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Shadows and Dust

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In working with hardened surfaces I see two things that appear to be an annomally.

First
When landing on an elevated hardened surface the shadow shows at the elevation of the hardened surface not ground level.

Second
Even when the hardened surface is concrete you see dust blow up from it.

Are both these just something that we must live with or is there a way to not have dust and shadows show on elevated hardened surfaces?
 
On the first - shadows - I believe that that is more a "problem" of FS-X and how shadows are handled - part of the trade-offs that are made between "realism" and "playability".

On the dust blowing up, if I recall correctly, that is more an issue of the associated effects on the model, not the scenery.
 
Hmmm

I kinda understand the idea of association of the effect but where would i find out if that's the problem. As far as i know i have not associated any effects with the hard surface. Is it something that happens automatically or what?
 
markself said:
I kinda understand the idea of association of the effect but where would i find out if that's the problem. As far as i know i have not associated any effects with the hard surface. Is it something that happens automatically or what?
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From my (limited) experience, it's something you control in the aircraft.cfg file of the aircraft model you're using.

I don't really mind it that much since when landing I'm more concerned in just getting down, from the cockpit, and rarely "see" the effects .... (unless I sort of forget to extend the gear in which case the effect is very visible - along with an irritating scraping sound...)
 
Don't wanna go there

If the aircraft.cfg has to be messed with then it's not worth the effort. Creating a scenery that requires messing with the aircraft.cfg would be a complete disaster, since most simmers would have no clue how to modify the aircraft.cfg.

Thanks for the headsup
 
Hi Folks

Mark -
Shadow should only be displayed on the elevated hardened surface.
Displaying beyond the edge of the visual surface sounds like a size mismatch.

Check the size, (and units), of your hardened poly,
versus the size of the visual landing surface.

HTH
ATB
Paul
 
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