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Skymaxx Pro still is one of the best addons I have for X-Plane, it makes such a difference compared to default clouds and it even gives better FPS. I've just picked up v4 and look forward to trying it this evening. So thanks to both John and Sundog for making this possible. Now.... I hope you guys find a way of getting Triton water into X-Plane, and I'm still waiting patiently for MaxxSeasons ;-)

Overreaction much, some people are just nuts. He's not doing xEnviro any favours either

Hmm, looks like it's not the only software I have that's broken under Sierra. Need to learn to wait next time. Guess it's back to default clouds for now

I upgraded to Mac OS Sierra over the weekend and now Skymaxx Pro will no longer show any clouds. I downloaded the 3.3 update, installed it, but when running I still get no clouds although the plugin is showing up. I tried installing an older version again and still no joy. The logs say my license is no longer valid. How can I get around this, all I did was install the OS update and I guess I've hit an activation limit. If so, please can you advice on what I can do Log says SkyMaxx Pro: Location set to lat -44.672495 lon 167.923270 alt 7.292562 SkyMaxx Pro license check failed. Clouds will be disabled. Thanks

http://world2xplane.com/2015/07/20/autogen/ I'll keep this page updated as I do new regions

For anyone interested, I've also uploaded Slovakia. I'll try and get Poland done later this week before finishing this region and moving onto the next (Probably Germany).

Thanks Souf for the feedback. I'm glad you like it.

Yes exactly, smart-exclusions are a killer and will increase processing time. The sim has to merge different sceneries together with complicated exclusions and so increases the loading times. I was hoping 10.40 would help, but it only seems to speed things up with simpler scenery. I'm trying to replace the smart-exclusions with autogen which does speed things up, but there is such a huge amount of data that it simply takes X-Plane a long time to process. Remember, it is loading a full 1x1 degree tile in one go (with thousands of buildings, object, forests) and then processing them. In Germany, there is lots of data, so it's just slow unfortunately I've tried various things to try and get round this, but at the moment everything I do doesn't seem to make much difference. Maybe one day I can work with Ben and see if he can help out, but it's very difficult to get hold of him.

Don't know to be honest, if they've used the same config then you won't notice much difference. The poor loading times are one of the reasons I want to do autogen. It does/should load a little faster in 10.40

Agreed with the number of libraries and no, I've purposely not included any third-party libraries because of previous issues. Sorry for the late response, I've been busy with real-life :-). Regarding xlabs, yep I was aware of their work, but to be honest, I'm not sure what they are intending on doing it with it. (XHT was originally supposed to be OSM2XP), Either way, I think it's a commercial project and not something they are intending on realising for free (or releasing the tools they use to make the scenery), but I could be wrong. Either way, the W2XP autogen is a very similar approach but on a larger scale. I did contact both XHT-Labs and Truscenery some time ago, and neither responded, which I can presume means they aren't interested in working together Regarding the new European project, I'm really surprised by this. Again, this is another case of developers not wanting to work together. I don't think we need yet another European library, and their efforts would be best directed working on the European Library which LyAvain did for Simheaven. I've simply given up trying to get other developers to work together, and I believe if all of these projects came together and coordinated, then we would have some amazing scenery, but this is unlikely ever to happen. Also, I really wish somebody would concentrate on the US or other areas, as Europe is already quite good in X-Plane. I'd really appreciate if you could do this just for Switzerland. I live quite close to Germany and have a good idea of how some areas should look. Additionally, even if you don't find any suitable models, if you could find typical pictures of buildings (e.g. In Google Street View), then I can use these to give the Swiss autogen a nice regional look. I'm currently doing Norway, which looks real nice when used with HD Mesh and the Kartverket data.

That's great :-). Can you PM me your email address and I'll get in touch and tell you how it works.

Yes, I did a similar thing for the UK, however the version for working with non-OSM data isn't publically released because it's difficult to use and requires scripting. However, if you tell me where I can get this data from and if it's compatible and not in several hundred different downloads then I will convert the lot into a scenery and upload it

Number 3 has smart exclusions as it has industrial buildings along a road. Anyway, It depends on how the exclusions are created (They have to be rectangular), it looks like it's worked fine to me apart from the industrial buildings. It's a config option which Simheaven used which defines the maximum area that can be blank before an exclusion is made.