Apart from Virtual Earth, is there any other Earth service provider? I don't know why when I zoom in to level 4, some parts of the map is shown as no picture (a sign with a slash on a camera). Thanks.
At the moment you can only access Virtual Earth, I will add more however once they are avalible. Google a little while back re-worked their encryption meaning we cannot access their images. As for your zoom level issue, most likely since no data for that area exists. Where about are you doing? I'll have a look for you.
Drawyah Games Thanks for quick response. I was trying Taiwan. When I zoom in to level 4, some part of the land is normal but some indicates the circle with a cross on camera.
Sure, I'll take a look. It most likely is a case of no image data in that area. Finding other map sources isn't the easiest due to piracy issues leading to heavier encryption on map image servers. (As long as this map data is not sold for profit, it's classed as fair use and therefore fine to use.)
WOW!! Thank you for this tutorial. It was a bit too fast for me to keep up with you but I just backed up the video a few times to see what you did. It works great with my P3Dv3 sim, just so you know. My first project was around my home and covered just 2 counties and was 1.4 gig. holy cow, I need a bigger HD now. I will probably just keep every thing on a USB stick and access the files that way. I LOVE YOU man!!
Hello, I'm having a problem with the texture, the scenery is like 70% transparent, and it is under the FSX base scenery. Some roads of the photoreal scenery are easy to spot, but they are a bit transparent. For example : near my airport there is a mall with a lake near it. The lake is showing up, some part of the mall are showing up, but the other parts are transparent. I can barely see the scenery. *The FSX base ground texture might be over the photoreal scenery* I don't know if it's a blending problem, do you have any issues ? 🙁
Hi Drawyah,I live on that little island and you've just made my day many many thanks,I'll have to watch the video a few times though to get my head around it but great vid,thank you.
You can SPEED UP the download process by reopening the Program 4 TIMES!!. Simply process your AREA in 4 sections and you can download all 4 sections at the same time and cut your download time to 1/4 the time. Just remember to say "NO" to the question, "Do you want to clear out the cache".
i have only bgl file in island folder in addon scenery it dont have scenery and texture folder just the bgl file when i opened the island folder, is it normal or not? btw im using p3d to make the christmas island
Hi, thanks a lot for this. How do you do to smooth the ages for the scenery created to merge nicely with Orbx textures? How can I make Orbx trees to populate the green/forest areas? Thanks
You can smooth the edges of any scenery through their textures before compiling. As I did with the mask images for the water, you can modify any part of the scenery including the VFR imagery themselves. As for trees? That cannot be done unfortunately. This is because the VFR imagery by default includes an exclusion zone that removes the autogen scenery, whether or not it's made by ORBX or default. There are mods that bring some of it back, but they can be limited unfortunately.
I'm getting a "Can not start. Something is wrong with the Scenery Directories!" error. I'm guessing it has to do with the .ini editing at the beginning of the tutorial but can't find out what it is exactly that's messing it up.
@@maxmediatnI just had the same problems. I messed with folder locations and got it to work. see if this explains it better for you. folder in documents made it work. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=852876869
You'll need third party mods to bring back the autogen as VFR Scenery by default has an exclusion zone that removes everything. Unfortunately there is no way around this, I have had a look.
Thank you very much! The video was extremely simple and the only that works actually! I will recommend this to everyone who wants to add sattelite scenery.
Tried getting this to download the whole of the UK at tile detail 2 - left it overnight - came back to it trying to compile it (that's the good news) - Bad news is it would have taken 644 GB! cancellll.... will have to pick and choose a few areas I want with a bit more specificity I think ;)
Ok I'm having a bit of a problem. I made one scenery already for P3D using FS Earth Tiles and it worked. However the output to the work folder is not in the format that P3D accepts it, but it contains a folder named 'Cache' and then some other files. P3D however requires your scenery to be in the format of a 'Scenery' folder and a 'Texture' folder. So inside your Addon Scenery folder will have these two folders in there. For my first scenery that worked I renamed the folder 'Cache' to 'Texture' and I placed the rest of the files in the FS Earth Tiles work output into the 'Scenery' folder. I then added this to the scenery library in P3D and it worked. See it here at 49:26: ua-cam.com/video/-LattjrGnr0/v-deo.html This was level 2 detail scnenery. Now I try to make another and follow the same steps at a level 1 detail, and a level 2 detail and they both don't work. I add the scenery in the P3D Library and they don't show. What's the issue I'm having? And why do I need to edit the work output folder so much to make it compatible with P3D and FSX? I didn't see you change any contents of the scenery folder to "Scenery' and 'Texture'. What's the problem?
You need to set the location of the output and work folders in the config. At the start of the video when I'm setting up the software, make sure you are telling the folders to go to the right place. The work folder realistically shouldn't be in the P3D add-on scenery folder and should be moved.
@@Drawyah Ok bro I'll try that. What exactly is the file that the P3D reads? It's obviously not in the 'Scenery' and 'Texture' folder format I was referring to.
@@Drawyah Another thing, for my sceneries i already, remember I didn't set the location of the output properly, but a scenery was properly made. I moved the files that were in the Work Folder and put it into the Addon Scenery folder in my sim. Where should I go from there to get those sceneries to work, or should I delete them and start over and set the work output folders properly?
