Fictitious Airport / Seaplane Base...Insanity?

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Fictitious Airport / Seaplane Base...Insanity?

Postby bluehawk » Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:18 pm

I have undertaken a project that will surely drive me mad!

I have decided to (and did) build a fictitious Airport / Seaplane Base on the Island of Vatulele
(Approx S18, 31'30.61"  E177, 37'29.40"). Now that I have completed the design in AFCAD (along with some flatten and exclusion commands), I am going about adding some traffic and buildings etc.

Whoa there!!!!! This isn't easy at all is it?
I have succeeded in adding traffic but all kinds of issues now have come to bare. AI traffic is predominately meant to be seaplanes / Floatplanes (a hard problem on its own; I posted a related issue about amphib traffic floating on wheels earlier).Scenery I have managed to place is from RWY12, but I would like better options, I can't get major traffic (Default AI) to visit, Don't really know Gmax or about how to use Scenery Macros... I would like to add some circuits and a couple of moving cars eventually, top that off with signage etc.. not present in AFCAD, and you can see I am drowning!

So, I have decided to go throug with it all if I can! It will be a long road, but well worth it! Maybe I can keep a legitimate log so the process can help others, who knows...

So I put it to all of you well versed designers and code junkies out there... What is the prefered method of begining something like this? I am more than willing to start over if need be, but I would rather clean up what I have if possible.

From a clean slate install of FS9, what are the general steps you suggest? ???
Regards to all,
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Re: Fictitious Airport / Seaplane Base...Insanity?

Postby bluehawk » Wed Dec 21, 2005 2:38 am

Log entry #1
20/12/05

I am surrounded by silence.
I have decided to modify Terrain mesh for Island of Vatulele (South of Nadi), Fiji Islands. I am not sure what my level of skill is at present, but it is surely lacking. Having built rudimentary airports in AFCAD, Scenery with RWY12, Traffic Tools mods etc, I have decided to scrap everything and start fresh with a complete reinstall of FS9.

First item of business:
Find out how to tweak the default scenery for said area(s).
My first technical reading relative to the above: The beginner
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