Reading BGL-files ??

[skybolt66]

:help:Hi, is there anyone who knows a programm to read BGL-files? The several StarOffice-Progms. doesn't help. BGL's can be opened by NotePad, but they are still unreadable! I only want to know any positions of added objects(coordinates) in missions, for sometimes it's very diff. to find them!
skybolt66.

[harleyman]

Welcome Skybolt......

I do not do any building as this ,but you have choices....

Take your pick...

http://www.scenery.org/design_utilities_a.htm

[skybolt66]

Thanks harleyman, but those programs are for systems WIN98 or older!
I need one to use whith VISTA HP.
skybolt66.

[harleyman]

Hey Skybolt...Check this thread out.....http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=8279

[quantumleap]

BGL scenery files are binary files created by BGLCOMP (BGL Compiler) and are not directly readable in an editor. As noted by others, you would need to use a BGL decompiler to try to convert them back into a readable form, but they are still written in a coding language (XML) used to place scenery objects.

Saying that, objects added in missions are not usually contained in BGL scenery files unless they are always visible whether you are flying a mission or not. Mission specific objects (whether buildings, aircraft, ground vehicles, ships, etc..), and if moving the routes they take, are coded into files used specifically to define the missions. While these can be in XML coded format, which would allow them to be read in a text editor, they are also usually compiled into another binary format called SPB (Sim-Prop Binary). I do not know of any decompilers for that format at this time, but someone else might.

Jeff

[GaryGB]

Hello:

Lamont Clark has apparently created a decompiler for SPB files here:

http://lc0277.nerim.net/wiki/index.php?software


Also, have you considered looking into either of the 2 payware FSX Mission Builder/Editors?

http://fsaddon.eu/wpfsaddon/fsaddon-products/mission_editor/

http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=instmiss


Hope this helps!