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FSX Best tools to make high definition runways & ground textures?

charlieairspace

charlieairspace

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Hello,

I'm struggling with so many information online on how to make high definition runways.

What do you guys recommend (no matter the complexity) to use create high definition runways and the rest of the ground textures?

I'm learning about ModelConverterX but I wonder how does that help me on that sense and there's the good old iblue Yonder tutorial by Bill Womack.

I would like to assemble this kind of ground textures:
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/my-first-fictive-project.22824/

Can anyone route me to the proper tools and tutorials?

Thank you so much,.
 
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Tejal Bernardo

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just to get the right textures, good resolution, etc. and follow the Bill Womack tutorial, according to what effect you want to get but I think it's very obsolet, they talk about asm files, etc, you can make it with the " ground polygon wizard" from Modelconvertex. the tutorial could be updated really. but you can get the idea.
for the markings , taxilines, etc you could use the "loft" method, there is a tutorial about this too, Taxi line creation" here in Fsdeveloper http://www.fsdeveloper.com/wiki/index.php?title=Taxiline_creation_with_GMax.This is usefull if you have to tile the runway textures, (mostly of the cases).
there is a tutorial for creating runways, look for "High_res_base_and_edge". a PDF format tutorial. I think you can find this here in fsdeveloper too.
So the basic tools are any image editor (Gimp, phothsop) and Gmax or any other modelling tool for the "lofts" for exemple. and the runway and layers creation of course.
Modelconvertex what will do is to correct the curvature of the terrain effect and place the layers correctly, with the ground polygon wizard tool.
 
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