutorial, I was just thinking in the terrain as such, maybe Model convertex could do with that task, it can harden Surfaces as sloped runways and peaked roof houses. but could be it throw the same error with such huge file. Greetings.
 
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