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    MSFS24 Animation Trigger

    The box is 80 m long (40 m in each direction from the gate), 15 m wide (the gate is 17 m) and 3 m deep so it should be deep enough. Maybe I should test with an even deeper box... EDIT: Yes, indeed! I changed the depth to 6m and that fixed it. Now the gate is triggered also by the amphibian...
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    MSFS24 Animation Trigger

    iI believe that the problem with the amphibian C208B is different as it isn't based on variables but on proximity. But haven't found out what could be causing it and how to fix it for that particular plane.
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    MSFS24 Animation Trigger

    I have an animated gate in my EFTP scenery between the GA parking and the rest of the airport. It opens/closes using a proximity trigger and works fine for most airplanes but there is at least one that does not open the gate at all. That is the Cessna 208B in MSFS2024. It clearly has something...
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    What is the best method to add lighting inside a building

    Various default street lights from the fs-base group can be also used in devmode if you can hide poles inside some structures. You have more control of the spotlights in Blender as you can adjust strength, color and the size of the cone.
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    MSFS24 SDK- How to prevent vehicles from spawning at taxiway parking

    DOCK_GA is for seaports to accommodate seaplanes... Making a suitable services file for your airport is a better solution. Here is my take on a services.xml file that removes all vehicles and personell from the parkings (this one is used in several of my small airports/strips available on...
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    MSFS24 Ambient sound at small airports

    Is there some way to replace the default ambient sound at an airport with something else? There is the same bird chirping everywhere, summer and winter and I would like to replace it with more realistic bird sounds (preferably even varying depending on time of year) and other sounds for my small...
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    SDK Crack in runway!

    A small polygon with terraforming applied might help? Or a small rectangle?
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    MSFS24 Approach lights over water How get rid off

    The easiest way: Ask the author of the freeware scenery to fix it. There are only approach lights for rwy 34 on ESNN... Alternatively you can make an addon where you remove the lights and then be sure to make MSFS2024 load that new addon after the original freeware scenery (might work, but not...
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    How do I create and add a material image which has transparency

    Just make a quick Google search for images using "open sign" as search words and you will find several suitable versions that can be used as a basis for your sign... There's no huge ski jump in Helsinki - the closest is in Lahti. And the Helsinki Olympics were the summer Olympics in 1952 so no...
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    How do I create and add a material image which has transparency

    The decal type is mainly for placing textures on planes in front of other textured objects (like decals on a window). Yes, I live just west of Helsinki. We currently have about -2°C and some 15-20cm snow on the ground. Buildings with turf on the roof are not common here. I think you can find...
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    How do I create and add a material image which has transparency

    Not difficult: Make a texture with the look of the Open sign. Make a box or other suitable 3D object for the sign in the correct place make a MSFS Standard material and open the texture in the Base Color. Make a second texture as a copy of the first one (must be exactly the same size), but make...
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    How do I create and add a material image which has transparency

    That looks very good! The fence could very well also be made as a real 3D fence. 3000 faces is not much, and it looks better (from close distance) than just the flat, textured plane... But then, of course, if it is in a place where not many people see it close up, then the plane is good enough...
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    How do I create and add a material image which has transparency

    Click on New to make a new material. Give it any name. Then You will have the MSFS Material Params tab available. Select the Standard type and scroll down - there are the boxes where you can select your textures for Base color, O/R/M and Normals. Open the png file in the Base Color box (and the...
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    How do I create and add a material image which has transparency

    You need a png image file where the transparent parts are fully transparent. (Jpg or bmp do not have the alpha channel for transparency). Then apply a MSFS Standard material to your plane with that image as Base Color. Set Alpha mode to Blend. You can use an Occlusion/Roughness/Metallic and a...
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    MSFS24 Custom MSFS2020 fuel truck missing in MSFS2024

    Unbelievable. I removed (using Addons Linker) all addons except my own add-ons. Everything works. Then adding groups of addons and restarting the sim after every change until I had ALL my addons active. Several hours. Everything works. Now I am back at the add-on configuration I had previously...
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