Exellent and easy to follow video to make this work in your own projects.Really great work.Iwas hoping some time for a great tutorial like this one.Thank you for sharing your skills and helping out the newbeys in scenery projects
I just purchased FlyTampa scenery for YSSY Sydney and they had trees on the runway,needless to say i wasn't happy. I watched your tutorial and removed the trees ,many thanks to you and your efforts .
Thanks for watching and I am glad you resolved this issue. In my opinion FlyTampa is the best. I can assure you it was not a FlyTampa issue. I have seen the same issue before in the middle of a runway in a different airport. The Sims AI generates trees. The AI attempts to determine if a tree is needed based on aerial imagery. Sometimes, it misses. That is why you will see misplaced trees on bridges and buildings. However, now that you know how to remove trees, you can get rid of any that are out of place. Good luck and happy flying.
Patriot Six, your an absolute legend. Trees and buildings smack back on the last 100 meter approach of the runway have been doing my head in for ages. Your tutorial is excellent and so easy to follow. Thanks very much mate
Thank you man, I was desperate with trees growing in the middle of my house and my favourite spots in my hometown. It drove me crazy until I found your step by step guide that worked flawlessly. Big thanks!
You are welcome. Thanks for watching. It is one of my older videos, so I am happy it worked for you. The algorithm always points to the most watched videos, even if a better version is available. It worked for you, so it is a success.
@@patriotsix5880 To be honest with later version of dev mode there were some small differences in user interface (like different menus etc.) but nothing major. And I really appreciated your step-by-step explanation, as I have basically no knowledge of dev mode. I have found some guides in forums but non of them were as straightforward as your video. :)
@@patriotsix5880 OK. I just finished the work and . . . IT WORKED! Cannot thank you enough. My home airport (KCMI) was overrun with trees. Now it looks like it's supposed to. You. Rule.
Thank you Sir. Well communicated and easy to follow instructions. I managed to finally get rid of a pesky large tree right at the end of the local airports runway. Happy camper/pilot now😊. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Thank you for the compliment. I almost stopped doing this back in the summer because it seems I wasn't getting anywhere and wasting my time. I continued to move forward to see what happens. Since then, things have started to take off. Pun intended. I guess it takes a while for the algorithm to point folks to the videos. Keep creating. It is good for the brain.
Thank you very much Sir! Good video and very easy to follow even for non native english speakers. These are my first steps with SDK and you won´t believe, i failed with a tutorial in my language and succeeded now with yours. Removing trees will keep me busy for a while but already have ideas what to do next, for example replace those multi-storey glass palaces placed on backcountry grass fields. I know that creating such a tutorial is a lot of work but i hope, you will continue. Thanks again.
That is a great story. Thank you for sharing. Help me understand what it is you want to replace. What country are you in and what objects do you want to replace? A picture will be better but we can share images in UA-cam chat. I do have an international group of folks on Facebook. If you use Facebook, you can find my friends and me at facebook.com/groups/788136852324508 If this is not doable for you we can discuss other options. Thanks for watching.
I used your video to removed some trees from the approach path to the main runway at my home airport (KCXY) and had never used SDK before. Thank you, it all worked as advertised. :)
I am happy it worked for you, friend. I need to upload more videos but I have been flying instead of working. Well, work is a wrong choice of words. Work comes typically with some form of compensation. :)
Thank you. Here is a better video where I show all of the uses for polygons. Polygons are very valuable to scenery work yet easy to master. Polygons go beyond simply removing trees. Watch at your leisure. ua-cam.com/video/EKZu1Nivuec/v-deo.html
@@patriotsix5880 Thanks, I already realized that there are some actualized tutorials. I have bookmarked the Tutorials playlist. Until now I didn't dare to touch the SDK because it seemed too complicated to me. But with your step-by-step tutorials I will give it a try !
@@DistasterArea I understand that. It is straightforward stuff but like everything else, you have to get used to doing it. Once you get used to it, it is like riding a bicycle. In the beginning, I noted every single steps for reference. I haven't touched the notes in almost two years because all of the steps are firmly committed to memory through repetition. There is a thought process that probably everyone that contemplates building science has to overcome. Once you realize that every single thing you do lives in a folder and is not a permanent change, then you can relax because by pressing delete, all of the changes are gone. I think some believe they will make mistakes that permanently impact the simulator. Not true. A simple delete brings everything back to normal. Good luck in your journey.
P 6 can you please make a video on removing water from the flooded roads in MsfsI i would be very careful for your help keep up the fantastic work big fan of all your tutorials thanks
I can. Can you give me the coordinates where you have found water-covered roads? Crossing rivers is a different thing but it still can be done. In case you don't know, you can right-click on Bing Maps and copy the coordinates.
Also, make sure that in the Dev Menu bar under Options > Terrain > Draw Shapes is enabled, otherwise nothing will happen. Took me a few minutes to figure that one out :)
That is good to hear, Andrew. I did a better one where I do both inclusion and exclusion. A little more detail on polygon use. Check it out if you want to. ua-cam.com/video/EKZu1Nivuec/v-deo.html
Hi Zacky. You found one of the older videos. I am glad it helped you. If you need it, there is a more updated version that opens up more possibilities with polygons. Thanks for watching. ua-cam.com/video/EKZu1Nivuec/v-deo.html
Great Tutorial, works great, but unfortunately it seems to just "hide" Tree's instead of removing them. I removed a couple massive Tree's infront of a RWY but now I just crash into absolutely nothing as if the Tree is still there. Is this normal, or may I have done something wrong?
