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Hello,

I am my name is Ben and I have just recently started making things fr MSFS 2004. I have been working on Leesburg Airport and several other facilities in the MD, DC, VA area, where I live.

Some of the other projects I've made some good headway with is the Goddard Space Flight Center, where I work. And also, as I am a pirate...... you've never heard of me?....... I have also made a really nice little pirate ship to denote some of my favorite Pirate crashes. Blackbeards shipwreck of the Queens Annes Revenge has been marked off Ocracoke in NC.

Anyone interested in some BGL files and Textures?

I will be continuing my creation and Design of LEESBURG/KJYO but I am going out there today to get pics of the FBO's and facilities. If you're interested, post me a rep and I uess I'll ost them on my S3 site for you guys to get to.

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I have just created created George Washingtons house at Mt. Vernon.

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Gotta finish up he textures

Now some pic sof my new KJYO

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Still Working on the textures as I go. I'm handpainting everything in Photoshop, so. It tkes a while. But I'm having a blast.



I will post pics of Goddard Space Flight Center later.


Thanks


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Oh, here's my pirate ship. Still layering texture up for this one. I want to put a pirate ship at every pirate ship battle or excavation. Working on other pirate ship types too. Kind of finishing light map for this one.

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Mt Vernon (and everything else) looks great! I was in the DC Metro area with my family during Easter last year...I see you work at the Goddard Space Center in Greenbelt. We actually stayed at the Holiday Inn in Greenbelt:cool:
 
I believe so... There was a Denny's and a Safeway nearby. It was right off of the interstate.;)
 
Oh ok, so you guys were right there at the front gate then. Ya, that place is good times. Not exactly a nice neighborhood, but God bless NASA and all its goofy facilities.
 
The work looks excellent, even if you called Flight Simulator a "game". It's sooo much more than that. For some, it's a way of life.

I might ask/suggest that you consider making some of the objects available as libraries for use by other "not quite as talented" people. Those GA hangars look lovely and there can never be enough to choose from when placing objects at an airport. Your end-user agreement can detail what restrictions apply to any of your work.
 
As stated in previous post, I will make all of my silly and goofy library objects available to all for free. I need to find a way to get a web site up, (What was I doing during web design class in college again? )

Please remember, these are all models I only spend 2 or 3 hours on so I'm not loading up the textures with millions of layers. And I'm trying to keep the poly count extremely low.

If you would like to see some of my actual aircraft products you may find me here

http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/In...cessSmartSearch&istSearchKey=bgavares&x=0&y=0

These are for use in movies and other high end rendering, but this is how far i can take it. I intend to also re-create many of the guages and dials because I feel like developers never have a great selection of guages and dials. The models above are great ways to create said images.

If you ask me, I think George Washingtons house would be a great plantation to place if you have a rich person living nearby.

But, I've only been making scenery for about 2 weeks now, wait until you see a year from now, I'm just getting started.

So, how should I make a library?
 
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Very nice looking 3d gauges. I am curious though...

...does anyone actually buy these things from Turbosquid? I shouldn't think there'd be that big of a market for most of what's for sale there...
 
Ya, I have made aircraft screws before and had people buy them.

I sell more aircraft equipment than anything else. But, ya people buy them at least once or twice a month.
 
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Ya, I have made aircraft screws before and had people buy them.

I sell more aircraft equipment than anything else. But, ya people buy them at least once or twice a month.
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I was wondering. I've seen a lot of stuff there and have been curious to know if it might be worth my time to put any of my "stuff" there...
 
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So, how should I make a library?
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Your "goofy" tri-hangar would be welcome at many a GA field. ;)

For creating a library for object placement you can utilize Arno's Library Creator, found down near the bottom of the forums. Or you can use the demo version of Flight 1's Instant Scenery, which comes with a tool named Library Maker.

A placement library BGL file differs from what you have been doing, in that it contains no Lat or Lon for the objects, just a callable GUID along with the MDL files. An object placement tool, such as Instant Scenery, reads the available GUIDs and after placing an object it then creates another BGL file. So placement libraries end up with two BGL files. One with the actual objects and another with all the location data.

Thank you for considering sharing your work with others.
 
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