Thanks! I've tried to follow several tutorials prior to finding yours. I never was able to build an airport. One try with your detailed instructions and I've finally had success.
Like everyone else has already already said, you do the absolute best tutorials. I certainly wish others would take the same time and patience, you do, in doing their presentation. Thanks nks so much for your time and effort!
Thanks. Part two and part three is up. Here is part 2 ua-cam.com/video/kYBnZlAyF8s/v-deo.html Here is part 3 ua-cam.com/video/fWlonNfOj6U/v-deo.html I will start part 4 soon after the holiday tomorrow.
I'm more versed with computers than most and this tutorial was still a breath of fresh air. Super helpful to anyone who is new to all of this. It's also worth mentioning since its an issue I ran into; install the SDK on the same drive the game is on. If you don't, your PC memory will skyrocket and drive activity on both drives will max out grinding your PC to a laggy halt. Its especially bad if you have an SSD trying to talk to an HDD like in my case.
Hi I searched every video on UA-cam and watched yours and you have the best instructions bar none. I followed your instructions and using the sdk samples I created an airport with ease. I fly on FSE and LGAT in Greece is not in Msfs but when you spawn to the location on the world map the airport is in the scenery with yellow crosses on the runways. All I did was follow your instructions up to ICAO code. I built the package. Then put the package in community folder. Not only is LGAT now in the index but I can start at parking spots and on the existing runways start bars without the need to add them. Big thanks.
Thank you for the nice comments. I am happy I was able to help. If you are interested I have a great community on Facebook where we all share opinions and help each other solve difficult situations. Everybody pitches in and helps. You can find the community at facebook.com/groups/788136852324508 Good luck and happy flying and scenery building.
You are welcome. I will be on the next videos right away. It takes several hours for UA-cam to process after uploading. Sometimes up to 24 hours. Stay tuned.
Thank you, sir. I have recently added Parts 2, 3, and 4. I am contemplating Part 5, adding Comm. It will be my first attempt to add airport Comm if I pull it off. The method seems to be clunky and complicated so I am working to find the most intuitive approach.
Good luck. It will be a bit different as you have to edit an existing airport instead of creating a new airport but the process after that is the same.
Hello. I saw your video and maybey you can help me out. A member of our flightsim club is building me a privat airport in msfs2020 that he did for other members as well. Now the problem is that de ILS is showing up in my g1000 as an VOR. Instead of ILS. I read on a website that the ILS frequenties are from 108.00 to 112. and the VOR from 108.00 to 117.95. 108 to 112 is the range for the glideslope. My airport has the freq 115.20 and 115.40. So I asked him to change that into 111.20 - 111.40. Just for trying. He did that but unfortunately it didn't help. It stil behaves as a VOR. Do you have any idea about what to do? We are desperate. On the other privat airports it is the same issue. The VOR is at startup pointing to the west. So I dial my course to 227º (the course of the runway) and the neadle turns in the right direction. But because it is behaving like a VOR there is no glideslope. I hope you can help us. Kind Regards, Tonny
Wow, what luck to find your video. Up until now I thought you always have to use this outdated AFCAD tool from MSFX, but I guess you can make changes to airports with the built-in tools as you showed. Can I please ask you something? I am not really into building a whole new airport, but I would like to change some things which annoy me at existing airports. There is one airport, where there are tall trees right before the runways (there are also not there in real life) and hinder me to land there without problems. Is there an easy way to get rid of these trees? Bonus question: Is there also a way to make changes to taxiways or rather the paths AI planes take, because that is also most often wrong? Thanks!!!!
Thanks for watching. If this is your first time, you can watch this video to learn to use the tools. ua-cam.com/video/MXPL0n0kA_4/v-deo.html Question 1: Yes, and it is easy. You do not have to modify the airport to remove trees. See ua-cam.com/video/EKZu1Nivuec/v-deo.html Question 2: You can edit an airport and only change taxiways. I would start this video and do the preliminary work, and if you want to skip ahead to taxiways, you can find chapters in the description below by ticking the more button. ua-cam.com/video/7010EirtEQc/v-deo.html Don'tPlease don't worry about making a mistake and ruining the airport. All of your work is confined to a scenery folder, and with a simple delete, all will return to normal. You cannot do permanent damage. Good luck and happy scenery-building P6.
Thanks for the super good videos!!! Even if it's not easy for me with poor English skills. One question please, is there a picture preview for all materials like hangars and more. Is there a PDF to download somewhere? Thank you very much and I clicked the subscription.
