You are welcome - they convert okay - minor things with the mesh at TFFJ but Saba looks great with the changes demonstrated in my tutorial ;) Good luck with the conversion ;)
Hi Joe, If the lit textures have not been converted, then you will have to do them yourself - meaning making a copy of the unlit XXXX.PNG/DDS textures and renaming it to XXXX_LIT.PNG/DDS and then edit it with Photoshop (I know you can download a DDS import/export filter for Photoshop)! I do not know if there is a tutorial video on TH-cam to do this, sorry!
Hi John, I have tried converting FSDT scenery and that is not easy - Actually I did not manage to do it - I do not know if anybody knows how to do it? I have seen people publish stuff with FSDT converted to X-plane so it is possible! About Flightbeam - I have not tried to convert their scenery!
John Jones I have been able to convert FSDT JFK, LAX, LZSH, ORD, LAS and FLL. LAS didn't work as well as the rest, and honestly it took hours of just trying and trying. I couldn't exactly tell you how I got it to work myself. I know that I did at one point need to open FS9 to get it activated and after that it did work. But beyond that I don't have much advice for you sorry. Also I have tried the newer FSDT sceneries and I can not get those to work at all.
I was having so much trouble trying to convert FSX scenery initially until I watched all three of your tutorial videos. The editing part was most helpful. Looking forward to viewing more tutorial videos from you. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your valuable knowledge.
Hello again Thomas I was wondering if you had a video on how to properly install Zones Photo in x plane 11? Keep up the great work, very interested in wanting to great quality scenery fro x plane 11
Hi Marvin, you can actually use my basic scenery installation video that you commented on last time ;-) It's just a matter of downloading and then drag&drop and making sure that the scenery folder has a "z" in front and then delete the "scenery_packs.ini" file like I showed in the video that I mentioned. Let me know if you succeed! ;-)
Hi Thomas, How would you feel about creating an updated video section on this topic as its a few years old now and maybe there are some other techniques to add? Regardless I think it would be a great addition to your Xplane videos and most would really appreciate it. I know I certainly would mate.
Hey! I've looked every conversions tutorials - that were very good thanks - but I have a question: does the ground objects animations (like thug traffic etc) work after the conversion in x plane? Thanks
Hello, thanks a lot for your really great tutorials! I've watched all 3 parts today, and tomorow I'll try it. the gateway scenerys of xplane of course are not so bad, but in a comparison with a flytampa scenery, this is another world in my opinion :) and so, this is a good choice to get the "old good" fsx scenery to xplane. I have a little stupid question, is there also a simple possibility to convert aircrafts from fsx? It would be so amazing, if I could fly in XP with the fslabs A320.
Hi i am having a few Problems with some scenerys like Dublin or Dubai the buildings are transparent mainly the glass part but everything else works just fine. Any idea why that happens? :) I am using XP11. Is it maybe because of the new reflections?
Hi Guys - I am a newbie here and I am on Mac - so I guess, I am done when it come to converting and using FSX sceneries like the one you showed for New York City. Am I right?! Any advice appreciated. Thank you & Best Regards, Markus.
Hi Markus - I am using Windows 7 myself so I am not the right one to ask!? It might be possible to install Windows as an optional boot? Maybe other people here can help you?
FS2Xplane should owrk with Mac. Here are the authors notes. "This application converts MS Flight Simulator 2004 and FSX add-on scenery packages to X-Plane DSF overlay scenery packages. It runs on Windows 2000 or later, Mac OS 10.5 or later, and Linux. The resulting X-Plane scenery packages work under X-Plane 8.64 and later on Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Standard "ENV" or "DSF" global scenery for the relevant areas must also have been installed." You can download it here fs2xplane.software.informer.com/3.1/ Hope this helps
Dear Dan - also a big Thank you from me. So with the tool and an fsx install dvd I am ready to go?! I thought that I have to install fsx 1st to get the scenery files. So I get myself fsx from eBay and start trying. Thanks again!!
Markus Stenger You're welcome. So as long as you have the version or above in the authors notes you should be good to go. I don't want to complicate things since you have purchased FSX but I think you could probably have set a dummy FSX directory and installed scenery to there - however some sceneries may use resources from within FSX when they install so better to just install them into a proper version of FSX. I installed some other sceneries FS2004 for example with the dummy directory method. When you have installed the scenery you want to convert to FSX run FS2Xplane (If people have windows 7 they need to run as administrator) Simple browse to your scenery location within FSX or wherever it installed so that the directory and folder name of the scenery appear in the top line FS2Xplane "MSFS scenery location" I use the additional libraries directories as well as sometimes when you have several sceneries of the same publisher installed you can pull resources from there too. I usually just move 1 step back in the directory for this, usually pointing tot he custom scenery folder within FSX or wherever you have installed or tot he folder where all same publishers sceneries are installed, ...addonscenery/Aerosoft for example. finally you need to point the last directory to your Xplane custom scenery folder. After the conversion you will get a log explaining some errors but don't worry no conversion is perfect. Now go to your custom scenery within Xplane and you should find the folder containing your converted scenery. You want it to appear in your scenery packs.ini so that is placed below only airports and above other scenery and meshes you may have installed. Personally I use an alphabetical ordering of files for mine which saves manually altering the scenery packs.ini file. Once I have my sceneries renamed so that they ordered as I want - A first (highest priority) Z last - which means I have mesh as "Z" so it is drawn first and airports as A so they drawn last. example "A airp EGLC London", "Z HD mesh2 GB" Then so long as I keep to this naming convention and rename new sceneries appropriately all i need do is delete the scenery packs.ini file each time then reboot Xplane and it will rewrite itself automatically and give your sceneries their proper priorities. Let us know how you get on or if you have any questions or problems.
