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MSFS Build/compile glTF and placements in XML all at once with fspackagetool.exe?

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I have multiple models exported from Blender as glTF. I'd like to place each of the models hundreds of times across hundreds of kilometres. I already have a pre-defined list of coordinates (in WGS84), elevations and orientations for all the locations (currently saved as CSV, but I plan on adding them into an XML). Rather than building/compiling each of the multiple glTF into one or multiple modellib (BGL), and then placing each multiple times, is there any way of doing everything at once (i.e. a single step) with the project XML and fspackagetool.exe? Essentially the ideal is to have just one operation and no use of the in-sim SDK GUI. Any advice or instructions would be very welcome please :)
 
Once you have the placement .xml with all coordinates , guids and stuff,
And your gltf/bin/.xml in the ModelLib folder,
Simply throw the project in fspackagetool,

basically, one move and you have the package compiled


How you obtain the placement .xml is up to you , the "SDK" (more correctly the Scenery Editor) is just GUI tool, ADE is another GUI tool, for my global sceneries I have my GUI tool, the goal is to obtain the placement .xml , fspackagetool take cares of the translation to . bgl

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mamu said:
Once you have the placement .xml with all coordinates , guids and stuff,
And your gltf/bin/.xml in the ModelLib folder,
Simply throw the project in fspackagetool,

basically, one move and you have the package compiled


How you obtain the placement .xml is up to you , the "SDK" (more correctly the Scenery Editor) is just GUI tool, ADE is another GUI tool, for my global sceneries I have my GUI tool, the goal is to obtain the placement .xml , fspackagetool take cares of the translation to . bgl

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That is great to know! 😃

My follow up questions are...
  1. Do you have an example placement XML file please?
  2. Which sub-folder does it go in please?
Many thanks! 👍
 
Like this I have provided to you some time ago?

www.fsdeveloper.com

MSFS - Placing same object with vector points across an entire country

I hail from the FS9, FSX & P3D era. I've barely scratched the surface with MSFS 2020 development. I'm an experienced GIS practitioner who uses Shapefiles all the time. I've seen MSFS 2020 freeware addons which place the same object thousand of times across entire countries/regions, such as...
www.fsdeveloper.com www.fsdeveloper.com


The placement .xml goes into a BGL AssetGroup


My advice is to create a container project using the Project Editor wizard,
Add BGL asset Group (using the wizard)
Add modelLib asset group
Load the BGL in the scenery object
Place any object in the world wherever you want , press save scenery and you will find the "placement" .xml in the PackageSources folder
All the above can be done in 40 seconds, I can prove it




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mamu said:
Like this I have provided to you some time ago?

www.fsdeveloper.com

MSFS - Placing same object with vector points across an entire country

I hail from the FS9, FSX & P3D era. I've barely scratched the surface with MSFS 2020 development. I'm an experienced GIS practitioner who uses Shapefiles all the time. I've seen MSFS 2020 freeware addons which place the same object thousand of times across entire countries/regions, such as...
www.fsdeveloper.com www.fsdeveloper.com


The placement .xml goes into a BGL AssetGroup


My advice is to create a container project using the Project Editor wizard,
Add BGL asset Group (using the wizard)
Add modelLib asset group
Load the BGL in the scenery object
Place any object in the world wherever you want , press save scenery and you will find the "placement" .xml in the PackageSources folder
All the above can be done in 40 seconds, I can prove it




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Congratulations, mamu, for the video you posted. With him I have learned more than with the hundreds that exist on this topic. I only have one thing left to ask. How can signs or logos be added to hangars? I have been able to export the materials with the MSFS tool in Blender, but no printed logos on the exterior walls.
 
rhumbaflappy said:
Make a plane. Apply a decal material.
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Thanks, rhumbaflappy. Before trying the decal material, I have to ensure that my model is not so clearly visible at night.
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Do you know how to avoid this? I am very new to designing in Blender.
 
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