Hi, thank you very much for the tutorial! I would like to ask you, I want to edit a photoreal scene and also a photoreal of an airport, both scenarios are done, but I want to edit them, what program should I use? Thank you very much.
@@Drawyah I ended up doing three sceneries - one in Scotland around Portpatrick, another around where I live and one out in Sri Lanka at China Bay, where my late father was once stationed with the Royal Navy. Can't believe how simple it was to use, thanks to your instructions.
p3d v5.2 doesnt have an "addon scenery" folder ? when editing the FSEarthtiles.ini ? I can see that p3d v5.2 has a seperate "scenery" and texture" folder, what would i use ? thanks edit.. so i managed to do one area for a test but when i fly over it just look flat and awful looking .. anything to help with this? should the new tiles be at the top of my scenery ? above orbx etc ?
Try compiling the AreaFSXMasksInfo file instead and NOT the seasons one. Sometimes it may just be an issue with the seasons one which I only started having troubles with after this video.
hi, i would like to know why you make the water area manually when creating the island scenery, the program itself does not do it automatically in the comp option. scenery? Another question, what would be the Snap Area option and why turned off?
No, the software does not draw water. You need to do this manually. Snap scenery forces you to draw areas to a grid. Turning it off gives you more freedom to positioning tiles.
@@Drawyah Wow, cool, I didn't know that the software didn't generate the water... so it means that if I don't do it manually, it will leave the simulator's default water in use? Another question, can I use the scenarios generated in P3D?
Hey mate! For some reason when i go to start the photoreal, it says for me this: SceneryCompiler resampleFSXSP2.exe in FSEarthTiles directory is missing! any idea on how to fix??
@@Drawyah i got a scenery in the middle of germany where no water is and there is water in like bars all over the scenery, but i cant find something wrong in Masks, tried to re do it still same
Hello Drawyah,managed to get my head around your tutorial but when I get to the tiles and click start all I get is"Can not start. Something is wrong with the Scenery Directories" I notice that scenery compiler only gives a choice of FSX or 2004 and I have P3D v3,is this causing a problem and could I change this option in FSET config. settings.Thanks mate.
Please, I need help quickly! I did it the way you said it, and when I hit the "Start" button, "Can not start, Something's wrong with the scenery Directories!" I once have this problem and secondly, if I go on "Earth Service" on Google Earth on it comes no map, it is only displayed to me "No Tile found". I do not know what to do.
Make sure that the folder path you are using is correct for both the work folder and scenery folder. Use Virtual Earth where possible, that map has much better coverage.
Here ya go. Google Earth. Confirmed working in my FSET. If you need it in the future go to google maps with sat image and view the page source code. Do a search for "khm0.google.com" without the quotes, You will see the new v=XXX and use that new number. Drawyah, thanks for your video!!!!!! [Service2] ServiceName = Google Earth ServiceCodeing = qrts ServiceUrl = khm0.google.com/kh?t=t%s&n=404&v=850 Referer = khm0.google.com UserAgent = Mozilla/4.0 ServerVariations = khm0,khm1,khm2,khm3
Cache stores all of your previously captured images. If you ever do a new scenery that overlaps one you have already done, cache makes it quicker to process.
I am trying to make it work, but the FS Eaarth Tiles keeps telling me "Can not start. Something is wrong with the Scenery Directories!". I have double checked my working directory and I created the folders suggested, but that is the response. Cn someone help?
@@Drawyah Thanks very much! It did work this time.... Let me download the Valencia Spain area where I live.... I do not have the FS Steam, just the Flight Simulator X... so let us see what happens
@@Drawyah Thanks again! it worked.... I downloaded the Valencia harbour and it worked. Now I have to discover which the right download resolution is as sometimes the waiting time is desperate
Hi Drawyah like your video helped me alot also had many problems that other people have listed but managed to fix these by simply changing the directories to my documents. The issue seems to be that in most cases the C drive sharing options are not set properly which is why you get the "Cannot start. Problem with scenery directories" error. But all is fine now. What's the name of the song in your video? Great work man keep it up.
hi man. When I press the start button is says if I want to clear cache YES or NO and whatever I press I says at the bottom Can't start something is wrong with the scenery directions. I do have P3d V4 and I have dowloaded from the 2 link as you did. The folder is set correctly for P3D C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Addon Scenery any ideas?
@@Drawyah I have the URL but it dosen't show up in FSET ($$ is the zoom level, ## tile ref point) services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/tile/$$/##/## services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer
If you're willing to go the payware route, Horizon Generation X is fantastic for the UK whole Open VFR is good for all over Europe. Freewares aren't so good, but if you look for sites like Shep's Shed (which requires going through the archive.org Wayback Machine) or even a couple city-wide sceneries on Rikooo, you will then be able to get a couple sceneries for different locations and airport surroundings.
You can create your own buildings by hand using a number of add-ons that let you build scenery, likewise the best option would be to look for .agn files which put autogen buildings on top of VFR Scenery.
This should be included within the FSEarthTiles folder. Just drag and drop the AreaFSXMaskSeasonsInfo_LpX_Xxx.inf file into that, and you are good to go. 🙂👍
Ah thanks , i was downloading from the first link and there was no resample in it , rewatched the tut and downloaded from the 2nd and it works , thanks
On the left hand side, you can switch between Google Earth and Bing Maps. Have you checked both of them? Unfortunately sources aren't too readily available, and for areas more rural than others, there are definitely limitations in satellite imagery I'm afraid.