Thanks for watching. I use closed captioning but I never know how that may translate into another language since we all have different communication techniques. To answer your question; unfortunately, there are not any previews that I have ever found. I know it is a chore since there are so many items to choose from. I have made so many packages that I have certain items in my memory. What I normally suggest to those starting to build scenery is when you come across a nice item you might use at another time, make a note of the item name to recall later. Sorry, I can't offer more help but it is that way for all of us. You have to learn by trying. Good luck. If there are any suggestions on where I can make the videos better for those that do not speak English, please let me know.
Thanks for the tutorials. The issue I am having now is how do I go about changing the name of my new airport, without having to redo the whole airport, because I am extremely happy with the airport, but I want to change the name. Is there a way to do this?
The only way to do it is to edit a few XML files. If you are up for that, I will find out how many XML files need to be edited. I know for certain the top-level XML file must be edited, and so will the XML with all of the objects in it and the XML in PackageDefinitions. It is doable,, but a bit tedious. With testing, the results may be predictable. So, I would back up each XML if something fails.
Hi there, Great tutorial, my issue though is that when landing on my runway the aircraft sinks into the runway? Where am I going wrong in my development stage? Cheers
Let's make sure I fully understand the issue. Your plane sinks into the runway. Okay, that is easy. I assume this is a runway you added through SDK. Right? Is the entire runway built with SDK? Are there any strange elevation changes there? Have you changed the ground textures in that area? Do you use the standard Bing Maps or inject Earth Maps? Depending upon the answers, I will know the next steps for resolution. Good luck.
@@patriotsix5880 Hi there, I’m using adk throughout, I put runways in first then excluded buildings followed by polygon texture for grassed areas, no taxiways yet. The airfield is 855 feet above sea level but when I created the airfield I did put this in the creation screen. Using map in msfs. Regards Dave
@@Balistic_Buddy Okay. The changes you made should not give you the effect you are experiencing. One thing we can do is I can try it and see what result I get. But we have to communicate beyond UA-cam chat. If you use Facebook, I have a scenery group there, and here is the link to the FB page. facebook.com/groups/788136852324508 If you do not use Facebook, the next step would be to communicate via email.
Welcome, and thanks for watching. I am not familiar with Unity so you will have to educate me. Through a search, I found Unity 3-D development. Is that what you are referring to? With me asking you questions it is reasonable to assume I am not going to be helpful in this area. 😊MSAFS SDK has its limitations. You can certainly import 3D objects into the sim but all imported objects run through Blender. I don't know how you reverse the process.
@@williamhiciano394 Ha! That may be too simple for me. 😊You don't make maps in SDK you add objects and textures with GPS coordinates so the appear where you want them to appear. My mind goes a couple of directions with this question so I am unsure what you want to accomplish. Tell me exactly what you want to happen so I can understand.
Hi. Thank you very much for the tutorial. I have one problem, my runway is transparent no matter what I do. I uncheck "Ground merging" as well and I change the material but my runway does not cover the base textures and stays transparent. Any recommendations?
Thanks for watching. A transparent runway is not unusual while your PC is dividing the system's resources in Developer Mode. It happens to me also but I have a hotrod PC so normally I can see a portion of the texture. Maybe not the entire runway but a part of the runway. If the runway is transparent after you build the package and in normal mode, that is another matter. I expect that the runway will be visible once you build the package and close Developer. Somthing to try. You can build the package, close the project, and open the project back up and continue work. This may allow you to see the runway as you work.
@@patriotsix5880 Thank you very much for your guidance. I almost gave up yesterday but at the last moment before cancelling the project I decided to give it another shot and today it's working the way it is supposed to be. Much more complicated process than I thought, tough. :)
@@BogacErkan Don't give up. If it doesn't work, it almost always a small step or so you missed. It will eventually sink in and you will find it is not that hard. Good luck.
Hello, Gio. Your system needs to prioritize the material during the build phase. But it is not. However, you can run a test. You can add the runway, build the package, and add the package to the community folder. And then, you can restart the simulator and see how it appears loaded in. If you are testing materials, I know this is a problem if you can't see the material and are not set on a particular material. Testing materials this way will take a lot of work. If you use this method, remove the test package from the community folder. You can also zoom in closer to the runway and see if the material loads in. I do not have this problem, so I am thinking of workarounds. This is a more straightforward approach. If the airport is in an area with many objects to load, you can temporarily move the runway to a remote location to test the runway textures. If you are set on the material type, as long as it loads in the simulator after the final build, you should be fine. I am tossing up all of these solutions because I do not have this issue and have not worked through the problem myself. Please let me know how this works out for you.
