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FSDS3 in FS2K2
- Thread starter Geester
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Actually, it is compatible with FS2002... sort of. You can export as a .X file, which can be loaded into the FS2002 version of makemdl.exe, and then compiled as a .bgl file (you have to provide the lat and long, of course). I didn't use the FS2002 SDK very much, but presumably there is a way to add these objects to a library, to make it a little bit neater.
Also, FSDS3 has an export as .bgl feature. From the help file: "If choosing the BGL format, the latitude and longitude for the BGL is specified from File | Project Properties.". This sounds like a FS2002 SDK export to me. However, I was never able to get this to work. The "export as .x file" method does work, and I used this to create my textured ground polygons on my Chiang Mai scenery.
- Martin
Also, FSDS3 has an export as .bgl feature. From the help file: "If choosing the BGL format, the latitude and longitude for the BGL is specified from File | Project Properties.". This sounds like a FS2002 SDK export to me. However, I was never able to get this to work. The "export as .x file" method does work, and I used this to create my textured ground polygons on my Chiang Mai scenery.
- Martin
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Hi Martin,
Yes, that is an option indeed. Making a library out of the Fs2002 output is not very easy, it requires that you use FsRegen, but at the moment that tool is hard to get (download site is down for quite a time already). So unless you really need to make something that works in Fs2002, I would advice using the Fs2004 techniques.
The BGL export options also uses the Fs2004 XML format. It just hides the process of making the MDL and XML for you and makes a BGL file right away. If you are placing only one object that might be easier. But for complex projects it is better to make a library (we don't want a single BGL file for each object we make of course).
Yes, that is an option indeed. Making a library out of the Fs2002 output is not very easy, it requires that you use FsRegen, but at the moment that tool is hard to get (download site is down for quite a time already). So unless you really need to make something that works in Fs2002, I would advice using the Fs2004 techniques.
The BGL export options also uses the Fs2004 XML format. It just hides the process of making the MDL and XML for you and makes a BGL file right away. If you are placing only one object that might be easier. But for complex projects it is better to make a library (we don't want a single BGL file for each object we make of course).
You can do everything in FSDS2 and then just use FSDS3 to compile. I've not had problems opening in one an fsc created in the other.