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Floating scenery objects

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I deactivated my addon scenery and meshes so FS loads quicker while making scenery, after building extensive scenery I reactivated the addon scenery and now some objects are floating in the air, I couldn't get the scenery to look right again so I deleted the whole scenery and starting again and now the new buildings I make are also floating (not the whole building, just things like the roof and objects like chimneys on the roof).
Really appreciate any help guys thanks.
 
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Hi,
It is often a texture problem; the part dont find his texture and this is causing the flotting bug.
 
jpfil said:
Hi,
It is often a texture problem; the part dont find his texture and this is causing the flotting bug.
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Ive just noticed its because when I have the mesh resolution on low it looks ok, but when I turn the complexity up some of the polygons and objects float.


Mesh resolution 1m (highest)
1.jpg


Mesh resolution 305m (lowest)
2.jpg

Really annoying, I seem to waste my life building scenery for FS only to just hit a wall and delete months of work for some stupid bug.
 
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jpfil said:
Hi,
It is often a texture problem; the part dont find his texture and this is causing the flotting bug.
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Do you think making shared textures unique will cure it?

Thanks for the info anyway, i see after removing the textures the model appears ok, is there no way around it?
 
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but when I turn the complexity up some of the polygons and objects float.
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Oups, I dont know how FSX manage objects and scenery complexity... I cannot help more.
The only times I had this problem was a because a wrong texture name or path, or a missing day or night texture.
 
jpfil said:
Oups, I dont know how FSX manage objects and scenery complexity... I cannot help more.
The only times I had this problem was a because a wrong texture name or path, or a missing day or night texture.
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Thanks ill look into that night texture thing, its the only thing ive not tried. Its taking me about 3 hours to make and texture 1 building.
 
Hi,

Where is the reference point of your objects? That's the point the altitude will be defined for. If the reference point is quite far from the object, you are more likely to see floating objects while altering the terrain resolution.
 
arno said:
Hi,

Where is the reference point of your objects? That's the point the altitude will be defined for. If the reference point is quite far from the object, you are more likely to see floating objects while altering the terrain resolution.
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I know of that issue back in airport 2.10 but the scenery im having most problems with is actually close to the reference point in this case.

I made a simple box and applied texture to all surfaces except the top and bottom, as soon as I add a texture to the top then load FSX i see that the walls are as they should be but the roof is inside the building, about half the altitude it should be so its not just cylinders like i mentioned.
 
What format are your textures? And is the texture on the roof the same as the walls?

H_Farfy:D
 
Farfy said:
What format are your textures? And is the texture on the roof the same as the walls?

H_Farfy:D
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The format is DDS, the texture on the roof is different from the walls.

Even more weird is I just tried to add a dome to the roof and in FSX it appeared inside the building, so I moved it a few meters above the roof and in FSX it appeared ON the roof, then I exited FSX and fired it up again and the dome appeared to be floating above the roof, driving me crazy, I didnt even open FSDS and the scenery is doing crazy stuff.
 
Crazy stuff like you are describing almost always means missing textures…:D:D
 
Make sure that you have all the textures you need for the object in the correct format and in the correct folder.

Also if in the “Texture Definition” box if you checked “Night Texture” (LM) make sure you include a night texture in the proper folder.

H_Farfy:D
 
Farfy said:
Make sure that you have all the textures you need for the object in the correct format and in the correct folder.

Also if in the “Texture Definition” box if you checked “Night Texture” (LM) make sure you include a night texture in the proper folder.

H_Farfy:D
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Guys I think that's the problem, I have night textures made for everything except the roof texture, thanks so much for your help I really appreciate it.
 
hehe, If I had a dollar for every missing night texture...

Glad you found it Talk to you later.

H_Farfy:D:D:D
 
Farfy said:
hehe, If I had a dollar for every missing night texture...

Glad you found it Talk to you later.

H_Farfy:D:D:D
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If I had a pound for everytime ive been told about the night texture problem lol its been many years since I made scenery so ive had a few "duh" moments like this.

Thanks bro
 
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