Unfortunately not, Google Earth is a completely separate source to Maps and would have it's own method to access. There are other sources out there, but nothing I have found as of yet...
@@papipc1271 Here ya go. Google Earth. Confirmed working in my FSET. If you need it in the future go to google maps with sat image and view the page source code. Do a search for "khm0.google.com" without the quotes, You will see the new v=XXX and use that new number. Drawyah, thanks for your video!!!!!! [Service2] ServiceName = Google Earth ServiceCodeing = qrts ServiceUrl = khm0.google.com/kh?t=t%s&n=404&v=850 Referer = khm0.google.com UserAgent = Mozilla/4.0 ServerVariations = khm0,khm1,khm2,khm3
Great tool, thank you very much for pointing it out! It works perfect (after some initial fails because of generated file size ;-) ) Would love to have more picture sources. Is there a way to supress the autogen buildings for the generated area? I compiled a small part from Lower Austria (my home), the photo looks good, but on top there are now the random houses :( Btw., depending on latitude it should switch the summer and winter image, on the south hemisphere I got snow in summer (in fact it was in Namibia, where snow is really rare, but thats another thing)
Suppress? I've had many an issue where no autogen buildings appear and the whole world is flat! Have you done some extra step I may have missed? I'll look into the config too.
No, I changed nothing except of file path. coords are from file: N048242700_N048211600_E016403100_E016454600, generated on level 1. Thanks for the instant replay, you are great.
@@franksommer8151 did you ever find out how this happened? I recently had a lighthouse (autogen) appear on a single small FSET photoreal island that I surrounded with the yellow mask. No other autogen is showing up all the other photoreal areas.
i get everything to work but when i run FSX the block that i have tiled has very, very low resolution. a BGL file was indeed created and the tile created, but i think the BGL file doesnt have good data. I have tried everything i can think of without any success. i have tried resolution of 1 2, 3 and 4 with same result. It's behaving as if my resolution is extremely low. The file size for the BGL is around 5 MB for a 1nm x 1nm square. Anyone have any ideas please?
Fixed!!. Okay, something must have been wrong with the fsearthtiles.ini file. (i did copy copy it as per instructions so not sure what is wrong with it). When i tried another .ini file, it all worked.. So many thanks for your help and your tutorial
i thought i got it as per your instructions, from your link above, - 1drv.ms/u/s!Av7euqX9-qNYiJZV6... The only thing i modified was the scenery and work folders and i execute the fsearthtiles.exe in administrator mode, otherwise my fsx doesn't see the folders. Maybe i should download the file again and double check it with what i was using. Maybe something went wrong in the download.
In the 'fsearthtiles.ini' file, you can change 'CreateNightBitmap' from 'No' to 'Yes'. This will activate the night map, but this is to varying success which is why it's deactivated. You can always give it a go though!
Try changing the month within the simulator. FSEarthTiles will try to recreate the scenery to match what time of year the sim is set to. Winter has snow/white, summer is green and so on.
@@AmauryChihuahua my friend, I downloaded freemeshx and installed whatever it says on the site one by one, but there was no change in the world, what should I do
It's possible to make, but unfortunately I wouldn't be able to distribute it due to the licencing of Google and Bing Maps satellite data also being third-party.
For anyone having issues with the tile servers, this might be helpful - www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/fsearth-tiles-not-showing-satellite-image.441438/
Most of it, since there will be some places that don't have satellite imagery or it's super low quality. If you do the whole world, make sure that you have PLENTY of space on your harddrive.
Virtually nothing. All it does is adds a flat texture on top of the FSX World Mesh. In fact, it may improve your FPS since it doesn't add Autogen buildings by default to it - Autogen is done through add-ons. 🙂
Apologies for the late reply, your comment didn't appear in my notifications! Performance loss is at a minimal since all you are doing it replacing a few ground textures likewise, you can lower the download resolution to give you better performance within the simulator with slightly lower resolution images.
The best freeware option I know (but only covers the UK) is Shep's Shed Autogen. web.archive.org/web/20150206040204/www.shepsshed.com/autogentrees.htm I know that a lot of airport sceneries also come with their own autogen that surrounds the area too, making some freeware and payware worth it. Payware options for autogen then include Just Flight Revolution-X and openVFR which cover different areas. www.justflight.com/product/revolution-x openvfr.freyt.de/magento/index.php/
Its nice of you doing this tutorial but: the way you speak (like a speed machine)made me give up the whole thing...couldnt pass the cut and paste explanation at the beguining at all...
It uses Bing Maps since Google Data is hard to get access to due to encryption on the map data's servers. I do hope that this program does everything you need it to!
Apart from Virtual Earth, is there any other Earth service provider? I don't know why when I zoom in to level 4, some parts of the map is shown as no picture (a sign with a slash on a camera). Thanks.
At the moment you can only access Virtual Earth, I will add more however once they are avalible. Google a little while back re-worked their encryption meaning we cannot access their images.
As for your zoom level issue, most likely since no data for that area exists. Where about are you doing? I'll have a look for you.
Drawyah Games Thanks for quick response. I was trying Taiwan. When I zoom in to level 4, some part of the land is normal but some indicates the circle with a cross on camera.