Thanks for watching. I am still trying to figure out the answer since I rarely fly where I have removed trees. I can think of one instance where trees were generated in the middle of one of the runways at Chicago Midway. I used the normal SDK process, and the trees were gone without any issues. To my knowledge, trees do not have collision textures. I could fly through the ones at Midway, but having trees in the runway is an emersion killer. It makes me think there is something else there. I would crash on one of the runways at JFK for a while. Nothing was visible there, yet I would hit something invisible that would destroy the plane. The Creator finally fixed the issue. It is a long shot, but you might try going to the location and adding an "ExclusionRectangle" and tick exclude all objects. You'll need to resize the rectangle appropriate to the required area. If you are okay sharing, what airport and runway are you working on?
You seem to skip over a pretty important step: if I click "save" on the scenery, it asks me where to save, despite having the SimpleScenery folder copied from the SDK into my documents, and having opened that already. Why is it asking where to save? What am I saving, for that matter?
Thanks for watching. In older SDK iterations, you had to set the save path. It is unnecessary in the newer SDK for the past year or so. All you are saving is an updated XML document that points to all scenery objects you select and writes the GPS location, elevation, and lateral orientation. If you have the updated SDK, please tell me what kind of project you are saving. Typically, simple scenery projects do not need the path identified. If you change the name of the top-level XML document in the folder from ScenrySimple to something different, it may ask for a path. I am unsure because it has been a while since I have renamed that XML Document. Please let me know, and we can decide on the next steps. Here is a more updated version of that video. ua-cam.com/video/EKZu1Nivuec/v-deo.html
Once the first set of trees are removed and checked in the simto ensure the trees are gone, do I need to do the entire process again the next time I find an airport with trees on the approach. Thanks for the video, it was an excellent tutorial.
Yes. You have to do the process for any new location. The polygon only effects it's own boundaries. But it is easy and worth doing. Thanks for watching.
That has been on my "to do" list for about six months. I took a break from videos for a few months. I did get back into the game a few weeks ago. I will likely assemble something here in a few days.
So much great content here! Thanks! ( if I dared, I would ask a tutorial on how to modify height map as I have roads in my place completely bumpy and I would like to fix some -_- )
To be clear; when you say "roads" are you referring to highways, Interstates, streets, ETC that are used for vehicle travel? And you want to remove bumps and make the roads smoother?
@@patriotsix5880 just streets, sometimes they have crazy up and down steep ( and the houses around seem buried in the ground ). I « just » want to flatten the area a bit so it looks more natural.
@@MeliokFR Got it. There is a way to do it. Will it cause other issues, I don't know. It is situational. Try this. Go to a location you want to smooth out the road(s). Grab the GPS coordinates and reply to this comment with the coordinates. I will try working the area and if I can make the roads better, I will make a video on what I did. if I cannot make it better, I will let you know.
@@patriotsix5880 My bad ... A friend told me this morning this could be caused by an Orbx mesh I installed a long time ago, so I tried to disable it this evening...and he was right. -_- . So my new question would be more like : Is there a way to disable this mesh at a specific location ? ( because I don't have any reason to think the mesh is worse everywhere else than the base scenery, do I ? -_- )
@@MeliokFR Great question. I have not installed any Orbx Meshes so I am not familiar. I would have to get a mesh and install the mesh to know if I can override it. Based on what you are saying...maybe I don't want the mesh. LOL Have you tied terraforming the Orbx Mesh? You may not be able to terraform the mesh. Normally terraforming is the SDK tool you use to improve elevations, ETC. From what I have seen, terraforming only works on the stock Bing mesh. That said, I have not tried every possibility including Orbx. I wish I could tell you more but you are outside of my experience with Orbx.
Nice tutorial, but i can't the change save.. project or package for community folder. When i open the project in project editor, all changes are off. I don't know, what I am doing wrong. Can you help me please?
Hi TC. It is hard to troubleshoot issues in UA-cam chat, but I will give it a go. Could you tell me if you followed the steps precisely and in this order? 1. Open the project. 2. Set the names and titles you want in the Inspector. 3. Build the initial package. 4. Load the Scenery.BGL in the scenery editor. 5. Add objects. 6. Save the scenery 7. Build the final package. 8. Move the package to the Community Folder. If you continue to have trouble, I will invite you to join an International Community of Patriot Six followers. Some folks in this group will help you, as well as myself. But, of course, it depends on who sees it first. Patriot Six MSFS 2020 Scenery Group. facebook.com/groups/788136852324508
Hi Patriot ,i am hoping you can help me with a particular problem i am having with the PMDG 737 Paint kit for MSFS 2020.Sorry in advance if i am asking this in the wrong section. I have read many explanations on how to do this & have tried most of them with no luck. I have completed my paint for the PMDG 737/800 except for one detail > "PMDG 737 VC Registration". This PSD File makes no sense to me at all , in the layer section it has four layers , the ALPHA-Hide B4 save, colour layer, N Number Placard, Black Background. This file changes the virtual cockpits registration plate to your unique Number. If you could do a small video on how to do this, it would be much appreciated as i am not alone in trying to find out how this is done corrrectly. There are a couple of videos on it but they are time lapse video and very hard to follow. Thanks in advance Phill
Hello Phill. Thanks for watching. I do not know how to do liveries. I pay for my own. 🤣 I started to learn but the videos I could find were not very good at the time. One was even at about 3X speed. I am unsure what that accomplishes, but since then, I have not tried again. Perhaps there is something on UA-cam that is better than when I tried it.
