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FSX Photoscenery Showing As Water?

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unitedkingdom
Hello All,

I've created some photoscenery for an area in Bodney, UK however in Sim it appears as water, any ideas please, I've attached the .INF contents and a screenshot.

Code: 
[Source]
   Type = BMP
   Layer = Imagery
   SourceDir = "."
   SourceFile = "Bodney.bmp"
   Variation = All
   SamplingMethod = Gaussian
   ulyMap =  52.5424656944444
   ulxMap =  .697664027777778
   xDim =  2.68220486111109E-06
   yDim =  1.63131944444691E-06

[Destination]
   DestDir = "."
   DestBaseFileName = "Photo01"
   DestFileType = BGL
   LOD = Auto
   UseSourceDimensions = 1
   CompressionQuality = 85

Bodders.jpg


Any help is very much appreciated.
 
It is likely for the Landclass tile you are in that you need to add a blank (white) LandWater Mask to your inf.

This should prevent water showing up and flooding your airfield.
 
Tried the above, but water ever I seem to do i now get this water effect. I've never had this issue before

This is my INF;

[Source]
Type = MultiSource
NumberOfSources = 2
[Source1]
Type = BMP
Layer = Imagery
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "Lidkoping.bmp"
Variation = All
NullValue = 255,255,255
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 58.4789784738208
ulxMap = 13.1405067443848
xDim = 2.14576721191406E-05
yDim = 1.12226131107196E-05

[Source2]
Type = TIFF
Layer = None
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "blendmask.tif"
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 58.4789784738208
ulxMap = 13.1405067443848
xDim = 2.14576721191406E-05
yDim = 1.12226131107196E-05

[Destination]
DestDir = "."
DestBaseFileName = "Lidkoping"
DestFileType = BGL
LOD = Auto
UseSourceDimensions = 1
CompressionQuality = 85
Click to expand...
 
Last edited:
You don't seem to have a Land Water Mask in your inf .. and you are using a white Null value as well as a blendmask, which is probably unnecessary.

The LWM is probably the key here.
 
Actually it doesn't like your blendmask will be working either:

Unless you specifically want to Null out white, remove the NullValue entry
Specify a Blendmask and a LWM channel in each imagery source
Provide an appropriate LWM named according to the file in the inf ... white is land, black is water.

Apologies for any syntax errors I might have made ... (not tested) ... the rest is in the FS SDK.

Code: 
[Source]
Type = MultiSource
NumberOfSources = 3
[Source1]
Type = BMP
Layer = Imagery
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "Lidkoping.bmp"
Variation = All
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
Channel_BlendMask = 2.0
Channel_LandWaterMask = 3.0
ulyMap = 58.4789784738208
ulxMap = 13.1405067443848
xDim = 2.14576721191406E-05
yDim = 1.12226131107196E-05

[Source2]
Type = TIFF
Layer = None
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "blendmask.tif"
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 58.4789784738208
ulxMap = 13.1405067443848
xDim = 2.14576721191406E-05
yDim = 1.12226131107196E-05

[Source3]
Type = TIFF
Layer = None
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "Lidkoping_LWM.tif"
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 58.4789784738208
ulxMap = 13.1405067443848
xDim = 2.14576721191406E-05
yDim = 1.12226131107196E-05

[Destination]
DestDir = "."
DestBaseFileName = "Lidkoping"
DestFileType = BGL
LOD = Auto
UseSourceDimensions = 1
CompressionQuality = 85
 
hcornea said:
Actually it doesn't like your blendmask will be working either:

Unless you specifically want to Null out white, remove the NullValue entry
Specify a Blendmask and a LWM channel in each imagery source
Provide an appropriate LWM named according to the file in the inf ... white is land, black is water.

Apologies for any syntax errors I might have made ... (not tested) ... the rest is in the FS SDK.

Code: 
[Source]
Type = MultiSource
NumberOfSources = 3
[Source1]
Type = BMP
Layer = Imagery
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "Lidkoping.bmp"
Variation = All
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
Channel_BlendMask = 2.0
Channel_LandWaterMask = 3.0
ulyMap = 58.4789784738208
ulxMap = 13.1405067443848
xDim = 2.14576721191406E-05
yDim = 1.12226131107196E-05

[Source2]
Type = TIFF
Layer = None
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "blendmask.tif"
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 58.4789784738208
ulxMap = 13.1405067443848
xDim = 2.14576721191406E-05
yDim = 1.12226131107196E-05

[Source3]
Type = TIFF
Layer = None
SourceDir = "."
SourceFile = "Lidkoping_LWM.tif"
SamplingMethod = Gaussian
ulyMap = 58.4789784738208
ulxMap = 13.1405067443848
xDim = 2.14576721191406E-05
yDim = 1.12226131107196E-05

[Destination]
DestDir = "."
DestBaseFileName = "Lidkoping"
DestFileType = BGL
LOD = Auto
UseSourceDimensions = 1
CompressionQuality = 85
Click to expand...

Your a star, thank you so much! :D
 
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