hey thomas , i would be really happy if you could show a tutorial to convert fly tampa dubai to x plane. i am having great troubles converting it and i want to convert it because it is an awesome scenery ,please. thank you in advance. you deserve a subscribe.
Hi Musthafa, I do not have plans about making a tutorial only about FlyTampa Dubai conversion, BUT.... I can give you a hint, which will probably solve a lot of your issues - use FlyTampa Dubai Rebooted v2 FS2004 version when you convert it (NOT the FSX version) - I hope it solves your issues ;-) And thanks for the sub :-D Welcome aboard ;-)
But still it's not converting . There are errors in the ground texture . Does the version of x plane matter . I am using 10.45. If you want I can show you some photos so that you can get an idea about how it looks like. When converting I convert it to version 8 . What version of fs2xplane do u use . What version of fly Tampa Dubai did u use. I of course used fly Tampa Dubai rebooted version 2.0 . Plz can you help me with this. If u could give me your email I can send you some pics about how it looks after converting without editing
Haha, you're right! :-D Ja, jeg har konverteret FlyTampa's EKCH og tilføjet custom lights mv - du kan få en idé om det på mit review af VKBSim's MK-IV Rudder Pedals for nyligt, hvor jeg flyver et pattern omkring Kastrup ;-)
Hi Thomas, I am having an issue here. I was converting a Taxi2Gate FSX airport, but in Xplane everything of the ground texture fades away and disappear if i move away from it. And some wierd ground texture just overlays each other from far away. Definitely not something you want to see in a landing. I know you can edit the object files with notepad to adjust the LOD, but there are just hundred of those files from ground textures. Editing one by one would take a huge amount of time. Are there methods to change the value all at once, or simply able to preset the LOD value before converting? Thanks
Hi Allan, It sounds like you're converting with XP10 settings, which often causes these weird texture issues that you describe! I'd recommend to use XP8 settings instead and see if this fixes the issue. Otherwise, if you need to edit multiple obj files, then check out this video, where I show how to do this with a text-batch program called textcrawler : th-cam.com/video/95DNKlyOkPg/w-d-xo.html
Иван Шевяков I never use additional MSFS libraries! Sometimes textures go missing after conversion - In your case when it is the runway and taxiways, you need to use a default runway by using WED and add taxiways by WED too
Man quick question and I'm pretty sure you know the answer, when I convert over the scenery and let's say I am ready to use it, when I start getting far from it, all the taxi lines and ground textures start fading, any way to fix that please?
Great tutorial, making my X-Plane come alive, I'm having a strange issue, I converted Aerosoft Innsbruck and apart from the runway it was fine i used WED to fix that, but I have found when Im flying by the airport in your 757 soon as i try and deploy the flaps the sim just restarts to the runway, i can operate the flaps whilst on the ground and it's fine, and when i take off and retract the flaps its fine, but its just when i deploy the flaps whilst approaching innsbruck. I don't think it's the 757 at fault, its operates fine everywhere else, i was just wandering if you have any ideas. Keep up the great work i've got your 777, 757, 767 and don't feel any need to return to P3D, apart from I want to land the 757 at Innsbruck ha
+Matthewb4375 Thanks Mathew - I am glad you have found my tutorials useful ;-) However, your strange issue with the B757 flaps and Aerosoft Innsbruck is not one that I have an answer to, sorry :-P Very strange indeed!
HI, I have the flytampa dubai airport but when I download fsx2xplane, it says I need some other file to make it run.(I run x plane on mac) but when i download that extra file, it doesn't let me use it because it says it'll ruin the disk. Is there a way I can email you the fly tampa file and you can convert it for me? Or another way of converting it with fsx2xplane? Thanks
Hello can you tell me please how you FlyTampa Vienna in x plane 10 convert. For me he always writes that he does not find the texture dds can you please help me thank you Mfg Gerhard
Hi Gerhard, I have converted FlyTampa Vienna v.2.5 myself and the only texture I can come to think of that did not convert was the ground texture (which is often a problem, but easy to solve with SimHeaven orthophotos). Is that also the problem in your case?
Wanted to ask you about what you have ai world traffic. if so can you please make a tutorial not, of course, only if you have time look because all through thank you Mfg Gerhard
I am planning a "floating objects" tutorial, but my PC is in for a repair at the moment, so.... Will make it when it comes back. Sorry, I do not have "World traffic".
