I almost feel sorry for Bing, it always has and likely always will be in Google's shadow. Even when a ground breaking game comes out creating a stunning re-creation of the entire world thanks to Bing, people use Google Maps to improve it lol.
Its such a shame they used Bing for the maps, image the improvement if they went with google maps, I know Bing is owned by Microsoft so that's obviously why they used it
@@Conker1337 people have been saying that since release but it was inevitable that they would use Bing, there's no way Google would sell their product to a competitor, not for a fair price at least and the result would probably be FS2020 being a subscription game.
@@jjnxyz4368 "Bing generally has better sat images..." Not at high latitudes. For about five minutes they were a bit ahead. Neither has seemed to bother with updating much of their image data above, oh, 62-64 degrees north latitude and up for several years now, especially in rural areas (most everything at that latitude is rural). Street views, even in major regional hubs, are also seriously out of date.
I love your term "simple" - I lost my way after the first couple of minutes!! - however, I am really pleased you posted this video - and that someone far more capable and with a greater degree of time available, will tackle my city (Auckland) as Google photogrammetry is available for that and currently it looks rubbish with MS2020.!! Thanks again!!
I will see about sharing a package for Auckland. Only visited once, but it was enough to start emigrating my family. Haven't made it yet thanks to some health issues and now covid-19 and DJT's narcissistic delusions though. Can't think of a better place to try this process with. What's the max size you want, where exactly do you want it focused, and if you have a preference, what LOD range?
@@MichaelRainabbaRichardson wow..that would be brilliant if you can manage Auckland. I guess the city centre would be my preference..along with the harbour bridge. The boubdaries could be the motorways... If you get time and manage to post it..i am certain you will get some good take up of your work! Thanks even for the offer!!🙂🙂
Honestly I’m impressed this is such an easy to follow tutorial yes their may be a lot of steps involved but their easy to follow and if your playing Microsoft flight sim then you should already be somewhat familiar with installing packages and what makes it easier is that they already have the package installer for us as part of the game this is great thanks a lot
This is working really well on my end. However, this takes a lot of space by km² (1Gb to get the Sherbrooke university campus in Quebec). I really hope that Bing will get more cities with photogrametry since there is no way to store the whole planet on our PC.
I mean we just need to get comunity server running with 30 peta bytes of storage so we can all stream world asets from google maps instead of ping lamo. That would take alot of effort and I doubt we would sell enough to make it worth it.
Any chance you could give us a PDF version of your procedures? This is a great video but daunting to try and follow. Something instructions we could print out would be very helpful. Keep up the stellar work.
@@chikokishi7030 Yeah but I'm 74 so it would be so 60's for me :) Maybe just an automated script where I just circle the area I want and it does it be itself world be better.
@@byronmcduffy3485 lollll ive imported a few things with this method. i may just make a pdf. may not. Its not difficult: download and open program make a folder on your pc to save to copy sample scene delete 2 folders copy location address open program paste address select and download area open dev tools in fs load selection build packagr open game flight edit and safe
Sorry, but something isn't working here. I managed to create one tiny area showing an airport, and after moving it into my community file, I deleted the directory where I created the project. I then tried to do a larger area with LOD between 17-19, and whenever I load into the scenery editor, I just get all the objects named as 'unknown'. What am I doing wrong?
Same here, it was working but now get 'unknown' every time. Wouldn't care, I've not changed the method in any way. Not sure if it's since the Japan update.
This is because this method only works once - you need to create a unique project for additional areas - Flying Theston has put a video to show you how. I've tried it - works every time :-) ruclips.net/video/3K0XhAf0WYw/видео.html
For people who try to capture whole cities thats not a good idea it takes ages but for small buildings wich are missing in the scenery its a great Methode
seems like i need to turn teraforming on and then push the MSFS data down a bit to show the google data. then the plane ends up spawning below the google data
I watched your 001 video and got many of my questions answered and issues resolved. Thank you, and thank you for all of your videos! I have read most of the comments for this video, searching for answers to many of my questions. I find the range of responses that you get quite interesting. Some people are polite and ask basic questions, but so many are rude, inconsiderate, and ungrateful. I understand that people become frustrated when things don't work as expected, but taking it out on you or blaming you, when you took the time and trouble to make this video, in an effort to share your knowledge so others can do it too is really unnecessary. Usually the issue is that they are doing something wrong (just as I was). Everything is hard and complicated when you don't understand. Rarely anything worthwhile in life is easy at first, but patience and persistence does bring great rewards.This process does become fairly easy once you get your head wrapped around it.I actually wrote out a procedure document based on this and other videos for my own reference. I tried (and failed) several times trying to learn how to this, and expended hours upon hours in frustration of not understanding why it wasn't working, but I kept trying and learning along the way until I finally achieved fairly consistent success. Thanks for making this possible.
Finally a way to capture entire cities!!!!! The potential is huge! All the cities in Europe, east Europe Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia Latvia, Hong Kong, Macau south Africa, South America can now be brought into the sim from Google 3d😁😁
I was battling through your other tutorial "Export from Google Maps...." and accidentally closed it! I opened this one thinking it was the same ! Huh? what is going on.... this method is just too awesome! Well done and thank you for sharing!
You can also capture terrain elevation data from this. Not sure how you would import that in to flight sim but it would mean that it fits perfectly rather than having to change the height axis and losing some buildings. Would involve a lot more work though.
Ahhhh Cheers!! literally just finished my first project using blender and render docs. which all in all took close to probably 20-24 hours. Cant wait to give this a go, havent even watched full video yet. Hopefully can capture in high detail to as my scene i just did was close to 500MB. Bigger the better baby
I can not get the google data to show in the simulator. I followed all the steps and it went well up until 6:22. I cannot get the objects to show in the sim. is there something i'm missing??? if not then this method doesn't work anymore.
It´s funny to hear you at the end asking for likes or dislikes etc... you´re a genius. A video tutorial like this one should never have a dislike. Even if the troll didn´t like, one should respect the time and knowledge put into this. I definitely will try to improve my city. Liked and subscribed. Good job.
YES, IT WORKS IN 2021!!!! For anyone having issues with, finding the properties tab, OR having it say "0 properties selected" OR you don't see the grid he shows in the video, for the first, properties tab is found in the scenery tab "view" button, secondly you have to SELECT the properties BY CLICKING THE AREA ON THE MAP, he does not mention this and keep selecting until it says 9 properties selected "or whatever number of tiles you have downloaded" and then it works..there's probably a better way to select properties/to get the grid to show up but i don't know how he does it in the video because he doesn't show it.
Thanks for doing this. Got it working today after quite a bit of trial a error and tearing my hair out a bit. It is actually as simple as you make it seem in the tutorial but if you get the slightest little thing wrong setting up the file directories and editing the XML then obviously it won't work. One thing I would emphasise though is the point where you hit the 'build package' button. Depending on the power of your PC and the size of the area you're doing this can take a LONG time. Its easy to think the SDK has crashed or frozen when in actual fact its working away doing what it needs to do. It took my PC about 20 minutes to do the town I was mapping in the sim. I really wish Asobo would give us better tools though for blending in textures and working with the game terrain height. That was the bit I struggled getting right and seeing other peoples scenery efforts using this method it seems to be a common problem.
what type of pc do you have and how big was your project? I have 32gb of ram, a 10700k, 3070 and im building a package of about 7.83gb and its been an hour now
@@josephl1004 Ik it's been 2 years but did your project ever end up working? I'm trying to do my town but it "freezes" when building the package and I end up just closing msfs because I doubt it's going to work. Been longer than 30 mins I'm sure. If yours ended up working do you remember how long it took?
