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Is there a software that would report all objects used in an airport scenery?
For example it would scan all placement files for a folder.

Thanks.
 
Hi,

That's a good question, I think there are a few, but I can't remember the names. Does ADE not have such a functionality in it?

Normally it is a good idea to keep track which libraries you are using when designing the scenery. Since you have to tell your users to install all those libraries as well.
 
LOM does but it is really designed to work with a LOM project. I think I have a part built extract of that code for a stand alone utility - I will have a look.
 
It might be a nice addon to ModelConverterX in the future as well, but at the moment it is not there :).
 
arno said:
It might be a nice addon to ModelConverterX in the future as well, but at the moment it is not there :).
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Let me look at the code I have - I checked and the Scenery File Analyzer in LOM looks to be a separate module.
 
Thanks to both of you for looking into this. I think indeed it's an interesting concept and would be very useful.

I'm pretty sure I read about it somewhere among the 2,395,012 web sites I visited in the past year or so :) Too bad I can't remember which one.

While I have you both in the same thread I'll ask a question that's been burning my lips for a while. Is it traditional for developers in Europe to not use the button.default property and to not use any mnemonics (i.e. Alt + F)? It is part of user friendliness and I miss it.
 
The next version of ADE will have a tool to list the libraries containing the library objects used in the project.
 
Well first I used to be in the contracting business so I am well versed in the 'for weeks read months and for months read years' method of determining time to completion...

and second do we mean something like this?

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If so then we are testing this build at the moment so really what I should have said is that it requires two tester weeks to complete. I will leave y'all to define what a 'tester week' is ;);) :D
 
This is great but I was thinking about one more piece of information and that is the origin library of the objects.
That way when you want to distribute an airport scenery you can make sure you point out the users to the required objects library that are included in your scene...which is the point of my search for such program.
 
Hmmm - well that is exactly what it is telling you. The libraries that contain the objects that are in your scenery. - in this case airport_objects.bgl and hazards.bgl. If the user does not have these (they happen to be stock but that is not an issue here since ADE reports the library the object is in) then they will not see your objects.

What other library are you looking for then?
 
Jon it seems I misunderstood the image. I thought the names on the left were from BGL created by an object placer that would contain references to object libraries. I didn't recognize the names as default library since they must be from FSX.
 
sfrenchie said:
Jon it seems I misunderstood the image. I thought the names on the left were from BGL created by an object placer that would contain references to object libraries. I didn't recognize the names as default library since they must be from FSX.
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Yes they are as it happens. So we are 'on the same page' then?
 
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