0:00 Intro 3:28 Enabling Developer Mode & SDK Install 4:06 Prepare & Export your Model from SketchUp 4:46 Import Model Into And Working With Blender 13:06 Exporting to the game 15:20 Adding Your Model to the Developer Mode 18:43 Opening your project and creating a Package 21:52 Prepping your images for the SDK 25:06 Loading and Installing your Package Build 27:30 Adding and working with your model in Developer Mode View 32:12 Removing Existing Structures / Buildings 35:00 Building and testing your final package for game 40:30 Adding Lights to your scenery 42:20 Outro
I just installed the Sydney Harbour bridge excellent build works much better than the previous version i had, I'm going to attempt the Anzac bridge using your video
@@ImpulseSimulations This is complicated, but you make a good video, well edited for continuity and clarity. The SDK is, believe it or not, well thought out. For example: depending on what you just changed, it will do only what it needs to do to put that change in. What are the different levels of changes and how does it handle them. What are the dependencies? Your video is from five months ago, so they have changed some things. Can you put all your experience to date together to understand the underlying design philosophy? You are apparently quite analytical. I'm trying to do the same thing while I'm locked down here on the other side of the planet (New York) with nothing else to do. We'll never get a good manual from whomever wrote the software; I know that from experience - I always got someone else to write the manual for software I created. Asobo is up to their ears with other stuff, so it's up to us to help here; they don't make their money from scenery developers. I'm working on using the UI "New Project" and not relying on just messing with some Scenery Simple example file not knowing why I'm doing whatever I'm doing. I'm beginning to get somewhere, but I can't do it alone. Keep up the good work. And thanks again for this video.
@@ImpulseSimulations Yes they do, wow that's full on though. I found some of the Google ones are good, but that's singular ones zoomed right in. For larger areas you can't capture as high fidelity.
@@mitchsaviation2630 If you watch the video vLegion explains it is not uploaded yet, but this is where it will be when it is: flightsim.to/c/scenery/scenery
Awesome work mate, I knew when I saw this could be done there would be a talented local spark out there to do us proud 😊 I'm glad you are from Melb (did I get that right?) so Melbs will get the love it deserves 😁
ty! im already working as an 3d artist for 8 years. and i relly love the flightsim 2020 :D so i want to learn how to do that and build airports from germany and also scenery
@@ImpulseSimulations do i need to work with sketchup? i mean i could model everything in blender 3d since that is my mainsoftware and then i coud export it for the msfs right?
+1 vLegion_ - Thanks so much for this tutorial! WOW this looks like a much better approach than the frustrating chaotic madness trying to create scenery for X-Plane. Soon I'll transfer my custom "handcrafted" airport terminal building, etc., for my local airport here in Thailand from X-Plane. Congratulations you just got a new subscriber. 👍😁👍
Hey mate, nice video! Very helpful. I wanted to ask why not just model the bridge in Blender? Looks like going via Sketchup leads to a bit of faffing around with relinking textures.
Most of the Asian countries and Australia was not modeled well tho... when i fly to Europe they placed each details but when it comes to Asia looks like wasn’t touched at all Such a shame.. it seemed that we would not need any addon or scenery configuration and you’ll find your house but no it didn’t happen as they said I couldn’t find my house:) .. like a loose end :/ I hope somethings would change with each update and the people like you are so precious coz modeling and placing it in the simulator is such a hard work tho Thanks so much😊
That's a complicated project due to the size and shape of the bridge but fair play for going for it. To use the polygon tool I understand you hold down left control and left click to create each point that you want on the polygon, and double click to close it. Then from the menu you can delete everything inside it. For anyone that has tried to add scenery and finds that it is not appearing in the Sim, make sure you don't have more than one community folder, for instance I installed via steam onto my D drive and my community folder is there. If I drop stuff into my C/community folder it doesn't appear in the Sim. HTH.
28:33 Use the keybinds much more intuitive especially if you naturally rest your fingers near wasd, the keys are w e and r w for move gizmo e for rotate and r for scale
Brilliant video, explaining a difficult subject so even I can understand. But tell me how do you decided on a size in Sketchup. I draw architectural models for pre construction visuals, so I'm eager to try this on some buildings in my own areas,
Thanks for this! Quick question: How do I go about creating multiple projects? It seems, when I try adding a new model to the old one, it doubles it. Also, texture get mixed up.