Thank you Sir! I subscribed. Thanks to you, I managed to removed the trees that spoiled LSVE Altiport de Croix de Coeur in Switzerland at my first attempt! There were big spruce trees that made landings and take offs there more difficult than in real life! So, you helped me fix this!👍👍 It was a small polygon. Now, there are HUGE areas with trees that should not have trees, or much smaller ones, in the world, ie South Africa. I tried but failed to make HUGE polygons. I need to do polygons like 20 by 20 km. How do I draw the polygon? Can I just use the drone, Control + Left click mouse, then move far away with the drone, then set another polygon point? I struggle to swap between polygon drawing and moving with the drone, then continue making the polygon... Or should I just make a small square polygon, and then, somehow, change the coordinates of the 4 corner of the polygon? It this possible?
Hmmm... I think you can simply zoom out the amount necessary to see the entire area you want to make the polygon. I have made some large polygons before. Maybe over a kilometer square. I am not certain how big of a polygon you need. If you still have issues maybe you can shoot me a screenshot and I can look for myself. You can go to facebook.com/groups/788136852324508 and post or you can message me. Either way works.
@@patriotsix5880 OK thank you. About to leave for work now. So later this afternoon (London, UK). Areas are like 20 by 10 km or more... I need to learn to get a high Top view after having started a flight...
@@raymondgoubet As long as you press the "R" key, you will rise. So in case you don't know the developer camera controls - R=Rise - F=Drop - A=left - D=right - W=forward - S=backwards. You can also press and hold the left [ALT} and with your left mouse button ticked, pivot around. Good luck. Let me know if you need any help. I am always willing. 20 x 10 Kilometers is a hell of a lot of vegetation to remove. LOL Are you turning Europe into desert? LOL I am just kidding man. 🤣🤣 Best of luck.
@@patriotsix5880 I managed to do a big polygon, but Camera, Developer Camera does NOTHING, and - R=Rise - F=Drop - A=left - D=right - W=forward - S=backwards DO NOTHING... Instead, I press the Insert Key, and I am in Drone mode. Then it's easy for me, because I set the Drone to my joystick (it's another MODE, so no conflict with joystick assignments for normal flight). Then I accelerate drone movement, and draw the polygon as I move around with the drone to add more points to the polygon. Not Europe, but I just want to remove/change vegetation in the Amazon forest (don't worry: I am not Bolsonaro, more like an updater of the recent forest cuttings, as Bing imagery is a few years old), and South Africa. You know the region where Nelson Mandela was from barely has trees... and other places.
@@raymondgoubet Ok I am a bit confused. You are doing this the hard way and I want to help. So this may be a stupid question but I have to ask because I don't know. While in Developer Mode and you actually going to the Developer menu and selecting the Developer Camera? By the way, if you join my group you can post images and the communication is much better than in UA-cam chat. We can solve this but we may have to share images and if push comes to shove, we can get on Discord and share screens so I can see your issue in real-time. facebook.com/groups/788136852324508
great video, im cant remove trees at one airfield EGCB Barton (manchester) there is one row of trees that just wont go thats in front of heliport. I can get other trees around the runway to go, but not this one large strip of tree for some reason... ??
thx for all your tutorial Sr i experiment a strange problem i remove some tree from an airport. But when I remove from community my modification, the removed trees are still no longer there. how can i fix it ? i delete my cash, my scenery index etc.. the tree are no longer in the game. pleas i need help
Hello skyloops. I am goign to repeat your question as I understand it. But if I need to interpret it correctly, please help me know. You built a package to remove trees from an airport, and it works. You removed the file from the community folder, but the trees are still missing. Based on that logic, did you happen to restart the simulator after removing the package from the community folder? Any time you add or remove a package, a restart is required to clear the memory or to pick up the new addition. If you restart the simulator with the file removed from the community folder and the trees are still missing, I am unsure what to say. I have never seen that situation before. So the next logical question is, are you confident the package is out of the community folder? I want to help, so please keep me informed. P6
@@patriotsix5880 Thx for you reply yes it s exactly my problem, I remove all files from community folder i restart even the computer and my Vania scene don t have tree. it's like if i modified directly the vania game (it is possible ?)
@@spyloops I have never seen that happen and have made hundreds of scenery packages. But I believe you. I am willing to help if you want help. Here are ways to contact me where we can share images and files. Patriot Six MSFS 2020 Scenery Group facebook.com/groups/788136852324508 Other folks are helpful on the page too. I am here if you need me. I will need the scenery folder and the coordinates of where you are working. If you can speak English, another option is to set up a time to meet on Discord. We can share screens. Patriot Six Discord discord.gg/Z5M78UES
I know your question is rhetorical and not specifically directed at me to me but, I will give it a shot. I don't know. It sounds easy but I assume there could be unintended or undesirable consequences. I see plenty of areas where vegetation is not detected by the AI and rendered but that is probably because I induce other maps as opposed to Bing. I would think the engine is tuned to work with Bing Maps. Funny story. I have the KMDW Chicago Midway payware airport and I have departed and landed there several times. Of course, I checked everything out after I downloaded the purchase. One night I landed like normal and right in the middle of the runway I see this thing ahead. it is dark and I am thinking what the deuce is this. As I got closer it was a group of trees smack in the middle of the runway. I think I was still at 70 or 80 knots when I figured out what I was running into.