I am trying to build a runway using the SDK editor. Can assist with this error message? "[Scenery] Airport object too far from Airport. Try to increase object test radius." I have been following the youtube step by step, restarted from the beginning and have had the same error message twice? Any suggestions? Yes I have tried enlarging the Object Test Radius
I can help you, friend. This is a newer, shorter, and better version. The problem is the airport coordinates. This quick tutorial will set you on the right path. I should make the video you watched obsolete, but there are good techniques in this video that I have yet to redo. Please let me know how it goes, but this should get you out of your jam. After that, I will watch to see if you still need help. Good luck. ua-cam.com/video/R-wbF-l7K1E/v-deo.html
I am stumped, I have done everythng as it says in the video, but for some reason when i load into the game, with the files in community it doesn't show me anything at all ingame. no airport shows up. no new ICAO on the search bar... can't figure it out. everything is visible from the editor but not ingame.
Okay, let me think. You said you placed the"files" in the community folder. Are you referring to the package as the file you put in the community folder, or do you place the entire scenery folder into the community folder? After you do the work, do you save the scenery and build the final package? It takes two package builds, the initial build to start the work and the final package build to include the changes. By the way, could you maintain all of your completed scenery files? You can always come back later and make changes. Could you remove the old package from the community folder and replace it with the new one? I recommend removing the package before you start to make changes. Leaving the old package in the community folder while making changes will not do any harm, but if you are moving or deleting an object, the old object will not change because everything is doubled. It will confuse you. I can't think of anything else at this time. If you need help, please don't hesitate to let me know. There are limits to what can be solved through UA-cam chat. If you do Facebook, you are welcome to join the FB group. Help is easier when you can share images and screenshots. Also, plenty of folks are there besides me to help get you out of the rut. facebook.com/groups/788136852324508
@@patriotsix5880 from the community folder side of things, the files I'm referring to is the package from the SDK folder, the files inside the folder I noticed only include the content info and scenery folders, without any JSON files present. I have joined the Facebook group and will post on there tonight when I get home from work, I can share more with you there :)
@@2iguysgaming Good deal. If this is your first time building scenery. I highly recommend you go through this video. It will give you the basics that you need. It would be nice if the UA-cam algorithm was sophisticated enough to point new folks to the best content for their adventure, but that is different from how it works. ua-cam.com/video/MXPL0n0kA_4/v-deo.html
@@patriotsix5880 I've watched a few in an attempt to make my airport work, but I must be missing something early in the process. Once I get a chance to start a new project from scratch and try to build it I'll see if it works. One question I have; my airport does show up in my content library in my game, but shows uninstalled. Does this mean anything or is it normal?
What is it doing? Is it loading in the sim but not loading all of the objects? What kind of objects are not loading. I have a bunch of questions but that is how it goes when you are trying to solve an issue in UA-cam chat.
Well, after overcoming this sorrow phase I noticed I was using a pdf tutorial from an old version of the sdk, I didn't know about this initial step of building the package from the inspector, the editor was saving the lines of the objects in the xml but it didn't made the output to bgl, I had to redo the scenery but it was your video that really helped me understand, thanks man
Greetings. Thanks for watching. SDK has changed since this video was made. You can find a newer video on basics to get you started, and then you can taxi back to this video. ua-cam.com/video/MXPL0n0kA_4/v-deo.html
Was it invisible while in edit mode? If so, this sometimes happens as SDK uses resources and limits visible objects. Particularly runway textures. I see this each time I build an airport, but once the package is created, the runway is visible as it should be. I have also visually seen the closest part of the runway texture, while the most distant part is not visible. It is time to worry if you do not see the runway after completing the package.
Hi just starting. Have followed the video so far. Have opened the developer camera. The camera is not responding to the A D F R etc Only responds to the alt Left mouse Please can you help ?
Hi Geoff. Thanks for watching. I have dealt with this in the past. The developer camera "piggy backs" off of the in-sim Drone Camera controls, and as such - if you have edited the controls for the drone camera in the sim, it will also change how the dev camera behaves. The keyboard controls in the video are the default controls. Have you edited the hotkeys for the drone? If so, that is the issue with the developer camera, and you will also have to use the newly assigned keys on the developer camera. Please let me know how it goes.
Hi still having problems. Have tried to find the conflict with the drone camera. I need to find out more about hot keys , have used custom flight with pause and overhead camera but it’s hit and miss and labour intensive. Managed to build airfield and runway. Moderately pleased. 😊
@@geoffelks204 I am sorry about that Geoff. I have given you all of the information I know about the camera. I even did a search to see if I am missing something but I did not learn anything new. I believe what you are experiencing is not what most experience or there would be more information available. If you need, we can set a time and get on Discord and let me see you work. Maybe I will see something that will help.
