How To Make Runways With FSDS or Gmax

[Corey]

Hi all I am doing a scenery of Sangster Int (MKJS), I exclude all the default buildings taxiways and runways. Can someone please tell me how to make a custom runway with FS design studio or gmax thanks

 

[arno]

Hi,

I would say don't do that, unless you really need to. It is much easier to create a runway with XML code or AFCAD for example.

If you really want to make ground polygons with GMax, then you have to use the Fs2002 gamepack and tweak the output as bit. By default GMax is not capable of creating proper ground polygons.

For FSDS it should be possible with the old version (FSDS2) as well, again some tweaks are needed to make the created polygons ground polygons and not 3D objects.

 

[Corey]

Thanks for the reply; the thing about it is that I don’t like the texture of the default runway that comes with FSSC and airport for windows

 

[Corey]

arno can u tell me step by step how make custom runway or is there a Tutorial on how to do this thanks

 

[arno]

Hi,

I have never seen a tutorial for that. But it would be the same as making any other 3D object. You have to place the proper polygons in FSDS or GMax and apply your own textures to them.

The only difference is that afterwards you need to tweak the generated source code a little bit to make the objects ground polygons instead of 3D objects.

 

[koen3950]

Hello,

I am interessed in doing this too, as I need custom textures on taxiways and runways.
Arno, could you please point me to a thread where this "The only difference is that afterwards you need to tweak the generated source code a little bit" is explained a little bit more?), or explain it here? I searched the forum but can't find it ....

thanks!

Koen

 

[arno]

http://www.scenerydesign.org/wiki/doku.php?id=tutorials:bglc:ground_polygons_with_gmax