SceneryDesign.org Lately it has been quiet with new features for ModelConverterX, but that doesn’t mean I have not been busy. After optimizing the import performance of glTF files for MSFS, I found quite a big inefficiency in the way ModelConverterX stores the model data internally. So I have been working on optimizing that internal structure of […]
MSFS materials
Since last week ModelConverterX supports reading and writing of glTF files for MSFS. But this version did not yet support all the material attributes that MSFS has. There are 15 different material types that can be used in MSFS and each of them have a different set of attributes. The latest development release of ModelConverterX […]
glTF support for ModelConverterX
I am happy to announce that from today the development release of ModelConverterX supports the glTF format as used by the new MSFS. With this addition I have also changed the version number of the development release to 1.5. You can now read glTF files and the MSFS BGL files that contain the object models […]
FS2020 support
With FS2020 being available I would like to let you know that I have started on adding support for the glTF models in ModelConverterX already. But it’s not yet finished or fully tested as my current machine doesn’t meet the FS2020 specs. Once I’m back from vacation I’ll continue on this feature. By that time […]
Ground Polygon Wizard update and seasonal models
The latest development release contains an updated version of the ground polygon wizard (GPW). The user interface has not changed a lot, but under water a lot has changed. So if you run into small issues with the new GPW, please let me know. The following changes are included: Before the GPW would set the […]
scenProc autogen building bug
This week I have fixed a bug in scenProc that could result in autogen buildings showing incorrectly in Prepar3D. This especially affects buildings that are oriented exactly north-south or east-west. They would show with a roof of the correct size, but with the walls too small, like in the image below. This bug has been […]
FXEditor update
I have just released an updated version of the FXEditor tool. In this new version the following new features are included: In the text editor you can use code folding on emitters, particles and particle attributes. This means that for complex effects you can collapse some of them and thereby navigate easier through the file. […]
Prepar3D v5 support
I have just released new development release versions of all my tools with added support for Prepar3D v5. The impact of the new version on most tools is limited. Below I list the details per tool. Overall the impact on the tool is not that big. But let me know if you encounter any issues […]
Bug reporting broken
I was quite happy the last few weeks that hardly any crashes were reported in my bug tracker from my tools. But today I found out why, the bug reporting is actually broken at the moment. It seems the interface into the bugtracker does not like the newer PHP version that i had to enable […]
Autogen object size distortion
That autogen objects have a distortion in their rotation is something we found out 6 years ago already. But until recently I was not aware that not only the rotation of the objects is distorted, also their sizes can be different then you would expect from looking at the objects in the Annotator tool. I […]