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Polygon definitions?

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Hi,
Where can I find the definitions about what the airfield 1, airfield 2, airport backgrounds, and the rest of the terrain polygons do in ADE?

I'm using FSX and have searched for a couple of days to find an answer - no joy.

Right now I'm using a hit or miss process (mostly miss:rolleyes:) on my attempt at using the terrain polygons.

I've figured out a few but would like to know about what all of them do to and for the scenery.

Thanks,
Alan
 
Hi,

I am not sure what you are asking exactly.
Airfield1, 2, etc. are landclass textures.
If you draw a polygon in ADE and tag it with a (for instance) lava background, the terrain inside the polygon will look (more or less) like lava.
ADE shows a thumbnail of the look of the landclass texture. Depending on the region you are in, FSX will place different kinds of autogen vegetation on it (unless you suppress the autogen).
I do agree that the thumbnail image is not very informative, so, what I did was to use a small airport in the middle of nowhere and added big polygons with all the different kinds of landclass. That way at least I knew what the effect of them would be like on bigger surfaces.
Forgive me if I misinterpreted your question.
 
When you add land class in ADE it shows a thumbnail of what you are adding.

However you ask what to they do:

  • Airport Backgrounds are used to flatten and clear airport areas
  • General Excludes will exclude groups of terrain elements
  • Specific Excludes will exclude specific or single types of terrain element
  • Land class adds different types of land cover
  • Water adds different types of water - ADE does not offer thumb nails for water polys but it is on the list to include them

I don't think that answers your question either....................
 
Hi,

Other definitions:

Flatten - flattens ground in area
MaskClassMap - covers the normal land class
ExcludeAutogen - removes autogen objects (buildings, trees) from the area.
 
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