I tried this and the method worked great -- thanks!!! Question: Is there a way to add lighting to the buildings at night when using this method, perhaps with another tool? It's dark at night except for the street lights which appear like they're being generated outside the scenery project. Thanks again!
Could you please take a moment to adress the "unknown" problem that more and more people are getting. I managed to make two sceneries, very small ones. But now , every time I click LOAD INTO EDITOR > all the assets come up as "unknown"
Just started using the tool and tutorial: indeed I succeeded to create one scenery... someone a tip ? E.g. Re-installing the tool each time you create a scenery ?
Try renaming the default package name before building and loading into editor. It worked for me, just changing the 'simple' final word for something else.
Hmm for some reason the obj did not get loaded into the Scenery editor Just checked> The Scene file does not get created. I only get the midellib folder Ignore my complaints. I was just a little too impatient, the tool was not ready
The night lights will not show up on the photogrammetry buildings. But if you place the roads just under the ground so it is using the flight sim roads then you'll get the night lights from them. You can also place manual lights in the scenery editor, using Light_Cold and Light_Warm objects.
Hi, cool tutorial! - But in the sim, when I load the files it says "Unknown" on the scenery list. It looks like in your video, it does not say "Unknown"- thaks. Im I missing a step?
We don't understand what he means and isn't willing to explain for the past 6 months unfortunately. This answer isn't to explain him as I also don't have any idea what he's talking about, but it's my solution to the "unknowns". But on r/FS2020Creation there are some workarounds mentioned such as deleting the problem files shown if you check the errors console in the SDK after the first build package before loading into the game. For example, the text to look for should be something like: **GltfCompiler | Failed to reload saved model for verification, from file** F:\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Projects\(directory)\_PackageInt\_tempFiles\mycompany-scenery-simple\mymodellib\**20527140405061616264_LOD00.gltf** Then after removing the file types associated with the number 20527140405061616264 such as the .bin, .gtlf, .png, and .xml files of the same name, attempt to build again after cleaning the previous package and look for the manifest.json and layout.json to be generated to know it was successful. This is because Google does not have the specific LOD level data for a tile despite it rendering normally when importing into Blender. When one or a couple files is missing data then the whole game decides the entire scenery shouldn't be loaded which I guess is meant for safety from getting CTD but makes it more tedious remove them from the modellib. The biggest problem with it is that the developer completely abandoned this tool without response and no one else has ever really picked up and tried improving it. It was only uploaded on a subreddit but it really should be on Github for open support just like FBW, Salty, WorkingTitle, etc
You jumped straight from building the package to going to the airport/region. Don't you need to copy the package to the community folder then restart the game to see it?
@Extraordinary I was trying to make someone smile , but as for time on my hands I work 6 days a week, 12 hour shifts but thanks for giving me your time and comment . I never cry you Extra Ordinary prick . Bet your happy you chose that name now Eh.
thats one of the simplest tutorials so far, now all we need is for google to say "Yeah sure, help yourself" and we call go buy server farms ! My local town ( cambridge) looks wonderful in Sim now
I never created scenery or other mods but after doing the steps in the tourtorial i really have a good looking Stadium now in Stuttgart and not that houseblock from bing i never thought it would work so easy bit i guesd whenn the area gets bigger its much harder not to overlap
So is this scenery will apply to your computer only? Or it will be globally to any MFS2020 users. Meaning if I open the flight sim and fly to that location, the question is: I’m going to find that scenery that you had created or not? Note: I’m using Xbox, and I wonder if this will work on your computer only or if it’s globally. Kindly feedback.
I'm not convinced that this method is quite there yet. I have managed to import one project successfully but all further ones lead to the "unknown" error. I have changed the names of the .xmls, I've left them alone I've tried every variation that I can think of, all fail. The original method with Renderdoc is more involved but at least it works reliably. Great tutorial videos though, thanks for making them and making us aware of the possibilities.
i don't think it's the LOD, had 2 little parts working with 20 LOD, bigger part with 18 LOD didn't work. so annoying, you have to wait forever until the package is finished, just to find out it was a waste of time. would be awesome if there was a fix.
This is because this method only works once - you need to create a unique project for additional areas - Flying Theston has put a video to show you how. I've tried it - works every time :-) ruclips.net/video/3K0XhAf0WYw/видео.html
Hey There! I have got a problem, once I've selected the area in the decoder I load up the simulator and build the package which works fine but when I load into the flight I open the project again then I click load in editor but when it loads the list in the scenery the editor says "Unknown" ? Any solutions would be awesome
I could be wrong but surely the point of using Bing map data was to regenerate the buildings and structures from within Simulator as ‘active’ elements. Thereby they can react to sunlight and generate shadows, which is far more realistic and desirable. By importing Google Map data you are also importing the conditions when the data was captured originally. One step forward …two steps back.
yea its weird to select all the tiles, id like to know as well, I ended up only moving one tile at a time and having to line them all up later, but man the result was amazing
Your videos are really super good thanks for that, how do you remove the water that turns to ice with the decoder afterwards? that looks terrible every body of water turns to ice with the decoder 😞
a question, if i may: when im upload the Package in the Editor after im fly over my designated city, i have only unknown tabs no numbers in my Scenery window, in Video at 6.26 .Does it mean Bern has no Photogrametry data or i did something wrong ...... : ( thanks alot for your time
It either means there is no photogrammetry data in your area or you have a project already named the same as the project you're working on (or some other unknown bug)
Just check on google maps. You need to click the globe button in the bottom right and then the 3d button and if there is photogrammatry data available it should show up.
@@kaloca @Flying Theston This happens to me when i try to add highly detailed areas, with standard ugly details it works... did you solved the "unknown" bug?
i tried to do it first time and earth2 MSFS download got stuck because the area was too large, then tried gain but i got stuck here 3:25; Downloading metadata, 0 ready, 1 remains. I aleady tried deleting the earth 2 msfs and recopying the simple scenery folder and deleting the 2 folders all over again. what to do
If anyone is reading this and not going to bother since the commenter above says it took 12 hours, I did it just now at a 6x6 km area and it took about 5 minutes, so i have no f-ing idea wtf kind of area they are trying to download lol
How do you deal with autogen if you download a Google Earth area that is larger than the photogrammetry data within? Because deleting all autogen within the rectangle removes more than there actually is...
I thought I was stuck, but a quick check at task manager and windows explorer showed it is building the package. It's a fairly long process depending on how large the area is
@@Dany-gf9zu it's still going, 1 hour since I hit the build package already, but I can see the Packages folder being filled with textures. Given the size of the city I'm trying to do I assume it's around 60-70% now
@@Dany-gf9zu exactly what was showing in the video. I think it just finished building the package, around 2 hours total time. Gonna watch the remainder of the video now and hopefully in some time I'll let you know if it worked :)
I just wish that MS had utilised Google Maps from the beginning instead of the lesser quality Bing Maps. They would then have a superb flight simulator without the need for users to spend anything extra in scenery 'enhancements' in order to get the accuracy.
showmoke they already have a superb flight simulator. What more do you want. Greedy and spoilt now are we?? Think about what you’re getting for default with bing maps anyway. Always complaints 🙄
Oli Lewis - nothing wrong with striving for excellence. They’re getting there, but not there yet. By ‘getting there’ I’m referring to 100% scenery accuracy worldwide.
Thanks for this Would have been a lot better if you'd shown the quality comparison close up - I mean that's the whole point - we want to see how much better it is - to justify the use of the tool.
Hi! Thanks for the tutorial but I'm running into an issue whereby when I press "load in editor" (6:21) instead "a bunch of these files" I get a long list where all entries say 'Unknown*' and I can't see the white grids like in your video. After applying a polygon and excluding all, my PG that I downloaded doesn't show up. Any ideas?
