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Hello all!

I'm working on photoreslistic background for an airport in FS2k4, using FSSC.

Lets say that I have an area of 3000x3000 meters and i want to do a background with a resolution of 1m/pixel. Obviously my image should be 3000px X 3000px. I have this image, but when I try to put it into FSSC using "Background Image", or FSSC gives me an error on line 283 ( I think ) at frmTexture.frm ( looks like FSSC is done in VisualBasic =p ) or, when I compile the scenery, it reduces the image to 1024x1024 and the resolution goes a waaaayyy down.

So, whats the correct procedures do create a backgoround with a high resultion image( like the example that i said above )?

Thanks a lot!
FeRgO
 
Hi,

Yes, that is correct. FSSC can only use one texture as a background image and thus it is limited to 1024x1024 size.

If you want a bigger grid for your background, you will have to create it with another tool. For example with GMax (using the Fs2002 gamepack). Of course this means you will have to split your image into tiles as well, as FS does not like images above 1024x1024.
 
Thank you both.
Arno, where can I find a tut teaching how to do BG images in GMax? Another thing, if I create the BG in GMax, the objetcts will cast shadows over this background? ( because normally, shadows casts only on "non-gmax" models ).

I was thinking of doing some ground with this quality:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/shagster22/preview318.jpg
You think this ground and markings was done with GMax?

( I found this link on an Arno's post, but it seems to bem invalid: http://www.scenerydesign.org/forum/showpost.php?p=1968&postcount=14 ).

Thanks,
Fergo
 
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