Someone should make a program or script to take OSM data to rebuild certain things. In my locations (east coast USA) there's a distinct lack of water towers, radio towers and other typical VFR markers where they should be. If I had programming skills I'd love to make an app that took OSM data (like "search for water towers") and at least put some sort of generic models in place. Could also be used for minor airports that aren't modeled well. You could search for specific items like "hangers" "Buildings" "fences" "towers" etc and have it use generic models to rebuild the scenery. Only issue is that then you are using your own data and not the streamed data, which means disk space...
Great work and thanks for taking the time to do this. Quick question: Is there a quick way of switching out/upgrading duplicate models without having to replace them one by one? I'm thinking of a find a replace on the xml to reference an updated model.
@@ImpulseSimulations say for example you place a series of house objects titled housetype1, housetype2,etc and want to replace the models with upgraded one. Do you have to delete and place each model again? Or can you just switch out the models by putting a new one in the model folder and rebuilding?
Thank you for doing this tutorial. I do have a question I cant seem to get an answer to. When I create something in Blender and bring it into Flight Sim, it spawns only when I get fairly close. If I bring a google map object into Blender then go from Blender to Flight sim, it spawns when I am far away which is what I want. Would you know how I can make something created in Blender will spawn from far away. I dont mean something as big as a bridge but a smaller building or house. In my test I see other buildings starting very small in the distance but mine ,unless its pretty large, pops into the scene when I get near it and that drives me crazy. I cant seem to find an answer anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.
Hello my friend, how delete or xclude the defoult parkings to set a new one?, i´m trying deleting all arrivals, all departures, all jetways....almost all in the airport propierties, nothing work. Need to set and put a new ones as a cargo or heavies without make a entire airport. A little help, tks in advance.
I see in other tutorials people making 'texture sheets' for their textures. You save yours as individual textures, is this ok to do or does it affect the performance?
FSX was released with a correctly rendered MCG. It was a late incorporation, but it is there, as are Melbourne Central, Flinders St Station, and two other well crafted models. Is there any way that those already produced models could be exported from the FSX default scenery, and made usable in MSFS2020? Would save some time and effort.
Got my custom objects showing and placed in the dev mode but when I build then place them in the 'community' folder and start the sim they are not showing? Any ideas chaps?
@@ImpulseSimulations All sorted now. My fault I had the folder structure wrong! Dohhh! Yeah I have made a number of airfields(Mainl;y UK ones) for X-Plane 11 and found it easier to do than MSFS lol
I have downloaded and installed as per directions to anzac mick below, only westgate loads. There was no default xml file in my folder, I have steam version and it is loaded into sep.SSD drive. Other scenery from MSFS addons and Flightsim.to all work in community dir without any xml file. Interestingly the other locations show up as names under dev mode menu, just won't load as scenery, Sydney harbour bridge also no load. Can't find any other xml file that may apply.
due to my models being handcrafted they're higher poly than most of the ones coming out which may be the cause. Download via here: flightsim.to/file/206/australia-scenery-v1-0 Update the code in your XML with the one in my files just add the lines
@@ImpulseSimulations Hi, I used those ones, only westgate seems to load. There is no xml in directory, never was one..the snippet you provided seems only partial, no headers or closing syntax. It makes no difference if the one you provided is in there or not, still only westgate loads. As I said other ones from sources all load without xml file in that directory, one was all of Brisbane, so size seems no problem.
@@dougaldhendrick3497 Ripped models from google earth will load as they're very low poly. My code doesn't contain headers because it's not to replace your existing, it's to be added. you will find the file in above in your default directory
@@ImpulseSimulations Thanks for responding, I don't think it is a size issue, the brisbane one is massive, all of it loads. As I said, there is NO xml file in my directory, never was one. All other models load with NO xml in directory, so I am wondering if your models internally reference something required in my non existant xml file. Do you know if the packaged models can be loaded from Dev interface, or is it only the pre packaged raw stuff, ie before packing as community models.
