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Ground effects on gmax objects.

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Hi!

I have this effect that light up the ground. This I use for my custom made tarmac in my scenery..

Problem is effect is not visibla from ceratin angles.. I have set the altitude in the XML file some centiometers above the tarmac gmax object.

Pls see this small movie attached for a description..

I have tried to place the effect on the ground where no gmax objects are, and then its visible all the time.

Freddy
 

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Hi Freddy,

do you use zbias-Groundpolys? I don't have these problems, neither with fs2002-made groundpolys nor with afcad-made aprons. Are you sure, the apron is really flat? I don't place my fx above the ground, it's OK if they're onto the ground, which they anyway do if you use the 'Ground Normal=1'-command. ;)
 
put the effect with the Atash tool of gmax.
This happen with me when I put the effect useing xml.
 
Do you mean, Marcato, that you place ground-fx by attaching them to GMax-objects? That's an interesting idea. Do you find that it works better them xml-placed fx? I'll have to try this.
 
Hi Freddy,

Is the arpon you are trying to show it on, one of those sloped aprons you mentioned before? I that case I think that could be the problem. Thorsten also mentioned that they should work fine on proper ground polygons. But your sloped polygon probably acts like a 3D object and not as a ground polygon.
 
Hi all..

thx for your suggestions.. Have tried the attachtool in gmax, but then my effect wont show due to an exclude in the area...

The apron where i want my effect to show is 100 % flat,.. all the area is 6.95 meters ASL. its just my runway thats sloped..

zbias ?.. pls explain some more ..

Freddy
 
Do you do the apron with the fs2002-method or with zbias-materials? Or is it just an AFCAD-created apron? You'll only have problems with zbias-groundpolys, so don't worry about it. ;)
 
Ok.. found that removing the GMAX apron did solve this issue... thx all!.. using the old SCASM apron now,. and everything works fine!.
 
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