Hi Chris, Quoting Chris Metzler :
> On Fri, 19 May 2006 14:28:54 +0200 > Frederic Bouvier wrote: > > > > And the Paris scenery is not finished. I have a whole bunch of models > > to send to Jon. > > Hey Fred, are the procedures that you and Emmanuel have had to go through > to convert the X-Plane scenery fairly straightforward? Is it something > that other people can just jump in and do fairly easily, and thus get a > lot of stuff converted over? (in cases where licensing issues aren't a > roadblock) First thing is to get the X-Plane to Blender plugin ( a python script ) available on the net. After, you import OBJ models and export to .AC. You'll also have to convert textures from .png to .rgb and reassign them in Blender ( coordinates are good, only names are wrong ). Then you have to extract object placement. I didn't practise myself but I know that there is a tool to export ENV files to text. I also know that X-Plane 8 uses another binary format but I don't have the name handy. Orientations must be converted with the formulae : fg_heading = 90 - xp_heading If you want animations, LOD or night lighting as currently ( did you try flying over Paris at night ? ) you also must provide an XML file. -Fred -- Frédéric Bouvier http://frfoto.free.fr Photo gallery - album photo http://www.fotolia.fr/p/2278 Other photo gallery http://fgsd.sourceforge.net/ FlightGear Scenery Designer ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