@@dougaldhendrick3497 difference is that these ones you're talking about have been ripped from google earth. and in doing so they only have one texture You will have a content.xml file we all do, it's made for the games base content. It will be in the folder above community etc
I made a Brisbane Story bridge asset loaded fine but when i put it in the commuinty folder it doesnt load in. I'll have to start the project again using this guide. Thanks!
If you still dont know wher to find good scenery go to flightsim.to many own created scenery can be found ther with country search its a great job the community did in building up so many cities in fs 2020 wher buildings are missing the modders are the best better than asobo thanks to them we get a flightsim what is worth playing
Polygon tool is easy. Use left control and click to draw the poly. The rest is the same as the rectangle. Now I just need MSFS not to crash every time I click save on the project editor... :\
Having cars driving across the bridge, does that also work if you add a bridge where fs2020 doesn't think there is already one? I.e. I'm trying to understand if the cars on your bridge are there because they are already mapped out in fs2020 to go via the route that the bridge has above it?
Probably an obvious question but not sure how to import the model into Sketchup Pro. I downloaded the Australia Scenery but the program will only open 'sketchup' files. Apologies in advance as I am new to this, and have only limited exposure to modelling.
@@ImpulseSimulations So I can just install your files directly into the game directory then as I imagine those files I downloaded have already been set-up through blender etc? Thanks for your help.
@@ImpulseSimulations cheers bro. These models are awesome, great job! Looking forward to your future projects. I wonder if anyone is working on models for Brisbane?
Excellent video. I can't get any of the addons to show up tho. Lots of other addons work fine. Just copied each folder to the Community folder as usual. They show up in the Virtual List, but not during flight.
The addons in blender? as for not showing during flight. I suggest that you make sure that once it is placed and you click save scenery make sure you do the following build and copy that package of the other.
@@ImpulseSimulations No No, I mean the scenery folders in the Australia Pack. I mistakenly thought they were ready to go. I guess we now have to "place" them in the scenery as per your video. The Australia Pack contains Assets, not ready to go sceneries. Or am I mistaken?
@@smoothchat3933 The files are ready for the game that I have finished, make sure that they're taking out of my sceneries folder. they need to go into the community folder individually.
@@ImpulseSimulations Thanks mate. I am confident that I am doing it right. I have managed to get the Westgate working on one of my test machines, but no luck with the other folders, and no luck at all on another machine. This isn't the venue for these discussions. I will discuss on discord. Cheers.
do you know any way to add windows lights to the buildings with the SDK or blender? I made many buildings but at night only with the cold and warm illumination doesn't look much good, thx
@@ImpulseSimulations I not much into blender but what you mean is go to texture paint and find that ambient option and add squares as the windows with that option and with the cycle activate is gonna show on msfs ? i will check where i can find that options
Microsoft have made development harder now. I'd suggest reading the SDK, once you update the model I suggest doing a build and reloading in sim by reopening the project.
Does anyone know how to modify the height of the terrain in game? There's a plot that should be flat but it isn't and I can't overlay my 3D properly. Btw thank for the tutorial!
I hope that you can help, I was importing an image of a flag to blender (png) and did all the rescaling etc. However, after I put everything inside the game, all is good except that the flag is missing. How do I fix this?
@@ImpulseSimulations I cant change the material to MSFS standard as shown by you even though Ive installed it. (But i can change for the rest of the bulding).
But will it actually work using a standard png image imported to blender? Or do I have to actually create a rectangular shape etc and use the png ONLY as texture?
vLegion_ Thanks heaps. There is also a very large silo ? To the south of West Gate Bridge that doesn’t look quite right. Very much appreciate your excellent work.
@@ImpulseSimulations In fact you can see the huge silo near the Westgate in your screenshot here... image-cdn.flightsim.to/images/01/luPaUnrE.jpg?w=1400&fm=jpeg
@@Snortimusgoutimas i don't have time which is why I wish. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to sit in front of a screen. I have time to play if I'm lucky.
Hey, mate, I'm having some problem importing my model into FS2020, some faces (it's a Blender model) aren't showing up there. imgur.com/a/n8v3Fqn. Care to take a look? Also, great tutorial, it's the most complete I've seen so far. Edit: I have the blend file attached to the imgur post.