@@Innero yep that issue stems from not letting the file download properly in the decoder. Try different LOD settings or just give it a bit more time. Make sure it says ‘finished’. In the end though I’ve ended up using render doc to import google models. It’s more of a muck around but yields good results if you persist.
Okay if anyone is interested on how it looks ive created the Stadium in Stuttgart VFBthanks to you finaly not so good like yours but better than the default one im proud
So I am following along but when I am in MFS in the project editor I see all the scenery objects created by the import tool but I can not select them like you do at the 6:29 mark so the grid does not appear on the in game map. I tried shit clicking, alt, control nothing works. How do I select all the tiles?
Its really bad that the guy didnt explain that in the video and even made a cut i think, but the way i got it to work was by clicking/doubles clicking the area with the right menus open (which im not exactly sure which menus have to be open but yea, and then it usually only selects on tile and you have to keep clicking until under the properties it says "6 selectected" or whatever number of tiles it is for you.
@MRV you don't have to rename anything, as you can see in the video I don't rename it and it works just fine. You have to rename things if you have multiple projects of the same name though
This from another user worked for me- You have to build the project before opening it in the scenery editor. Open project. Modify your company and package info. Save project. Build project. Close project. Reopen project. Now you can use the scenery editor.
I followed the steps but I don't get the objects toolbox when I selected my scenery. Also, I can only select one the individual scenery files, not multiple. Thus, I don't see the full area I created. Any idea what I may have done wrong?
I found the objects. Only thing not working for me is selecting multiple tiles to view the generated area before creating the polygon. Appreciate all tips.
Dude I'm totally confused man... I would love to do this but I dont know what the hell to do... you have things on your computer that I don't see on mine... idk wth to do
"All you need to do"? You lost me at hello ! Great stuff but I know my head would be spinning after the first few instructions and I count myself as reasonably capable with IT. I need some more lessons, clearly. Ps. What I can do, is fly my real world aeroplane quite well :-)
only one problem for me. I make my square but after in game, the place of the square does not correspond at all. I try to make my city in several times but the junctions are not good at all
I had this issue at first as well. It’s cause I had the folder incorrectly labeled in the .xml inside the definitions folder. If you copy over the simple scenery folder and don’t change any .xml, it should work. That’s the only thing I changed and it worked properly in terms of naming.
Bjorn Collins you have to go and recapture it then. I know it took me a few tries to get it correct. Not sure what else to tell you. I’m def not a developer. Lol
You have to build the project before opening it in the scenery editor. Open project. Modify your company and package info. Save project. Build project. Close project. Reopen project. Now you can use the scenery editor.
At about 6:24 you scenery editor with all the files and then somehow you highlight all the scenery files simultaneously. I've gotten to this point but I cannot seen to figure out how to select all the scenery files together to adjust the elevation. I can only select one at a time. How did you select all of then at the same together?
thats an impressive tutorial ! Thank you for sharing the info ! *edit, i hope you dont mind too much, i have made a video, translating all the info in your video to spanish, for people who have trouble understanding english! in my video i mention that the all the info is from your channel. i mention your channel name 3 times, i put it in the description and on facebook on a fs2020 page for spanish speaking people, i also shared it and said "all credit goes to Flying Theston"
All I get is unknown when I load into editor. Waste of time, tried to fix it. I didn't rename the folders or name or anything. I don't know what caused it and it's so complicated to fix. I want my 2 hours back 😭
First : Change " Scenery Project.xml ' un simple scenery folder by the name of your choice for exemple : A Next go into this xml file with bloc note and replace " mycompany-scenery-simple.xml by A.xml and save ! Next go to Package définition folder and rename " mycompany-scenery-simple.xml " and the folder by A In the A.xml file open in editor ( bloc note ) and change all the " mycompagny-scenery-simple" by A ( there are 3 in the xml file ) and save. In the end just rename in simple scenery folder the top file by A ! You are done ! Just load in flight build Package and load scenery as usual !
At 06:28 how do you select all those files in the scenery editor at once?.... I have to individually click each one which takes forever... then when I go to exclude the autogen, they all un select
@Mike Dawkins @Majick Nous @Lloyd Buck I followed the renaming guide (ruclips.net/video/3K0XhAf0WYw/видео.html) to the letter and was still getting the 'Unknown' error when opening package in editor. HOWEVER watching carefully he'd missed to explain a line in the xml that relates to . When watching him rename the Name, AssetDir & Output Dir, he failed to mention that theres a a FOURTH line you need to change also called . I've used my example with all changes to the name as 'EXAMPLE' other than the FOURTH change which is not mentioned in the video where a second line relates to as follows, it should read like this;
PackageSources\modelLib\ scenery/global/scenery ***THIS LINE IS NOW CORRECT*** The code continues........ scenery\mycompany ***THIS IS THE ORIGINAL INCORRECT LINE*** Once changed, it worked everytime for me :)
@@plaidzombie7265 Think it was a bug introduced on the last update as previous to that I had no issues, not sure if the SDK changed the default paths. Anyway, heres what a step by step what I do to the point where Scenery Editor loads in the scenery files. (I'll use my default file system on my dedicated SSD which is S:\FS2020 and also refer to the scenery your going to import as 'Example') 1. Make a copy of the simplescenery folder and put it wherever you want, the idea is you won't have to change the file over and over for each project, I placed it in my main folder as follows; S:\FS2020\SimpleScenery 2. Once there ensure you do the following; - Change the file name to e.g. S:\FS2020\Example from SimpleScenery. - Open the folder and change the xml file from 'SceneryProject.xml' to 'Example.xml' - Open the file now called 'Example.xml' and change the code refering to SceneryProject and mycompany-scenery-simple to 'Example' as follows **ORIGINAL . _PackageInt
PackageDefinitions\mycompany-scenery-simple.xml
**CHANGED TO . _PackageInt
PackageDefinitions\Example.xml
then SAVE and close editor 3. Open folder 'PackageDefinitions' in the same folder and rename both the folder and xml files in there to 'Example'. So you should have; **ORIGINAL A folder called 'S:\FS2020\Example\PackageDefinitions\mycompany-scenery-simple A file called 'S:\FS2020\Example\PackageDefinitions\mycompany-scenery-simple.xml **CHANGED TO A folder called 'S:\FS2020\Example\PackageDefinitions\Example A file called 'S:\FS2020\Example\PackageDefinitions\Example.xml 4. Open the Example.xml file with your xml editor (Notepad++ or similar) and you need to change FOUR lines, I'll highlight the lines CAPITALS as I can't use fonts. **ORIGINAL ;
PackageSources\modelLib\ scenery/GLOBAL/SCENERY ****please take care with forward & back slashes***
BGL
false
PackageSources\scene\ scenery
5. Once done save again and exit the xml editor 6. Now go back a folder to S:\FS2020\Example where you'll have Folder PackageDefinitions Folder PackageSourxes File Example.xml 7. Open folder 'PackageSources' then modelLib and delete all folders EXCEPT 'texture' 8. Open 'texture' folder and delete all textures in there. 9. Go back to folders and you'll see Folder 'modelLib' Folder 'scene' 10 Open 'scene' folder and delete the 'objects.xml' Thats now your template made which you can use over and over again by copying it to your 'MyFSProjects' folder 11 Once you've copied your folder template called 'Example' to 'MyFSProjects' all you do is go through steps of changing the files you changes to 'Example' with your actual project name, e.g. for 'newcastlebridge' EVERYTHING thats named 'Example' will be 'newcastlebridge' including any folders or xml files named 'Example' as in the steps made out earlier. so for example you should have in your Projects folder; S:\FS2020\MyFSProjects\Example\PackageDefinitions ewcastlebridge (Folder) S:\FS2020\MyFSProjects\Example\PackageDefinitions ewcastlebridge.xml in the newcastlebridge xml file all references to 'Example' will be need to be changed to 'newcastlebridge', you obviously don't need to change the line scenery/global/scenery\ as your template will now always have that set. Thats it!, you only have to go into the Flightsim and follow the video on how to copy and create the objects you require, you should not get errors if this is followed and the video is followed. Good luck and hope this helps! All folder
@@eddiemcgee8667 Thank you very much for this highly detailed answer! It took a couple of goes but I finally got it to work! Not sure what I was doing wrong... The google map data isn't very high quality and is very jaggy. What are the best setting to use for high detail? Many thanks!