Sure, I'll take a look. It most likely is a case of no image data in that area. Finding other map sources isn't the easiest due to piracy issues leading to heavier encryption on map image servers. (As long as this map data is not sold for profit, it's classed as fair use and therefore fine to use.)
Drawyah Games Thanks.
It looks like I have to give up the project then :(
There is quite a huge area of 'snow' (white blank tiles) in the sim :/
Just making sure, this is over where land should be and not just the water?
WOW!! Thank you for this tutorial. It was a bit too fast for me to keep up with you but I just backed up the video a few times to see what you did. It works great with my P3Dv3 sim, just so you know. My first project was around my home and covered just 2 counties and was 1.4 gig. holy cow, I need a bigger HD now. I will probably just keep every thing on a USB stick and access the files that way. I LOVE YOU man!!
Hello, I'm having a problem with the texture, the scenery is like 70% transparent, and it is under the FSX base scenery. Some roads of the photoreal scenery are easy to spot, but they are a bit transparent.
For example : near my airport there is a mall with a lake near it. The lake is showing up, some part of the mall are showing up, but the other parts are transparent. I can barely see the scenery.
*The FSX base ground texture might be over the photoreal scenery*
I don't know if it's a blending problem, do you have any issues ? 🙁
Hi Drawyah,I live on that little island and you've just made my day many many thanks,I'll have to watch the video a few times though to get my head around it but great vid,thank you.
Heh, nice one John! Always happy to help.
I live on the island next door as soon as I saw the shape, I thought GUERNSEY! And did a little happy dance
@@calamityjane643 Sorry for the late reply,nice to hear from you,which island do you live on?
John G hi there, i live on Jersey. So it was great to see the islands as i wanted to start to learn flying at airports i know so it made my day
Hello Farmer Jane,I love Jersey I sometimes take day trips in summer, maybe well go for a coffee next time I'm there Ha Ha!.
You can SPEED UP the download process by reopening the Program 4 TIMES!!. Simply process your AREA in 4 sections and you can download all 4 sections at the same time and cut your download time to 1/4 the time. Just remember to say "NO" to the question, "Do you want to clear out the cache".
i have only bgl file in island folder in addon scenery it dont have scenery and texture folder just the bgl file when i opened the island folder, is it normal or not? btw im using p3d to make the christmas island
Hi, thanks a lot for this. How do you do to smooth the ages for the scenery created to merge nicely with Orbx textures? How can I make Orbx trees to populate the green/forest areas? Thanks
You can smooth the edges of any scenery through their textures before compiling. As I did with the mask images for the water, you can modify any part of the scenery including the VFR imagery themselves.
As for trees? That cannot be done unfortunately. This is because the VFR imagery by default includes an exclusion zone that removes the autogen scenery, whether or not it's made by ORBX or default. There are mods that bring some of it back, but they can be limited unfortunately.
@@Drawyah Hi. Thank you for relying. I'll give it a try. Cheers
How can I get buildings with photo scenery?
I'm getting a "Can not start. Something is wrong with the Scenery Directories!" error. I'm guessing it has to do with the .ini editing at the beginning of the tutorial but can't find out what it is exactly that's messing it up.
i got the same error :( anyone could help pls
@@maxmediatnI just had the same problems. I messed with folder locations and got it to work. see if this explains it better for you. folder in documents made it work. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=852876869
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=852876869
very fast but means it was straight to the point and still works today. tysm
Fantastic video but I’m just wondering how can I use my auto gen with this? When I do it I just have flat ground with no buildings or trees??? help
You'll need third party mods to bring back the autogen as VFR Scenery by default has an exclusion zone that removes everything. Unfortunately there is no way around this, I have had a look.
ua-cam.com/video/SaBYePik3Wk/v-deo.html
Thank you very much! The video was extremely simple and the only that works actually! I will recommend this to everyone who wants to add sattelite scenery.
Tried getting this to download the whole of the UK at tile detail 2 - left it overnight - came back to it trying to compile it (that's the good news) - Bad news is it would have taken 644 GB! cancellll.... will have to pick and choose a few areas I want with a bit more specificity I think ;)
644gb?! Yikes! When I did the entire UK on my system, I did it at level 5 with higher detail where I want it! 😂
i'm interested in doing VFR scenery for Caribbean islands, which have many mountains. Does it detail the mountains as well?
You'll have to check the difference sources available for quality levels and the case of cloud cover, but I'm sure imagery will be fine.
@@Drawyah ok, I'll check it out
Ok I'm having a bit of a problem. I made one scenery already for P3D using FS Earth Tiles and it worked. However the output to the work folder is not in the format that P3D accepts it, but it contains a folder named 'Cache' and then some other files. P3D however requires your scenery to be in the format of a 'Scenery' folder and a 'Texture' folder. So inside your Addon Scenery folder will have these two folders in there. For my first scenery that worked I renamed the folder 'Cache' to 'Texture' and I placed the rest of the files in the FS Earth Tiles work output into the 'Scenery' folder. I then added this to the scenery library in P3D and it worked. See it here at 49:26:
ua-cam.com/video/-LattjrGnr0/v-deo.html
This was level 2 detail scnenery. Now I try to make another and follow the same steps at a level 1 detail, and a level 2 detail and they both don't work. I add the scenery in the P3D Library and they don't show. What's the issue I'm having?
