MSFS MSFS Toolkit by Nool Aerosystems

[rhumbaflappy]

Polygon Meyenheim.kml perhaps should be named: Polygon_Meyenheim.kml (no spaces)

 

[Jazzmog]

Also try specifying the entire path, like "D:\my-folder\msfs-toolkit\Source\Polygon Meyenheim.kml"

 

[MarcRouj]

Hello !
Thanks for your suggestions.
By filling in the path in front of border and imagery, I no longer have an error.
Thinks

 

[thetford569]

I just wanted to say this tool is incredible. Had a bit of a learning curve for me but I was able to get some 1 meter LIDAR data in for my airport and the terrain now matches real life. I had already manually done some terraform rectangles before finding this tool as there is a hilly area next to the runway that I was trying to re-create. I had done "ok" but using this tool and the data it now looks like my reference photos! All of the little slopes next to the taxiways and ramps are there! Thanks so much for your awesome toolset!

 

[thetford569]

Following up on my last post I am having problems compiling my airport now after adding in the elevation data. The elevations look great when I am in DevMode and in the scenery editor. As soon as I click save scenery though in the sim the package will not build anymore and gives me an error. I can then run the MSFS Toolkit and compile the elevations again and it creates the airport xml file again and that one I can build a package without errors. Basically I am able to build the xml after I run the msfs elev tool from the toolkit but as soon as I click save scenery in the scenery editor in the SDK the file will no longer compile. I don't even have to edit anything in the scenery editor. Just one click of save scenery and it will no longer compile. Anyone have any solution to this? I have attached screenshots below of when I first build the package after running the msfs elev toolkit and then the console log after I have saved the scenery in the editor and it will no longer build.

 

[Jazzmog]

Following up on my last post I am having problems compiling my airport now after adding in the elevation data. The elevations look great when I am in DevMode and in the scenery editor. As soon as I click save scenery though in the sim the package will not build anymore and gives me an error. I can then run the MSFS Toolkit and compile the elevations again and it creates the airport xml file again and that one I can build a package without errors. Basically I am able to build the xml after I run the msfs elev tool from the toolkit but as soon as I click save scenery in the scenery editor in the SDK the file will no longer compile. I don't even have to edit anything in the scenery editor. Just one click of save scenery and it will no longer compile. Anyone have any solution to this? I have attached screenshots below of when I first build the package after running the msfs elev toolkit and then the console log after I have saved the scenery in the editor and it will no longer build.

The last few months, Asobo has set a maximum line length for the XML. Paavo has created a fix for this, but this is not yet released. I don't know why, but if you're into git, you can try and download the master branch from here: https://github.com/noolaero/msfs-toolkit

Issue: https://github.com/noolaero/msfs-toolkit/issues/1

 

[thetford569]

The last few months, Asobo has set a maximum line length for the XML. Paavo has created a fix for this, but this is not yet released. I don't know why, but if you're into git, you can try and download the master branch from here: https://github.com/noolaero/msfs-toolkit

Issue: https://github.com/noolaero/msfs-toolkit/issues/1

Thank you! That appears to have been the issue. I downloaded the master branch and the file compiles again after saving in the scenery editor! I would have never found this solution as I am not really a big Github user. Now I will make my edits again that I was working on and save and hopefully it will keep working!

 

[ashmanmedia]

First off thank you to Pavo and the community for this tool.

Question: Does anybody know the exact source MSFS World Update II: USA is using?

Upgrading MSFS current Mesh in U.S.A. even with the recent World Update II: USA applied.
is there really any improvement to be had?

Using 1 meter source from this link.

DEM Availability Viewer

DEM Availability Viewer

apps.nationalmap.gov

I replaced Block Island recently in New England and WOW it looks great but trying to compare it with and without.
Difficult to identify. CLIFFS appear pretty close to same in detail.

 

[MarcRouj]

Hello. I know the subject is not directly to do with aerial imagery. But I have a problem with PowerShell that I open as administrator. I installed msfs-toolkit with OSGeo4W_v2 on C:\ and filled in the path correctly.

When I browse to go to disk F where I installed the LFSC folder, there are no problem.

As soon as I put this command msfs project -type scenery -id LFSC -name "marcstrasb-base-lfsc" -title "LFSC Base" -creator "marcstrasb" -aerial "LFSC Aerial Base" I have the following result (see the screenshot attached):

- CHCP is not recognized as an internal or external command
- OSGeo4W_v2 is not recognized and not installed!

When I say Y to install OSGeo4W_v2, the answer is that Curl is not recognized as an internal or external command.

