Episode 1 - Planning and creating the project
Welcome to this Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 SDK Mini Series going through the process of converting the Google Maps photogrammetry data of city landmarks from Coventry in the UK into scenery to be used within the game.
In this first episode, we look at how to plan which scenery we want to capture, how to get the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 SDK installed and our project set up and ready to go.
The software used in this series is:
* Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 : https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/microsoft-flight-simulator
* RenderDoc (v1.9) : https://renderdoc.org/
* Google Chrome (v86) : https://www.google.co.uk/chrome/
* Blender (v2.83) : https://www.blender.org/
* Notepad++ (v7.9) : https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
* 7zip (v19.0) : https://www.7-zip.org/
* Photoshop (v22.0) : https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop.html
* Blender2MSFS (v0.40.0): https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/resources/blender2msfs-toolkit.256/
* MapsModelImporter (v0.3.3) : https://github.com/eliemichel/MapsModelsImporter
* Google Maps Legal Text : https://pastebin.com/byrdyNkc
* https://flightsim.to/
I hope you find this a useful guide for bringing your own scenery to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
* Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_Up4sAmkCfXGRf9vdlv9DV7Pdx0ENGVt
* Episode 1 - Planning and creating the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZsrJYRgW8
* Episode 2 - Capturing Google Maps with RenderDoc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOmRXzZw3LI
* Episode 3 - Preparing Google Map models in Blender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbwj3hXqaq4
* Episode 4 - Levels of detail by decimating in Blender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8rCpUpiwGo
* Episode 5 - Placing the scenery in the flight simulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS0LFU2DWWk
* Episode 6 - Improving texture colours In Photoshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhGfgb07Mt4
* Episode 7 - Adding night lighting to the scenery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT2MaQJUiqk
* Episode 8 - Sharing the finished scenery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIEsCV9g0NM
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