@@ImpulseSimulations Thanks, mate. I'm not sure what fixed, but my normals were also flipped inside in some parts of the mesh, but I've also checked the double side option. Cheers.
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0:00 Intro
3:28 Enabling Developer Mode & SDK Install
4:06 Prepare & Export your Model from SketchUp
4:46 Import Model Into And Working With Blender
13:06 Exporting to the game
15:20 Adding Your Model to the Developer Mode
18:43 Opening your project and creating a Package
21:52 Prepping your images for the SDK
25:06 Loading and Installing your Package Build
27:30 Adding and working with your model in Developer Mode View
32:12 Removing Existing Structures / Buildings
35:00 Building and testing your final package for game
40:30 Adding Lights to your scenery
42:20 Outro
Love the modelling you have completed to date for Australia. Keep them coming! Great to see Australian cities getting some love
Appreciate it mate!
Finally a video on this. The documentation confused me a bit. Thanks! Are you going to do a video on custom airports too?
Once I work that part out I can haha
I just installed the Sydney Harbour bridge excellent build works much better than the previous version i had, I'm going to attempt the Anzac bridge using your video
if you need anything feel free to contact me on discord.
This is awesome. I'll have to check more of this out. You've got some skills that. A+++++
Thanks mate!
You filled in a lot of missing links with this video. Many thanks. It's nice to listen to someone who asks "why". More videos, please.
What would you like more video's on?
@@ImpulseSimulations This is complicated, but you make a good video, well edited for continuity and clarity. The SDK is, believe it or not, well thought out. For example: depending on what you just changed, it will do only what it needs to do to put that change in. What are the different levels of changes and how does it handle them. What are the dependencies? Your video is from five months ago, so they have changed some things. Can you put all your experience to date together to understand the underlying design philosophy? You are apparently quite analytical. I'm trying to do the same thing while I'm locked down here on the other side of the planet (New York) with nothing else to do. We'll never get a good manual from whomever wrote the software; I know that from experience - I always got someone else to write the manual for software I created. Asobo is up to their ears with other stuff, so it's up to us to help here; they don't make their money from scenery developers. I'm working on using the UI "New Project" and not relying on just messing with some Scenery Simple example file not knowing why I'm doing whatever I'm doing. I'm beginning to get somewhere, but I can't do it alone. Keep up the good work. And thanks again for this video.
@@physicsteacher4569 will try make more like this as I learn things
Top work buddy, we have an AU/NZ group currently been adding GMAPS 3D into MSFS lately, focusing on Brisbane and Auckland at this stage.
sounds good. I am focusing on handcrafted models so it looks much better in sim. but great job!
@@ImpulseSimulations Yes they do, wow that's full on though.
I found some of the Google ones are good, but that's singular ones zoomed right in. For larger areas you can't capture as high fidelity.
@@rasta77-x7o I am doing icons atm rather than full locations
could I have the download for it?
and where can i find it
@@mitchsaviation2630
If you watch the video vLegion explains it is not uploaded yet, but this is where it will be when it is:
flightsim.to/c/scenery/scenery
Thanks for a great tutorial !! You got me started into FS2020 scenery design 😉
looks like we have to order some petabyte-SSDs
Awesome work mate, I knew when I saw this could be done there would be a talented local spark out there to do us proud 😊 I'm glad you are from Melb (did I get that right?) so Melbs will get the love it deserves 😁
I am about two hours north of Melbourne but a lot of my flying is in this area.
ty! im already working as an 3d artist for 8 years. and i relly love the flightsim 2020 :D so i want to learn how to do that and build airports from germany and also scenery
glad I could assist.
@@ImpulseSimulations do i need to work with sketchup? i mean i could model everything in blender 3d since that is my mainsoftware and then i coud export it for the msfs right?
You are amazing, thanks for the content!
BRO THIS VIDEO HAS TO GO VIRAL😍 Thank You Man!
No Problem. Share it around haha. Glad I could help!
@@ImpulseSimulations imma make it viral bro 🤩
@@FSMADNESSPILOT wouldn't know what to say haha
Just shared it on FlightSim.Com, that should get some additional viewers! Great to see information like this, thanks vLegion_ !
