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1. Initialize the Arcachon MSFS scenery project

Open Blender, then select Google Earth Decoder Optimization Tools > 1. Initialize a new MSFS scenery project in the top menu.

Set up the project initialization

  • indicate the path to the folder containing your MSFS projects by clicking on the path to the MSFS projects... button: here F:\MSFSProjects\
  • indicate the name of the project in the field Name of the project to initialize: here Arcachon.
  • indicate the author of the project in the field Author of the project: here Thalixte.
  • Click on the save_settings_button.png button to save your project settings.

Run the initialization process

When all the settings are set, click on the Initialize a new MSFS project scenery... button.

The Blender window console will appear on the screen. Once finished, you should see this on the console:
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A new Arcachon folder is created in the folder containing all the MSFS projects.

The resulting file tree of the Arcachon project is presented below: 

Arcachon
│   Arcachon.ini
│   Arcachon.xml
│
├───backup
├───PackageDefinitions
│   │   thalixte-arcachon.xml
│   │
│   └───thalixte-arcachon
│       │   Business.json
│       │
│       └───ContentInfo
│               Thumbnail.jpg
│
└───PackageSources