Alex
01-29-2007, 11:41 AM
OK thanks very much for your help. I will look for some other scenery
file that does have a bgl file for my fs9.
On Jan 29, 1:44 am, "scott s." <75270_37...@csi.xcom> wrote:
> "Alex" <ad1...@telenet.be> wrote innews:1170028102.139130.172310@k78g2000cwa.google groups.com:
>
>
>
> > Thanks for your reply
>
> > I'm talking about fs9/2004. I downloaded scenery and it said on the
> > site that it's for fs2004 but the readme in the zip says it's for
> > 2002. But since most scenery files for fs2002 also work for fs2004 I
> > use it anyway for my fs2004. I tested it and it looks nice in the sim
> > but I can't get the afcad installed that came with the zip. It's a txt
> > file.
>
> > Is that the reason why I can't install the afcad, because it's
> > designed originally for fs2002? So in other words, for fs2002 an
> > afcad.txt file will work when you drop it onto afcadinstaller.exe but
> > in fs2004 you need a bgl file that goes into scenery folder like you
> > said, correct?
>
> > Sorry if I confused you in my first explanation.Usually when there is a scenery advertised as FS2002/FS9, there
> will be the .txt file, if AFCAD 1.4 was to be used, and also an
> AF2 bgl file built with the FS9 AFCAD2. You use one or the other
> depending on your FS version. If there is only the .txt file, I
> can't think of any way to easily convert that into an FS9 format.
> In AFCAD 1.4 for FS2002, the txt files were used as inputs, and
> AFCAD actually edited the default AFD (airport facility data)
> bgl files. Those AFD files no longer exist in FS9 or FSX.
> Instead the AFD information is included with visual scenery
> within AP9 and APX files. AFCAD creates addon files which
> modify the behavior of these default files, instead of directly
> editing them like before.
>
> scott s.
> .
file that does have a bgl file for my fs9.
On Jan 29, 1:44 am, "scott s." <75270_37...@csi.xcom> wrote:
> "Alex" <ad1...@telenet.be> wrote innews:1170028102.139130.172310@k78g2000cwa.google groups.com:
>
>
>
> > Thanks for your reply
>
> > I'm talking about fs9/2004. I downloaded scenery and it said on the
> > site that it's for fs2004 but the readme in the zip says it's for
> > 2002. But since most scenery files for fs2002 also work for fs2004 I
> > use it anyway for my fs2004. I tested it and it looks nice in the sim
> > but I can't get the afcad installed that came with the zip. It's a txt
> > file.
>
> > Is that the reason why I can't install the afcad, because it's
> > designed originally for fs2002? So in other words, for fs2002 an
> > afcad.txt file will work when you drop it onto afcadinstaller.exe but
> > in fs2004 you need a bgl file that goes into scenery folder like you
> > said, correct?
>
> > Sorry if I confused you in my first explanation.Usually when there is a scenery advertised as FS2002/FS9, there
> will be the .txt file, if AFCAD 1.4 was to be used, and also an
> AF2 bgl file built with the FS9 AFCAD2. You use one or the other
> depending on your FS version. If there is only the .txt file, I
> can't think of any way to easily convert that into an FS9 format.
> In AFCAD 1.4 for FS2002, the txt files were used as inputs, and
> AFCAD actually edited the default AFD (airport facility data)
> bgl files. Those AFD files no longer exist in FS9 or FSX.
> Instead the AFD information is included with visual scenery
> within AP9 and APX files. AFCAD creates addon files which
> modify the behavior of these default files, instead of directly
> editing them like before.
>
> scott s.
> .