Hi. Have been using the drone camera from a nearby airfield. I works well I now have a runway with markings. I have started with polygons changing the housing estate buildings for object buildings from the airport choices. Have Learned a lot from your tutorial and by diving in to the various menus. This airfield was disused since WW2 it was the departure point for Glen Miller the musician when he disappeared. Need to camouflage paint the buildings. The bing scenery randomly changes from the “Twinwood “ festival to ploughed field. Don’t understand why. Thank you so much for your help you are a hero.
@@danielstead6593 Thanks Daniel. Tell me what kind of edits you want to make at existing airports. The possibilities are many. The more I know, the more I know what to do in the video. if you want, you can join the The Patriot Six Facebbok group and from there you can direct message me. Or if you are not a facebook person, you can email me directly. Both links are below. facebook.com/groups/788136852324508 patriotsix9677@comcast.net
@@patriotsix5880 Hi thanks, ill join that group soon. I just want to modify my local airport by making the runway wider and make it darker. Add a few missing hangers and change ground grass textures(grass runway shorter than other grass in airfield) main runway is tarmac. Many thanks and I've been watching your videos slowly to make sure you haven't covered it before. Thanks
Thanks for watching. The Wizard still exists. When you select a new project on the Project editor, it will pop up. There is a newer video on this if you need it. The SDK has changed some from this video. ua-cam.com/video/R-wbF-l7K1E/v-deo.html
@@patriotsix5880 Thanks for all of your tutorials they have helped me out a lot creating a fictional airport. If you don't mind some advice, since you have so many tutorials, make a playlist of how to start from the beginning of creating a folder/getting started, and separate videos on other things. I needed to figure out how to remove trees and it took forever to get to that part. Like 1m videos on how to remove trees, 1m video on how to remove water, 1m video on how to terra form, etc. Thanks for all of your help.
@@therealpoody7485 This might be helpful. If you look at the description under the video (all of my videos), tick the "...more" button; all videos are neatly laid out in chapters so folks can select what they want to see if they only need to learn a few tasks. Removing trees and water is the same action. The only difference is which box you check on the properties window. Water or vegetation. It's the same process. It will click in your head. It takes a little practice, and you will be off and running. I learn the task on almost all my videos and immediately make the video. In other words, a lot of what I demonstrate is after one dry run. Once you get the very basics down, you can figure it out. At least it works for me, and I am not special. 😃
Hi Richy. The community folder is like another other folder. You tick on it to open. Are you asking for the folder location? It varies depending on the drive you installed MSFS on and the version. The most common location is C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community I recommend creating a shortcut to the CF on the desktop. I hope that helps.
Thanks! I've tried to follow several tutorials prior to finding yours. I never was able to build an airport. One try with your detailed instructions and I've finally had success.
That is good to hear. When making a video, I try to remember my learning and connect the dots of understanding.
Patriot awesme video you far way better than anyone in youtube try to do an airport Good job man
Thanks. It seems impossible but I will take a compliment. 😁😁
Like everyone else has already already said, you do the absolute best tutorials. I certainly wish others would take the same time and patience, you do, in doing their presentation. Thanks nks so much for your time and effort!
Awe, man. Thank you. That is a very nice compliment.
Patriot! Awesome video!! can't wait for more in this series. I love the way you speak simply and directly. Thank You!!!
Thanks. Part two and part three is up. Here is part 2 ua-cam.com/video/kYBnZlAyF8s/v-deo.html Here is part 3 ua-cam.com/video/fWlonNfOj6U/v-deo.html I will start part 4 soon after the holiday tomorrow.
I'm more versed with computers than most and this tutorial was still a breath of fresh air. Super helpful to anyone who is new to all of this. It's also worth mentioning since its an issue I ran into; install the SDK on the same drive the game is on. If you don't, your PC memory will skyrocket and drive activity on both drives will max out grinding your PC to a laggy halt. Its especially bad if you have an SSD trying to talk to an HDD like in my case.
Great advice, and thank you for the kind words.
Hi I searched every video on UA-cam and watched yours and you have the best instructions bar none.
I followed your instructions and using the sdk samples I created an airport with ease.
I fly on FSE and LGAT in Greece is not in Msfs but when you spawn to the location on the world map the airport is in the scenery with yellow crosses on the runways. All I did was follow your instructions up to ICAO code. I built the package. Then put the package in community folder. Not only is LGAT now in the index but I can start at parking spots and on the existing runways start bars without the need to add them.
