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FS2004 Creating mesh from BIL

scubakobe

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Why I am having trouble with this all of a sudden, I don't know.

I've created mesh for FS2004 many times before, but now I am running in to many problems.

I converted the BIL file to WGS84 projection, then set up the INF file as follows:

Code: 
[Destination]
	LOD	= Auto
	DestDir		 = "D:\Documents and Settings\Kobbe Farwick\My Documents\Temp\"
        DestBaseFileName 	 = "texas_m"
	UseSourceDimensions = 1

[Source]
	Type			= ElevS16LSB
	SourceDir		= "D:\Documents and Settings\Kobbe Farwick\My Documents\Temp\95877427"
	SourceFile		= "95877427.bil"
	Lat			= 31.15310185
	Lon			= -97.91754630
	NumOfCellsPerLine = 2078
	NumOfLines		= 1637
	CellXdimensionDeg = 0.0000925926
	CellYdimensionDeg = 0.0000925926
	ScaleinMeters	= 1.0

However, I get these errors in resample:

errxwc.jpg


I've tried running it through resample with NAD83 projection as well, but it quits halfway leaving me with a corrupted file.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
 
My mesh is configured as:

Geographic (Lat/Lon)
WGS84
Arc Degrees

So I don't think the projection would be the problem, but you never know with flight simulator. :D
 
You must have a vaslue of -9999 in your data... this is commonly used as a null value.

You can add to your Source:

NullValue = -9999

Dick
 
Thanks Dick,

That solved the problem with the "-9999 encountered"

I put the mesh in to FS and it shows up on the map when you zoom in, but it doesn't work on the surface.

I removed any default flattens at the airport, but the mesh still doesn't appear.

Is this a common problem?

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Hi Kobbe:

A few questions which might further guide the troubleshooting... ;)


* Does your mesh BGL that Resample created show up in SDK's "TMF Viewer" ?


* "LOD= Auto" was used in your INF file; what horizontal resolution was your BIL source data ?


* FS9 "mesh" display priority is reversed; did you try moving your mesh BGL entry nearer to the bottom in the FS9 Scenery Library GUI ?


GaryGB :)
 
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Thanks for the suggestions -

The mesh shows up as a green square in the TMF viewer.

What do you mean by the horizontal resolution?

I moved the scenery down in the list and it made no difference.

My Terrain_Max_Vertex_Level = 19, is that correct? I never edited it.

I actually can't get any add-on mesh to show up in FS2004, even that of sceneries I made awhile back and know to work just fine.

:confused:
 
A few thoughts

Hi scubakobe,

First, a suggestion - always specify the LOD in the inf, then you know the final LOD of your mesh.

I'm concerned about all the -9999 values in your data. When you view your bgl file in TMFviewer and move the cursor around, do you see changes in the (elevation) value?

I've set up a primitive web page at:

http://home.earthlink.net/~smgreenwood/demo/

It includes 2 (large) images of the area; the bgl as seen in TMFviewer, and a screenshot in the sim. (You may want to save them to disk for easier local viewing.) These are of 30m LOD10 mesh.

There is also a link to download my FSTelevation utility (seen in the top/left corner of the FS9 screenshot). I find it handy for saving the aircraft position and quickly returning to it while testing, among other things :-).

You may also find helpful (although now dated) mesh info on my main FS website.

http://home.earthlink.net/~smgreenwood/

Steve
 
Well that did it, changing the TMVL setting to 21.

I wouldn't have guessed the problem to be in my FS9.cfg file!

Thanks to everyone for your help :)

Kobbe
 
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