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FS2004 Terminal windows clear or no

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Having a hard time deciding on how to proceed with the terminal windows.....What is y'alls opinion on it? Should the interior of the terminal be modeled or no? Looking at the pics of GCFV's terminal, most of the walls are windows with heavy metal shades. I was thinking of the poly count, and I could keep it down if I textured the windows, but then it would definitely look textured......
 

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It might help to consider the setting. Are you making a publicly distributed scenery for a flight simulator with limited resources in terms of render which could be used to represent a vast variety of user aircraft in the act of beginning or ending flights; or, are you making a personal version of reality that won't be complete until you can see a virtual representations of the stewardesses checking-in your virtual passengers through the terminal glass?

My advice would be to stick with a good opaque representation with appropriate night texture and concentrate on items more directly related to the airport experience, on the basis that airports are used for starting and ending flights. When all aspects of that function are perfect, I would then look for ways to make the illusion more immersive, like adding transparent glass.

If your terminal is predominantly glass, you may want to explore the idea of creating "hallways" or boxes where the windows from one wall are visible from outside through the windows of another wall. In order to accomplish that slight increase in immersion you will have to deal with alpha layer transparencies and it will likely take some trial and error experimentation.
 
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