airport editor

[pyrogod316]

I currently live in mio michigan..a small town in the upper part of lower michigan. the airport near my home is oscoda county/dennis kaufman memorial airport..(51m). however the in game airport looks nothing like it..how can i make it look like the r/l airport?

[pegger]

Start by confirming you have the FSX SDK.

If you have that, then you have the basic tools ready to begin.

Start by downloading ADEx (Airport design editor). A copy of SBuilderx might also be useful. ADE is great for editing existing airports. SBuilder is great for modifying large areas of terrain, roads, railways, water cover, etc.

There are lots of great tutorials on how to use these two amazing free programs. Play around with them and take the time to learn and understand.

After you master those two programs, you might even start looking into creating custom buildings and objects for ultimate realism.

Good luck

[garymbuska]

I currently live in mio michigan..a small town in the upper part of lower michigan. the airport near my home is oscoda county/dennis kaufman memorial airport..(51m). however the in game airport looks nothing like it..how can i make it look like the r/l airport?

You need a program like this one called Airport Design editor. This is freeware but the only problem is you need to have the SDK from FSX GOLD EDITION
as this is the only place where you will find the needed BGL compiler. If you have or know someone that you can borrow there disk from the SDK is on the 1st CD.
Here is the link for aircraft design editor http://www.airportdesigneditor.co.uk/ade_003.htm

The only way you can either edit or create a airport in FSX is with a BGL compiler and there is only one place to get it from. Sad but true

I used this program to change the runway numbers at my home airport KJAX as they changed due to magnetic variation.
Now mind you the only way to get any airport to look just like the real McCoy is to have photos of it and convert the image. But the only way to get it into FSX is with a BGL compiler.

[pyrogod316]

i dont have fsx gold because my pcs graphics card isnt big enough to support it. so is it still possible to do all this without fsx gold?

[garymbuska]

i dont have fsx gold because my pcs graphics card isnt big enough to support it. so is it still possible to do all this without fsx gold?

You have to have the SDK that is on disk one without the BGL compiler there is no way.
If you know someone who has a copy of the SDK or ask here someone might send you a copy but it is a good sized file and not sure if this can be sent by email.
Other than that someone would have to do it for you a send you the BGL files needed.
Of course you still might run into a file size problem.

[pegger]

Before we jump to conclusions, what version do you have? Contrary to the advice given, the SDK also shipped with FSX delux, before acceleration came along.

So simple check here...
Do you have a version with 2 disks?

If not, then as advised, you are stuck with either finding someone to loan you there SDK disk, or finding someone to help do your compiling for you.

Fwiw, you can still do the editing of your airport with ADE, but you won't be able to compile without bglcomp.exe
You could send your saved ADE project to a friend who can compile it for you though.

[jandjfrench]

Hi pyro,
It's my understanding that the tools are included in the P3D SDK. It can be downloaded from a link near the bottom of this page:

http://www.prepar3d.com/support/sdk/

Registration is required but free.
Jim F.

[pyrogod316]

ty...im currently attempting to upgrade my graphics card so that i can play the game as realistic as possible..seeing as how ill never be able to afford to fly for real..lol with that said i thank you again.

p.s @ pegger yes i have the deluxe version. i even have acceleration but i cannot install it at this time as my graphics card cannot support it.

[EVVFCX]

Hi All
I'm a little surprised about the graphics card comments, when I first installed FSX Gold on my PC, I only had a 500mg card ( 9 yrs ago ish) and it worked fine, had no troubles with setting up sdk and ade with a bit of manual editing after a bit of help from Dave, so even if your card is less than what FSX Gold suggests then still go ahead and do a full install.


regards

Steve

[Jetranger]

Airport Editor

This may NOT help ?? I Dunno'

But this is what I ended up buying to Edit most of the Airports I'd want to Edit , it works really good too, easy and very functional, and , and it will remove trees from Runways

and push back buildings off the tarmacs

and remove other unsightly items where they shouldn't be !

it'll Build ya new runways too anywhere ya want em' !!!!


Airport Editor, by Caterpillar !!!

[wvernonc]

Just to note, Acceleration will HELP performance. It should be installed.

[pyrogod316]

i cant load acceleration due to the fact that last time i installed it, it wouldnt load up stating that my graphics were too low..also i recently discovered that my computer dosent have a graphics card at all. so when i say im upgrading i really mean im purchasing a compatable graphics card lol.

i have the lockheed martin airport editor installed..i just dont know how to use it.. any info would be greatly appreciated.

[pegger]

Whoa hang on a second...

i have the lockheed martin airport editor installed

You are running FSX. Why are you installing any P3D sdk components?

You told me you have FSX:Delux. Therefore, you do have the SDK disk. Load the SDK in your system. You might want to go through the whole process of ensuring you are up to date with SP2. (That's a different topic that you can research). Then when you are done, pay attention to what others are telling you...

Here is the link for aircraft design editor http://www.airportdesigneditor.co.uk/ade_003.htm

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There's nothing P3D that you need....

i just dont know how to use it.. any info would be greatly appreciated

Welcome to the exciting world of FSX development. you need to dig a little deeper into the all the info on the net before you try to dive in head first. Test the waters, so to speak.
My beginners checklist is as follows:
Step 1...RTFM
Step 2...start using it and find out how it works
Step 3...come back with actual questions after completing steps 1 and 2.

[Fozzer]

If you have a Tower Computer its very unusual for it not to have a Graphics Card already installed in a PCIe slot!
If it has been removed for some reason, all you are left with is the internal graphics chip on the Motherboard, which would be totally unsuitable for playing modern computer games.
I cant figure out why you don't have a PCIe Graphics Card inside your computer!
Has it been removed for some reason?

What are the details of your Computer?

Paul.

[Jetranger]

Pyro, give some actual specs on that computer of yours !

Tell ya right now Pyro, save ya some frustration and lotta headaches - if you don't have a decent video graphics card in your computer and some decent RAM / Memory, your probably goin to have all kinds troubles, Freezes, crashes, and lock ups on whatever type of Computer your using.

and your wantin to edit airports / build airports with that rig ?

Good luck with that , that right there uses considerable amounts of memory and processor power , ummmm you might want to either get a better computer or , hate to say it, find another avenue , before you rip your hair out and end up makin mence meat out of that ,,,,, computer you have, whatever it is , with NO Graphics card and probably very little memory huh ?