@@patriotsix5880 hello, it turns out if you have a custom keyboard profile for whatever reason polygons are impossible to make. I changed the profile to the default mapping and everything works perfectly. No idea whey this would affect it but it does. Thanks for your help!
OK here is what you do. Go to this link to flightsim.2 and I have uploaded the sample folders for those that have problems getting the samples. Good luck. flightsim.to/file/35954/sdk-simple-scenery-package-folders
You can't screw it up. The work you do will not have any impact until you place the package in the community folder. If you decide you do not like your work, then you pull the package out of the community folder and everything goes back to normal. It is one thing in life you get a do-over. LOL
@@101bluesguy Actually, I want to do It. But I can’t' seem to get in touch with you. Sorry about that. I have sent you a Messager message on how you can reach me and I also sent several replies to your Facebook post. The bottom line is we have to communicate and work outside of the UA-cam platform for me to even send you the work. If you will email me at patriotsix9677@comcast.net we can work through the rest. I can't send you any files over UA-cam and the best alternative is email. Once we connect, I will get to work and send you pictures, ETC, until you are happy with the finished product. Thanks.
Did you only put the package or the entire scenery folder into the community folder? If you put the entire folder in, it will not work. If so, open the scenery folder and find the package. Open Packages, and then you will see the folder that goes into the Community Folder. If you put the correct folder in the community folder, please restart the sim to reload the community folder. Oh! Did you build the final package when the work was done? If not, you still need to get the package manifest up to date. If you have done all of the above correctly, let me know, and we can dig deeper.
Hello Hockey. Reopen the scenery folder (not the package but the original scenery folder) as you did in the beginning by opening the first-level XML. Be sure to remove the old package if you build a new package. Like the first time, the scenery must be saved, and the package must be rebuilt once you are done.
I assume you are referring to the Developer Camera. It is like the Drone Camera. You can move with A, S, W, and D keys. You can raise vertically with R and fall vertically with F. You can rotate with number keypads 4 and 6. If you get all out of sorts on the vertical plane; you will eventually. Number Keys 7 and 9 will change your azimuth. Typically I drop all the way to the ground to start by using key F. Then I rotate the camera with my mouse to get the camera in control. You will learn what I mean. LOL, The camera can be a wild stallion at times. Bu mouse it is left [Control] always down and the left mouse button to spin freely. You can use your mouse wheel to zoom. It eventually becomes muscle memory but it is awkward at first.
Outstanding. It is nice to help someone and get feedback. I had to think about it a minute though. Once you get to a point you do it without thinking, yea, you have to think about it to put into words.
Hmmm... Funny .. Are you sure AI stands for Artificial Intelligence and not Artificial Insemination!?!? Well.. Who can be sure- you might even be right. But I doubt it! Not very likely.
Exellent and easy to follow video to make this work in your own projects.Really great work.Iwas hoping some time for a great tutorial like this one.Thank you for sharing your skills and helping out the newbeys in scenery projects
You are wecome
I just purchased FlyTampa scenery for YSSY Sydney and they had trees on the runway,needless to say i wasn't happy. I watched your tutorial and removed the trees ,many thanks to you and your efforts .
Thanks for watching and I am glad you resolved this issue. In my opinion FlyTampa is the best. I can assure you it was not a FlyTampa issue. I have seen the same issue before in the middle of a runway in a different airport. The Sims AI generates trees. The AI attempts to determine if a tree is needed based on aerial imagery. Sometimes, it misses. That is why you will see misplaced trees on bridges and buildings. However, now that you know how to remove trees, you can get rid of any that are out of place. Good luck and happy flying.
MSFS Demystified, like no one else has done! Thanks for this video and the entire series of tutorials. Please keep them coming!
Thank you.
Patriot Six, your an absolute legend. Trees and buildings smack back on the last 100 meter approach of the runway have been doing my head in for ages. Your tutorial is excellent and so easy to follow. Thanks very much mate
Thank you for the kind words. I needed that. My grandson took his life on Saturday. I am trying to be there for my baby girl.
@patriotsix5880 oh mate, I'm so sorry for your loss. I can't imagine the pain your going through. My sincerest condolences to you mate.
Thank you man, I was desperate with trees growing in the middle of my house and my favourite spots in my hometown. It drove me crazy until I found your step by step guide that worked flawlessly. Big thanks!
You are welcome. Thanks for watching. It is one of my older videos, so I am happy it worked for you. The algorithm always points to the most watched videos, even if a better version is available. It worked for you, so it is a success.
@@patriotsix5880 To be honest with later version of dev mode there were some small differences in user interface (like different menus etc.) but nothing major. And I really appreciated your step-by-step explanation, as I have basically no knowledge of dev mode. I have found some guides in forums but non of them were as straightforward as your video. :)
Absolutely brilliant, your tutorial is easy to follow and this subject also applies to Australia. thank you
You are welcome.
