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Hey all,

I'm really really really new to this and have been working on modeling my home airport in FS9.

AFCADS are done and now i'm working on modeling the grounds and stuff.

My question is, There are a lot of trees on the property that are not modeled in the autogen by default. I want to add them but the only way I know to do that right now is by hand.

Is there an easier way? Like just being able to draw a polygon or something and say "Put a ton of tree's here?".

I know this is a pretty noob question but I've not had much luck searching Google.
 
By hand do you mean Instant scenery? You can use the FS9 autogen SDK annuator to plant rows of trees how and where you want them.
 
Hi Vince:

Although the 2 excellent linked tutorials (by Luis Feliz-Tirado) on the wiki page linked above discuss "FSX", the GUI and principal of operations is basically similar in the FS9 Annotator SDK.


One must know the file name(s) of the custom land class texture tile(s) which one wishes to annotate, so one is able to open and work with the proper terrain tile bitmap as a background in the annotator utility of choice.


FS9 terrain tile IDs and associated custom land class (photoreal) texture / AGN file names can be derived by use of TCalc version 2.0 - by Richard Ludowise (aka "rhumbaflappy"):

http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004sd&DLID=55467

(The required module "FDSConnection.dll" is included).



If your photoreal coverage area is small, you may wish to annotate manually as the above tutorial illustrates, which allows great precision.


If your area to be covered is large, you may wish to initially "saturate" the tiles with autogen using a semi-automated utility, and then go back to edit locations you will see from very low altitudes and/or on the ground for the desired degree of precision.


FYI: Some utilities for semi-automated autogen placement (in order of apparent general preference by others in the FS Development community) are:


1.) AgenT - by Lars Hoyer (part of the UK-VFR Objects Library package; IIRC, 'AgenTs' does place other objects in addition to Trees):


...See links in this post:

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showpost.php?p=145566&postcount=2


...OR:


AgenT (core utility package ONLY with no manual... IMHO one needs the manual !):

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.f-bmpl.com/index.php?option=com_weblinks&catid=25&Itemid=22&ei=jpPaTZKZEYfdgQeX-uRX&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CB8Q7gEwAA&prev=/search?q=http://www.f-bmpl.com/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_weblinks%26catid%3D25%26Itemid%3D22&hl=en&prmd=ivns


More Links on AgenT cited at FSDEV forums:

https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/search/1872906/?q=AgenT&c[users]=GaryGB&o=date


2.) AutoTrees - by David J. Griffiths (IIRC, 'AutoTrees' does not place objects other than Trees)

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/syb2.cgi?section=scenery&file=AutoTreesBeta01.zip


NOTE: Both the 2 above utilities do work in FS9 (which some FSX developers also prefer initially during creation and editing, prior to eventual conversion for use in FSX).


PS: Some caveats regarding autogen annotation manually (ex: be sure to cover the overall imagery area randomly and/or evenly from the start, so one will not end up with parts of one's LOD-13 quad / cell photoreal texture tile areas devoid of autogen because the FS9 autogen rendering limit is reached before the end of annotation placement sequences in one's AGN file for that tile number is reached):

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20381&highlight=autogen



Hope this helps you get started ! :)

GaryGB
 
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I believe the question was about modeling trees that are NOT in default Autogen. I have a similar problem because other than the Cocunut & Acacia trees none of the other trees seem to be native to tropical forests.
 
yes, I would like to add some regional vegetation to the sceneries, and add them to the annotator library, but if someone know of some tutorial , please for Fsx.:cool:
 
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