Hey Thomas, thank you for the effort, I really appreciate it. I'm in need of some help though as I try to convert FlyTampa's Athens airport with no luck. My problem is that all the ground textures and building roofs are missing. I've been trying various combinations of the folders selected in Fs2xplane with no luck. Have you converted LGAV yourself? Could you give me a hint please. Thank you.
+Britton Heaps (TheNotifier5UD) It is very varying depending on the scenery converted! Mostly not, but sceneries like Aerosoft London VFR and Drzewiecki's New York X are very hard on frames!
Yeah i dunno it doesnt work, btw its uk2000 gatwick, it converts good but the runway are like an othrophoto and the airport dissapears, like if im at the gate i cant see the runway
I know that UK2K scenery has a lot of issues with floating objects (I have converted EGLC myself and that was a lot of work to correct the floating objects). The easyist thing is to delete the "orthophotos" in OverlayEditor and keep the X-plane runways and taxiways (Which should be corrected with WED). Do not know if this helps you?
+Air I think you might - if you go through the comments, I remember somebody telling how to do it (of course you need to buy the FSX scenery before doing it)!
Ok so I got fly tampa kai tak and fsx and xplane and fsx to xplane in windows 7 bit when I try and convert it it says Error during conversion. Found duplicate definition of airport VHHX in file AFX_VHHX_nonsdk_aerostat.BGL
just tried it with flytampa Amsterdam, first the tool creates a fsx fake folder (dont know for what), the tool created me the folders for xp11, but when I start it, there is a problem
Not that straight forward - You should be able to convert 3D objects with fs2xplane, but afterwards you will have to put it all together and make a flight model with planemaker!
Just read this from marginal's download site: "Users of MacOS 10.7 and later must download, open and install wxPython Cocoa. Users of MacOS 10.8 and later will need to (temporarily) allow applications downloaded from “Anywhere” under → System Preferences → Security & Privacy before installing it."
Hello there Thomas. I am using FSX steam and i am thinking to change to X-plane10 soon. So, as you say, that you convert fsx scenery to Xplane ....... is it then posible to convert THIS "F@#KING STUPID AND RIDICULOUS OUT OF THIS WORLD" sun reflection effect, on the water surface ??... Please, please do that !! It would make Xplane MORE THEN PERFECT in my opinion!! :)
mitsoswu No but X-plane has awesome water reflections. If you have the PC to run it on FSX then you also have the PC to run it on X-plane. BTW x-plane has way more free photo/mesh and open street map scenery to make it look 90 times more awesome than FSX so I would recommending buying X-plane off steam or from amazon depending on how good your internet connection is. Since it is a 80GB download for the whole world however you can download just portions of the world if you want to.
Joshua Nelson i already bought X-plane10, i have it like a week now which i got from "steam" for only 27 euros. YES i know that the reflections in general are ok and of course i agree with you ...... but i was just talkin about ONE specific thing man! I mean, let's just be straightforward on this ... ok? the reflection of the SUN on water is ridiculous !!! And it needs to be changed.
I have not tried converting their scenery - but often floating runways and taxiways are caused by "runway follow contours" - if not then you will probably need to correct them with ac3d, blender or sketchup!
Actually I have thought about making a tutorial about this for a long time!! It must soon be time for that!! To correct it you have to edit the objects in a 3D editor - I use AC3D, but you could also use Blender or other software... Video coming soon!! ;)
Good stuff. I have ready briefly on this but with scenery with many linked objects it seemed a little overcomplicated and time consuming. I will certainly look forward to your next video on this. If only there were a way for Fs2Xplane to read your scenery folder and pin objects tot he ground! It is a brilliant tool but this is its one majot flaw on conversions.
Hi Dan, Thank you very much ;) You are right, it is a problem with too linked objects as some parts may go under the ground. But for simple objects it is just a matter of finding out how much the object should be moved in the Z-axis. Regarding FS2X-plane from Marginal - it is a brilliant tool - and when you know how to correct the small issues it can produce then it is even better ;) Thank you by the way for the advice - I posted a link to my videos on X-plane.org ;)
Hi Thomas! at first thank you very much for all you do for our xp community. I just tried to convert the Aerosoft EDJA Scenery, but i have like a layer above the runway. The rest is fine, its really just that layer above half of the runway. I made a thread on the org with some pictures of my problem: forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/155869-fixing-existent-scenery-with-wedoverlay-editor/
Does anybody know if this conversion will work with FSX steam edition's scenery library? The way I understand it, you need FSX scenery library to be able to use fs2x-plane in the first place. Just thought this might save me waiting on shipping on a disc copy. forgive me I'm still a bit green at this, many thanks in advance. =)
Roger Parkinson I am not completely sure if you can use fs2xplane with FSX steam but think you might?! As long as you have a folder with your scenery installed I think you should be fine! Have somebody tried this?
