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P3D v5 Ground Polygon - border visible, text not visible

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I have placed a ground polygon on an apron. The poly should display STOP in yellow and have a red border.
The red border shows, the text not so.

What might I cause this?
 
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Could be several things. Without the .ad4 file and texture, I can't even hazard a guess.

Don
 
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Did you construct this from two ground polygons, one on top of the other? If so, did you check that the layer number of the top polygon is higher than that of the bottom polygon?
 
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Don, I have sent you the file in question.

Tom, no, it is above a normal ADE apron.
 
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No files received, Martin. Also, no need for two polys. Use the outline function
 
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Martin, as discussed privately, the problem was due to a texture missing from the download archive, now fixed.
 
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Confirm. All textures display again as expected in P3Dv4 and v5.
Many thanks, Don!
 
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Need to come back for this one. Although as confirmed above this now works well in P3Dv4 and v5, the polys still don't show above the apron in P3Dv3. I have tried the whole range of layer numbers, but it does not change a thing. The apron covers the poly.

What am I missing?
 

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My only guess is when you compile the airport, choose a different GP radio button instead of the one at the top. Try the second one down.
 
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Martin has your airport been flattened in this area? The GP is drawn at terrain elevation. The apron is clearly higher and being drawn over the GP. If extending the flatten doesn't fix it, try making FS8-style GPs.
 
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Yes, it has been flattened. And it is guaranteed that I use exactly the same files in all three P3D versions. I just start the appropriate ADE, but work with one set of files.

I will try all you suggest. But I wonder why it works perfectly fine in v4 and v5.
 
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