@@plaidzombie7265 19 to 21 inclusive normally is good, any higher and you can get the dreaded 'Unknown' error as the original Photogrammetry may not be that high. I've pretty much done the whole of Newcastle with all bridges, railway station, The Sage and St James Park. Looks amazing!
@@plaidzombie7265 I have found that sometimes if you close the project then reopen it and reload into the Scenery Editor it works OK. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it an d I don't know what causes the problem.
I tried a small area and the it is coming out with a blue tint to it, any ideas how to resolve? Also how to select all the tiles in the editor I can't ctrl-A I can only ctrl and select 6:27
I lost count of how many times the word "just" was used, and the term "all you have to do", all seemingly to convince us that the title 'Easily' was really true. Easy? To some perhaps😟
Hi I have commented on your other tutorial but afterwards found this one. As a 71 year old almost computer savvy would you recommend this over the other package. All I want is Tamworth and Lichfield scenery to have a look around. Any advise would be gratefully accepted. Thank you for posting the two tutorial videos even though it's over my head.
I give up :( The first package worked after tweaking the XML files as suggested in the comments.. but everything since then fails with "unknown" no matter what I do... has this something to do with the new SDK?
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I almost feel sorry for Bing, it always has and likely always will be in Google's shadow. Even when a ground breaking game comes out creating a stunning re-creation of the entire world thanks to Bing, people use Google Maps to improve it lol.
Its such a shame they used Bing for the maps, image the improvement if they went with google maps, I know Bing is owned by Microsoft so that's obviously why they used it
why I should use crappy bing. bing sucks in every way. they should partner with google.
Imagine if X Plane partnered with Google.
@@Conker1337 people have been saying that since release but it was inevitable that they would use Bing, there's no way Google would sell their product to a competitor, not for a fair price at least and the result would probably be FS2020 being a subscription game.
@@XMadAntzX They need to partner with Blackshark AI as well or else the world would be mostly flat and look very low resolution up close.
Google maps cities look better, whereas Bing maps is really good at landscapes
@@jjnxyz4368 "Bing generally has better sat images..." Not at high latitudes. For about five minutes they were a bit ahead. Neither has seemed to bother with updating much of their image data above, oh, 62-64 degrees north latitude and up for several years now, especially in rural areas (most everything at that latitude is rural). Street views, even in major regional hubs, are also seriously out of date.
I love your term "simple" - I lost my way after the first couple of minutes!! - however, I am really pleased you posted this video - and that someone far more capable and with a greater degree of time available, will tackle my city (Auckland) as Google photogrammetry is available for that and currently it looks rubbish with MS2020.!!
Thanks again!!
I will see about sharing a package for Auckland. Only visited once, but it was enough to start emigrating my family. Haven't made it yet thanks to some health issues and now covid-19 and DJT's narcissistic delusions though. Can't think of a better place to try this process with. What's the max size you want, where exactly do you want it focused, and if you have a preference, what LOD range?
@@MichaelRainabbaRichardson wow..that would be brilliant if you can manage Auckland. I guess the city centre would be my preference..along with the harbour bridge. The boubdaries could be the motorways... If you get time and manage to post it..i am certain you will get some good take up of your work! Thanks even for the offer!!🙂🙂
@@rayhughes Seen these?
flightsim.to/file/574/microsoft-flight-simulator-2020-auckland-pack-1-0
and
flightsim.to/file/522/auckland-airport-enhancement
@@glars37 Really good scenery, even has Sounds Air, Picton livery 😁
"and it really is that simple." - this made me laugh..
As easy as shitt1ng the bed and kicking it out with your foot ! 🤣
1 minute in and I was like didn't he say this was going to be easy? And yes I know how to use a computer. lol
Honestly I’m impressed this is such an easy to follow tutorial yes their may be a lot of steps involved but their easy to follow and if your playing Microsoft flight sim then you should already be somewhat familiar with installing packages and what makes it easier is that they already have the package installer for us as part of the game this is great thanks a lot
Don't know how many times I heard "and now all we need to do".
Yes it's easy, some people really need to be teleported back to 2006 when FSX came out
All I want is the entire earth converted and ready to put on community folder
This is working really well on my end. However, this takes a lot of space by km² (1Gb to get the Sherbrooke university campus in Quebec). I really hope that Bing will get more cities with photogrametry since there is no way to store the whole planet on our PC.
I mean we just need to get comunity server running with 30 peta bytes of storage so we can all stream world asets from google maps instead of ping lamo. That would take alot of effort and I doubt we would sell enough to make it worth it.
Lower the level of detail on the download
@@biggles9604
Google may find out
im trying to get montreal with this
Any chance you could give us a PDF version of your procedures? This is a great video but daunting to try and follow. Something instructions we could print out would be very helpful. Keep up the stellar work.
@Julian Moses You should have posted this as a video response
Who prints shit to read it? Thats so 90s.
lol. but yeah a pdf would be nice. Have at it :)
@@chikokishi7030 Yeah but I'm 74 so it would be so 60's for me :) Maybe just an automated script where I just circle the area I want and it does it be itself world be better.
@@byronmcduffy3485 lollll ive imported a few things with this method. i may just make a pdf. may not. Its not difficult:
download and open program
make a folder on your pc to save to
copy sample scene
delete 2 folders
copy location address
open program
paste address
select and download area
open dev tools in fs
load selection
build packagr
open game flight
edit and safe
@@chikokishi7030 i did it but then there are just unknown ones do yo know what i have to do?
Sorry, but something isn't working here. I managed to create one tiny area showing an airport, and after moving it into my community file, I deleted the directory where I created the project. I then tried to do a larger area with LOD between 17-19, and whenever I load into the scenery editor, I just get all the objects named as 'unknown'. What am I doing wrong?
Same here, it was working but now get 'unknown' every time. Wouldn't care, I've not changed the method in any way. Not sure if it's since the Japan update.
This is because this method only works once - you need to create a unique project for additional areas - Flying Theston has put a video to show you how. I've tried it - works every time :-) ruclips.net/video/3K0XhAf0WYw/видео.html
@@majicknous1946 I can send you the files I have changed if that would help - You can then highlight the area you want and try it?
Great Video but i have one Question. How do you mark all the scenery files at the same time at time Code 6:28. ?