Thomas Rasmussen Thanks for getting back to me, Just bought FSX steam edition and the conversion appears to be a success, it took a little bit of hunting to find where steam put the FSX scenery library but i found it eventually and all is well. So definite success with the Steam version of FSX. Thanks again for these very helpful videos Happy flying =)
Hi Antoine, Although these sceneries are freeware I still think you would have to ask the author for permission to distribute - but it is worth a try ;-)
+Kacper Okularczyk FT OMDB (fs2004 version) is straight forward! T2G OTHH is a lot of work if you want it perfect (check my channel - it can be done ;-) )
+Kacper Okularczyk You will have to delete the black squares and edit the runways/taxiways with WED. About the trees - add an exclusionzone for trees around the airport via OverlayEditor.
Hi there! Can you please convert Oslo or Helsinki meg airport? This video nice but old and confusing 😅 hope you can make new one with Oslo or Helsinki. Also we could pay for them
+X Plane Sorry, I do not have much time to answer a lot of questions - BUT I would recommend using the x.plane.org forums - here you will find a lot of people from the X-plane community who are very willing to help.
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Thank you sooo much!!! I actually had flytampa St maarten and wanted to convert it.
+MineSimulated You are weilcome ;-) And I hope you succeeded with the conversion :-)
Great TUT. Thanks for these.
Using your tutorials for the FlyTampa Hong Kong scenery! Guess why i need that airport ;)
Haha, Yeah I wonder why :-D Hope you succeed! ;-)
Is it work for xplane 11??
Well done Tom!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! I am planning to convert also the TFFJ and SABA airports too!
You are welcome - they convert okay - minor things with the mesh at TFFJ but Saba looks great with the changes demonstrated in my tutorial ;) Good luck with the conversion ;)
Thomas how do you add LIT_ textures to converted Aerosoft objects/buildings in XP10? Is there a tutorial video on TH-cam?
Hi Joe, If the lit textures have not been converted, then you will have to do them yourself - meaning making a copy of the unlit XXXX.PNG/DDS textures and renaming it to XXXX_LIT.PNG/DDS and then edit it with Photoshop (I know you can download a DDS import/export filter for Photoshop)! I do not know if there is a tutorial video on TH-cam to do this, sorry!
Thomas Rasmussen
Thanks Thomas.... That is at least a good start. I think I can figure the rest out in Photoshop with editing.
That is great Joe!! :-) After editing the rest will automatically be handled by X-plane!
Oh Yeah!!!!! I needed this ;-)
Hi John - I am glad you found it usefull ;)
Thomas Rasmussen Hi Thomas, have you ever tried converting any flightbeam or Fsdreamteam sceneries?
Hi John, I have tried converting FSDT scenery and that is not easy - Actually I did not manage to do it - I do not know if anybody knows how to do it? I have seen people publish stuff with FSDT converted to X-plane so it is possible! About Flightbeam - I have not tried to convert their scenery!
Thomas Rasmussen Ok well thanks for your reply Thomas. We'll see if we can unlock this mystery one day.
John Jones I have been able to convert FSDT JFK, LAX, LZSH, ORD, LAS and FLL. LAS didn't work as well as the rest, and honestly it took hours of just trying and trying. I couldn't exactly tell you how I got it to work myself. I know that I did at one point need to open FS9 to get it activated and after that it did work. But beyond that I don't have much advice for you sorry. Also I have tried the newer FSDT sceneries and I can not get those to work at all.
Very helpful indeed!
Thanks ;-) Glad you found it useful! :-)
I was having so much trouble trying to convert FSX scenery initially until I watched all three of your tutorial videos. The editing part was most helpful. Looking forward to viewing more tutorial videos from you.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your valuable knowledge.
Subbed! :) waiting for the next part :P
Thanks iApplePlane! I am working on the next part ;)
Hello again Thomas I was wondering if you had a video on how to properly install Zones Photo in x plane 11? Keep up the great work, very interested in wanting to great quality scenery fro x plane 11
Hi Marvin, you can actually use my basic scenery installation video that you commented on last time ;-) It's just a matter of downloading and then drag&drop and making sure that the scenery folder has a "z" in front and then delete the "scenery_packs.ini" file like I showed in the video that I mentioned. Let me know if you succeed! ;-)
Thomas Rasmussen I sure will Thomas, and once again thank you. I was wondering do you use zones photo for your overlay?
Hi Thomas, How would you feel about creating an updated video section on this topic as its a few years old now and maybe there are some other techniques to add?
Regardless I think it would be a great addition to your Xplane videos and most would really appreciate it. I know I certainly would mate.
thanks for the tuto Thomas. But how remove the grey solid runway? Thank you
Hey! I've looked every conversions tutorials - that were very good thanks - but I have a question: does the ground objects animations (like thug traffic etc) work after the conversion in x plane? Thanks
No! Animations and lights will not work in X-plane after conversion.