And why do I need to edit the work output folder so much to make it compatible with P3D and FSX? I didn't see you change any contents of the scenery folder to "Scenery' and 'Texture'. What's the problem?
You need to set the location of the output and work folders in the config. At the start of the video when I'm setting up the software, make sure you are telling the folders to go to the right place. The work folder realistically shouldn't be in the P3D add-on scenery folder and should be moved.
@@Drawyah Ok bro I'll try that. What exactly is the file that the P3D reads? It's obviously not in the 'Scenery' and 'Texture' folder format I was referring to.
@@Drawyah Another thing, for my sceneries i already, remember I didn't set the location of the output properly, but a scenery was properly made. I moved the files that were in the Work Folder and put it into the Addon Scenery folder in my sim. Where should I go from there to get those sceneries to work, or should I delete them and start over and set the work output folders properly?
Hi, thank you very much for the tutorial! I would like to ask you, I want to edit a photoreal scene and also a photoreal of an airport, both scenarios are done, but I want to edit them, what program should I use? Thank you very much.
I use Photoshop for any overlay edits. Paint.net or Gimp are two good free editors.
my resample just opens cmd then immediately closes it
In my texture folder only one file exist a bmp-file and nothing else. Is this allright or something i missing?
Awesome video, that's inspired me to do some areas of Scotland.
Enjoy it!
@@Drawyah I ended up doing three sceneries - one in Scotland around Portpatrick, another around where I live and one out in Sri Lanka at China Bay, where my late father was once stationed with the Royal Navy. Can't believe how simple it was to use, thanks to your instructions.
Glad to hear it, happy flying!
@@Drawyah Many thanks!
p3d v5.2 doesnt have an "addon scenery" folder ? when editing the FSEarthtiles.ini ? I can see that p3d v5.2 has a seperate "scenery" and texture" folder, what would i use ? thanks
edit..
so i managed to do one area for a test but when i fly over it just look flat and awful looking .. anything to help with this?
should the new tiles be at the top of my scenery ? above orbx etc ?
Use the separate ones for P3D, otherwise the steps are exactly the same.
Some places in google earth/virtual earth has clouds on them, and you will see that back in FSX in the photoreal coverage. Any solutions for that?
where do i find the addons that can stick autogen into vfr scenery? nice vid btw
8:50 After compiling the scenery, I have only scenery folder but no texture folder. What should I do? Thanks!! Looking forward to seeing your reply!!
By doing it in this method where you compile it yourself, you don't get a texture folder. Just add it to your scenery library and you'll be fine.
But you have got that at 9:17...
Without that it seems it is not working in my sim. It is still showing default P3D :/
Try compiling the AreaFSXMasksInfo file instead and NOT the seasons one. Sometimes it may just be an issue with the seasons one which I only started having troubles with after this video.
Drawyah Games Tried but still... Looks like FSEarthTiles hates me so much lol
If you are on Facebook, fire me a message, I'll see what's up with this program.
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Hello!
I did it on the video but the FSX did not find the name it gave me.
The texture folder has only a 64kb BMP file.
hi, i would like to know why you make the water area manually when creating the island scenery, the program itself does not do it automatically in the comp option. scenery? Another question, what would be the Snap Area option and why turned off?
No, the software does not draw water. You need to do this manually. Snap scenery forces you to draw areas to a grid. Turning it off gives you more freedom to positioning tiles.
@@Drawyah Wow, cool, I didn't know that the software didn't generate the water... so it means that if I don't do it manually, it will leave the simulator's default water in use? Another question, can I use the scenarios generated in P3D?
No, if you leave it then you will get a flat texture in the place of water. Which scenarios are you trying to use?
@@Drawyah right. do the scenarios generated according to the tutorial work with PREPAR 3D?
There are no tutorial scenarios? This is a scenery builder...
Hey mate! For some reason when i go to start the photoreal, it says for me this: SceneryCompiler resampleFSXSP2.exe in FSEarthTiles directory is missing! any idea on how to fix??
Make sure you have downloaded from the second link, not the first.
are you supposed to put the resample.exe directory in somewere
many thanks for "FSEarthTiles.ini", now I can use Google maps
the onedrive link is broken when i click it, it says SORRY AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED. can you gibe me a working link for the .ini
@drawyah i have a problem, when i load the scenery there is water on the scenery where it shouldnt be, how to fix it
Check the image masks, that will determine water and land.
@@Drawyah i got a scenery in the middle of germany where no water is and there is water in like bars all over the scenery, but i cant find something wrong in Masks, tried to re do it still same
Join the Discord server in the description, drop a few screenshots in. I'd like to take a look at this!
I made it! But anyone knows can I download 3D objects wit this maps? Or can I add separate?
hi there i followed your instructions, but fsx seen to not read the area any help
how to find my scenery folder....bcz my input is not valid
i cant download or see the scenery that i want to download. it just says can not web-access engine
Try selecting one of the other map sources on the left-hand menu.
@@Drawyah thx
Hello Drawyah,managed to get my head around your tutorial but when I get to the tiles and click start all I get is"Can not start. Something is wrong with the Scenery Directories" I notice that scenery compiler only gives a choice of FSX or 2004 and I have P3D v3,is this causing a problem and could I change this option in FSET config. settings.Thanks mate.