For people who try to capture whole cities thats not a good idea it takes ages but for small buildings wich are missing in the scenery its a great Methode
seems like i need to turn teraforming on and then push the MSFS data down a bit to show the google data. then the plane ends up spawning below the google data
I watched your 001 video and got many of my questions answered and issues resolved. Thank you, and thank you for all of your videos! I have read most of the comments for this video, searching for answers to many of my questions. I find the range of responses that you get quite interesting. Some people are polite and ask basic questions, but so many are rude, inconsiderate, and ungrateful. I understand that people become frustrated when things don't work as expected, but taking it out on you or blaming you, when you took the time and trouble to make this video, in an effort to share your knowledge so others can do it too is really unnecessary. Usually the issue is that they are doing something wrong (just as I was). Everything is hard and complicated when you don't understand. Rarely anything worthwhile in life is easy at first, but patience and persistence does bring great rewards.This process does become fairly easy once you get your head wrapped around it.I actually wrote out a procedure document based on this and other videos for my own reference. I tried (and failed) several times trying to learn how to this, and expended hours upon hours in frustration of not understanding why it wasn't working, but I kept trying and learning along the way until I finally achieved fairly consistent success. Thanks for making this possible.
Finally a way to capture entire cities!!!!! The potential is huge! All the cities in Europe, east Europe Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia Latvia, Hong Kong, Macau south Africa, South America can now be brought into the sim from Google 3d😁😁
What about night textures and seasons
And you would need terabytes of disk space to store all that locally.
Not every city has 3D, at least in the UK. And a medium town can take 6B + storage, so you'd need to be selective!
@Mark Tyrrell have you even tried?? It works!!
I was battling through your other tutorial "Export from Google Maps...." and accidentally closed it! I opened this one thinking it was the same ! Huh? what is going on.... this method is just too awesome! Well done and thank you for sharing!
You can also capture terrain elevation data from this. Not sure how you would import that in to flight sim but it would mean that it fits perfectly rather than having to change the height axis and losing some buildings. Would involve a lot more work though.
3 years later... Have you found out how to do this?
3:26 in that part when i am downloading it only stays like this (downloading data 0/97577) and doesent move what do i do?
Ahhhh Cheers!! literally just finished my first project using blender and render docs. which all in all took close to probably 20-24 hours. Cant wait to give this a go, havent even watched full video yet. Hopefully can capture in high detail to as my scene i just did was close to 500MB. Bigger the better baby
Superb guide and much needed for Stonehenge which looks like the aftermath scene of "Griswolds at Stonehenge". Thank You.
Please accept my thumbs up for the Griswold comment
Fantastic video after a few mistakes I eventually added the Scenery I wanted to MSFS. Thank you so much much easier than using Blender and RenderDoc
I can not get the google data to show in the simulator. I followed all the steps and it went well up until 6:22. I cannot get the objects to show in the sim. is there something i'm missing??? if not then this method doesn't work anymore.
i have the same problem
It´s funny to hear you at the end asking for likes or dislikes etc... you´re a genius. A video tutorial like this one should never have a dislike. Even if the troll didn´t like, one should respect the time and knowledge put into this. I definitely will try to improve my city. Liked and subscribed. Good job.
Oh my god wtaf. I'm from Lincoln and I came on this video to find out how to do this to my home town. This couldn't be more perfect hahahah
I didn't know it was so damn easy! I will do it tomorrow during my coffee break. I could do this quickly with one Eye tied behind my back!
YES, IT WORKS IN 2021!!!! For anyone having issues with, finding the properties tab, OR having it say "0 properties selected" OR you don't see the grid he shows in the video, for the first, properties tab is found in the scenery tab "view" button, secondly you have to SELECT the properties BY CLICKING THE AREA ON THE MAP, he does not mention this and keep selecting until it says 9 properties selected "or whatever number of tiles you have downloaded" and then it works..there's probably a better way to select properties/to get the grid to show up but i don't know how he does it in the video because he doesn't show it.
my download starts with a ton of metadata, after it is done the tool stops at 0 data download ... nothing happens for hours ...
same here :/
@@florianlauer3067 Same here
Same here anyone got a fix mine won't download it just says 1 remaining,0 Done...
Thanks for doing this. Got it working today after quite a bit of trial a error and tearing my hair out a bit. It is actually as simple as you make it seem in the tutorial but if you get the slightest little thing wrong setting up the file directories and editing the XML then obviously it won't work. One thing I would emphasise though is the point where you hit the 'build package' button. Depending on the power of your PC and the size of the area you're doing this can take a LONG time. Its easy to think the SDK has crashed or frozen when in actual fact its working away doing what it needs to do. It took my PC about 20 minutes to do the town I was mapping in the sim.
I really wish Asobo would give us better tools though for blending in textures and working with the game terrain height. That was the bit I struggled getting right and seeing other peoples scenery efforts using this method it seems to be a common problem.
what type of pc do you have and how big was your project? I have 32gb of ram, a 10700k, 3070 and im building a package of about 7.83gb and its been an hour now
@@josephl1004 Ik it's been 2 years but did your project ever end up working? I'm trying to do my town but it "freezes" when building the package and I end up just closing msfs because I doubt it's going to work. Been longer than 30 mins I'm sure. If yours ended up working do you remember how long it took?
I have "unknown" in scenery editor, any solution?
Me too and I dont know why.....its terrible for me
@@spacemarderdontaskme6452 did you find a solution?
@@martinluther7436 same here, I think maybe microsoft patched the game so that people can't load in google data?
Cpt.AirWolf could be of the version is not working any more
I tried this and the method worked great -- thanks!!! Question: Is there a way to add lighting to the buildings at night when using this method, perhaps with another tool? It's dark at night except for the street lights which appear like they're being generated outside the scenery project. Thanks again!
Could you please take a moment to adress the "unknown" problem that more and more people are getting.
I managed to make two sceneries, very small ones.
But now , every time I click LOAD INTO EDITOR > all the assets come up as "unknown"
Just started using the tool and tutorial: indeed I succeeded to create one scenery... someone a tip ? E.g. Re-installing the tool each time you create a scenery ?
Try renaming the default package name before building and loading into editor. It worked for me, just changing the 'simple' final word for something else.
when i bulid up project scenery list does not appear like that and i don't have the squares. What should i do
so lets say i just select the whole planet, how many ice ages will the earth have gone through by the time its done downloading?
Im downloading Hong Kong Map, about 40 square mils area, I'll come back to tell you how long it took, my net speed is about wired 900Mbps
@@sought84 any news? 😬
Mick Golding still going I think 😆
and going...........
and going............
Thank you for this great tutorial. Followed your steps and now I have my first imported Google town into MSFS!
This is seriously a game changer! Thank you for this tutorial.
MadKad noooooeeeeeuuuuuhhh 😱 it is a SIM changer!
@@ytwos1 The main advantage FS 2020 has over XP (at the moment) is there's no need to store huge imagery files on a local drive.
Hmm for some reason the obj did not get loaded into the Scenery editor
Just checked> The Scene file does not get created. I only get the midellib folder
Ignore my complaints. I was just a little too impatient, the tool was not ready
This guy says "and finally" or "and now all you need to do" for every damn step. Confusing as hell when listening to that.
"Easily"
Feel free to upload your own tutorial sharing your infinite knowledge of the sdk, with your own script anytime bud!
I get the impression you get caught up on language use a bit?
Hhhhahah
Don't take it literally🤣
is there a possibility to exclude just the trees from the google earth data? the trees there do not look natural, they look like bulps or baloons.
I assume you lose lighting effects and all that for night flying? Not sure how this would 'know' where the lights go?
The night lights will not show up on the photogrammetry buildings. But if you place the roads just under the ground so it is using the flight sim roads then you'll get the night lights from them. You can also place manual lights in the scenery editor, using Light_Cold and Light_Warm objects.
@@FlyingTheston Please reply to my query in the comments in relation to this method on airports.
@@FlyingTheston could u show how it works?
@@FlyingTheston sorry dude but you then get half a building in height, scaling just lifts it back out the ground and brings the road back up..
Hi, cool tutorial! -
But in the sim, when I load the files it says "Unknown" on the scenery list. It looks like in your video, it does not say "Unknown"- thaks. Im I missing a step?