Big thanks.
Thank you for the nice comments. I am happy I was able to help. If you are interested I have a great community on Facebook where we all share opinions and help each other solve difficult situations. Everybody pitches in and helps. You can find the community at facebook.com/groups/788136852324508 Good luck and happy flying and scenery building.
First of all, thank you very much. And then, I am looking forward to the following teachings.😀
You are welcome. I will be on the next videos right away. It takes several hours for UA-cam to process after uploading. Sometimes up to 24 hours. Stay tuned.
I haven't finished watching, but I will. I just want to say you are very good at this, very good flow and very clear. Thank you
Thank you. If you only knew how much has to be repeated to get one good sentence. 😃
Super Informational! I was figuring out why my inspector wasn't working and you delivered!
Thank you. I like delivering.
IT WORKS NO WAY!! Ive tried 4.6e+72 other tutorials this is amazing thank youuuuu
Yes! It does work. Thanks for watching.
Thank you very much. An easy to follow tutorial that I enjoyed.
You are welcome.
Thank you so much for this updated easy to follow video series Pat6. Liked and subscribed!
Thank you, sir. I have recently added Parts 2, 3, and 4. I am contemplating Part 5, adding Comm. It will be my first attempt to add airport Comm if I pull it off. The method seems to be clunky and complicated so I am working to find the most intuitive approach.
thank you soo much i'm going to fix my home airport
Good luck. It will be a bit different as you have to edit an existing airport instead of creating a new airport but the process after that is the same.
Thank you so much bro！！！！ really awesome video for new airport developer！！Thank u again bro!
You are welcome. I am glad it helps.
Hello. I saw your video and maybey you can help me out. A member of our flightsim club is building me a privat airport in msfs2020 that he did for other members as well. Now the problem is that de ILS is showing up in my g1000 as an VOR. Instead of ILS. I read on a website that the ILS frequenties are from 108.00 to 112. and the VOR from 108.00 to 117.95. 108 to 112 is the range for the glideslope. My airport has the freq 115.20 and 115.40. So I asked him to change that into 111.20 - 111.40. Just for trying. He did that but unfortunately it didn't help. It stil behaves as a VOR. Do you have any idea about what to do? We are desperate. On the other privat airports it is the same issue. The VOR is at startup pointing to the west. So I dial my course to 227º (the course of the runway) and the neadle turns in the right direction. But because it is behaving like a VOR there is no glideslope. I hope you can help us. Kind Regards, Tonny
Wow, thank you so much!
You are welcome
Wow, what luck to find your video. Up until now I thought you always have to use this outdated AFCAD tool from MSFX, but I guess you can make changes to airports with the built-in tools as you showed. Can I please ask you something? I am not really into building a whole new airport, but I would like to change some things which annoy me at existing airports. There is one airport, where there are tall trees right before the runways (there are also not there in real life) and hinder me to land there without problems. Is there an easy way to get rid of these trees? Bonus question: Is there also a way to make changes to taxiways or rather the paths AI planes take, because that is also most often wrong? Thanks!!!!
Thanks for watching.
If this is your first time, you can watch this video to learn to use the tools. ua-cam.com/video/MXPL0n0kA_4/v-deo.html
Question 1: Yes, and it is easy. You do not have to modify the airport to remove trees. See ua-cam.com/video/EKZu1Nivuec/v-deo.html
Question 2: You can edit an airport and only change taxiways. I would start this video and do the preliminary work, and if you want to skip ahead to taxiways, you can find chapters in the description below by ticking the more button. ua-cam.com/video/7010EirtEQc/v-deo.html
Don'tPlease don't worry about making a mistake and ruining the airport. All of your work is confined to a scenery folder, and with a simple delete, all will return to normal. You cannot do permanent damage.
Good luck and happy scenery-building
P6.
Watching this because I want to build NAS Whidbey Island, since there isn’t any on marketplace or anywhere else
If it isn't helpful, I have a newer version of this video. ua-cam.com/video/UlWiAbhersg/v-deo.html
thank you very much
You are welcome. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the super good videos!!! Even if it's not easy for me with poor English skills. One question please, is there a picture preview for all materials like hangars and more. Is there a PDF to download somewhere? Thank you very much and I clicked the subscription.