At 1:02 where I set the scenery directory folders, make sure that this points to your P3D folder, that should(?) do the trick.
Hey Drawyah! Thanks for this! However, if I want draw a scenery that was already drew previously, will it replace it?
It depends on the order of the scenery list. Whatever is on top will be on top.
Please, I need help quickly! I did it the way you said it, and when I hit the "Start" button, "Can not start, Something's wrong with the scenery Directories!" I once have this problem and secondly, if I go on "Earth Service" on Google Earth on it comes no map, it is only displayed to me "No Tile found". I do not know what to do.
Make sure that the folder path you are using is correct for both the work folder and scenery folder. Use Virtual Earth where possible, that map has much better coverage.
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=852876869
Here ya go. Google Earth. Confirmed working in my FSET. If you need it in the future go to google maps with sat image and view the page source code. Do a search for "khm0.google.com" without the quotes, You will see the new v=XXX and use that new number. Drawyah, thanks for your video!!!!!!
[Service2]
ServiceName = Google Earth
ServiceCodeing = qrts
ServiceUrl = khm0.google.com/kh?t=t%s&n=404&v=850
Referer = khm0.google.com
UserAgent = Mozilla/4.0
ServerVariations = khm0,khm1,khm2,khm3
The work folder has a folder named Cache in it, this is not the Scenery and Texture folders that P3D expects.
Cache stores all of your previously captured images. If you ever do a new scenery that overlaps one you have already done, cache makes it quicker to process.
I am trying to make it work, but the FS Eaarth Tiles keeps telling me "Can not start. Something is wrong with the Scenery Directories!". I have double checked my working directory and I created the folders suggested, but that is the response. Cn someone help?
If the folder doesn't exist, try creating it. Also run FSEarthTiles in administrator.
@@Drawyah Thanks very much! It did work this time.... Let me download the Valencia Spain area where I live.... I do not have the FS Steam, just the Flight Simulator X... so let us see what happens
Glad I could be of help!
@@Drawyah Thanks again! it worked.... I downloaded the Valencia harbour and it worked. Now I have to discover which the right download resolution is as sometimes the waiting time is desperate
Works perfect for me, thanks for the video !
Glad it worked, enjoy!
''Can not start. Something is wrong with the Scenery Directories!'' What do I do? Im not on steam, im on the actual disk game.
i had same problem, run FSEarthtiles in Admin mode. That fixed the problem for me
Hi Drawyah like your video helped me alot also had many problems that other people have listed but managed to fix these by simply changing the directories to my documents. The issue seems to be that in most cases the C drive sharing options are not set properly which is why you get the "Cannot start. Problem with scenery directories" error. But all is fine now. What's the name of the song in your video? Great work man keep it up.
hi man. When I press the start button is says if I want to clear cache YES or NO and whatever I press I says at the bottom Can't start something is wrong with the scenery directions. I do have P3d V4 and I have dowloaded from the 2 link as you did. The folder is set correctly for P3D C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Addon Scenery any ideas?
Check both file locations. One should be simulator, the other a separate folder elsewhere.
@@Drawyah it didn't work but I have made a new folder on my desktop and it worked and just copied the files manulatu to addon scenery thx for help :)
+Drawyah Is there any way to add "ArcGisImagery" server to use as a tile source?
You would need to find the exact URL to access their server. If you have that, then it's possible.
@@Drawyah I have the URL but it dosen't show up in FSET ($$ is the zoom level, ## tile ref point)
services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/tile/$$/##/##
services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer
I'll have a play around, see what I can uncover.
I loaded my city scenery but only see a dim rectangle on original scenery, will it be a mask problem?
I'm not entirely sure. What sim are you trying to use? Could you try using a different resampling option?
amigo, muito obrigado, só agradecer. funcionou aqui na minha cidade
Hi, does this still works? since its 6 years already from the videos where its uploaded? I wanting to make my home scenery. Im on FSX:SE btw.
FSEarthTiles does still work on FSX!
@@Drawyah some of the links are broken or not working ....
Do you loose the majority of the buildings when you use FSEarth scenery?
Yep! There are however add-ons to bring them back, depending on where you've used this.
Drawyah What are the add ons?
If you're willing to go the payware route, Horizon Generation X is fantastic for the UK whole Open VFR is good for all over Europe.
Freewares aren't so good, but if you look for sites like Shep's Shed (which requires going through the archive.org Wayback Machine) or even a couple city-wide sceneries on Rikooo, you will then be able to get a couple sceneries for different locations and airport surroundings.
@@Drawyah what are the freewares options?
Does any one know a reason, for that the f-bmpl side says me "Access denied"?
Ah, cheers for the heads up. I don't own the site, but it does look like it's gone down. Hopefully it'll make a return!
It looks like the website is now back up and running again.
Okay, thanks!!
Can someone help me please: after start program read "can not start .something is wrong with the scenery directories!"
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=852876869 file location important.
Link is, dead, very sad because it looks awesome !
I cant download virtual earth and nothing else will work :(
When I click on your website shortcut, it redirects me to a website regarding girls and their webcam.
It's not my website for starters, clicking on the links now all seem okay!
how can I add buildings and make an airport?