Hello, thanks a lot for your really great tutorials! I've watched all 3 parts today, and tomorow I'll try it. the gateway scenerys of xplane of course are not so bad, but in a comparison with a flytampa scenery, this is another world in my opinion :) and so, this is a good choice to get the "old good" fsx scenery to xplane. I have a little stupid question, is there also a simple possibility to convert aircrafts from fsx? It would be so amazing, if I could fly in XP with the fslabs A320.
Hi i am having a few Problems with some scenerys like Dublin or Dubai the buildings are transparent mainly the glass part but everything else works just fine. Any idea why that happens? :) I am using XP11. Is it maybe because of the new reflections?
Hi Guys - I am a newbie here and I am on Mac - so I guess, I am done when it come to converting and using FSX sceneries like the one you showed for New York City.
Am I right?!
Any advice appreciated.
Thank you & Best Regards, Markus.
Hi Markus - I am using Windows 7 myself so I am not the right one to ask!? It might be possible to install Windows as an optional boot?
Maybe other people here can help you?
FS2Xplane should owrk with Mac. Here are the authors notes.
"This application converts MS Flight Simulator 2004 and FSX add-on scenery packages to X-Plane DSF overlay scenery packages. It runs on Windows 2000 or later, Mac OS 10.5 or later, and Linux.
The resulting X-Plane scenery packages work under X-Plane 8.64 and later on Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Standard "ENV" or "DSF" global scenery for the relevant areas must also have been installed."
You can download it here
fs2xplane.software.informer.com/3.1/
Hope this helps
Thanks, Dan for your reply ;)
Dear Dan - also a big Thank you from me.
So with the tool and an fsx install dvd I am ready to go?!
I thought that I have to install fsx 1st to get the scenery files.
So I get myself fsx from eBay and start trying.
Thanks again!!
Markus Stenger You're welcome. So as long as you have the version or above in the authors notes you should be good to go.
I don't want to complicate things since you have purchased FSX but I think you could probably have set a dummy FSX directory and installed scenery to there - however some sceneries may use resources from within FSX when they install so better to just install them into a proper version of FSX.
I installed some other sceneries FS2004 for example with the dummy directory method.
When you have installed the scenery you want to convert to FSX run FS2Xplane (If people have windows 7 they need to run as administrator)
Simple browse to your scenery location within FSX or wherever it installed so that the directory and folder name of the scenery appear in the top line FS2Xplane "MSFS scenery location"
I use the additional libraries directories as well as sometimes when you have several sceneries of the same publisher installed you can pull resources from there too. I usually just move 1 step back in the directory for this, usually pointing tot he custom scenery folder within FSX or wherever you have installed or tot he folder where all same publishers sceneries are installed, ...addonscenery/Aerosoft for example.
finally you need to point the last directory to your Xplane custom scenery folder.
After the conversion you will get a log explaining some errors but don't worry no conversion is perfect.
Now go to your custom scenery within Xplane and you should find the folder containing your converted scenery.
You want it to appear in your scenery packs.ini so that is placed below only airports and above other scenery and meshes you may have installed.
Personally I use an alphabetical ordering of files for mine which saves manually altering the scenery packs.ini file.
Once I have my sceneries renamed so that they ordered as I want - A first (highest priority) Z last - which means I have mesh as "Z" so it is drawn first and airports as A so they drawn last. example "A airp EGLC London", "Z HD mesh2 GB"
Then so long as I keep to this naming convention and rename new sceneries appropriately all i need do is delete the scenery packs.ini file each time then reboot Xplane and it will rewrite itself automatically and give your sceneries their proper priorities.
Let us know how you get on or if you have any questions or problems.
Hey great video! Is there any way to convert scenery without having FSX? This would helpful!
No, Sorry!! You would have to install your FSX scenery before you can convert it.
+Thomas Rasmussen Mmmmmmh... unfortunately! 😑😭
hey thomas , i would be really happy if you could show a tutorial to convert fly tampa dubai to x plane. i am having great troubles converting it and i want to convert it because it is an awesome scenery ,please. thank you in advance. you deserve a subscribe.
Hi Musthafa, I do not have plans about making a tutorial only about FlyTampa Dubai conversion, BUT.... I can give you a hint, which will probably solve a lot of your issues - use FlyTampa Dubai Rebooted v2 FS2004 version when you convert it (NOT the FSX version) - I hope it solves your issues ;-) And thanks for the sub :-D Welcome aboard ;-)
But still it's not converting . There are errors in the ground texture . Does the version of x plane matter . I am using 10.45. If you want I can show you some photos so that you can get an idea about how it looks like. When converting I convert it to version 8 . What version of fs2xplane do u use . What version of fly Tampa Dubai did u use. I of course used fly Tampa Dubai rebooted version 2.0 . Plz can you help me with this. If u could give me your email I can send you some pics about how it looks after converting without editing
Sure, no problem: drrasmussen@hotmail.com
thanks
Hi, I would like to know if how to convert photo realistic scenarios to X-Plane? Very important for me this information, thank you very much
Maxiliano Mançano just download ortho4xp
good afternoon, how can i convert x-plane scenarios so that they work in prepard 3d v4...