So glad I found this video. Thank you. You are the Bob Ross of scenery editing.
I had to Google the guy. Thank you.
@@patriotsix5880 OK. I just finished the work and . . . IT WORKED! Cannot thank you enough. My home airport (KCMI) was overrun with trees. Now it looks like it's supposed to. You. Rule.
@@larryav8r That is good news. I am glad it worked for you and happy to hear the feedback.
Thank you Sir. Well communicated and easy to follow instructions. I managed to finally get rid of a pesky large tree right at the end of the local airports runway. Happy camper/pilot now😊. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Thank you for the compliment. I almost stopped doing this back in the summer because it seems I wasn't getting anywhere and wasting my time. I continued to move forward to see what happens. Since then, things have started to take off. Pun intended. I guess it takes a while for the algorithm to point folks to the videos. Keep creating. It is good for the brain.
Thanks man, you are awesome. I successfully removed trees from the DD Midway Airport
You are welcome. Thanks for watching.
Thank you very much Sir! Good video and very easy to follow even for non native english speakers. These are my first steps with SDK and you won´t believe, i failed with a tutorial in my language and succeeded now with yours. Removing trees will keep me busy for a while but already have ideas what to do next, for example replace those multi-storey glass palaces placed on backcountry grass fields. I know that creating such a tutorial is a lot of work but i hope, you will continue. Thanks again.
That is a great story. Thank you for sharing. Help me understand what it is you want to replace. What country are you in and what objects do you want to replace? A picture will be better but we can share images in UA-cam chat. I do have an international group of folks on Facebook. If you use Facebook, you can find my friends and me at facebook.com/groups/788136852324508 If this is not doable for you we can discuss other options. Thanks for watching.
I used your video to removed some trees from the approach path to the main runway at my home airport (KCXY) and had never used SDK before. Thank you, it all worked as advertised. :)
I am happy it worked for you, friend. I need to upload more videos but I have been flying instead of working. Well, work is a wrong choice of words. Work comes typically with some form of compensation. :)
Wow this tutorial was very good, I'll give it a try when I detect the next runway with trees on the glideslope. THANKS A LOT!!
Thank you. Here is a better video where I show all of the uses for polygons. Polygons are very valuable to scenery work yet easy to master. Polygons go beyond simply removing trees. Watch at your leisure. ua-cam.com/video/EKZu1Nivuec/v-deo.html
@@patriotsix5880 Thanks, I already realized that there are some actualized tutorials. I have bookmarked the Tutorials playlist. Until now I didn't dare to touch the SDK because it seemed too complicated to me. But with your step-by-step tutorials I will give it a try !
@@DistasterArea I understand that. It is straightforward stuff but like everything else, you have to get used to doing it. Once you get used to it, it is like riding a bicycle. In the beginning, I noted every single steps for reference. I haven't touched the notes in almost two years because all of the steps are firmly committed to memory through repetition. There is a thought process that probably everyone that contemplates building science has to overcome. Once you realize that every single thing you do lives in a folder and is not a permanent change, then you can relax because by pressing delete, all of the changes are gone. I think some believe they will make mistakes that permanently impact the simulator. Not true. A simple delete brings everything back to normal. Good luck in your journey.
Very helpful, worked perfectly. I can now practice landing at my local gliding club without landing in a forest, haha. Thanks!
You are welcome. I would think trees around your landing club may be problematic. :)
Many thanks (from Belgium)
You are welcome.
P 6 can you please make a video on removing water from the flooded roads in MsfsI i would be very careful for your help keep up the fantastic work big fan of all your tutorials thanks
I can. Can you give me the coordinates where you have found water-covered roads? Crossing rivers is a different thing but it still can be done. In case you don't know, you can right-click on Bing Maps and copy the coordinates.
Best tutorial ever :-) thank's so much!
Thank you, H. I am happy this helped you.
Also, make sure that in the Dev Menu bar under Options > Terrain > Draw Shapes is enabled, otherwise nothing will happen. Took me a few minutes to figure that one out :)
i checked its ticked and still nothing happens
Exactly what I've been looking for. Thank you!
That is good to hear, Andrew. I did a better one where I do both inclusion and exclusion. A little more detail on polygon use. Check it out if you want to. ua-cam.com/video/EKZu1Nivuec/v-deo.html
Excellent tutorial. Thanks
Hi Zacky. You found one of the older videos. I am glad it helped you. If you need it, there is a more updated version that opens up more possibilities with polygons. Thanks for watching.
ua-cam.com/video/EKZu1Nivuec/v-deo.html
wonderful tutorial, thank you!
Thank you, sir. I am not sure if you use your real name but if you do; I am 25%, Taylor. My paternal grandmother was a Taylor.
Great video!!
Thank you, Michael.
I'm going to get rid of ALL of them!
You go. You're a Lumberjack and you're okay. 😁😁
Fantástico
Thank you.
Great Tutorial, works great, but unfortunately it seems to just "hide" Tree's instead of removing them. I removed a couple massive Tree's infront of a RWY but now I just crash into absolutely nothing as if the Tree is still there. Is this normal, or may I have done something wrong?
