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Slicing the scenery

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If your project was split between different files, be sure that you saved each with the right name (i.e. Project1-1.tga, Project1-2.tga, ...). Put the files back to the TerraScene/Output folder in case you moved them.

Open your Fly! II/Data folder. If you see some folders here, drag them to another secure folder. This simple act, as well as deleting the folders that are created during the process after the rendering, will avoid a lot of troubles and calls for help in the Fly! Forums  !

 Launch TerraScene. Open the “Project” file.
Make sure you didn’t change the file name in the project option. It must be named “Project” if the .tga files have this name. Otherwise TerraScene will not recognize them.

  •  Open the “Render” options. Check that everything is the same as in the picture below, except for night scenery which is optional. Just keep the option “One image per globe tile” as it was before.

 

  • Hit the “Render” button.
  • Go drink a coffee, do some home tasks … but don’t eagerly stare at your screen!
  • When the Fly! slicer finishes his job, go to Fly! II/Data folder again, ERASE all the folders that you see here (only the folders).
  • Change the name of your “Project.pod” and “Project.scf” files in the scenery folder for something more explicit.

It’s time to FLY!
Are you pleased with your scenery? Share it on the web. If the file is too big, at least show some pictures on the forums.
If you feel comfortable with this method and want some more enhancements, don’t stop here, there comes the advanced chapter…