FS Scenery Creator

By Luc Clemens (9 April 2003)

Introduction

erek Leung´s FS Scenery Creator is an easy-to-use scenery designer for Microsoft Flight Simulator. It features OpenGL drawing, and an easy point-and-click interface, and for the very precise work, you can enter coordinates. FSSC supports macros in all standard formats. It´s available in a wide aspect of different languages.

Main Features:

2D Scenery

Runway
Polygon
Taxiway
Road
River
Lines
Taxiway Lines

3D Scenery

Buildings
Macros

Radio Objects

ATIS
VOR
NDB

Misc. Objects

Menu Entry
Background Image
Flat Area´s BGL/Scenery.cfg
Surface Area´s
Exclusions
SCASM Code Entry

How Does It Work?

FSSC works with a very easy-to-use interface. Starting with only a runway and a taxiway, and ending up with complete ILS systems, FS2002 style taxiway lines and macros. Let's start with adding a runway. You can easily enter the values for the length, width, ID, etc.

OK, so the runway is there...but how about some nice taxiways and an apron? No problem. You can even add some taxiway lines later on. This is an example from a scenery I´m creating at the moment. The yellow lines you see are the taxiway lines, corners will run smoothly when you enter an arc radius, and the purple retangles are areas that make sure your little Cessna won´t bump on the asphalt.

So, how about some concrete areas along the taxiways? This is the same principle as when you want to create forests, aprons, or any other polygon-style ground effect. Just simply drag the point to the place you want to have them.

Conclusion / Pros and Cons

This creator is a great program for everyone who is interested in scenery design. It´s easy to use, it has got some powerful features, and can also be used for the more advanced scenery designers. You can use your favourite macros in FSSC to make your scenery really come alive. The best thing of all: it is freeware! So, over to the pros and cons:

+ Easy Interface
+ OpenGL / WYSIWYG
+ Freeware
+ Great help-me-out ability, Derek is available on Messenger and E-mail, tutorials and help-file available

-WYSIWYG Sometimes lets you down, textures look different in the editor than in the sim

Luc Clemens
lucclemens@hotmail.com

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