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Rain + New Scenery Buildings...

Sven2157

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Hello Everyone, first time poster, long time registered user! :wave:

First of all, Many THANKS to the FSD Team and community, with special props to Arno and Bill Learning, as much of what I work on is specifically related to their areas of expertise! :wizard:

Moving on...

I have searched, without success for 30 mins, and found similar questions, but not this one...

I have a couple hangars that I created in 3DS Max, textured them, added them to my airport and even created spawn points inside them... However, when the skies darken and it begins to rain, the rain comes through the roof of my new scenery building. :(

Is there a solution or "trick/hack" to make the roof of my building NOT allow rain to pass through it? Did I miss something?...

Thanks....

Sven2157

OMG, And I would also like to include Scruffy Duck in the props! ;-)
 
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Don't think there is.

The only thing that springs to mind would be to try a platform at the roof level
(noting that this probably won't work!)
 
hcornea said:
Don't think there is.

The only thing that springs to mind would be to try a platform at the roof level
(noting that this probably won't work!)
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I'll see what I can do... Thanks for the suggestion, I'll report back on the success/failure... :p

Sven2157
 
For FS9 compiled models the solution was simple: add a floor to the hanger to "stop the inside rain..."

I've not tried that trick with an FSX model though, but it's worth a try! :D
 
I was thinking more along the lines of designating the roof as an aircraft canopy/fuselage. But I am not too sure how the game logic specifies what is and what is not a solid surface for precipitation to collide with...

:confused:

I am also not to sure about both suggestions. Adding a floor/platform is done in MAX? Am I missing something? Wouldn't the roof be the same? Or is there an actuall designation that I am overlooking?

Sven2157
 
making the roof a landable platform could make the rain not pouring down, as to the floor may be a a trick for avoid the rain, closing the object in this way, don't know but it's of interest I don't like make a hangar and see that it's raining indoor, if making a landable surface avoid the rain, this could be more esasy making the platform with modelconvertex, (autoplatform)
 
Sven2157 said:
I am also not to sure about both suggestions. Adding a floor/platform is done in MAX? Am I missing something? Wouldn't the roof be the same? Or is there an actuall designation that I am overlooking?

Sven2157
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In Max/GMax...
 

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You wont get rain on the floor , but youll still see animated falling rain ... won't you?
 
hcornea said:
You wont get rain on the floor , but youll still see animated falling rain ... won't you?
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Yes, I can confirm it. I tried it some days ago and it was still raining inside. I'll try it with the platform when I have time.

Kai
 
Ok, so I have tried the Platform and this doesn't work, or I am not adding it correctly.

As for the Floor, this was how I orginally had the model, but there was some issues with the textures and the ground that I just decided to use a landclass poly for the cement and deleted my floor. This is not set in stone.

Unfortunately, neither of these work. I am concerened that I may not be attaching the "Platform" correctly to the plane that I create above the hangar. When I check the object properties I see that it is added to the "User Defined" area.

When I check the "File Properties" I see that there is an entry for the Platform under "Custom". But am not sure what the values should be. here is what I have: Name = AttachNum : Value = 1 : Type = Number. Are these correct?

I also added a skin modifier to the roof, to see if the game engine treated it differently; no success.... :(

Also, Does anyone know how the rain stays out of the Cockpit/Fuselage? It is obviously possible to create collision with 3D objects, but the question is how...

Sven2157
 
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