Hej Thomas. Danish dynamite at its best. Have you done this for EKCH as well with good result?
Haha, you're right! :-D Ja, jeg har konverteret FlyTampa's EKCH og tilføjet custom lights mv - du kan få en idé om det på mit review af VKBSim's MK-IV Rudder Pedals for nyligt, hvor jeg flyver et pattern omkring Kastrup ;-)
Hi Thomas, I am having an issue here.
I was converting a Taxi2Gate FSX airport, but in Xplane everything of the ground texture fades away and disappear if i move away from it. And some wierd ground texture just overlays each other from far away. Definitely not something you want to see in a landing.
I know you can edit the object files with notepad to adjust the LOD, but there are just hundred of those files from ground textures. Editing one by one would take a huge amount of time.
Are there methods to change the value all at once, or simply able to preset the LOD value before converting?
Thanks
Hi Allan, It sounds like you're converting with XP10 settings, which often causes these weird texture issues that you describe! I'd recommend to use XP8 settings instead and see if this fixes the issue. Otherwise, if you need to edit multiple obj files, then check out this video, where I show how to do this with a text-batch program called textcrawler : th-cam.com/video/95DNKlyOkPg/w-d-xo.html
Alright, appreciate your help! Definitely going to try that program out.
the dubai scenery doesn't look correct, what do i have to do for correct it?
amazing video!!
Hi Grekkv1 gaming, Which version are you converting? You have to convert the FS2004 version because the FSX version gives strange buildings.
i've use the fsx... now i try with the fs2004! tnx!
Hello.when i converted,i didnt have textures of runway,taxiway and etc. What i need to do?
And i dont have additional MSFS libraries
Иван Шевяков I never use additional MSFS libraries! Sometimes textures go missing after conversion - In your case when it is the runway and taxiways, you need to use a default runway by using WED and add taxiways by WED too
Man quick question and I'm pretty sure you know the answer, when I convert over the scenery and let's say I am ready to use it, when I start getting far from it, all the taxi lines and ground textures start fading, any way to fix that please?
What about the performance!? Does the conversion hits significantly the fps?
Mostly there are no FPS issues with scenery converted from FSX/P3D (besides sceneries like Drzewiecki New York X and Aerosoft VFR London)!
Tks man!
Have you tried megascenery 2.0 yet?
No sorry, Brent :) But is it not just a photoscenery that could be handled with orthophotos from SimHeaven?
Great tutorial, making my X-Plane come alive, I'm having a strange issue, I converted Aerosoft Innsbruck and apart from the runway it was fine i used WED to fix that, but I have found when Im flying by the airport in your 757 soon as i try and deploy the flaps the sim just restarts to the runway, i can operate the flaps whilst on the ground and it's fine, and when i take off and retract the flaps its fine, but its just when i deploy the flaps whilst approaching innsbruck.
I don't think it's the 757 at fault, its operates fine everywhere else, i was just wandering if you have any ideas.
Keep up the great work i've got your 777, 757, 767 and don't feel any need to return to P3D, apart from I want to land the 757 at Innsbruck ha
+Matthewb4375 Thanks Mathew - I am glad you have found my tutorials useful ;-) However, your strange issue with the B757 flaps and Aerosoft Innsbruck is not one that I have an answer to, sorry :-P Very strange indeed!
Is there any way of converting a zone (or object) from the default FSX scenery ?
Actually, I tried converting all FSX default scenery once and as I remember it went well - but I do not use it!!
Have you tried converting Aerosoft Corfu X? I did and it shows 2 runways one looks like the default and I have no idea why?
HI, I have the flytampa dubai airport but when I download fsx2xplane, it says I need some other file to make it run.(I run x plane on mac) but when i download that extra file, it doesn't let me use it because it says it'll ruin the disk. Is there a way I can email you the fly tampa file and you can convert it for me? Or another way of converting it with fsx2xplane? Thanks
Can you convert the FreeZ LSZH Scenery 6.0 for FS2004 to X - Plane 10?
Can I still convert it to x plane 10 even though I don't have fsx?
I think you can but you need to buy the scenery pack and put it in your desktop. Them just locate it in the Fs2Xplane and convert it.
Hi nice Video
Is it possible to send the scenery?
Hello can you tell me please how you FlyTampa Vienna in x plane 10 convert. For me he always writes that he does not find the texture dds can you please help me thank you
Mfg Gerhard
Hi Gerhard, I have converted FlyTampa Vienna v.2.5 myself and the only texture I can come to think of that did not convert was the ground texture (which is often a problem, but easy to solve with SimHeaven orthophotos). Is that also the problem in your case?
Thanks for the reply yes I have the problem auch.Keine taxi lanes and no runway. Objects floating in the air do not know what I must do
Mfg Gerhard
Wanted to ask you about what you have ai world traffic. if so can you please make a tutorial not, of course, only if you have time look because all through thank you
Mfg Gerhard
I am planning a "floating objects" tutorial, but my PC is in for a repair at the moment, so.... Will make it when it comes back. Sorry, I do not have "World traffic".
ok thank you
Mfg Gerhard
Hey Thomas, thank you for the effort, I really appreciate it.
