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Decaff's YSFlight Scenery Editor Tutorial

Last post by koshyajit « Sun Aug 11, 2013 1:45 am
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by decaff_42 » Sat Nov 24, 2012 7:41 pm

Okay, so here it is, a massive tutorial about scenery editor, covering everything that I could think of.

This is intended to be a one-stop-shop...

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Advanced Maps: 3D Rotating, Colouring Elevation Grids

Last post by Iceman « Wed May 11, 2011 2:45 am
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by waspe414 » Fri May 06, 2011 11:59 pm

This tutorial has been moved to the YS Flight Sim Wiki found here:

If you are unfamiliar with Scenery Editor and the map making process, read...

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PatrickN's Treatise On Making Maps (MUST READ)

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by Iceman » Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:33 am

A Treatise On Making Maps
A gread read on the step by step of making a map, explaining the proper rules of creating a map and how to start and end...

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Everything you ever wanted to know about .ter files but were afraid to ask

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by waspe414 » Fri May 08, 2015 7:04 am

This is a sample .ter:
TerrMesh
SPEC FALSE
NBL 2 3
TMS 170.14 161.48
CBE 0.00 170.23 46 112 10 194 169 92
BLO 0.00 L 1 194 169 92 1 46 112 10
BLO...

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Scenery Editor ver.20090426

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by NajmiCreative » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:55 pm

if anyone searching old stable Scenery Editor (which compatible with YSF 2011 and 2013)
I have the stable 2009 version which often used
(if anyone...

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Elevation grid/Rectangle texturing tips & tricks

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by ALVARR » Fri Jan 10, 2020 9:36 am

Found a little print screen trick that you could use to texture some of your elevation grids after editing the faces/nodes and not before, it...

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[Request] .yfs file parameters

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by decaff_42 » Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:51 pm

Hello,

As I mentioned in the mchat yesterday, I'm working on a series of 200-odd test points to gage the effect airspeed and altitude have on...

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*.TER - Terrain Mesh File (Elevation Grid) Specifications

Last post by waspe414 « Sun Jun 18, 2017 12:54 am
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by Flake » Sat Jun 17, 2017 7:48 am

The lines of a TerrainMesh (ElevationGrid) file are structured like so:

TerrMesh * 1
Initialise. Just like a Surf line initaliser.

NBL (X) (Y)...

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Decaff's Video Tutorials

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by decaff_42 » Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:23 pm
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EDIT: For a complete list of videos, visit my website: YSDecaff

Hey Modders! Here's some videos I've been working on to ease people into modding to...
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[TUTORIAL] Advanced Elevation Grid Rotation

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by Lor599 » Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:08 pm

Note: this tutorial is very similar to Waspe414's tutorial on 3-D rotation, but focused on elevation grids.

Alright so lets say we are creating a...

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Making a Basic Runway - Video Tutorial

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by Neocon » Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:52 pm

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Using Elevation Grids as Buildings - Video Tutorial

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by Neocon » Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:42 am

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TF58 - Making the absolute simplest scenery - a tutorial

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by vandal » Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:15 pm

This topic and it's content has been copied over from YSPilots. It was written by TaskForce58 and the original can be found here
[note: I added some...

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How to Import/Export Elevation Grids, Scenery, or 2D Paints.

Last post by FrenchTOZT « Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:06 am
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by FrenchTOZT » Tue May 01, 2012 7:54 pm

To export/import items such as: elevation grids, or 2-D paints in Scenery Editor to another scenery goes as follows:
First off, select what item you...

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Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:06 am
Using background image to help drawing airports (or other ma

Last post by Phantom One « Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:08 pm
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by Iceman » Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:23 am

(Original Post By Skipper of YSP)
Using background image to help drawing airports (or other maps)

First, goto ReferenceBmp -> Open Control...

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Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:08 pm
.ysf Situational Code (Weather etc.)

Last post by waspe414 « Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:52 pm
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by waspe414 » Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:12 am

I've been messing around with mission files and came across all this stuff:

EVTBLOCK
TXTEVT 10.00 0
TXT Text goes here
ENDEVT
VISCHG 15.0 0...

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Drawing Perfect Taxiway Lines

Last post by Iceman « Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:26 am

by Iceman » Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:26 am

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Drawing Perfect Taxiway Lines

METHOD 1:

1. Select a colour a bit duller than the default yellow.

2. Map>Thick...

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Last post by Iceman
Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:26 am
Runway Gradients

Last post by Iceman « Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:25 am

by Iceman » Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:25 am

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Runway Gradients

To make a gradiented runway, i.e, a runway that goes from gray, to black at the centreline, and...

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Last post by Iceman
Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:25 am
Drawing Perfect Roads

Last post by Iceman « Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:24 am

by Iceman » Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:24 am

(Original Post By Skipper of YSP)
Thick Line for perfect roads

Go to Map -> Thick Line to select the thick line option. a dialog will ask for a...

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Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:24 am
Tips On Drawing An Accurate Runway

Last post by Iceman « Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:22 am

by Iceman » Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:22 am

(Original Post by Taskforce58, Talon, Major and Thevas)
Tips on drawing an accurate runway:

i) Create your runway around the (0,0,0) coordinate...

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Last post by Iceman
Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:22 am
Elevated Runway Tutorial

Last post by Iceman « Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:36 am

by Iceman » Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:36 am

A great tutorial recorded by Stykkolshimur of YSPilots, this tutorial shows the basics and how to create an elevated runway.
NOTE: THIS TUTORIAL IS...

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