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3dsmax vs Blender msfs p3d
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Good choice, blender is free, 3dsmax will be at least around 300 € licence fee after 30 days trial. There are thousands of videos and tutorials.
Yes, I went with 3DSmax (Indie license) because I used GMAX for a long time, but if I was starting out I'd go with Blender. For MSFS there is a huge number of tutorials etc for Blender, but not much for 3DS. I'm thinking of making the switch which would save me NZ$500 a year.
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There is plently oft courses in udemy learning .
None oft them related to sim scenery.
I think even after mastering them its not garanted that you be able to build scenery.
what is the steps to build scenery
do you look in photoreal area and work with Blender sametime .
is it possible to draw over foto or map to make it easier
None oft them related to sim scenery.
I think even after mastering them its not garanted that you be able to build scenery.
what is the steps to build scenery
do you look in photoreal area and work with Blender sametime .
is it possible to draw over foto or map to make it easier
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The tutorials aren't meant to teach you how to create scenery for any of the flight simulators that are out there. They are there to learn Blender or 3DSMax. You are trying to run without learning how to walk. You will fall on your face pretty fast doing lt that way.
I can certainly see the OP's point about the need for FS-related tutorials, if you are just starting out it is important to be able to go from a blank page to a finished model in the sim just so you know that you can do it. Nothing gives the drive to continue learning like being able to taxi past your own first model sitting at an airport. There are plenty of tutorials on Youtube where you can learn to build a beautiful model, which turns out to be completely impractical in the simulator. 20 years ago when the GMAX gamepack first appeared (FS2002?) just about everyone was a beginner, and although there was a SDK of sorts that didn't help those who were trying to learn GMAX at the same time.
There were tutorials back in the old days which showed how to build a simple hangar etc, and place it in the simulator. These included some help with optimisation, and other aspects which the OP asked about earlier -- getting the size right etc. The tutorials I'm thinking of are entirely obsolete now, but in these Youtube days it would be great to see some simple go to whoa intros for very new developers.
However most of that info is available, mainly here at FSD, I'd suggest that the OP deal with his questions one at a time, either through a bit of time searching here, or asking here one question at a time.
There were tutorials back in the old days which showed how to build a simple hangar etc, and place it in the simulator. These included some help with optimisation, and other aspects which the OP asked about earlier -- getting the size right etc. The tutorials I'm thinking of are entirely obsolete now, but in these Youtube days it would be great to see some simple go to whoa intros for very new developers.
However most of that info is available, mainly here at FSD, I'd suggest that the OP deal with his questions one at a time, either through a bit of time searching here, or asking here one question at a time.