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Rendering
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I noticed the draw engine in FSX is not as clean as it was in FS9.
In some cases the draw is so bad the only fix is to reverse the line draw (arrows on links as per ADE) in order for the correct taxiway texture to show on long runs that have nodes added.
I use a technique I call a blocking node to stop the unwanted rendering when it exist in the default airports. I normally place the blocking node on the very edge of the runway side texture.
In some cases the draw is so bad the only fix is to reverse the line draw (arrows on links as per ADE) in order for the correct taxiway texture to show on long runs that have nodes added.
I use a technique I call a blocking node to stop the unwanted rendering when it exist in the default airports. I normally place the blocking node on the very edge of the runway side texture.
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I have had many issues with this when making Afcads for stock airports - when, for example, I am drawing an apron link from a concrete apron to a taxi link on an asphalt taxiway.
I don't know whether my approach is correct but it seems to work: I draw the apron link to a node on the edge of the apron, ensure it is concrete, then an apron link from the taxi way to meet the node and ensure that is asphalt. Then I often have to move that node, as Jim suggests, onto the very edge of the taxiway to stop concrete overlapping asphalt or vice versa.
If there is a better way to cope with that, please tell me as it often takes several times back and forth between ADE and FSX to be happy that I have a straight line between the two surfaces.
I don't know whether my approach is correct but it seems to work: I draw the apron link to a node on the edge of the apron, ensure it is concrete, then an apron link from the taxi way to meet the node and ensure that is asphalt. Then I often have to move that node, as Jim suggests, onto the very edge of the taxiway to stop concrete overlapping asphalt or vice versa.
If there is a better way to cope with that, please tell me as it often takes several times back and forth between ADE and FSX to be happy that I have a straight line between the two surfaces.
I don't know of any better way to handle that. I do exactly what you do -- a lot of trial and error in those situations where there is a pavement change.
Another trick I did at MPBO was to put a strip of gravel down to hide the "fillet". Fortunately, this worked well because in real life there actually is a gravel area at that location.