I'm in need of some help though as I try to convert FlyTampa's Athens airport with no luck. My problem is that all the ground textures and building roofs are missing. I've been trying various combinations of the folders selected in Fs2xplane with no luck. Have you converted LGAV yourself? Could you give me a hint please. Thank you.
Do you need fsx for this
Please read Dan Brown's answer to Markus Stenger in this thread! I have FSX myself.
Are the conversions heavy on frames?
+Britton Heaps (TheNotifier5UD) It is very varying depending on the scenery converted! Mostly not, but sceneries like Aerosoft London VFR and Drzewiecki's New York X are very hard on frames!
How do i fix object that dissappear from a distance, like runways and such
For me that most often happens when I convert to X-plane v10 instead of v8.
Thomas Rasmussen so if i convert to xp 8 will it work in 10
Yeah, it is backwards compatible..
Yeah i dunno it doesnt work, btw its uk2000 gatwick, it converts good but the runway are like an othrophoto and the airport dissapears, like if im at the gate i cant see the runway
I know that UK2K scenery has a lot of issues with floating objects (I have converted EGLC myself and that was a lot of work to correct the floating objects). The easyist thing is to delete the "orthophotos" in OverlayEditor and keep the X-plane runways and taxiways (Which should be corrected with WED). Do not know if this helps you?
Can't you upload such converted sceneries in some web sites?
+ESRABURAK BEŞKARDEŞLER/DENİZKURDU That is illegal - FSX payware do not become freeware because of a conversion!
does it work with p3d flytampa ?
I don't have FSX as I am using a mac, can I still convert it?
+Air I think you might - if you go through the comments, I remember somebody telling how to do it (of course you need to buy the FSX scenery before doing it)!
Ok so I got fly tampa kai tak and fsx and xplane and fsx to xplane in windows 7 bit when I try and convert it it says
Error during conversion.
Found duplicate definition of airport VHHX in file
AFX_VHHX_nonsdk_aerostat.BGL
Try to delete that .BGL file and convert again.
does it also works with p3d scenery?
It also works with P3D scenery, yes! Please, notice that the rate of success is very varying with both FSX and P3D scenery!
just tried it with flytampa Amsterdam, first the tool creates a fsx fake folder (dont know for what), the tool created me the folders for xp11, but when I start it, there is a problem
May I know how to convert an aircraft from fsx to x-plane?
Not that straight forward - You should be able to convert 3D objects with fs2xplane, but afterwards you will have to put it all together and make a flight model with planemaker!
Thomas Rasmussen Wow , so complicated .
Edwin Chan Yes, unfortunately :-P
can you convert FSX models to (VSF) VEHICLE SIMULATOR?
fs2xplane won't open it says it needs wx python help please i installed it and it still doesn't work
What OS are you on? I know some people have had luck with reinstallation of Python
I am in mac OSX 10.9.5
Just read this from marginal's download site:
"Users of MacOS 10.7 and later must download, open and install wxPython Cocoa. Users of MacOS 10.8 and later will need to (temporarily) allow applications downloaded from “Anywhere” under → System Preferences → Security & Privacy before installing it."
Thomas Rasmussen Will this also work for mac OSX 10.6.8?
Sorry, I do not know anything about OSX (I am using Windows) - maybe others have experience they want to share?
Why do i have to have x plane 10 can i not just get the fsx scenery and the ndo it?
what do you mean ?
Hello there Thomas. I am using FSX steam and i am thinking to change to X-plane10 soon. So, as you say, that you convert fsx scenery to Xplane ....... is it then posible to convert THIS "F@#KING STUPID AND RIDICULOUS OUT OF THIS WORLD" sun reflection effect, on the water surface ??... Please, please do that !! It would make Xplane MORE THEN PERFECT in my opinion!! :)
mitsoswu No but X-plane has awesome water reflections. If you have the PC to run it on FSX then you also have the PC to run it on X-plane. BTW x-plane has way more free photo/mesh and open street map scenery to make it look 90 times more awesome than FSX so I would recommending buying X-plane off steam or from amazon depending on how good your internet connection is. Since it is a 80GB download for the whole world however you can download just portions of the world if you want to.
Joshua Nelson i already bought X-plane10, i have it like a week now which i got from "steam" for only 27 euros. YES i know that the reflections in general are ok and of course i agree with you ...... but i was just talkin about ONE specific thing man! I mean, let's just be straightforward on this ... ok? the reflection of the SUN on water is ridiculous !!! And it needs to be changed.
My runways, and taxi ways are floating. How can I fix it?
Which airport? Please ensure that runway follow contours is disabled!!
Imagine Sim KATL
I have not tried converting their scenery - but often floating runways and taxiways are caused by "runway follow contours" - if not then you will probably need to correct them with ac3d, blender or sketchup!
Thomas Rasmussen It was the couture. Thanks
Is there an easy way to get floating objects on the ground?