Thanks for watching. I am still trying to figure out the answer since I rarely fly where I have removed trees. I can think of one instance where trees were generated in the middle of one of the runways at Chicago Midway. I used the normal SDK process, and the trees were gone without any issues. To my knowledge, trees do not have collision textures. I could fly through the ones at Midway, but having trees in the runway is an emersion killer. It makes me think there is something else there. I would crash on one of the runways at JFK for a while. Nothing was visible there, yet I would hit something invisible that would destroy the plane. The Creator finally fixed the issue. It is a long shot, but you might try going to the location and adding an "ExclusionRectangle" and tick exclude all objects. You'll need to resize the rectangle appropriate to the required area. If you are okay sharing, what airport and runway are you working on?
You seem to skip over a pretty important step: if I click "save" on the scenery, it asks me where to save, despite having the SimpleScenery folder copied from the SDK into my documents, and having opened that already. Why is it asking where to save? What am I saving, for that matter?
Thanks for watching. In older SDK iterations, you had to set the save path. It is unnecessary in the newer SDK for the past year or so. All you are saving is an updated XML document that points to all scenery objects you select and writes the GPS location, elevation, and lateral orientation. If you have the updated SDK, please tell me what kind of project you are saving. Typically, simple scenery projects do not need the path identified. If you change the name of the top-level XML document in the folder from ScenrySimple to something different, it may ask for a path. I am unsure because it has been a while since I have renamed that XML Document. Please let me know, and we can decide on the next steps.
Here is a more updated version of that video. ua-cam.com/video/EKZu1Nivuec/v-deo.html
Once the first set of trees are removed and checked in the simto ensure the trees are gone, do I need to do the entire process again the next time I find an airport with trees on the approach.
Thanks for the video, it was an excellent tutorial.
Yes. You have to do the process for any new location. The polygon only effects it's own boundaries. But it is easy and worth doing. Thanks for watching.
@@patriotsix5880 Thanks, this should keep me busy for a while. Have a great Xmas season
For some reason, some trees refused to move. Why is that?
Could you maybe make a video on how to implement jetways? I couldn’t find any good tutorials. It would be greatly appreciated if you did.
That has been on my "to do" list for about six months. I took a break from videos for a few months. I did get back into the game a few weeks ago. I will likely assemble something here in a few days.
@@patriotsix5880 thanks! You’re the best!
So much great content here! Thanks! ( if I dared, I would ask a tutorial on how to modify height map as I have roads in my place completely bumpy and I would like to fix some -_- )
To be clear; when you say "roads" are you referring to highways, Interstates, streets, ETC that are used for vehicle travel? And you want to remove bumps and make the roads smoother?
@@patriotsix5880 just streets, sometimes they have crazy up and down steep ( and the houses around seem buried in the ground ). I « just » want to flatten the area a bit so it looks more natural.
@@MeliokFR Got it. There is a way to do it. Will it cause other issues, I don't know. It is situational. Try this. Go to a location you want to smooth out the road(s). Grab the GPS coordinates and reply to this comment with the coordinates. I will try working the area and if I can make the roads better, I will make a video on what I did. if I cannot make it better, I will let you know.
@@patriotsix5880 My bad ... A friend told me this morning this could be caused by an Orbx mesh I installed a long time ago, so I tried to disable it this evening...and he was right. -_- . So my new question would be more like : Is there a way to disable this mesh at a specific location ? ( because I don't have any reason to think the mesh is worse everywhere else than the base scenery, do I ? -_- )
@@MeliokFR Great question. I have not installed any Orbx Meshes so I am not familiar. I would have to get a mesh and install the mesh to know if I can override it. Based on what you are saying...maybe I don't want the mesh. LOL Have you tied terraforming the Orbx Mesh? You may not be able to terraform the mesh. Normally terraforming is the SDK tool you use to improve elevations, ETC. From what I have seen, terraforming only works on the stock Bing mesh. That said, I have not tried every possibility including Orbx. I wish I could tell you more but you are outside of my experience with Orbx.
Nice tutorial, but i can't the change save.. project or package for community folder. When i open the project in project editor, all changes are off. I don't know, what I am doing wrong. Can you help me please?
Hi TC. It is hard to troubleshoot issues in UA-cam chat, but I will give it a go. Could you tell me if you followed the steps precisely and in this order?
1. Open the project.
2. Set the names and titles you want in the Inspector.
3. Build the initial package.
4. Load the Scenery.BGL in the scenery editor.
5. Add objects.
6. Save the scenery
7. Build the final package.
8. Move the package to the Community Folder.
If you continue to have trouble, I will invite you to join an International Community of Patriot Six followers. Some folks in this group will help you, as well as myself. But, of course, it depends on who sees it first.
Patriot Six MSFS 2020 Scenery Group.
facebook.com/groups/788136852324508
Hi Patriot ,i am hoping you can help me with a particular problem i am having with the PMDG 737 Paint kit for MSFS 2020.Sorry in advance if i am asking this in the wrong section. I have read many explanations on how to do this & have tried most of them with no luck. I have completed my paint for the PMDG 737/800 except for one detail > "PMDG 737 VC Registration". This PSD File makes no sense to me at all , in the layer section it has four layers , the ALPHA-Hide B4 save, colour layer, N Number Placard, Black Background. This file changes the virtual cockpits registration plate to your unique Number. If you could do a small video on how to do this, it would be much appreciated as i am not alone in trying to find out how this is done corrrectly. There are a couple of videos on it but they are time lapse video and very hard to follow. Thanks in advance Phill
Hello Phill. Thanks for watching. I do not know how to do liveries. I pay for my own. 🤣 I started to learn but the videos I could find were not very good at the time. One was even at about 3X speed. I am unsure what that accomplishes, but since then, I have not tried again. Perhaps there is something on UA-cam that is better than when I tried it.