Thanks for watching. I use closed captioning but I never know how that may translate into another language since we all have different communication techniques. To answer your question; unfortunately, there are not any previews that I have ever found. I know it is a chore since there are so many items to choose from. I have made so many packages that I have certain items in my memory. What I normally suggest to those starting to build scenery is when you come across a nice item you might use at another time, make a note of the item name to recall later. Sorry, I can't offer more help but it is that way for all of us. You have to learn by trying. Good luck. If there are any suggestions on where I can make the videos better for those that do not speak English, please let me know.
great video thanks the best on youtube
Thank you. Happy scenery building.
Thanks for the tutorials. The issue I am having now is how do I go about changing the name of my new airport, without having to redo the whole airport, because I am extremely happy with the airport, but I want to change the name. Is there a way to do this?
The only way to do it is to edit a few XML files. If you are up for that, I will find out how many XML files need to be edited. I know for certain the top-level XML file must be edited, and so will the XML with all of the objects in it and the XML in PackageDefinitions. It is doable,, but a bit tedious. With testing, the results may be predictable. So, I would back up each XML if something fails.
Hi there,
Great tutorial, my issue though is that when landing on my runway the aircraft sinks into the runway?
Where am I going wrong in my development stage?
Cheers
Let's make sure I fully understand the issue. Your plane sinks into the runway. Okay, that is easy. I assume this is a runway you added through SDK. Right? Is the entire runway built with SDK? Are there any strange elevation changes there? Have you changed the ground textures in that area? Do you use the standard Bing Maps or inject Earth Maps? Depending upon the answers, I will know the next steps for resolution. Good luck.
@@patriotsix5880
Hi there,
I’m using adk throughout, I put runways in first then excluded buildings followed by polygon texture for grassed areas, no taxiways yet. The airfield is 855 feet above sea level but when I created the airfield I did put this in the creation screen.
Using map in msfs.
Regards
Dave
@@Balistic_Buddy Okay. The changes you made should not give you the effect you are experiencing. One thing we can do is I can try it and see what result I get. But we have to communicate beyond UA-cam chat. If you use Facebook, I have a scenery group there, and here is the link to the FB page. facebook.com/groups/788136852324508 If you do not use Facebook, the next step would be to communicate via email.
new sub here, one question, can i create a map and exported to something like unity?
Welcome, and thanks for watching. I am not familiar with Unity so you will have to educate me. Through a search, I found Unity 3-D development. Is that what you are referring to? With me asking you questions it is reasonable to assume I am not going to be helpful in this area. 😊MSAFS SDK has its limitations. You can certainly import 3D objects into the sim but all imported objects run through Blender. I don't know how you reverse the process.
@@patriotsix5880 i see thanks for the reply bro, but to simplify the question, can the maps donde in the sdk be exported elsewere?
@@williamhiciano394 Ha! That may be too simple for me. 😊You don't make maps in SDK you add objects and textures with GPS coordinates so the appear where you want them to appear. My mind goes a couple of directions with this question so I am unsure what you want to accomplish. Tell me exactly what you want to happen so I can understand.
Im on Xbox. So when I get a pc to play MFS. I will use dev node to create airport for the first time
Good luck with that. If you are the type that likes to be creative, you will enjoy building scenery.
Hi. Thank you very much for the tutorial. I have one problem, my runway is transparent no matter what I do. I uncheck "Ground merging" as well and I change the material but my runway does not cover the base textures and stays transparent. Any recommendations?
Thanks for watching. A transparent runway is not unusual while your PC is dividing the system's resources in Developer Mode. It happens to me also but I have a hotrod PC so normally I can see a portion of the texture. Maybe not the entire runway but a part of the runway. If the runway is transparent after you build the package and in normal mode, that is another matter. I expect that the runway will be visible once you build the package and close Developer. Somthing to try. You can build the package, close the project, and open the project back up and continue work. This may allow you to see the runway as you work.
@@patriotsix5880 Thank you very much for your guidance. I almost gave up yesterday but at the last moment before cancelling the project I decided to give it another shot and today it's working the way it is supposed to be. Much more complicated process than I thought, tough. :)
@@BogacErkan Don't give up. If it doesn't work, it almost always a small step or so you missed. It will eventually sink in and you will find it is not that hard. Good luck.
Thank you very much for your encouragement @@patriotsix5880
hi, first off thanks for this awesome video, I have a strange problem, no matter what I do the runway asphalt doest appear, it only shows grass
Hello, Gio. Your system needs to prioritize the material during the build phase. But it is not. However, you can run a test. You can add the runway, build the package, and add the package to the community folder. And then, you can restart the simulator and see how it appears loaded in. If you are testing materials, I know this is a problem if you can't see the material and are not set on a particular material. Testing materials this way will take a lot of work. If you use this method, remove the test package from the community folder. You can also zoom in closer to the runway and see if the material loads in. I do not have this problem, so I am thinking of workarounds. This is a more straightforward approach. If the airport is in an area with many objects to load, you can temporarily move the runway to a remote location to test the runway textures. If you are set on the material type, as long as it loads in the simulator after the final build, you should be fine. I am tossing up all of these solutions because I do not have this issue and have not worked through the problem myself. Please let me know how this works out for you.
