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 ====How Aerofly renders aerial images==== ====How Aerofly renders aerial images====
 Aerofly FS 2 uses textures with a varying coverage to render the earth. For this Aerofly FS 2 uses a level technique with different resolutions per level to render aerial images. At the base there is level 0. Level 0 consists of a single square image that covers the whole earth. This image would be used if viewing earth from very far away. Next is level 1. Level 1 consists of 2x2 images covering the whole earth. Then for level 2 we have 4x4 textures and so on. Aerofly FS 2 currently supports the maximum level of 15 which gives you roughly a resolution of 50cm per pixel. Aerofly FS 2 uses textures with a varying coverage to render the earth. For this Aerofly FS 2 uses a level technique with different resolutions per level to render aerial images. At the base there is level 0. Level 0 consists of a single square image that covers the whole earth. This image would be used if viewing earth from very far away. Next is level 1. Level 1 consists of 2x2 images covering the whole earth. Then for level 2 we have 4x4 textures and so on. Aerofly FS 2 currently supports the maximum level of 15 which gives you roughly a resolution of 50cm per pixel.
-Its recommended that your aerial images are converted to level 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 to give a good coverage. Level 14 corresponds to roughly 1m per pixel. Please do not go below level 9 unless you convert a really large area with your images as Aerofly already includes those levels.+ 
 +Its recommended that your aerial images are converted to level 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14 to give a good coverage. Level 14 corresponds to roughly 1 meter per pixel. Please do not go below level 9 unless you convert a really large area with your images as Aerofly already includes those levels. 
 + 
 +====Installation==== 
 +After you have downloaded the GeoConvert tool, unzip the ZIP file to any place you like, prefereably to a harddisc with enough free storage. 
 + 
 +Here is the folder structure of the tool 
 +<code cpp> 
 +aerofly_fs_2_geoconvert 
 +  input_aerial_images      // put all your aerial images you would like to use here 
 +  scenery 
 +    images                 // if GeoConvert was sucessfull you will find the Aerofly FS 2 compatible aerial images here 
 +    images_raw 
 +  shader_dx11 
 +  texture 
 +  aerofly_fs_2_geoconvert.exe 
 +</code> 
 + 
 +GeoConvert cannot be started by its own, it must be called with a configuration file that tells GeoConvert what region it should create Aerofly FS 2 compatible aerial images. You can either open a console or the Windows Powershell or create a small batch file right next to the aerofly_fs_2_geoconvert.exe executable. Here is an example 
 +<code> 
 +  .\aerofly_fs_2_geoconvert.exe your_config_file.tmc 
 +</coode>
  
 ====General steps==== ====General steps====
sdk/geoconvert.txt · Last modified: 2017/11/12 17:30 by jh