Great content for Australia , love ya work
Oh god you got me starting trying to remodel EDDH xD Stop that! xD
You've caught the bug.
yeah do that EDDH ist mein Heimatflughafen. melde dich wenn du was zum herunterladen hast.
+1 vLegion_ - Thanks so much for this tutorial! WOW this looks like a much better approach than the frustrating chaotic madness trying to create scenery for X-Plane. Soon I'll transfer my custom "handcrafted" airport terminal building, etc., for my local airport here in Thailand from X-Plane. Congratulations you just got a new subscriber. 👍😁👍
Hey mate, nice video! Very helpful. I wanted to ask why not just model the bridge in Blender? Looks like going via Sketchup leads to a bit of faffing around with relinking textures.
Still learning blender myself just know my way around sketch up
Most of the Asian countries and Australia was not modeled well tho... when i fly to Europe they placed each details but when it comes to Asia looks like wasn’t touched at all Such a shame.. it seemed that we would not need any addon or scenery configuration and you’ll find your house but no it didn’t happen as they said I couldn’t find my house:) .. like a loose end :/ I hope somethings would change with each update and the people like you are so precious coz modeling and placing it in the simulator is such a hard work tho Thanks so much😊
That's a complicated project due to the size and shape of the bridge but fair play for going for it. To use the polygon tool I understand you hold down left control and left click to create each point that you want on the polygon, and double click to close it. Then from the menu you can delete everything inside it. For anyone that has tried to add scenery and finds that it is not appearing in the Sim, make sure you don't have more than one community folder, for instance I installed via steam onto my D drive and my community folder is there. If I drop stuff into my C/community folder it doesn't appear in the Sim. HTH.
thanks for the tip!
28:33 Use the keybinds much more intuitive especially if you naturally rest your fingers near wasd, the keys are w e and r w for move gizmo e for rotate and r for scale
sadly I don't have enough fingers for that LOL
Brilliant video, explaining a difficult subject so even I can understand. But tell me how do you decided on a size in Sketchup. I draw architectural models for pre construction visuals, so I'm eager to try this on some buildings in my own areas,
size depends on what you're doing. I just resize in the sim anyway.
Thanks for this! Quick question: How do I go about creating multiple projects? It seems, when I try adding a new model to the old one, it doubles it. Also, texture get mixed up.
textures need to make sure that they all have different names, can sort this really easy by doing texture baking
Someone should make a program or script to take OSM data to rebuild certain things. In my locations (east coast USA) there's a distinct lack of water towers, radio towers and other typical VFR markers where they should be. If I had programming skills I'd love to make an app that took OSM data (like "search for water towers") and at least put some sort of generic models in place. Could also be used for minor airports that aren't modeled well. You could search for specific items like "hangers" "Buildings" "fences" "towers" etc and have it use generic models to rebuild the scenery. Only issue is that then you are using your own data and not the streamed data, which means disk space...
Great work and thanks for taking the time to do this. Quick question: Is there a quick way of switching out/upgrading duplicate models without having to replace them one by one? I'm thinking of a find a replace on the xml to reference an updated model.
I’m not sure I understand
@@ImpulseSimulations say for example you place a series of house objects titled housetype1, housetype2,etc and want to replace the models with upgraded one. Do you have to delete and place each model again? Or can you just switch out the models by putting a new one in the model folder and rebuilding?
@@UsernameWitheld if you are looking to do like a pack. You could put the info into the same texture file just changing the names so they don't clash
Nice work, thanks!
Thank you for doing this tutorial. I do have a question I cant seem to get an answer to. When I create something in Blender and bring it into Flight Sim, it spawns only when I get fairly close. If I bring a google map object into Blender then go from Blender to Flight sim, it spawns when I am far away which is what I want. Would you know how I can make something created in Blender will spawn from far away. I dont mean something as big as a bridge but a smaller building or house. In my test I see other buildings starting very small in the distance but mine ,unless its pretty large, pops into the scene when I get near it and that drives me crazy. I cant seem to find an answer anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.
Amazing Tutorial! Thank you.
