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Flickering ground textures

roger-wilco-66

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Hi everybody,

I use several small, flat ground textures or objects (e.g. houses, ruts or skidmarks on taxiways/runways) that sit on those flat textures. The textures have alpha channels so they blend into the ground around them.
How can I prevent these textures from flickering? I tried raising them a few cm off the ground, but that does not help. I've read that there is a material parameter like "z-testing" or something like that which could be set, but have not found that reference anymore. I am managing the library objects and their properties with MCX, that's why I ask here.
Also, these objects cast shadows under the transparent part of them when ground scenery shadow is turned on - does this have something to do with the problem?

Cheers,
Mark
 
Hi,

FSX or FS9? If FS9, you can turn off the shadows using MDLTweaker II. You can also use a Material starting with ZBIAS_ to give them visual priority. I don't know what you do in FSX.

Hope this helps,
 
Sorry, forgot to say it's FSX.
I'll check on the Z-Bias parameter, maybe this was it, thanks for mentioning.
I really would like to drill down into this problem.

Best,
Mark
 
In FSX I believe that ZBIAS is handled in the Material settings (somewhere), rather than in the Material's name.
 
There is no zbias for fsx. You need to raise them yourself. But often it is better to make such elements as ground polygons instead of normal objects.
 
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