Making Photoreal Scenery
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:53 pm
Hi all. I have been venturing into creating photo scenery for FS9 and do not know much, but after much reading online and trying different tutorials and programs, I'm stuck and need help. This is what I've done so far.
I have obtained a 1600x1200 Google Earth photo of Roseau, Dominica using http://www.ptsim.com/sbuilder/gmaps.htm (quite useful).
After changing the resolution to 800x600 to obtain the required 4m/pixel resolution, inserting the photo into SBuilder and calibrating the map using the co-ordinates provided, I proceeded to select the required phototiles (just one for now) to compile into scenery. I've tried both VTP and High. Res. Photo Scenery, but after following step by step this little tutorial
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showth ... photo+scen...
and inserting my compiled scenery into the FS9 scenery library, nothing shows up at the specified coordinates.
I have posted on various other forums on this matter (including fsdeveloper.com and the Simviation forums) and no one can seem to help. So now I've been pointed straight to the source. I would apprecaite some guidance. If not, I would also appreciate any guidance with any other tool to use my maps to build photo scenery. Thanks in advance.
I have obtained a 1600x1200 Google Earth photo of Roseau, Dominica using http://www.ptsim.com/sbuilder/gmaps.htm (quite useful).
After changing the resolution to 800x600 to obtain the required 4m/pixel resolution, inserting the photo into SBuilder and calibrating the map using the co-ordinates provided, I proceeded to select the required phototiles (just one for now) to compile into scenery. I've tried both VTP and High. Res. Photo Scenery, but after following step by step this little tutorial
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showth ... photo+scen...
and inserting my compiled scenery into the FS9 scenery library, nothing shows up at the specified coordinates.
I have posted on various other forums on this matter (including fsdeveloper.com and the Simviation forums) and no one can seem to help. So now I've been pointed straight to the source. I would apprecaite some guidance. If not, I would also appreciate any guidance with any other tool to use my maps to build photo scenery. Thanks in advance.