Glad I could help :)
Hello my friend, how delete or xclude the defoult parkings to set a new one?, i´m trying deleting all arrivals, all departures, all jetways....almost all in the airport propierties, nothing work. Need to set and put a new ones as a cargo or heavies without make a entire airport. A little help, tks in advance.
I haven't done airports yet.
I see in other tutorials people making 'texture sheets' for their textures. You save yours as individual textures, is this ok to do or does it affect the performance?
doesn't effect performance, but you can do it either way. smaller models sometimes it's not worth the time to do texture baking.
I'm gonna give it a go, I think I'm to stupid to get it to work but I'll try xD
FSX was released with a correctly rendered MCG. It was a late incorporation, but it is there, as are Melbourne Central, Flinders St Station, and two other well crafted models. Is there any way that those already produced models could be exported from the FSX default scenery, and made usable in MSFS2020? Would save some time and effort.
I wish, I've actually made my one for free. Check them out here:
flightsim.to/profile/vLegion
Got my custom objects showing and placed in the dev mode but when I build then place them in the 'community' folder and start the sim they are not showing? Any ideas chaps?
have you ever made scenery for another sim? I found blender seems to throw those in the bin file making it fail unless manually activated.
@@ImpulseSimulations All sorted now. My fault I had the folder structure wrong! Dohhh! Yeah I have made a number of airfields(Mainl;y UK ones) for X-Plane 11 and found it easier to do than MSFS lol
I have downloaded and installed as per directions to anzac mick below, only westgate loads. There was no default xml file in my folder, I have steam version and it is loaded into sep.SSD drive. Other scenery from MSFS addons and Flightsim.to all work in community dir without any xml file.
Interestingly the other locations show up as names under dev mode menu, just won't load as scenery, Sydney harbour bridge also no load.
Can't find any other xml file that may apply.
due to my models being handcrafted they're higher poly than most of the ones coming out which may be the cause.
Download via here: flightsim.to/file/206/australia-scenery-v1-0
Update the code in your XML with the one in my files just add the lines
@@ImpulseSimulations Hi, I used those ones, only westgate seems to load. There is no xml in directory, never was one..the snippet you provided seems only partial, no headers or closing syntax. It makes no difference if the one you provided is in there or not, still only westgate loads. As I said other ones from sources all load without xml file in that directory, one was all of Brisbane, so size seems no problem.
@@dougaldhendrick3497 Ripped models from google earth will load as they're very low poly.
My code doesn't contain headers because it's not to replace your existing, it's to be added. you will find the file in above in your default directory
@@ImpulseSimulations Thanks for responding, I don't think it is a size issue, the brisbane one is massive, all of it loads. As I said, there is NO xml file in my directory, never was one.
All other models load with NO xml in directory, so I am wondering if your models internally reference something required in my non existant xml file.
Do you know if the packaged models can be loaded from Dev interface, or is it only the pre packaged raw stuff, ie before packing as community models.
@@dougaldhendrick3497 difference is that these ones you're talking about have been ripped from google earth. and in doing so they only have one texture
You will have a content.xml file we all do, it's made for the games base content.
It will be in the folder above community etc
I made a Brisbane Story bridge asset loaded fine but when i put it in the commuinty folder it doesnt load in. I'll have to start the project again using this guide. Thanks!
feel free to join our discord. discord.gg/megapack
Any chance you'd be able to give Adelaide Oval, Optus Stadium and the GABBA a go?
Plan on doing all this so join my discord and let me know
because this will be free compared to a possibility of ORBX
@@ImpulseSimulations Cheers mate, will do!
Looks like FS2020 won't be getting any of my military bases any time soon! Not with over 70 models to change per airport
If you still dont know wher to find good scenery go to flightsim.to many own created scenery can be found ther with country search its a great job the community did in building up so many cities in fs 2020 wher buildings are missing the modders are the best better than asobo thanks to them we get a flightsim what is worth playing
26:20 sorry off topic. how did you make the camera move where ever you want?
Slew mode press Y on your keyboard.
Polygon tool is easy. Use left control and click to draw the poly. The rest is the same as the rectangle.
Now I just need MSFS not to crash every time I click save on the project editor... :\
when doing dev scenery. Lower your Object LOD's
quick question again... Where do I save the shp file and xml for polys, like trees for example.