Actually I have thought about making a tutorial about this for a long time!! It must soon be time for that!! To correct it you have to edit the objects in a 3D editor - I use AC3D, but you could also use Blender or other software... Video coming soon!! ;)
Good stuff. I have ready briefly on this but with scenery with many linked objects it seemed a little overcomplicated and time consuming.
I will certainly look forward to your next video on this.
If only there were a way for Fs2Xplane to read your scenery folder and pin objects tot he ground!
It is a brilliant tool but this is its one majot flaw on conversions.
Hi Dan, Thank you very much ;) You are right, it is a problem with too linked objects as some parts may go under the ground. But for simple objects it is just a matter of finding out how much the object should be moved in the Z-axis.
Regarding FS2X-plane from Marginal - it is a brilliant tool - and when you know how to correct the small issues it can produce then it is even better ;)
Thank you by the way for the advice - I posted a link to my videos on X-plane.org ;)
Thomas Rasmussen
Good stuff, hope it helps get you the views and subscriptions you deserve and thank you for your time and help.
Thank you very much, Dan! I am glad to help :) I just spammed the X-plane.org with all my videos as I had not thought about that ;)
hi guys , i can use fsx2xplan for fsx scenery airports
thanks
If that was a question the answer is yes if they are custom scenery airports you purchased from a 3rd party. Some convert better than others.
How can u install the scenery packet with out fsx
Some scenery can be cheated to be installed in a directory that looks like FSX - You may want to Google it!
Hi Thomas! at first thank you very much for all you do for our xp community. I just tried to convert the Aerosoft EDJA Scenery, but i have like a layer above the runway. The rest is fine, its really just that layer above half of the runway. I made a thread on the org with some pictures of my problem: forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/155869-fixing-existent-scenery-with-wedoverlay-editor/
Convert ORBX arlanda to x-plane 11 pleace
Does anybody know if this conversion will work with FSX steam edition's scenery library? The way I understand it, you need FSX scenery library to be able to use fs2x-plane in the first place. Just thought this might save me waiting on shipping on a disc copy. forgive me I'm still a bit green at this, many thanks in advance. =)
Roger Parkinson I am not completely sure if you can use fs2xplane with FSX steam but think you might?! As long as you have a folder with your scenery installed I think you should be fine! Have somebody tried this?
Thomas Rasmussen Thanks for getting back to me, Just bought FSX steam edition and the conversion appears to be a success, it took a little bit of hunting to find where steam put the FSX scenery library but i found it eventually and all is well. So definite success with the Steam version of FSX. Thanks again for these very helpful videos Happy flying =)
Roger Parkinson Thanks for your feedback! I will pass this on if asked ;-) And thanks for watching - I am glad you liked and benefited from them ;-)
Every time I open the FS2XPlane app it just closes automatically
DanielR1 Sorry, I have never had this problem - Try writing a post on x-plane.org
Thomas Rasmussen I have a mac computer... Is there any way you could make a mac tutorial for this, or perhaps send me the folder for this scenery?
Sorry, I am on Windows :(
Can u please convert orbx vashion island freeware it is is free so you won't be breaking copyright
Hi Antoine, Although these sceneries are freeware I still think you would have to ask the author for permission to distribute - but it is worth a try ;-)
So your saying if I ask orbx for permission and they agree you could send me a converted vashton island scenery
Yeah, when I have the time for it! Or even better I could put it out on X-plane.org!
Great I'll ask orbx
Antoine Van Cleemput I think it is now on X-plane Gate if you update to the latest beta.
How do i install wxPython3.0-osx-3.0.0.0-cocoa-py2.7-2
How is this relevant to the video?
I dont know why but it doesnt work for me... using xplane 10.52
How convert FT OMDB and T2G OTHH?
+Kacper Okularczyk FT OMDB (fs2004 version) is straight forward! T2G OTHH is a lot of work if you want it perfect (check my channel - it can be done ;-) )
FT OMDB I almost made it, but the runway lights look like black squares and at the end of the runway are trees. I think T2G OTHH is too much for me :)
+Kacper Okularczyk You will have to delete the black squares and edit the runways/taxiways with WED. About the trees - add an exclusionzone for trees around the airport via OverlayEditor.
Ok, thank you for help :)
+Kacper Okularczyk You are welcome ;-)
Hi there! Can you please convert Oslo or Helsinki meg airport? This video nice but old and confusing 😅 hope you can make new one with Oslo or Helsinki. Also we could pay for them
The problem is that you can convert a lot of Airport but have to edit it. And I do not have that knowledge, haha!
If you follow my other tutorials I am sure you will learn... some time ;)
Please help
I just find this really hard to do something always goes wrong
You are right it is not always straightforward!
What is your email? So I can ask you questions in the future
+X Plane Sorry, I do not have much time to answer a lot of questions - BUT I would recommend using the x.plane.org forums - here you will find a lot of people from the X-plane community who are very willing to help.
does this takes only objects or fotoreal is included?