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Excluding VTP

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I want to exclude the default grass texture polygon around the runway at my airport and put down a new VTP texture. Is there a tool or method I can use to remove these kind of texture polygons? :confused:
 
DefArea allows you to make a VTP exclude, or when you want to place a new one at the same location, you can also use SBuilder or Ground2k4. These tools allow you both excludes and the drawing of new polygons.
 
Hello:

DefArea by Christan Fumey (who also wrote the Ground2k utility for FS8 and Ground2k4 for FS9 http://library.avsim.net/search.php...an+fumey&Sort=Added&ScanMode=1&Go=Change+View) is here:

http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=defarea20.zip&CatID=root&Go=Search

IIRC, (it's been years since I looked at this, but...) in DefArea one must "fly" (or "drive" a ground based specially built FS aircraft) along the desired plot of points while a timed logger captures coordinates.


If you're game for going "off-road" for a bit of "data capture driving" in FS, try the FS2004 Jeep ATV or FS2004 Roberts Racing Baja Buggy: :p

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004misc24.htm


NOTE: Then one needs to assign a workable area layer number for output from DefArea to a FS9 BGL; possibly someone else here may recall what "layer number" to use for a VTP exclude if the default assigned number in DefArea was not updated between FS8 and FS9 ? :rolleyes:


IMHO, an easier and more precise coordinate vertex-based "click as you go" method could be had via SBuilder for FS9:

http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004sd&DLID=138252


BTW: A summary of notable references on SBuilder for FS9 is here: :idea:

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18011&highlight=Sbuilder



Yet another option which uses Google Earth via FSX-KML to get vertex coordinate data into SBuilder for FS9 is described here:

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16937&highlight=Sbuilder



Info on FSX-KML is here:

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=81


Hope these ideas help ! :)

GaryGB
 
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