SCASM 2.88

section 16 (11, 13) commands

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Marker beacons

TimeZone( )

GenExcl( )

Exclude( )

Exception( )

Area16( )

End16

Elevated surface example

FS2000 commands...

Area16N

E61( )

E62( )

E63( )

E65( )

Flatten( )

E67( )

LandMe( )

ATIS( )

Menu( )

MenuEntry( )

Marker beacons:

Defines a rectangular time zone. Make sure the date line (180th meridian) is not crossed by the defined area.

Generates a small BGL file for suppressing specified scenery areas. Exclude files have only effects to other scenery files which are located in FS scenery folders of lower scenery levels.
You can define more than one exclude file for the same scenerie but be very carefull when defining the boundaries. Move these file(s) to the same subdirectory as your other BGL files.
Note 1: you cannot disable any synthetic scenery tiles (including mountains) with these file(s).
Note 2: The original version of FS6/FS95 has some problems with these files (The ABOUT MENU for this version shows Version 6.00 Build 117). Microsoft ™ released a patch to solve this problem. The file name is FEPATCH.EXE.
Note3: Exclude files do not work in FS2K without the first patch.

same as GenExcl() but in the current BGL file.

This instruction is used to exclude a single object in lower scenery levels from being displayed. Please see the MS FS2K scenery SDK for more information about this command.

In the moment is is not known if more than one object can be knocked out with one command or if only one of the sn/sf/snf filds can be used in one command. The example in the SDK uses only one type and sets the not corresponding size fields to 0. Unfortunately there is no tool available to tell the user the exact position and size data for the unwanted object. This is the reason why this command currently has not been tested.

Defines an rectangular area around your elevated surface. Make sure that all used points are within this rectangular area.
Attention: Due to the binary format of this command the total length of one Area16()...End16 is limited to 255 Bytes. Also the precision is limited, so it does not make much sense to enter seconds in the Lat/Long format.

The following instructions can be used in an Area16():

marks the end of this area16 instruction block.

 Area16( 54:43  54:41:30   7:12  7:07 )
     Refpoint( abs :  1  54:42:06  07:10:00  )
     SenseBorder( :
         -40      40      ; top left
          40      40      ; top right
          40     -40      ; bottom right
         -40     -40      ; bottom left
     )
     ; remember to enter the points in clockwise order
     ;
     SetElevation( 30 )
 End16

New type of Area16 command This one has no parameters and should only contain one BGL instruction. The end is marked with the already known End16 command.

Used for the water side of coast lines Executed if [MiscData]/UsePolyCoastData=1 in FS2000.CFG

Typical amount of Lat/Lon combinations are 3 to 5.
Mostly used for lakes.

It seems that this instruction is used to cut an river valey into terrain.
Do not use sharp bents within one sequence since this can cause texture distortion.

same as Elevation() or Flatten()

This command defines an elevated surface. It seems that FS2K uses at least one Area16N - Elevation - End16 sequence for every airport. In adition to this the SurfaceType() command is used in section 9 to make the surface smooth. The elevation is wanted in meters. In FS2000 I often found 3 to 9 Lat/Lon values, mostly in anti clockwise order and often even for concave areas.

 Example:
 Area16N
     Elevation ( 488.29 ; elevation in meters
         33:22  -118:28
         33:22  -118:22
         33:27  -118:22
         33:27  -118:28
     )
 End16

Typical amount of Lat/Lon/Alt combinations is 3 to 5. The values seem to be in clockwise order. Mostly used for big swamp areas from rivers.

Defines an Automatic Terminal Information System. Do not use this command for FS2000 and later!

Do not use this command for FS2000 and later!
This is the data record needed for the 'Land Me' option in FS5. This option is only available with the default Cessna.

Do not use this command for FS98 and later! If you want to define some start positions which can be chosen from the Airport menu use this command. Length is limited to 20 characters now. Use the '{' brackets instead of '(' if part of Title String.
Only one Menue() command allowed in this version.
To see this 'old fashioned' menus click the FS6 and before button in the FS setup. Also FS98 does not set the navaid frequencies.

Do not use this command for FS98 and later! Data for a startsituation. There MUST be a Menu(...) command in the file BEFORE you enter a MenuEntry(...) command, otherwise you got an sequence error from SCASM. The info string is limited to 40 characters.
Note: Unlike previous versions FS98/CFS do not support the settings of the radios from this menu.