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Is there any way to have PAPis visible other than by cutting a hole in a GP polygon?



 
It would seem that ground polys cover stock lights. There's nothing I can do in ADE_GP to correct that.

An alternative would be to model your VASIs/PAPIs as BGL lights (instructions in Wiki). In my own airports, I also add a simple model of a housing. Looks very realistic. (Check out either CYYJ, CYBL or CYXX - all available from http://stuff4fs.com)

Don
 
I think you have three choices:

1. As Don suggests, make a 3D PAPI installation.

2. Place an ADE apron under your current hole, with a surface specified so the hole more closely matches the GP-poly. Then use single yellow GP lines to fill in any missing line segments over the hole.

3. Do not use large GP polys alongside the runways - use ADE aprons. Then create the yellow chevron lines using a custom GP polygon texture that has black alpha channels outside of the yellow lines, to allow the lights to shine through.

Hope this helps,
 
You can download the FS9 gamepack and most other FS9 SDK documents from a site in, I believe, Denmark. I realize this isn't very specific, but a search for FS9 SDK will probably identify it. Or, any number of users could provide it.

Don
 
Thanks, Tom.

Wish I'd known the FS9 SDKs were available from fsDeveloper the last time I needed one.

Don
 
Thanks both,

I downloaded from here and it seems to work, but, I get an error on export.

I'll post in the GMax forum.
 
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