You can create your own buildings by hand using a number of add-ons that let you build scenery, likewise the best option would be to look for .agn files which put autogen buildings on top of VFR Scenery.
@@Drawyah how would you do that?
it shows : SceneryCompiler resampleFSXSP2.exe in FSEarthTiles directory is missing!
Make sure you download the program from the SECOND link as the first one is broken...
can you mention the link again
All is in the description.
The resamplefsxsp2 is not work and it won't compile the scenery . :(
Please download the program from the SECOND link on the website.
Thanks for tutorial , where do I get resamplefsxsp2 ?
This should be included within the FSEarthTiles folder. Just drag and drop the AreaFSXMaskSeasonsInfo_LpX_Xxx.inf file into that, and you are good to go. 🙂👍
Ah thanks , i was downloading from the first link and there was no resample in it , rewatched the tut and downloaded from the 2nd and it works , thanks
I am getting clouds in the area of interest, is there any other provider that I can use?
On the left hand side, you can switch between Google Earth and Bing Maps. Have you checked both of them? Unfortunately sources aren't too readily available, and for areas more rural than others, there are definitely limitations in satellite imagery I'm afraid.
I have tried all of the sources, I was curious if anything knew of any other sources or it there was a way to connect to google earth
Unfortunately not, Google Earth is a completely separate source to Maps and would have it's own method to access. There are other sources out there, but nothing I have found as of yet...
@@papipc1271 Here ya go. Google Earth. Confirmed working in my FSET. If you need it in the future go to google maps with sat image and view the page source code. Do a search for "khm0.google.com" without the quotes, You will see the new v=XXX and use that new number. Drawyah, thanks for your video!!!!!!
[Service2]
ServiceName = Google Earth
ServiceCodeing = qrts
ServiceUrl = khm0.google.com/kh?t=t%s&n=404&v=850
Referer = khm0.google.com
UserAgent = Mozilla/4.0
ServerVariations = khm0,khm1,khm2,khm3
Thank you! Works great on P3D
Great tool, thank you very much for pointing it out! It works perfect (after some initial fails because of generated file size ;-) )
Would love to have more picture sources. Is there a way to supress the autogen buildings for the generated area? I compiled a small part from Lower Austria (my home), the photo looks good, but on top there are now the random houses :(
Btw., depending on latitude it should switch the summer and winter image, on the south hemisphere I got snow in summer (in fact it was in Namibia, where snow is really rare, but thats another thing)
Suppress? I've had many an issue where no autogen buildings appear and the whole world is flat! Have you done some extra step I may have missed? I'll look into the config too.
No, I changed nothing except of file path. coords are from file: N048242700_N048211600_E016403100_E016454600, generated on level 1.
Thanks for the instant replay, you are great.
@@franksommer8151 did you ever find out how this happened? I recently had a lighthouse (autogen) appear on a single small FSET photoreal island that I surrounded with the yellow mask. No other autogen is showing up all the other photoreal areas.
I can't the onedrive page to load, any idea where I can get it?
NVM, it took about ten tries but eventually was able to DL.
i get everything to work but when i run FSX the block that i have tiled has very, very low resolution. a BGL file was indeed created and the tile created, but i think the BGL file doesnt have good data. I have tried everything i can think of without any success. i have tried resolution of 1 2, 3 and 4 with same result. It's behaving as if my resolution is extremely low. The file size for the BGL is around 5 MB for a 1nm x 1nm square. Anyone have any ideas please?
Check your FSX settings and ensure its set to at most 1m textures, otherwise try another source in the software for your imagery.
Thanks for your suggestion. Can you suggest any other source? I have only used Virtual Earth as that is the only one that seems to show terrain.
Fixed!!. Okay, something must have been wrong with the fsearthtiles.ini file. (i did copy copy it as per instructions so not sure what is wrong with it). When i tried another .ini file, it all worked.. So many thanks for your help and your tutorial
Where did you get the other ini file? It may be worth taking a look at it.
i thought i got it as per your instructions, from your link above, - 1drv.ms/u/s!Av7euqX9-qNYiJZV6... The only thing i modified was the scenery and work folders and i execute the fsearthtiles.exe in administrator mode, otherwise my fsx doesn't see the folders. Maybe i should download the file again and double check it with what i was using. Maybe something went wrong in the download.
Hello thank you so much for your tutorial, this is really helpfull
What is the new google server version nr. for the .ini?
Will this work on Fsx steam edition?
It will work with no issues on FSX:SE!
I tried it out... Thank you so much! It's amazing! Subbed
Where can I set the working folder ?
Anywhere will do! I created a work folder in My Documents, but there will be no issues be putting it elsewhere. 🙂
Thanks, great tutorial!
I highly recomend getting london for fsx
Is this easy to run?
If you follow the instructions, very!
@@Drawyah as in easy for the computer, because I'm currently on a toaster...
If you were to download at a slightly lower resolution, then I don't see why not!
@@Drawyah Ok, thanks, and thank you for the quick response :)
Never a problem, do let me know how it goes!
cant find any scenery folders
How to Update Map2020 in FSEarthTiles Tutorial
P3D
How to set up its light in night? There is no light.
In the 'fsearthtiles.ini' file, you can change 'CreateNightBitmap' from 'No' to 'Yes'. This will activate the night map, but this is to varying success which is why it's deactivated. You can always give it a go though!
