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P3D v5 KPGD Punta Gorda

Tekica123 said:
When I was making my first airport lights few years ago I went into a problem as a result by placing them using a Instant Scenery 3 or whatever object placer.I found the solution that you have to export all the lights from 3ds max (for me) as a model, then export them as a object in MCX (for the lights, not for the holder and you get a much better distance of the light..
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Initially I wanted to place them in 3dsmax but I use the AttachPoint method. I would have had to rename all of the attachpoints individually.
 
If you try to use your runway lights as dynamic lights, please don't.I used dynamic lights for my parking and it literally took like 5-6 fps by 10 lights.I can imagine how much its going to decrease your fps for like more than 200 lights but dynamic.Your simulator wont start..Use default planes with mipmaps, everyone does that.Trust me! :)
 
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Awesome, just give the ground a little bit of transparency.
Also, the water edges looks a bit strange.Maybe you give them also a bit of transparency.
 
Looks great overall.Try to add some decals on the top of the square building and add more detail, like lamps, some cables, antennas, fence and so, that would make your model look much better.
 
Tekica123 said:
When I was making my first airport lights few years ago I went into a problem as a result by placing them using a Instant Scenery 3 or whatever object placer.I found the solution that you have to export all the lights from 3ds max (for me) as a model, then export them as a object in MCX (for the lights, not for the holder and you get a much better distance of the light..
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So you're saying that you export the lights and the fixtures separately, and then place them separately?
 
Thralni said:
So you're saying that you export the lights and the fixtures separately, and then place them separately?
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No, I was placing them in one file but using Instant Scenery 3 but I've been placing them one by one just in one file.So I decided to export all the lights using 3ds max and MCX, then the distance was improved.
 
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