FSXA Problem with creating XML library from point objects

[bina]

Thanks to Arno's ingenious creativity, I found myself making my first steps in autogen development with QGIS and scenProc. So, please bear with me until I have some progress...

I'm trying to place 101 places of worship (point objects) scattered around my home country using this simple code:

The fclass values in SHP are different as below:

• christian
• christian-orthodox
• jewish
• muslim
• muslim-shia

What I find strange is scenProc creates the XML objects but doesn't insert the autogen into the prescribed texture folder. So, my first question is why does this happen?

Also, is it possible to process all fclass values in a single step instead of creating autogen for each place of worship, as shown above?

Thanks!

 

[arno]

Hi,

If you want to create autogen you need to use CreateAGNLibObject. The command you use now is for BGL placed objects.

If you want to have different objects for the classes you need to use multiple lines. Else you could use fclass="*" to process them all.

 

[bina]

Thanks, Arno! The second question is clear - fclass="*" works and scneProc derives all features from the source file. So far so good...
Not sure about the first question though. Indeed, it seems I don't need to place these point objects inside AGN grids. I only need to have them inside a single BGL file, sort of a library of places of worship. Is it possible to achieve this with scenProc?
I've played with different grid sizes (SplitGrid) to no avail yet...

So, I'll try with this code instead:

# Azerbaijan Places of Worship Autogen
ImportOGR|C:\Users\VNA\Desktop\azerbaijan-latest-free.shp\gis.osm_pofw_free_1.shp|*|*|NOREPROJ
#
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="*"|{034f8334-427e-fede-b159-25a056dafa40};{e2b7cd38-442d-1e03-ebf1-2d986787b9cd}|HDG|0|0
#
ExportBGL|FSX|pows|C:\Users\VNA\Desktop\Baku|KEEPXML

I do RTFM but am not sure if I follow your point there. Especially the 'filter' explanations remain vague to me when coupled with the sample code provided. I better dive into the forum for some more examples/tutorials.

 

[arno]

Using ExportBGL will work as well if you need bgl output.

 

[bina]

Ok, after some trial and error this code worked. I've assigned each fclass a different library object plus added NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION option (otherwise the scenery is not visible in FSX):

# Azerbaijan Places of Worship Autogen
ImportOGR|C:\Users\VNA\Desktop\azerbaijan-latest-free.shp\gis.osm_pofw_free_1.shp|*|*|NOREPROJ
#
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="christian"|ac02d7fb406169be440c41afffe9fe35|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="muslim"|034f8334427efedeb15925a056dafa40|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION
#
ExportBGL|FSX|pow|C:\Users\VNA\Desktop|KEEPXML

Now for the next stage, I wonder:

1. can I combine the above two CreateXMLLibObj lines into a single one but still get the same result?
2. do OSM or SHP files contain any heading data to work with? I can't confirm this with QGIS file analysis nor Google search so far...

Thanks!

 

[arno]

Hi,

If you want different objects to be placed you'll need different lines.

OSM contains no heading for point features. But there is a step to derive the heading from nearby road data.

 

[bina]

Thanks, Arno!

I assume you mean this. When translated, this slightly modified code should mean (at least for me) that any type of point object found in the first SHP file is assigned the heading of any type of road object found in the second SHP file. Please correct me if I'm wrong:

# Azerbaijan Places of Worship (PoW) BGL
# GUIDs of library objects, not classes!

ImportOGR|F:\MY.PROJECTS\Azerbaijan_X\source_files\SHP\gis.osm_pofw_free_1.shp|*|*|NOREPROJ
ImportOGR|F:\MY.PROJECTS\Azerbaijan_X\source_files\SHP\gis.osm_roads_free_1.shp|*|*|NOREPROJ

# Assign road headings to point objects
HeadingFromNearestLine|FROMFILE="gis.osm_pofw_free_1.shp" And fclass="*"|FROMFILE="gis.osm_roads_free_1.shp" And fclass="*"|HDG

# Individual object GUID for each fclass
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="christian"|16cd9273b35945c0842d635c95d9127e|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="christian_orthodox"|ca2a32c4aa01401d989407db7d844236|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="jewish"|c2d9acaa4a55b2c5fa9b80982b3a5a8d|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="muslim"|034f8334427efedeb15925a056dafa40|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="muslim_shia"|e2b7cd38442d1e03ebf12d986787b9cd|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION

#
ExportBGL|FSX|pow|F:\MY.PROJECTS\Azerbaijan_X\BGL|KEEPXML

The code works OK but the funny thing is the objects with the first two GUIDs (for "christian" and "christian_orthodox") do not show up in FSXA although for test purposes I used only default FSXA objects.

 

[arno]

Hi,

This script looks OK. You can drop teh fclass="*" in the HeadingFromNearestLine step, as the FROMFILE attribute will already return all objects in that file.

Not sure about the GUIDs, if you check the event log after running the script do you see that objects are made for these GUIDs?

 

[bina]

Yes, as you can see below, scenProc creates the required objects, which I can also confirm from the contents of XML file. In fact, I took the GUIDs from default.xml and AFAIU all these objects are part of autogen.bgl.
I've changed the first two GUIDs to new ones, but have still the same result.

# Azerbaijan Places of Worship (PoW) BGL
# GUIDs of library objects, not classes!

ImportOGR|F:\MY.PROJECTS\Azerbaijan_X\source_files\SHP\gis.osm_pofw_free_1.shp|*|*|NOREPROJ
ImportOGR|F:\MY.PROJECTS\Azerbaijan_X\source_files\SHP\gis.osm_roads_free_1.shp|*|*|NOREPROJ

# Assign road headings to point objects
HeadingFromNearestLine|FROMFILE="gis.osm_pofw_free_1.shp"|FROMFILE="gis.osm_roads_free_1.shp" And fclass="*"|HDG

# Individual library object GUID for each fclass
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="christian"|88a9e0a9428406b169ee8b92aa14985c|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="christian_orthodox"|e4a52a7a4ca4ac7eb9cf9a84255f5ee8|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="jewish"|c2d9acaa4a55b2c5fa9b80982b3a5a8d|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="muslim"|034f8334427efedeb15925a056dafa40|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION
CreateXMLLibObj|fclass="muslim_shia"|e2b7cd38442d1e03ebf12d986787b9cd|HDG|0|0|NOAUTOGENSUPPRESSION

#
ExportBGL|FSX|pow|F:\MY.PROJECTS\Azerbaijan_X\BGL|KEEPXML

 

[arno]

You might want to try to use a GUID that works from the ones below and see if they then appear. If that's the case there is a probleem with the object you selected. If they don't appear something is suppressing the objects, for example an exclude.

 

[RED COOL]

hey @arno i tried to place my own light model along roads i did that once and it has worked but i deleted the script by mistake and i need to place other lights along other type of roads so those are the steps i did :
1) removed all the types of roads that i don't need from the shp file
2) made this script :

and as you you can see there is those errors there and no BGL in the folder just 4 xml files
but in that time that it has worked i got many BGLs
PLZ help thnx in advance

 

[arno]

Hi,

The problem is that scenProc can't call bglcomp on your system, it needs elevation (which means administrator rights).

In which folder is your scenProc installed? And where is the SDK location?

 

[RED COOL]

sdk in default location and scenproc in c\msfs\fs designtool\mcx\scenproc lastest devlopment release x64

 

[RED COOL]

i did the process now as an administrator and it works thank you =)