Nothing change!??
Once you've made the change to the config, you will need to re-make the scenery since it had to compile the appropriate masks.
@@Drawyah dude thank you so much
How do you remove the sky?
I can't compile them for P3D :(
Have you made sure you downloaded the program from the SECOND link on the website? That's the think most people have been messing up with.
Second link ? I mean that there's no .exe file in the folder for P3D, it says it needs FSXSP2.exe to complie.
Yeah, that's because you downloaded the program from the first link on the website. Download from the second link, it includes the FSXSP2.exe file.
I dont see this in your second link in the description.. the second link is only for an ini update.. where do you get the resamplefsxsp2?
The second link on the website!!! *facepalm*
Does this need a internet connection while playing
Not at all, since this downloads the scenery to your local drive.
My tile got reddish how wsa that possible?
Try changing the month within the simulator. FSEarthTiles will try to recreate the scenery to match what time of year the sim is set to. Winter has snow/white, summer is green and so on.
Ok! try it soon..
Combine this whit freemesh x and its a beauty
Dude did you get freemeshx? İf you get it pls help me dude
I can help you
@@CemErbilFamily It would be quite large to explain how so heres a video: ua-cam.com/video/dM7VszoVMhw/v-deo.html
@@AmauryChihuahua my friend, I downloaded freemeshx and installed whatever it says on the site one by one, but there was no change in the world, what should I do
Not working anymore....not even Ve :(
Thanks Work very good fsx
Very nice
can you make me plaridel airport philippine photoscenery?
It's possible to make, but unfortunately I wouldn't be able to distribute it due to the licencing of Google and Bing Maps satellite data also being third-party.
Dude thank you know i have photoreal for my plaridel thank you one sub for you
For anyone having issues with the tile servers, this might be helpful - www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/fsearth-tiles-not-showing-satellite-image.441438/
Thank you, Bro! 😃
I'm glad that it worked out for you!
@@Drawyah But still I have some problem. When I try to select scenery folder I can't click on white area. When I click nothing happens.
What do you mean by white area? It should be a standard text box, meaning it's potentially an issue on your end.
@@Drawyah I mean on 5:10 you said that you need to click on blank area. When I click nothing happens
Oh right, sometimes the scenery manager glitches, sometimes it doesn't. So long you can add the scenery, you'll be fine.
Thanks a lot for this.
can't access any of the data servers
Can I do it do the full world?
Most of it, since there will be some places that don't have satellite imagery or it's super low quality. If you do the whole world, make sure that you have PLENTY of space on your harddrive.
make a stream to day and flight with bombaraider dash 8 widerøe. plz
Not tonight mate, next stream will most likely be on Saturday. College takes priority over everything. 🙂
Will be doing that stream tonight, feel free to tune in. (Andenes to Bohø)
(May also be worth following me on Twitter for information and times!)
What's the performance loss
Virtually nothing. All it does is adds a flat texture on top of the FSX World Mesh.
In fact, it may improve your FPS since it doesn't add Autogen buildings by default to it - Autogen is done through add-ons. 🙂
Apologies for the late reply, your comment didn't appear in my notifications! Performance loss is at a minimal since all you are doing it replacing a few ground textures likewise, you can lower the download resolution to give you better performance within the simulator with slightly lower resolution images.
So the orbx autogen will all disappear?
Your German aren´t you. Du bist Deutsch oder ?
I think he's british....
way to fast and not enuf info for me cant get anything to work now
Hi Bro I did this but damaged fsx. How I delete this is
It shouldn't have damaged FSX, what error do you see? It should be as simple as deleting the folder it created.
@@Drawyah please connect me with teamwiver and help me?
Hmm. Not sure if its the wisest thing to do, but if you're desperate...
did not work
Would this work ok with a GT 620 GPU 😂😂😂
Perhaps. Worth trying out!
Nice
Please slow down Your going sonic speed
autogen ?
While not with the add-on itself, there are free mods out there that will let you add autogen to the VFR Scenery.
@@Drawyah what are said mods?
The best freeware option I know (but only covers the UK) is Shep's Shed Autogen.
web.archive.org/web/20150206040204/www.shepsshed.com/autogentrees.htm
I know that a lot of airport sceneries also come with their own autogen that surrounds the area too, making some freeware and payware worth it.
Payware options for autogen then include Just Flight Revolution-X and openVFR which cover different areas.
www.justflight.com/product/revolution-x
openvfr.freyt.de/magento/index.php/
Its nice of you doing this tutorial but: the way you speak (like a speed machine)made me give up the whole thing...couldnt pass the cut and paste explanation at the beguining at all...
I tried to make the hole world but it needs inacredible 14 petabytes!!!
Too fast for me to understand!!
lol can the whole world be done ?
It's certainly possible, whether or not you have the harddrive space.
@@Drawyah oh wow
I LOVE U
Err, thanks? 😂
Glad you found the video helpful. 😄
Drawyah Games Um looking for something like this for ages :) does it use Google Maps? :)
It uses Bing Maps since Google Data is hard to get access to due to encryption on the map data's servers.
I do hope that this program does everything you need it to!
Hmm, I had a problem, when I press start it says Can not start. Something is wrong with the Scenery Directories! ... any tips? :)
Nevermind, I got it ;D