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I am trying to replace a bridge whis has been included in FS 2004. The default bridge is not very realistic.

I am not having any sucess using an exclusion area. My new bridge shows up but the old one does not disappear. :(

How should I be creating an eclusion area? IS this a layers problem pehaps?

Thanks in advance,

Bruce May
 
Do you know what sort of bridge it is? If it is one made from scenery objects then it should be possible to use an exclusion rectangle. I am not sure in FS9 if some bridges are actually VTP lines - in which case you would need to use layer exclusions using a tool such as SBuilder
 
I think Jon is right here, the bridge has probably been made with a VTP line, so you would need a VTP exclude to remove it.
 
bridge

The bridge in question is one of the default bridges for FS 2004 rather blocky and gray. If you look around CYTR there are two about 1/2 mi to the northwest and one about 6 mi to the east.

I had made a replacement using Airport for Windows. In FS 2002 I was able to use the AFW exclude to remove the original but not so in FS 2004.
 
Use coordinates, please

Hi, brucemay

brucemay said:
If you look around CYTR there are two about 1/2 mi to the northwest and one about 6 mi to the east.
Click to expand...

To locate a point on the world, one used to give its geographical coordinates.

Put your airplane on the position, using shift +Z you can see the coordinates.

You can use TCalc.exe to show the aiplane position coordinates, too.

Regards,

José
 
Coordinates

Sorry, The summer has pulled me away fro working on this...

One of the bridges in question is at N 44 8.50 W 77 23.2.

Now working ScenegenX build 100 but an exclude won't get rid of the original bridge. :mad:
 
Got it!

After lots of searching I finally found some clues and the solution.

Apparently the ugly default bridges are created by FS wherever a road or railroad crosses water.

Making a "hand made" exclude yields no sucess but I found reference by others for DefAreaV2.0 by Christian Fumey. It will make a .bgl that contains excludes for roads/rivers/shorelines and will exclude the default bridges.

This utility will also get rid of roads/rivers/shorelines. A very good soultion!

Works perfectly - my ugly bridge is now gone. :)
 
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