@Mark Tyrrell why once? can´t you just make multiple projects, save multiple sceneries in the community folder and the load MSFS with all those?
Have the same issue: ´unknown’ list. Is this a memory issue in the tool ?
I have the same problem. It usually works in cities, in landscapes only "Unknown" appears in the scenery editor.
We don't understand what he means and isn't willing to explain for the past 6 months unfortunately. This answer isn't to explain him as I also don't have any idea what he's talking about, but it's my solution to the "unknowns".
But on r/FS2020Creation there are some workarounds mentioned such as deleting the problem files shown if you check the errors console in the SDK after the first build package before loading into the game.
For example, the text to look for should be something like:
**GltfCompiler | Failed to reload saved model for verification, from file** F:\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Projects\(directory)\_PackageInt\_tempFiles\mycompany-scenery-simple\mymodellib\**20527140405061616264_LOD00.gltf**
Then after removing the file types associated with the number 20527140405061616264 such as the .bin, .gtlf, .png, and .xml files of the same name, attempt to build again after cleaning the previous package and look for the manifest.json and layout.json to be generated to know it was successful.
This is because Google does not have the specific LOD level data for a tile despite it rendering normally when importing into Blender. When one or a couple files is missing data then the whole game decides the entire scenery shouldn't be loaded which I guess is meant for safety from getting CTD but makes it more tedious remove them from the modellib. The biggest problem with it is that the developer completely abandoned this tool without response and no one else has ever really picked up and tried improving it. It was only uploaded on a subreddit but it really should be on Github for open support just like FBW, Salty, WorkingTitle, etc
You jumped straight from building the package to going to the airport/region. Don't you need to copy the package to the community folder then restart the game to see it?
Did you ever get the package to show up in the scenery editor objects page
Some kind person with time on their hands needs to do every city in England ........please.
Now you know how to do it :-D
I have a feeling 'Orbx' will do it?
@Extraordinary I was trying to make someone smile , but as for time on my hands I work 6 days a week, 12 hour shifts but thanks for giving me your time and comment . I never cry you Extra Ordinary prick . Bet your happy you chose that name now Eh.
Amazing! The Japan update missed my entire prefecture. Ill be adding my local castles and other landmarks in!
Sadly Gifu doesn't have 3D mapping in Google either
thats one of the simplest tutorials so far, now all we need is for google to say "Yeah sure, help yourself" and we call go buy server farms ! My local town ( cambridge) looks wonderful in Sim now
I never created scenery or other mods but after doing the steps in the tourtorial i really have a good looking Stadium now in Stuttgart and not that houseblock from bing i never thought it would work so easy bit i guesd whenn the area gets bigger its much harder not to overlap
So is this scenery will apply to your computer only? Or it will be globally to any MFS2020 users. Meaning if I open the flight sim and fly to that location, the question is: I’m going to find that scenery that you had created or not? Note: I’m using Xbox, and I wonder if this will work on your computer only or if it’s globally. Kindly feedback.
I'm not convinced that this method is quite there yet. I have managed to import one project successfully but all further ones lead to the "unknown" error. I have changed the names of the .xmls, I've left them alone I've tried every variation that I can think of, all fail.
The original method with Renderdoc is more involved but at least it works reliably.
Great tutorial videos though, thanks for making them and making us aware of the possibilities.
@MRV And why is it not working with High LOD? keeping the details low makes no sense, the shapes are really ugly
i don't think it's the LOD, had 2 little parts working with 20 LOD, bigger part with 18 LOD didn't work. so annoying, you have to wait forever until the package is finished, just to find out it was a waste of time. would be awesome if there was a fix.
Same problem here. Changing LOD didnt change anything
This is because this method only works once - you need to create a unique project for additional areas - Flying Theston has put a video to show you how. I've tried it - works every time :-) ruclips.net/video/3K0XhAf0WYw/видео.html
Apparently the Folder structure in FS2020 scenery editor has changed - the operations on the folders here don't seem to work any more
I feel like the 3.1 K likes are from those who watched it and the 70 dislikes are from those who tried it themselves
How do we select all the objects in the scenery editor. He skipped showing us that part
Try Using shift click in the scenery editor menu, it doesn't work in the objects menu
Hey There! I have got a problem, once I've selected the area in the decoder I load up the simulator and build the package which works fine but when I load into the flight I open the project again then I click load in editor but when it loads the list in the scenery the editor says "Unknown" ? Any solutions would be awesome
Same here. :(
What helped was to choose a smaller area.
@@JanStrojil It started working today I must have chosen smaller areas
I have the same problem. Always unknown. Size does not seem to matter. Happens even if I only choose a city block.
I could be wrong but surely the point of using Bing map data was to regenerate the buildings and structures from within Simulator as ‘active’ elements. Thereby they can react to sunlight and generate shadows, which is far more realistic and desirable. By importing Google Map data you are also importing the conditions when the data was captured originally. One step forward …two steps back.
the 3d models imported will also have shadows cast upon them and cast shadows too, the buildings look perfectly fine in my opinion
Anyone found out a sweetspot in lod options? "unknown" error all the time.
in the editor within the game? yup, same here too... does that mean that there is no geodata?
Memory issue ,
pls tell me how do i select multiple objects at once i been trying for hours to find out
yea its weird to select all the tiles, id like to know as well, I ended up only moving one tile at a time and having to line them all up later, but man the result was amazing
Select the first one in the Scenery group, then select the last one while keeping the LEFT shift pressed on the keyboard.
"all you need to do"
was a shitton of steps.
im dead lmfao was thinking the same thing
Unfortunately, once I click on Build package for the first time my sim freezes..... May that be because my project is 7GB big?
Same for me. I think its because my project is too big. I'll try something smaller and see how I get on.
Same. Mine's 15.
"..and now all we need to do.." :)
Great video by the way! Thank you so much!
Your videos are really super good thanks for that, how do you remove the water that turns to ice with the decoder afterwards? that looks terrible every body of water turns to ice with the decoder 😞
a question, if i may: when im upload the Package in the Editor after im fly over my designated city, i have only unknown tabs no numbers in my Scenery window, in Video at 6.26 .Does it mean Bern has no Photogrametry data or i did something wrong ...... : ( thanks alot for your time
It either means there is no photogrammetry data in your area or you have a project already named the same as the project you're working on (or some other unknown bug)
same error, any fixes?
Just check on google maps. You need to click the globe button in the bottom right and then the 3d button and if there is photogrammatry data available it should show up.
Actually, I managed to make it work simply by reducing the area
@@kaloca @Flying Theston This happens to me when i try to add highly detailed areas, with standard ugly details it works... did you solved the "unknown" bug?
i tried to do it first time and earth2 MSFS download got stuck because the area was too large, then tried gain but i got stuck here 3:25; Downloading metadata, 0 ready, 1 remains. I aleady tried deleting the earth 2 msfs and recopying the simple scenery folder and deleting the 2 folders all over again. what to do
4:33 How long did to take to "Build Packages"?
Would also like to know. Seems like it wants to take days lol
If anyone is reading this and not going to bother since the commenter above says it took 12 hours, I did it just now at a 6x6 km area and it took about 5 minutes, so i have no f-ing idea wtf kind of area they are trying to download lol
Around 15 min
How do you deal with autogen if you download a Google Earth area that is larger than the photogrammetry data within? Because deleting all autogen within the rectangle removes more than there actually is...
After I clicked build packe the Sim is stuck pls help
I thought I was stuck, but a quick check at task manager and windows explorer showed it is building the package. It's a fairly long process depending on how large the area is
@@HortaRacing did it work on you?