How can I solve my problem? Thank you very much for your attention to read me and understand my problem!
Regards
Marc

 

[Bavarello]

Non appena inserisco questo comando msfs project -type scenario -id LFSC -name "marcstrasb-base-lfsc" -title "LFSC Base" -creator "marcstrasb" -aerial "LFSC Aerial Base" ho il seguente risultato (vedi il screenshot allegato):

Hi,

One thing at a time ...
in Powershell (not needed as administrator) you did not enter ". \" before msfs project

.\msfs project -type scenery -id LFSC -name "marcstrasb-base-lfsc" -title "LFSC Base" -creator "marcstrasb" -aerial "LFSC Aerial Base"

Regards

 

[MarcRouj]

Thank you for your help ! I did as you said by putting ".\" in front or doing with the full path of the exe, I end up with this answer: CHCP is not an internal or external command.

Regards,
Marc

 

[Bavarello]

Thank you for your help ! I did as you said by putting ".\" in front or doing with the full path of the exe, I end up with this answer: CHCP is not an internal or external command.

Regards,
Marc

Run Sfc Scannow from Windows
The SFC utility can of course be launched from the Windows command prompt while the operating system is running.
To proceed, just type cmd in the Windows search box then press the CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER key combination to open the command prompt with administrator rights.

By typing sfc / scannow, Windows will check the integrity of each system file and restore any items that may be damaged.


When the system scan is complete, SFC will indicate
- that no file integrity issues were found
- that discrepancies have been found and are automatically corrected
- that problems have been identified but it has not been possible to solve them (some or all of them)

 

[MarcRouj]

Thank you for your help and your response. I had already run sfc/scannow and repaired windows. I ran sfc /scannow again and the result is "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations"

Computer Mysteries ! Today 25 Junuary PowerShell works without problem !

 

[thetford569]

Thanks to this toolkit I have beautiful and smooth elevations all over my airport grounds. The only problem I have left is there are about 3 places on my runway where I have 3 pretty large bumps. They are thankfully towards the middle of the runway so unless you have a long takeoff roll you don't really notice but still I want to smooth those out because they are very noticeable if you do hit them. I have tried rectangles with a large falloff and moving the Z axis to try and smooth them out but the bumps are still there. The runway profile editor looks nice and smooth to me. Any ideas of what I may be missing here?

 

[thetford569]

I continued exploring today and turned the rectangles into height maps where I was having the larger bumps. I used a very low hardness brush and used the smooth setting over these areas and the adjacent rectangle. This seems to have helped even though I had already done this. It was hours of adjustment and then checking in the sim by taxiing down the runway at 40-50 knots every time. Not fun at all but I think it's better. The runway is still slightly bumpy but that's a good thing. I seem to have been able to get rid of the ones that could lead to loss of aircraft control. There is one that is pretty stubborn but for my taste I think it's fixed.

 

[DanielM]

I get triangular holes like this one on some parts at the outer edge of the area and I'm not sure how to counter it. I've tried to make my shape file smaller and I see some difference after that but I'm not sure if I actually solved anything as some holes go away and others appear instead. Any ideas?
My resolution is set to 5 (from a 0.5 set) and the falloff is 100.


This is what my shape look like in Qgis:

 

[shushengerdai]

Hello,Paavo. Thank you for making this tool for us. I've created the MSFS height map rectangles with the airport elevation tool elev successfully, just as the P1 shows. The P2 is default terrain. The P3 is the real airport which I need to create for MSFS. As you can see what P1 shows, the airport is distorted. So I try to exclude it with polygon and your tool. But when I do it, a error just like the P4 shows. Do you know how to modify the code?

 

[shushengerdai]

Thanks you @Paavo,
with the -exclude option in MSFS Toolkit version 0.47 add another piece for this great tool.

Excluded Areas​

When developing a regional terrain that covers multiple airports (without including them), you may want to cut out holes around airports to avoid conflicts with third party airport packages.

You can use -exclude option to assign a vector file with polygons that define excluded areas. All heightmap rectangles overlapping with those polygons will be skipped.

Border (red) + exclusion (yellow) = grid (green)

Hello, Bavarello. I've tried to used this tool to exclude my airport, but it give an error: Terminating translation prematurely after failed translation of layer polygon, just as the picture shows.
Maybe the code is wrong. So do you know how to modify this code?

 

[Bavarello]

Ciao @Shushengerdai,
Hello
can you attach the string you fed to Powershell? I think there is an error in your file except (.shp) attach this as well.
Create a folder on Onedrive and put all your project including the .tif so I can download it for verification.

 

[ashmanmedia]

Does this tool for mesh have limits?
I produced an area with 1m mesh.xml wise and the file was over 8gb.
But would not compile?