Getting Started
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First things first.

To do anything at all, first you have to install Microsoft XML on your PC. The necessary file can be found on MS's website but to save you the trouble, I've included the current version (at the time of writing) in the Zip. If you're reading this some time after the date shown below, maybe you ought to check on the MS website to see whether there have been any updates in the meantime.

The file you need is called msxml.msi. This is copyright Microsoft - I've only included it here for convenience.

Just click on it and install it in the same way as you would any other Windows package. Just follow the instructions. Do a default install - it will detect your version of Windows automatically.

Now you need to create a folder to hold your scenery design files. When you extract the Zip to a temporary folder (or if you're working in XP you will see it directly) you will see that the Zip contains a folder called MakeScene. This will be your 'working' folder. It contains everything you will need to get started and make FS9 XML scenery. You can place it almost anywhere you want. I recommend either placing it in your main ...\FS9 folder, or if you have a folder that already contains AFCAD and TTools stuff, maybe put it there eg

...\FS9\Utils\MakeScene
...\FS9\Utils\AFCAD
...\FS9\Utils\TTools

That's it! Now you should read the instructions in the enclosed How_To doc.

Roger Mole
flightsim@ukgo.com
January 2004