Sorry for the delay.
In your SDK under scenery > Package sources
You'll have a scene folder, save them there.
Having cars driving across the bridge, does that also work if you add a bridge where fs2020 doesn't think there is already one? I.e. I'm trying to understand if the cars on your bridge are there because they are already mapped out in fs2020 to go via the route that the bridge has above it?
make a polygon then set that as the road texture, should work then
It seems to only work if there were cars already going along a road that was designated as a traffic road. Probably won't work, but try it.
Probably an obvious question but not sure how to import the model into Sketchup Pro. I downloaded the Australia Scenery but the program will only open 'sketchup' files. Apologies in advance as I am new to this, and have only limited exposure to modelling.
you won't be able to open my pack in there
It's for your game :)
@@ImpulseSimulations So I can just install your files directly into the game directory then as I imagine those files I downloaded have already been set-up through blender etc? Thanks for your help.
@@shanemcgrath6270 correct.
make sure to active them in your content xml
@@ImpulseSimulations cheers bro. These models are awesome, great job! Looking forward to your future projects. I wonder if anyone is working on models for Brisbane?
how do i make an airport? my local airport building is missing.
You'd have to model it and set it as a Airport.
Excellent video. I can't get any of the addons to show up tho. Lots of other addons work fine. Just copied each folder to the Community folder as usual. They show up in the Virtual List, but not during flight.
The addons in blender?
as for not showing during flight. I suggest that you make sure that once it is placed and you click save scenery make sure you do the following build and copy that package of the other.
@@ImpulseSimulations No No, I mean the scenery folders in the Australia Pack. I mistakenly thought they were ready to go. I guess we now have to "place" them in the scenery as per your video. The Australia Pack contains Assets, not ready to go sceneries. Or am I mistaken?
@@smoothchat3933 The files are ready for the game that I have finished, make sure that they're taking out of my sceneries folder. they need to go into the community folder individually.
@@ImpulseSimulations Thanks mate. I am confident that I am doing it right. I have managed to get the Westgate working on one of my test machines, but no luck with the other folders, and no luck at all on another machine. This isn't the venue for these discussions. I will discuss on discord. Cheers.
Has now been fixed: New Link drive.google.com/drive/folders/1H_KHuCldAaa_KIgbZo32fqWGdT4EyvFJ?usp=sharing
how much storage does this take?
SDK is about 1.5GB as for the rest, really depends on how much you're making.
@@ImpulseSimulations Oh okay, thank you for answering, I'm trying to recreate my home city in the sim
Great tutorial however I find that blender adds a lot of triangles on the objects which distorts the textures. Any way of resolving this?
try higher texture images
@@ImpulseSimulations ok I will give that a go. Typically what size textures would you recommend?
@@jmaxsceneriesuk9207 8K
@@ImpulseSimulations thanks but unfortunately im still having same issues :(
@@jmaxsceneriesuk9207 your computer may not be able to handle it.
I suggest maybe asking on the blender forums?
I don't know myself, sorry.
mine does not have import msfs parms
do you know any way to add windows lights to the buildings with the SDK or blender? I made many buildings but at night only with the cold and warm illumination doesn't look much good, thx
can alter the mode just down from the texture in blender it's called ambient just do that and enable day & night cycle
@@ImpulseSimulations I not much into blender but what you mean is go to texture paint and find that ambient option and add squares as the windows with that option and with the cycle activate is gonna show on msfs ? i will check where i can find that options
@@Mich8DB correct
Also reuploading the scenery files! :)
where am i supposed to save the secenery, no matter where i save it, it doesn reload when i open up editor again
Microsoft have made development harder now.
I'd suggest reading the SDK, once you update the model I suggest doing a build and reloading in sim by reopening the project.
Does anyone know how to modify the height of the terrain in game? There's a plot that should be flat but it isn't and I can't overlay my 3D properly. Btw thank for the tutorial!
You can use the rectangle I do and tick the terraforming box :)
Hi, is it possible to export default buildings/structures to edit them? I would like to make some changes to buildings in my area.
not that I am aware of
@@ImpulseSimulations Alright, thanks for your answer!