@@Dany-gf9zu it's still going, 1 hour since I hit the build package already, but I can see the Packages folder being filled with textures. Given the size of the city I'm trying to do I assume it's around 60-70% now
@@HortaRacing on minute 4:27 you can see assets group what do u have in there? bc when I click on mycompany-scenery-Simple there is no folder
@@Dany-gf9zu exactly what was showing in the video. I think it just finished building the package, around 2 hours total time. Gonna watch the remainder of the video now and hopefully in some time I'll let you know if it worked :)
The tool does not work! It never gets a job finished like the other users further below wrote. What can we do?
I just wish that MS had utilised Google Maps from the beginning instead of the lesser quality Bing Maps. They would then have a superb flight simulator without the need for users to spend anything extra in scenery 'enhancements' in order to get the accuracy.
Gotta love competitiveness, eh? *eyeroll at them*
Bing maps is free for them. Google maps will cost a shit load of money, It’s not an easy choice.
let xplane do it
showmoke they already have a superb flight simulator. What more do you want. Greedy and spoilt now are we?? Think about what you’re getting for default with bing maps anyway. Always complaints 🙄
Oli Lewis - nothing wrong with striving for excellence. They’re getting there, but not there yet. By ‘getting there’ I’m referring to 100% scenery accuracy worldwide.
this tutorial laid out the steps so cleanly, really great job on this video!
Everything "Unknown" in the Scenery Editor
same here
@@kreiskrappen_sim Package is just to big as i noticed
i got the unknown problem solved by reloading the project.xml in scenery editor
@@tonitakomo6225 really, how??
Thanks for this Would have been a lot better if you'd shown the quality comparison close up - I mean that's the whole point - we want to see how much better it is - to justify the use of the tool.
I'm stuck with "unknown" imports no matter what I do :(
Me too...anyone with a hint...
@2:20 how quickly did you find Lincoln, like a homing pigeon on speed.
Thanks for your videos!!!! They help alot!!! I saw that you had a lot of errors, but continued without addressing them. Is this OK?
Hi! Thanks for the tutorial but I'm running into an issue whereby when I press "load in editor" (6:21) instead "a bunch of these files" I get a long list where all entries say 'Unknown*' and I can't see the white grids like in your video. After applying a polygon and excluding all, my PG that I downloaded doesn't show up. Any ideas?
Same here after I've tried to do it all today. Have you found any solution?
@@Innero yep that issue stems from not letting the file download properly in the decoder. Try different LOD settings or just give it a bit more time. Make sure it says ‘finished’.
In the end though I’ve ended up using render doc to import google models. It’s more of a muck around but yields good results if you persist.
Okay if anyone is interested on how it looks ive created the Stadium in Stuttgart VFBthanks to you finaly not so good like yours but better than the default one im proud
So I am following along but when I am in MFS in the project editor I see all the scenery objects created by the import tool but I can not select them like you do at the 6:29 mark so the grid does not appear on the in game map. I tried shit clicking, alt, control nothing works. How do I select all the tiles?
Its really bad that the guy didnt explain that in the video and even made a cut i think, but the way i got it to work was by clicking/doubles clicking the area with the right menus open (which im not exactly sure which menus have to be open but yea, and then it usually only selects on tile and you have to keep clicking until under the properties it says "6 selectected" or whatever number of tiles it is for you.
Hey, just an ideia.
Create a video creating a hangar on blender. Creating the texture, PBR, importing... 😉
I have the same problem as Joe Davis, all files come up as unknown in the scenery editor.
are you sure there is photogrammetry data on the map area you're trying to capture?
@MRV you don't have to rename anything, as you can see in the video I don't rename it and it works just fine. You have to rename things if you have multiple projects of the same name though
@MRV Yeah you can't have 2 projects with the same name, watch my other video on how to edit the project files (its the first episode in the series)
This from another user worked for me-
You have to build the project before opening it in the scenery editor.
Open project. Modify your company and package info. Save project. Build project. Close project. Reopen project. Now you can use the scenery editor.
So... Paris will soon be on end of construction !
Thanks to Google Earth !
Um France is World Update 4. No need to jump through a million hoops to put a bit of Google maps in the sim.
I followed the steps but I don't get the objects toolbox when I selected my scenery. Also, I can only select one the individual scenery files, not multiple. Thus, I don't see the full area I created. Any idea what I may have done wrong?
I found the objects. Only thing not working for me is selecting multiple tiles to view the generated area before creating the polygon. Appreciate all tips.
@@hjslaw Left Shift + Click top one then click bottom one
How about the transition points? (The edges) I'm worried about those mostly
Where is the Simple Project.XML ??!!!
When i try to build in msfs2020 it freezes pls help me
same here.
@MichaelKingsfordGray so your saying my nintendo switch is the weak point?
@MichaelKingsfordGray my computer has 12 gb gpu and ryzrn 9
Dude I'm totally confused man... I would love to do this but I dont know what the hell to do... you have things on your computer that I don't see on mine... idk wth to do
I thought the same, watch the vid in the description first,
I just did this and im amazed at the result, going to upload a video showing it off.
"All you need to do"? You lost me at hello ! Great stuff but I know my head would be spinning after the first few instructions and I count myself as reasonably capable with IT. I need some more lessons, clearly. Ps. What I can do, is fly my real world aeroplane quite well :-)
only one problem for me.
I make my square but after in game, the place of the square does not correspond at all. I try to make my city in several times but the junctions are not good at all
It's not working...
I have empty tiles, it says "unknown" on all tiles
Ask the dev of the tool over in the sub-reddit link posted in the description
+1
I had this issue at first as well. It’s cause I had the folder incorrectly labeled in the .xml inside the definitions folder. If you copy over the simple scenery folder and don’t change any .xml, it should work. That’s the only thing I changed and it worked properly in terms of naming.
Bjorn Collins you have to go and recapture it then. I know it took me a few tries to get it correct. Not sure what else to tell you. I’m def not a developer. Lol
You have to build the project before opening it in the scenery editor.
Open project. Modify your company and package info. Save project. Build project. Close project. Reopen project. Now you can use the scenery editor.
At about 6:24 you scenery editor with all the files and then somehow you highlight all the scenery files simultaneously. I've gotten to this point but I cannot seen to figure out how to select all the scenery files together to adjust the elevation. I can only select one at a time. How did you select all of then at the same together?
Hold Ctrl/Shift, then drag your mouse over the entire area
Wooow, all my wet dreams are coming true with this! Tell me that I am dreaming! This is too epic!
is there a possibility to rotate or tilt the map from Earth2msfs decoder ?
thats an impressive tutorial ! Thank you for sharing the info ! *edit, i hope you dont mind too much, i have made a video, translating all the info in your video to spanish, for people who have trouble understanding english! in my video i mention that the all the info is from your channel. i mention your channel name 3 times, i put it in the description and on facebook on a fs2020 page for spanish speaking people, i also shared it and said "all credit goes to Flying Theston"
All I get is unknown when I load into editor. Waste of time, tried to fix it. I didn't rename the folders or name or anything. I don't know what caused it and it's so complicated to fix. I want my 2 hours back 😭
everything shows up as "unknown"
Same here.
Hi guys ! I will give you the process to succed everytime ;) Its a Name problem easy to solve ! I will give you procedure in few hours.
First : Change " Scenery Project.xml ' un simple scenery folder by the name of your choice for exemple : A
Next go into this xml file with bloc note and replace " mycompany-scenery-simple.xml by A.xml and save !
Next go to Package définition folder and rename " mycompany-scenery-simple.xml " and the folder by A
In the A.xml file open in editor ( bloc note ) and change all the " mycompagny-scenery-simple" by A ( there are 3 in the xml file ) and save.
