Flightgear detailed scenery update#
Flightgear detailed scenery code#

These were added by obtaining coordinates from Google Maps as well as from driving to the location in Flight Gear using the Amphibious Vehicle.

3ds and colored red material) on the tarmac. The current state of scenery: The Cessna 172 N1234 is parked on the apron, with two King Airs, and several red hatchbacks (original. Three such sets of data were created, height above ground was also incremented through the spreadsheet. The rows were created using a spreadsheet to add an offset to the longitude or latitude, and automatically calculate the next row. The main concern here was frame rates, so adding trees did got me frame rates in the 20s (20fps) which was acceptable - on the 2015 model HP Celeron. Selected Object - Path: Models/Buildings/water-tower.ac Latitude: 21.44821987 deg Longitude: -157.76401180 deg Altitude ASL: 8.2298 m (27.0006 ft) Heading: 0.0 deg Pitch: 0.0 deg Roll: -0.0 degĪdded some trees, about 100 trees and 3 rows of them. Model data exported to /home/starlight7/.fgfs/Export/ufo-model-export.xml model data exported to /home/starlight7/.fgfs/Export/ufo-model-export.xml

Flightgear detailed scenery code#

Maybe the Nasal code can be appended to make the earlier versions more capable.

Flightgear detailed scenery update#

The 2018 version does make it easier to update scenery because the UFO does actually export data to the console. If the row of trees is not going in the required direction, add different increments to the Lat and Longitude values.Add a row of trees by increment the Longitude and Latitude by 0.0001 degree.Add a large object to that spot to check for visibility.Find the location where the line starts using the UFO.

The line of trees on left side of runway is done.ĥ) The cafe building- including trees - tarmacĦ) Large building on the left - parking areaĩ) Tree clumps at either end of the runway - far right side of runway, far left of runwayġ0 ) Boats - lots of boats - a line of identical sailboats - maybe 20