Is there a good terrain mesh for FS9?
It creates blue holes and slivers in many areas that there is missing data for, but it improves the scenery overall. There is 38m terrain mesh for the US for free for FS9. It improves the terrain even better than the 70m. I wouldn't fly FS9 without it. There is also 19m freeware mesh for Alaska and Hawaii.
How to remove background of the airport in FS9?
For FS9 you should have created the bgl to remove the background in SBuilder so it will not be in the ADE project Draw a rubber band around the whole airport. This will select all the visible elements.
How do I remove the ILS feather from a runway?
Select the runway and press Alt+Enter. This opens the RDV dialog for the runway The ILS feather should be deleted but you may find some left over bits like the Glide Slope. This is just a drawing issue and is a result of using the direct access provided by the RDV.
Is there a way to improve the topography in FS9?
As far as improving stock FS topographical mesh, there are a number of freeware terrain. That will add data points for things like mountains and hills, but it will not change the texture. As you mentioned, UTX and GEX for FSX (don't know about FS9), changes the texture. MegaScenery is also great for adding photorealistic scenery.
Load the stock airport
I am going to remove KHUT which is Hutchinson Municipal in Kansas. This is still an active airport but this method of removing the airport is not destructive (like it would be if we modified the stock airport file) so I can get it back any time I wish.
Remove the airport background (FSX and later)
If you are getting rid of the airport entirely then you will not want the airport background polygon showing up.
Remove airport background (FS9)
If you are doing this for FS9 then ADE is not able to remove the background so you will need to use SBuider to do this.
Check that the background poly is gone
It is pretty obvious that the airport background poly is gone since the under lying land class is showing up under and around the airport
Remove the airport visual and other elements
You will need to use several techniques to be sure of removing everything. You must not forget things like comms frequencies and approach code. I am going to
What mesh resolution is needed for FS2004?
Here is some examples of mesh resolution's that fs2004 can support :Terrain Max Vertex Level 19 20 21 22 23Max Terrain Display Resolution 76.4m 38.2m 19.1m 9.6m 4.8mMax Terrain Mesh LOD RequiredLOD 9LOD 10LOD 11LOD 12LOD 13 So...basically, if you're mesh resolution, from FSX is not higher than LOD13, 4,8m, with MVL of 23, you can use it in FS2004.But, if you want to use high resolution meshes in FS2004, you must made some corrections in fs9.cfg.For example, if you use LOD13 mesh, under "Terrain Max Vertex Level" you must put value of 23.Hope this can help.
Does FS9 mesh work with FS9?
Unless they have been created with the FS9 SDK and have been made to work with both sims, the mesh will not work in FS 9. On a side note, do not attempt to port over payware meshes such as Ray Tabauret's meshes on FSPilotShop, as they are copy-protected. Dave.