In the end just rename in simple scenery folder the top file by A !
You are done ! Just load in flight build Package and load scenery as usual !
@@Kestral-85 yeah I tried that. Never worked. I just went to the long method
@@theodoreking8605 damn it work for me :/
At 06:28 how do you select all those files in the scenery editor at once?.... I have to individually click each one which takes forever... then when I go to exclude the autogen, they all un select
click on an item, then hold left shift, click on another item
@@FlyingTheston Ahhh... perfect... I was hold CTRL ... Thanks for that and the great tutorial!
@Mike Dawkins @Majick Nous @Lloyd Buck
I followed the renaming guide (ruclips.net/video/3K0XhAf0WYw/видео.html) to the letter and was still getting the 'Unknown' error when opening package in editor. HOWEVER watching carefully he'd missed to explain a line in the xml that relates to . When watching him rename the Name, AssetDir & Output Dir, he failed to mention that theres a a FOURTH line you need to change also called . I've used my example with all changes to the name as 'EXAMPLE' other than the FOURTH change which is not mentioned in the video where a second line relates to as follows, it should read like this;
SCENERY
false
false
Copy
false
PackageDefinitions\EXAMPLE\ContentInfo\
ContentInfo\EXAMPLE\
ArtProj
false
PackageSources\modelLib\
scenery/global/scenery ***THIS LINE IS NOW CORRECT***
The code continues........
scenery\mycompany ***THIS IS THE ORIGINAL INCORRECT LINE***
Once changed, it worked everytime for me :)
I still get the Unknown error when I try this. Is it a bug? Or is there a way to fix it?
@@plaidzombie7265
Think it was a bug introduced on the last update as previous to that I had no issues, not sure if the SDK changed the default paths. Anyway, heres what a step by step what I do to the point where Scenery Editor loads in the scenery files. (I'll use my default file system on my dedicated SSD which is S:\FS2020 and also refer to the scenery your going to import as 'Example')
1. Make a copy of the simplescenery folder and put it wherever you want, the idea is you won't have to change the file over and over for each project, I placed it in my main folder as follows; S:\FS2020\SimpleScenery
2. Once there ensure you do the following;
- Change the file name to e.g. S:\FS2020\Example from SimpleScenery.
- Open the folder and change the xml file from 'SceneryProject.xml' to 'Example.xml'
- Open the file now called 'Example.xml' and change the code refering to SceneryProject and mycompany-scenery-simple to 'Example' as follows
**ORIGINAL
.
_PackageInt
PackageDefinitions\mycompany-scenery-simple.xml
**CHANGED TO
.
_PackageInt
PackageDefinitions\Example.xml
then SAVE and close editor
3. Open folder 'PackageDefinitions' in the same folder and rename both the folder and xml files in there to 'Example'. So you should have;
**ORIGINAL
A folder called 'S:\FS2020\Example\PackageDefinitions\mycompany-scenery-simple
A file called 'S:\FS2020\Example\PackageDefinitions\mycompany-scenery-simple.xml
**CHANGED TO
A folder called 'S:\FS2020\Example\PackageDefinitions\Example
A file called 'S:\FS2020\Example\PackageDefinitions\Example.xml
4. Open the Example.xml file with your xml editor (Notepad++ or similar) and you need to change FOUR lines, I'll highlight the lines CAPITALS as I can't use fonts.
**ORIGINAL
;
SCENERY
false
false
Copy
false
PackageDefinitions\MYCOMPANY-SCENERY-SIMPLE\ContentInfo\
ContentInfo\MYCOMPANY-SCENERY-SIMPLE\
ArtProj
false
PackageSources\modelLib\
scenery\MYCOMPANY
BGL
false
PackageSources\scene\
scenery
**CHANGE TO
;
SCENERY
false
false
Copy
false
PackageDefinitions\EXAMPLE\ContentInfo\ ContentInfo\EXAMPLE\
ArtProj
false
PackageSources\modelLib\
scenery/GLOBAL/SCENERY ****please take care with forward & back slashes***
BGL
false
PackageSources\scene\
scenery
5. Once done save again and exit the xml editor
6. Now go back a folder to S:\FS2020\Example where you'll have
Folder PackageDefinitions
Folder PackageSourxes
File Example.xml
7. Open folder 'PackageSources' then modelLib and delete all folders EXCEPT 'texture'
8. Open 'texture' folder and delete all textures in there.
9. Go back to folders and you'll see
Folder 'modelLib'
Folder 'scene'
10 Open 'scene' folder and delete the 'objects.xml'
Thats now your template made which you can use over and over again by copying it to your 'MyFSProjects' folder
11 Once you've copied your folder template called 'Example' to 'MyFSProjects' all you do is go through steps of changing the files you changes to 'Example' with your actual project name, e.g. for 'newcastlebridge' EVERYTHING thats named 'Example' will be 'newcastlebridge' including any folders or xml files named 'Example' as in the steps made out earlier.
so for example you should have in your Projects folder;
S:\FS2020\MyFSProjects\Example\PackageDefinitions
ewcastlebridge (Folder)
S:\FS2020\MyFSProjects\Example\PackageDefinitions
ewcastlebridge.xml
in the newcastlebridge xml file all references to 'Example' will be need to be changed to 'newcastlebridge', you obviously don't need to change the line scenery/global/scenery\ as your template will now always have that set.
Thats it!, you only have to go into the Flightsim and follow the video on how to copy and create the objects you require, you should not get errors if this is followed and the video is followed. Good luck and hope this helps!
All folder
@@eddiemcgee8667 Thank you very much for this highly detailed answer! It took a couple of goes but I finally got it to work! Not sure what I was doing wrong... The google map data isn't very high quality and is very jaggy. What are the best setting to use for high detail?
Many thanks!
@@plaidzombie7265 19 to 21 inclusive normally is good, any higher and you can get the dreaded 'Unknown' error as the original Photogrammetry may not be that high. I've pretty much done the whole of Newcastle with all bridges, railway station, The Sage and St James Park. Looks amazing!
@@plaidzombie7265 I have found that sometimes if you close the project then reopen it and reload into the Scenery Editor it works OK. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it an d I don't know what causes the problem.
I tried a small area and the it is coming out with a blue tint to it, any ideas how to resolve? Also how to select all the tiles in the editor I can't ctrl-A I can only ctrl and select 6:27
I lost count of how many times the word "just" was used, and the term "all you have to do", all seemingly to convince us that the title 'Easily' was really true. Easy? To some perhaps😟
Hi I have commented on your other tutorial but afterwards found this one. As a 71 year old almost computer savvy would you recommend this over the other package. All I want is Tamworth and Lichfield scenery to have a look around. Any advise would be gratefully accepted. Thank you for posting the two tutorial videos even though it's over my head.
This is way to complicated. I'll just stick to bing maps lol.
This is actually sooooo much easyer than the old method. Its really simple!
I give up :( The first package worked after tweaking the XML files as suggested in the comments.. but everything since then fails with "unknown" no matter what I do... has this something to do with the new SDK?
For the people of Lincoln - very imp-pressive (sorry :) )
Hey, just a quick on, I can't add the polygon, how does that work? Apart from that, THANK YOU!!!!!! 5mins later, I got it... sorry...
Screw that... still more of a hassle than it's worth. I'll stick with auto-gen, thanks.
You need to change your name to I can't lol It's easy
I followed all steps so far but I cant load the scenery into the sim, the scenery editor window stays empty
you realise this program hes using has NEVER finished once for me!
Probably a difference of pc specs if I were to imagine. Maybe those successful users have better ram/storage. I'm not sure though