@@patriotsix5880 Ok thanks anyway appreciate the quick response
Thank you Sir! I subscribed. Thanks to you, I managed to removed the trees that spoiled LSVE Altiport de Croix de Coeur in Switzerland at my first attempt! There were big spruce trees that made landings and take offs there more difficult than in real life! So, you helped me fix this!👍👍 It was a small polygon.
Now, there are HUGE areas with trees that should not have trees, or much smaller ones, in the world, ie South Africa. I tried but failed to make HUGE polygons. I need to do polygons like 20 by 20 km. How do I draw the polygon? Can I just use the drone, Control + Left click mouse, then move far away with the drone, then set another polygon point? I struggle to swap between polygon drawing and moving with the drone, then continue making the polygon... Or should I just make a small square polygon, and then, somehow, change the coordinates of the 4 corner of the polygon? It this possible?
Hmmm... I think you can simply zoom out the amount necessary to see the entire area you want to make the polygon. I have made some large polygons before. Maybe over a kilometer square. I am not certain how big of a polygon you need. If you still have issues maybe you can shoot me a screenshot and I can look for myself. You can go to facebook.com/groups/788136852324508 and post or you can message me. Either way works.
@@patriotsix5880 OK thank you. About to leave for work now. So later this afternoon (London, UK). Areas are like 20 by 10 km or more... I need to learn to get a high Top view after having started a flight...
@@raymondgoubet As long as you press the "R" key, you will rise. So in case you don't know the developer camera controls - R=Rise - F=Drop - A=left - D=right - W=forward - S=backwards. You can also press and hold the left [ALT} and with your left mouse button ticked, pivot around. Good luck. Let me know if you need any help. I am always willing. 20 x 10 Kilometers is a hell of a lot of vegetation to remove. LOL Are you turning Europe into desert? LOL I am just kidding man. 🤣🤣 Best of luck.
@@patriotsix5880 I managed to do a big polygon, but Camera, Developer Camera does NOTHING, and - R=Rise - F=Drop - A=left - D=right - W=forward - S=backwards DO NOTHING... Instead, I press the Insert Key, and I am in Drone mode. Then it's easy for me, because I set the Drone to my joystick (it's another MODE, so no conflict with joystick assignments for normal flight). Then I accelerate drone movement, and draw the polygon as I move around with the drone to add more points to the polygon. Not Europe, but I just want to remove/change vegetation in the Amazon forest (don't worry: I am not Bolsonaro, more like an updater of the recent forest cuttings, as Bing imagery is a few years old), and South Africa. You know the region where Nelson Mandela was from barely has trees... and other places.
@@raymondgoubet Ok I am a bit confused. You are doing this the hard way and I want to help. So this may be a stupid question but I have to ask because I don't know. While in Developer Mode and you actually going to the Developer menu and selecting the Developer Camera? By the way, if you join my group you can post images and the communication is much better than in UA-cam chat. We can solve this but we may have to share images and if push comes to shove, we can get on Discord and share screens so I can see your issue in real-time. facebook.com/groups/788136852324508
great video, im cant remove trees at one airfield EGCB Barton (manchester) there is one row of trees that just wont go thats in front of heliport. I can get other trees around the runway to go, but not this one large strip of tree for some reason... ??
I saw that on the Facebook page. Take a look at what I was able to do and get back to me. I posted a picture under your Facebook comment.
@@patriotsix5880 will do
thx for all your tutorial Sr
i experiment a strange problem
i remove some tree from an airport. But when I remove from community my modification, the removed trees are still no longer there.
how can i fix it ? i delete my cash, my scenery index etc.. the tree are no longer in the game.
pleas i need help
Hello skyloops.
I am goign to repeat your question as I understand it. But if I need to interpret it correctly, please help me know.
You built a package to remove trees from an airport, and it works.
You removed the file from the community folder, but the trees are still missing.
Based on that logic, did you happen to restart the simulator after removing the package from the community folder? Any time you add or remove a package, a restart is required to clear the memory or to pick up the new addition.
If you restart the simulator with the file removed from the community folder and the trees are still missing, I am unsure what to say. I have never seen that situation before. So the next logical question is, are you confident the package is out of the community folder?
I want to help, so please keep me informed.
P6
@@patriotsix5880 Thx for you reply
yes it s exactly my problem, I remove all files from community folder
i restart even the computer and my Vania scene don t have tree. it's like if i modified directly the vania game (it is possible ?)
@@spyloops I have never seen that happen and have made hundreds of scenery packages. But I believe you. I am willing to help if you want help. Here are ways to contact me where we can share images and files.
Patriot Six MSFS 2020 Scenery Group
facebook.com/groups/788136852324508
Other folks are helpful on the page too.