I hope that you can help, I was importing an image of a flag to blender (png) and did all the rescaling etc. However, after I put everything inside the game, all is good except that the flag is missing. How do I fix this?
Have you made it double-sided
@@ImpulseSimulations I cant change the material to MSFS standard as shown by you even though Ive installed it. (But i can change for the rest of the bulding).
But will it actually work using a standard png image imported to blender? Or do I have to actually create a rectangular shape etc and use the png ONLY as texture?
@@calvinpg7372 Please ask in the discord then I can see what you do
There is like a 1000 foot tower to the north of Melbourne City. Does anyone have a fix for it ?
doing a fix for it over next few days
vLegion_ Thanks heaps. There is also a very large silo ? To the south of West Gate Bridge that doesn’t look quite right. Very much appreciate your excellent work.
@@speedbird8326 checkout my Aussie Pack! Plan to fix some of this!
flightsim.to/file/206/australia-scenery-v1-0
vLegion_ Will check it out
@@ImpulseSimulations In fact you can see the huge silo near the Westgate in your screenshot here... image-cdn.flightsim.to/images/01/luPaUnrE.jpg?w=1400&fm=jpeg
can i use C4D ? Or only blender
honestly not sure :( Sorry I can't be of more help
seems your westgate works for me but eureka and marvel do not.... i just cant figure it out...
have you added the code mentioned for your content xml?
@@ImpulseSimulations code?...as in changing it to 1.1?
@@anzacmick8559 comments on this and the file added to here has the update :) flightsim.to/file/206/australia-scenery-v1-0
@@ImpulseSimulations thx for your patience in this... just downloaded the pack... where does this file go?... community folder?
i put the content in community folder..eureka and marvel are not working for me... westgate is??...
How do I add multiple Objects in one scene?
Just get all your textures in the same folder and add the other required model files and simply add an object as needed.
@@ImpulseSimulations So everything in one filder? Wow, that easy? :D
Tried literally everything else yesterday, but ofc not that. THANKS!!
@@js_filming7701 yeah you just have to make sure that your textures don't have the same name and you'll be laughing.
@@ImpulseSimulations what is a best practice, to separate the objects into smaller packages or put them into a big one?
@@saieramusic personally I like giving the option of what you want but some might prefer full thing
Damn. I wish someone would work on Puerto Rico. Google maps is just so much better. I wish it was easier to do.
this is the easiest it has ever been to have 3d scenery creation. stop wishing and put the effort in.
@@Snortimusgoutimas i don't have time which is why I wish. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to sit in front of a screen. I have time to play if I'm lucky.
@@el_heizenberg9172 you had time to watch a video on youtube. So you got time regardless.
@@Snortimusgoutimas and even spent my time responding to your pointless responses. Time I will not get back at all. As you were.
@@el_heizenberg9172 man with that attitude, its a sure way to get folks to help you 🤗
lol how did you installed MSFS exporter in 2.90 when it's not supported XD
IDK BUT WORKS LOL
I installed the addon but I can’t export to MSFS format
@@viralvideos312 did you activate it?
vLegion_ How do I activate it?
@@viralvideos312 take a look at my flightsim.to page has everything you need.
how do you install blender to msfs2020 exporter
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need to download and install the plugin in description
@@ImpulseSimulations I have downloaded it but it’s just a bunch of files no installer at all
@@ImpulseSimulations and I clicked the download button
@@mitchsaviation2630 there's no installer. You need to use the preferences to install them.
@@ImpulseSimulations what do you mean
hey man! your discord link has expired! could you get me one? because i would like to ask you to design a livery for my youtube channel :D!
discord.gg/feAp9Ggz6r
Hey, mate, I'm having some problem importing my model into FS2020, some faces (it's a Blender model) aren't showing up there. imgur.com/a/n8v3Fqn. Care to take a look? Also, great tutorial, it's the most complete I've seen so far. Edit: I have the blend file attached to the imgur post.
make sure that you select textures as double sided
@@ImpulseSimulations Thanks, mate. I'm not sure what fixed, but my normals were also flipped inside in some parts of the mesh, but I've also checked the double side option. Cheers.