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FS2004 sbuilder - photoscenery is flat

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Hello,

I made a photoscenery with sbuider, it seems it doesn't use the resample, and the scenery displays ok, but is flat, as if there's no mesh there.

I understand that you need it to be flat to have the high resolution images, but I'm creating regular 4.7pixel resolution, not the high-res.

Do I HAVE to compile some sort of mesh as well? If so how do I insert the mesh data into sbuilder?

Kindly,

Blazer
 
As far as I know SBuilder uses VTP polygons for it's 4.8 meter photo scenery. This should follow the elevation of the mesh.
 
BrBlazer said:
Anybody have any knowledge on this issue please?
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I know some way , but it need you to have global mapper , simply use online data that is build-in feature in global mapper ,save data in geotiff format , and use DeathValley_Elevations in the Resample Examples folder to compile it , and then you'll have mesh with resolution 1M
 
SBuilder for FS9 can compile a groundpoly type photoreal or a VTP vector photoreal.

You must have chosen the groundpoly type. The VTP type is mesh-clinging at 4.3 meters/pixel, and as you can choose a vtp layer ( 5 works OK ) you can place roads, shorelines etc... over it.

The alpha channel can control blending ( not water ), much like FSX photoreal.



I compile to the Work folder, then manually move the BGL and the textures to their folders.

Dick
 
The VTP custom texture should keep your mesh as-is. Remember the bmps have to go into scenery\world\texture which is a drawback for a large area. I used to use terrabuilder lite and the FS2000 resample for large-area photo-terrain. The ability to use transparency-blend in the VTP bmps is a big advantage over resample IMHO.

scott s.
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