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Revision as of 08:40, 3 November 2014
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# In <tt>AirportObj</tt>, go through the subfolders and locate your new airport file: <tt>ABCD.btg.gz</tt>. Copy it from your working folder to the corresponding scenery folder. | # In <tt>AirportObj</tt>, go through the subfolders and locate your new airport file: <tt>ABCD.btg.gz</tt>. Copy it from your working folder to the corresponding scenery folder. | ||
# Still in <tt>AirportObj</tt>, locate also the new scenery instructions text file. It is named with the bucket number plus the .ind extension (ex. <tt>1745385.ind</tt>). Rename it to the .stg extension (ex. <tt>1745385.stg</tt>), and copy it to the scenery folder. | # Still in <tt>AirportObj</tt>, locate also the new scenery instructions text file. It is named with the bucket number plus the .ind extension (ex. <tt>1745385.ind</tt>). Rename it to the .stg extension (ex. <tt>1745385.stg</tt>), and copy it to the scenery folder. | ||
# Now start FlightGear with the [[UFO]] and go to your airport. At the beginning you will see nothing but a void. Go up, take some altitude : you can see your airport right there, you were just UNDER it at the start. It floats alone in the middle of the air, but it's all there, you can see what it looks like. | # Edit your .stg file: Add a first line like this: | ||
OBJECT_BASE your_stg_number.btg | |||
example: | |||
OBJECT_BASE 1745385.btg | |||
OBJECT ABCD.btg | |||
Now start FlightGear with the [[UFO]] and go to your airport. At the beginning you will see nothing but a void. Go up, take some altitude : you can see your airport right there, you were just UNDER it at the start. It floats alone in the middle of the air, but it's all there, you can see what it looks like. | |||
=== Restoring === | === Restoring === | ||
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* Start FlightGear with the current directory as the scenery path and loacted on your new airport (change ABCD with the icao code of your airport): | * Start FlightGear with the current directory as the scenery path and loacted on your new airport (change ABCD with the icao code of your airport): | ||
fgfs --fg-scenery=. --aircraft=ufo --airport=ABCD | fgfs --fg-scenery=. --aircraft=ufo --airport=ABCD | ||
== Use fgviewer == | |||
You can also use [[fgviewer]] to look at your airport. | |||
And that's it! | And that's it! | ||