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Hold short markings in 2020

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I posted a video on my YT channel with an issue I came across (most of you probably knew about it), showing the behavior of Editor while adding Hold Short Markings.....I'm just curious on everyone else's "work around". I was thinking primarily of using custom marking materials to solve the problem. It is really best shown in the video as text may not bring the issue clarity. Let me know what you all think.

Link to video:

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I am by no means an expert but I watched your video and here is my theory/opinion. This is a carryover from the FSX code and they used it to draw the hold short runway labels. In FSX you couldn’t contact the tower in the ATC menu until you were inside that same radius of the runway. For this reason in FSX scenery design you could put your hold short markings where they are positioned in the real world. (FSX didn’t draw the labels only the line). But the side affect to this was your plane had to taxi beyond the hold short like that you placed if it was outside of that radius or you couldn’t contact the tower in the ATC menu. So, to me it seems they’ve used this same radius from the runway to auto generate those labels. It’s not going to get fixed unless Asobo changes the code.

So, yes your solution to my knowledge is the only way and the problem then becomes if you use your own texture it’s going to look different than the default ones and so then depending on your OCD or quality of airport you’re trying to design then you’re probably going to dive down the rabbit hole of creating those for your whole airport so they look the same. From what I’ve seen with some of the bigger 3rd parties their textures include those labels so that’s probably what they’re doing.

Again I am no expert and this is just my theory based on previous experience. I’m still learning this new FS2020 myself. But, I did ask way back in the Alpha version in a big thread on ATC issues that I hoped would be fixed in later versions and this was one of them.
 
I don't know if it is the only way, but I expect it probably is. Frankly, out of force of habit (gained from FSX/P3D development) I almost never let the sim elements handle markings by themselves. Even if 99% correct, there is a minor flaw someplace. So I make all the taxiways from aprons and draw most lines and markings by hand.
 
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