Replacing "transparent" roads stripes with darker texture or color

[Claviateur]

Hello,

I am wondering if the roads are based on a texture with a transparency? And can it be replaced with a darker one?

I would like to control the snow coverage with read world snow data where the roads for now all blocked with snow and now way to navigate VFR here in Canada...

I understood that brighter textures are covered with snow while darker are less or not. That's why I wanted to see if this trick would work (i.e: making roads stripes darker)

Thanks

 

[mamu]

Hello,

I am wondering if the roads are based on a texture with a transparency? And can it be replaced with a darker one?

I would like to control the snow coverage with read world snow data where the roads for now all blocked with snow and now way to navigate VFR here in Canada...

I understood that brighter textures are covered with snow while darker are less or not. That's why I wanted to see if this trick would work (i.e: making roads stripes darker)

Thanks

I think the default overlay is hard coded 😥
You can use a product like this

simMarket: SNOWY ROADS CANADA MSFS

secure.simmarket.com

Or if you are familiar with gis software and scripting you can create the same yourself for free (e.g. I did mine for Italy)
The results are...meh... especially when there is no snow, because the method consist of overlaying a semi transparent dark concrete/asphalt polygon
Therefore it will dark the roads painted lines as well, and you will notice the difference where the polys are placed from the imagery (the OSM data doesn't always match the underlying imagery)

There is a faster and cheaper solution: install the beta, it will do the same job, and it does that on runways and aprons too
Not perfect, but more flyable

 

[Claviateur]

Thank you for the explanations. Yes, I will perhaps buy the Canada Addon , seems like my only hope for VFR flying in winter here.

Sorry but not sure to understand what beta are you reffering to?

 

[mamu]

The current Msfs beta contains a fix that removes snow from roads and Airports
(The Devs talked about that in latest q&a)

It is working, pretty much, so far..better than nothing 🙂


If you are not in the Beta, think it will go live/stable within the end of January

 

[Claviateur]

Oh great thanks! I did not know they were working on a fix, will wait for release version then.

But I already bought the Canada Road Mod you mentioned to me and it works Ok, although the roads are clean cut, dark grey when snow is from real data and not manually set. But it does the job for now... Until the end of the month