I am here if you need me. I will need the scenery folder and the coordinates of where you are working. If you can speak English, another option is to set up a time to meet on Discord. We can share screens.
Patriot Six Discord
discord.gg/Z5M78UES
Why can't msfs just do it. Set values on the world trees lower!
I know your question is rhetorical and not specifically directed at me to me but, I will give it a shot. I don't know. It sounds easy but I assume there could be unintended or undesirable consequences. I see plenty of areas where vegetation is not detected by the AI and rendered but that is probably because I induce other maps as opposed to Bing. I would think the engine is tuned to work with Bing Maps.
Funny story. I have the KMDW Chicago Midway payware airport and I have departed and landed there several times. Of course, I checked everything out after I downloaded the purchase. One night I landed like normal and right in the middle of the runway I see this thing ahead. it is dark and I am thinking what the deuce is this. As I got closer it was a group of trees smack in the middle of the runway. I think I was still at 70 or 80 knots when I figured out what I was running into.
left control and mouse click does nothing. yes im holding control down and i've followed this tutorial verbatim and it's not working.
Did you tick add on the objects window before you started ticking?
@@patriotsix5880 hello, it turns out if you have a custom keyboard profile for whatever reason polygons are impossible to make. I changed the profile to the default mapping and everything works perfectly. No idea whey this would affect it but it does. Thanks for your help!
@@jonnie2bad You are welcome. I have yet to learn about customized keyboard profiles. That it's too sophisticated for me. 🤣
i've tried downloading it multiple times but the "Samples" folder is missing from my MSFS SDK folder and it's very frustrating. someone help please
OK here is what you do. Go to this link to flightsim.2 and I have uploaded the sample folders for those that have problems getting the samples. Good luck. flightsim.to/file/35954/sdk-simple-scenery-package-folders
@@patriotsix5880 ohhh omg ok i got the samples now. thank you so much!!!😭
You are welcome. The video I uploaded yesterday may be better than this video. Go to ua-cam.com/video/EKZu1Nivuec/v-deo.html
@@patriotsix5880 oh ok that's amazing! I'll give it a watch. thank you so much! you're truly amazing
Wonderful Video but I think I'll live with the trees, because I'll have it all Screwed up, Thanks.
You can't screw it up. The work you do will not have any impact until you place the package in the community folder. If you decide you do not like your work, then you pull the package out of the community folder and everything goes back to normal. It is one thing in life you get a do-over. LOL
@@patriotsix5880 Ok maybe, if you don't want to do it.
@@101bluesguy Actually, I want to do It. But I can’t' seem to get in touch with you. Sorry about that. I have sent you a Messager message on how you can reach me and I also sent several replies to your Facebook post. The bottom line is we have to communicate and work outside of the UA-cam platform for me to even send you the work. If you will email me at patriotsix9677@comcast.net we can work through the rest. I can't send you any files over UA-cam and the best alternative is email. Once we connect, I will get to work and send you pictures, ETC, until you are happy with the finished product. Thanks.
I copied my scenery in to my community Folder. But it is not in the game
Did you only put the package or the entire scenery folder into the community folder? If you put the entire folder in, it will not work. If so, open the scenery folder and find the package. Open Packages, and then you will see the folder that goes into the Community Folder.
If you put the correct folder in the community folder, please restart the sim to reload the community folder.
Oh! Did you build the final package when the work was done? If not, you still need to get the package manifest up to date.
If you have done all of the above correctly, let me know, and we can dig deeper.
How do you go back to edit it?
Hello Hockey. Reopen the scenery folder (not the package but the original scenery folder) as you did in the beginning by opening the first-level XML. Be sure to remove the old package if you build a new package. Like the first time, the scenery must be saved, and the package must be rebuilt once you are done.
@@patriotsix5880 thanks
By the way, there is a new video for beginners. ua-cam.com/video/MXPL0n0kA_4/v-deo.html
everything was great except i dont know how to manipulate the camera
I assume you are referring to the Developer Camera. It is like the Drone Camera. You can move with A, S, W, and D keys. You can raise vertically with R and fall vertically with F. You can rotate with number keypads 4 and 6. If you get all out of sorts on the vertical plane; you will eventually. Number Keys 7 and 9 will change your azimuth. Typically I drop all the way to the ground to start by using key F. Then I rotate the camera with my mouse to get the camera in control. You will learn what I mean. LOL, The camera can be a wild stallion at times. Bu mouse it is left [Control] always down and the left mouse button to spin freely. You can use your mouse wheel to zoom. It eventually becomes muscle memory but it is awkward at first.
@@patriotsix5880 Problem solved!! Ive been watching a few other tutorials on how to do this thing and you sir just nailed it. thank you so much!
Outstanding. It is nice to help someone and get feedback. I had to think about it a minute though. Once you get to a point you do it without thinking, yea, you have to think about it to put into words.
why isn't this a default graphics option? i just want the trees removed entirely, had to draw a polygon on half the planet LMAO!
Thanks for watching. I can't answer your question. I am not in charge of the sim modeling nor do they consult me. 😁Were you able to solve the issue?
Hmmm... Funny .. Are you sure AI stands for Artificial Intelligence and not Artificial Insemination!?!?
Well.. Who can be sure- you might even be right. But I doubt it! Not very likely.
That is a logical interpretation also. 🤣I must be old. It never crossed my mind.