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MSFS20 Night lit Polygons?
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Depends what you mean. You can add light rows or apron edge lights
Jon, I want to add aprons that are not dark at night, but that would have some light. When researching the subject. w read that in FSX ADE had a ground poly that could be used to give light to a dark apron at night. When looking at the help online for ADE 20, i found this:
Use the View Menu and Land Class menu option to hide or show polys. This will be updated to a more appropriate item in a later update.
I could not find the Setting option mentioned, or they are there and i am missing them. Thank a million.
Gelomare
Scenery Polygons
Scenery polygons are another way to work with an airport. They can be considered similar to terrain polygons in FSX/P3D. They support a number of functions some of which are now implemented (although all the attributes are available in the property grid). They are based on ESRI shape files. To change the color of the poly use Settings > Options > TERRAIN_AIRPORT_BACKGROUND. Transparency is best changed via the property grid since you can do that per poly at any time (0-255)
Use the View Menu and Land Class menu option to hide or show polys. This will be updated to a more appropriate item in a later update.
I could not find the Setting option mentioned, or they are there and i am missing them. Thank a million.
Gelomare
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I see nothing in the SDK documentation that indicates a scenery poly can be used for lighting
The color of the poly mentioned there is the color in the ADE display and has nothing to do with lighting. The help notes should refer to Settings > Colors > TERRAIN_AIRPORT_BACKGROUND
If you want to light aprons - that is not done by changing the display color in ADE. But you can add ApronEdgeLights or Light Rows. I think these work. Alternatively are you looking for flood lights?
The color of the poly mentioned there is the color in the ADE display and has nothing to do with lighting. The help notes should refer to Settings > Colors > TERRAIN_AIRPORT_BACKGROUND
If you want to light aprons - that is not done by changing the display color in ADE. But you can add ApronEdgeLights or Light Rows. I think these work. Alternatively are you looking for flood lights?