@@patriotsix5880 thank you so much! This helped, I can see the runway now
@@Gio0317 That is good news. Continuing building and creating. It keeps the brain young.
I am trying to build a runway using the SDK editor. Can assist with this error message? "[Scenery] Airport object too far from Airport. Try to increase object test radius." I have been following the youtube step by step, restarted from the beginning and have had the same error message twice? Any suggestions? Yes I have tried enlarging the Object Test Radius
I must have missed a step - just not sure where . . .
I can help you, friend. This is a newer, shorter, and better version. The problem is the airport coordinates. This quick tutorial will set you on the right path. I should make the video you watched obsolete, but there are good techniques in this video that I have yet to redo.
Please let me know how it goes, but this should get you out of your jam. After that, I will watch to see if you still need help. Good luck.
ua-cam.com/video/R-wbF-l7K1E/v-deo.html
@@patriotsix5880 thank you. See how I go.
I am stumped, I have done everythng as it says in the video, but for some reason when i load into the game, with the files in community it doesn't show me anything at all ingame. no airport shows up. no new ICAO on the search bar... can't figure it out. everything is visible from the editor but not ingame.
Okay, let me think.
You said you placed the"files" in the community folder. Are you referring to the package as the file you put in the community folder, or do you place the entire scenery folder into the community folder?
After you do the work, do you save the scenery and build the final package? It takes two package builds, the initial build to start the work and the final package build to include the changes. By the way, could you maintain all of your completed scenery files? You can always come back later and make changes. Could you remove the old package from the community folder and replace it with the new one? I recommend removing the package before you start to make changes. Leaving the old package in the community folder while making changes will not do any harm, but if you are moving or deleting an object, the old object will not change because everything is doubled. It will confuse you.
I can't think of anything else at this time. If you need help, please don't hesitate to let me know. There are limits to what can be solved through UA-cam chat. If you do Facebook, you are welcome to join the FB group. Help is easier when you can share images and screenshots. Also, plenty of folks are there besides me to help get you out of the rut. facebook.com/groups/788136852324508
@@patriotsix5880 from the community folder side of things, the files I'm referring to is the package from the SDK folder, the files inside the folder I noticed only include the content info and scenery folders, without any JSON files present.
I have joined the Facebook group and will post on there tonight when I get home from work, I can share more with you there :)
@@2iguysgaming Good deal. If this is your first time building scenery. I highly recommend you go through this video. It will give you the basics that you need. It would be nice if the UA-cam algorithm was sophisticated enough to point new folks to the best content for their adventure, but that is different from how it works. ua-cam.com/video/MXPL0n0kA_4/v-deo.html
@@patriotsix5880 I've watched a few in an attempt to make my airport work, but I must be missing something early in the process. Once I get a chance to start a new project from scratch and try to build it I'll see if it works.
One question I have; my airport does show up in my content library in my game, but shows uninstalled. Does this mean anything or is it normal?
I made my first airport from scratch took the whole afternoon and was perfect, and now its not loading the xml with all the objects, i wanna di3
What is it doing? Is it loading in the sim but not loading all of the objects? What kind of objects are not loading. I have a bunch of questions but that is how it goes when you are trying to solve an issue in UA-cam chat.
Well, after overcoming this sorrow phase I noticed I was using a pdf tutorial from an old version of the sdk, I didn't know about this initial step of building the package from the inspector, the editor was saving the lines of the objects in the xml but it didn't made the output to bgl, I had to redo the scenery but it was your video that really helped me understand, thanks man
i dont have samples in my sdk folder
Greetings. Thanks for watching. SDK has changed since this video was made. You can find a newer video on basics to get you started, and then you can taxi back to this video. ua-cam.com/video/MXPL0n0kA_4/v-deo.html
When I inserted the runway, it remained invisible, is there anyway to fix this?
Was it invisible while in edit mode? If so, this sometimes happens as SDK uses resources and limits visible objects. Particularly runway textures. I see this each time I build an airport, but once the package is created, the runway is visible as it should be. I have also visually seen the closest part of the runway texture, while the most distant part is not visible. It is time to worry if you do not see the runway after completing the package.
@@patriotsix5880I was in edit mode when it happened, I’ll continue my airport now. Great video!
@@DefiniteFan3067 It happens to me too. Drive through the smoke. You'll be okay. 😃
Hi just starting. Have followed the video so far. Have opened the developer camera.
The camera is not responding to the A D F R etc Only responds to the alt Left mouse
Please can you help ?
Hi Geoff. Thanks for watching. I have dealt with this in the past. The developer camera "piggy backs" off of the in-sim Drone Camera controls, and as such - if you have edited the controls for the drone camera in the sim, it will also change how the dev camera behaves. The keyboard controls in the video are the default controls. Have you edited the hotkeys for the drone? If so, that is the issue with the developer camera, and you will also have to use the newly assigned keys on the developer camera. Please let me know how it goes.
Ok thanks Will try later today uk
Hi still having problems. Have tried to find the conflict with the drone camera. I need to find out more about hot keys , have used custom flight with pause and overhead camera but it’s hit and miss and labour intensive. Managed to build airfield and runway.
Moderately pleased. 😊
@@geoffelks204 I am sorry about that Geoff. I have given you all of the information I know about the camera. I even did a search to see if I am missing something but I did not learn anything new. I believe what you are experiencing is not what most experience or there would be more information available. If you need, we can set a time and get on Discord and let me see you work. Maybe I will see something that will help.
Hi. Have been using the drone camera from a nearby airfield. I works well I now have a runway with markings. I have started with polygons changing the housing estate buildings for object buildings from the airport choices. Have
Learned a lot from your tutorial and by diving in to the various menus.
This airfield was disused since WW2 it was the departure point for Glen Miller the musician when he disappeared.
Need to camouflage paint the buildings. The bing scenery randomly changes from the “Twinwood “ festival to ploughed field.
Don’t understand why. Thank you so much for your help you are a hero.
Please, PLEASE,
How to edit an airport that's already there in the sim?
I will add that to my list. It may be a week or so with all the holiday stuff going on. Thanks for watching.
@@patriotsix5880 Yes please would be really helpful! Just subbed
@@danielstead6593 Thanks Daniel. Tell me what kind of edits you want to make at existing airports. The possibilities are many. The more I know, the more I know what to do in the video. if you want, you can join the The Patriot Six Facebbok group and from there you can direct message me. Or if you are not a facebook person, you can email me directly. Both links are below.
facebook.com/groups/788136852324508
patriotsix9677@comcast.net
@@patriotsix5880 Hi thanks, ill join that group soon. I just want to modify my local airport by making the runway wider and make it darker. Add a few missing hangers and change ground grass textures(grass runway shorter than other grass in airfield) main runway is tarmac. Many thanks and I've been watching your videos slowly to make sure you haven't covered it before. Thanks
@@danielstead6593 I understand. That gives me an idea of what to cover. Give me a few days and I will take care of the video.
Does this wizard not exist anymore?
Thanks for watching. The Wizard still exists. When you select a new project on the Project editor, it will pop up. There is a newer video on this if you need it. The SDK has changed some from this video. ua-cam.com/video/R-wbF-l7K1E/v-deo.html
@@patriotsix5880 Thanks for all of your tutorials they have helped me out a lot creating a fictional airport.
If you don't mind some advice, since you have so many tutorials, make a playlist of how to start from the beginning of creating a folder/getting started, and separate videos on other things.
I needed to figure out how to remove trees and it took forever to get to that part. Like 1m videos on how to remove trees, 1m video on how to remove water, 1m video on how to terra form, etc.
Thanks for all of your help.
@@therealpoody7485 This might be helpful. If you look at the description under the video (all of my videos), tick the "...more" button; all videos are neatly laid out in chapters so folks can select what they want to see if they only need to learn a few tasks. Removing trees and water is the same action. The only difference is which box you check on the properties window. Water or vegetation. It's the same process. It will click in your head. It takes a little practice, and you will be off and running. I learn the task on almost all my videos and immediately make the video. In other words, a lot of what I demonstrate is after one dry run. Once you get the very basics down, you can figure it out. At least it works for me, and I am not special. 😃
bro how do u open the community folder?????
Hi Richy. The community folder is like another other folder. You tick on it to open. Are you asking for the folder location? It varies depending on the drive you installed MSFS on and the version. The most common location is C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community I recommend creating a shortcut to the CF on the desktop. I hope that helps.
@@patriotsix5880 ok tysm im gonna try rn
@@patriotsix5880 its a problem if i dont actually have it
@@richy582 If you have trouble, let me know. I will do what I can to help.
ok@@patriotsix5880