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MSFS24 Remove vegetation from 3rd party scenery

Evilrash

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So I am building a custom scenery update over a third-party freeware scenery.

All the runways and aprons are working perfectly fine, and the only issue I am facing is with the vegetation trees which are not being removed.
I have tried using exclude polygons and normal polygons with scale, density set to 0 and the exclude all option too.

Can anyone of you provide a tip, if you had experienced this?

Attaching a picture which shows the trees on taxiway
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I removed the third-party scenery, and these trees are gone on the taxiway. But now I won't be able to have the 3d model buildings in the scenery.

Need your advice here if possible.
 
Sorting out layers of scenery in MSFS are complex than FS2Kx; so, what is the ICAO of the third-party scenery in question ? :scratchch

Then, we need to know what version of MSFS your scenery targets: 2020 or 2024.


BTW: A search shows no FS version prefix in your prior threads, this quote seems appropriate to post for future reference by the OP:


"To help FSDev index, and forum participants to follow- and perhaps contribute posts to- your thread(s), it is important for you to:

* Please state which version of FS this thread pertains to; edit your first post (aka "Opening Post" aka "OP") to insert this info.

Choose a FS version as the subject of a thread by clicking the 'down arrow' next to "(No prefix)" ...when starting a new thread. :pushpin:"

GaryGB
 
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GaryGB said:
What is the ICAO of the third-party scenery in question ?

BTW: A search shows no FS version prefix in your prior threads, this quote seems appropriate to post for future reference by the OP:


"To help FSDev index, and forum participants to follow- and perhaps contribute posts to- your thread(s), it is important for you to:


* Please state which version of FS this thread pertains to; edit your first post (aka "Opening Post" aka "OP") to insert this info.


Choose a FS version as the subject of a thread by clicking the 'down arrow' next to "(No prefix)" ...when starting a new thread. :pushpin:"

GaryGB
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Thanks for it. Just fixed that now

The ICAO for the airport is OKKK - Kuwait
 
GaryGB said:
Are you referring to this specific OKKK - Kuwait scenery package at flightsim.to as the third-party scenery in question?

https://flightsim.to/by-country/KW/


If so, are you planning to update that historic version from its declared period of prior years ?

GaryGB
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Thats correct, https://flightsim.to/file/3279/okbk-kuwait-intl-airport-and-city

I have done the new update on it, but now the flightsim version has trees over the side of new apron and taxi ways which I am trying to remove.

Attaching a picture: Exclude Rectangles were also used and it shows where I have fixed all the stands on the previous aprons too. But the trees are just not being removed

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Removing the third party scenery and opening my project, I dont have those mini trees on taxiway any more
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This is getting abit annoying now after trying it so much. The developer of flightsim.to had some great models and I just don't want to spend more time redoing the buildings.

If anyone of legends can advise, would be thankful
 
Evilrash said:
Removing the third party scenery and opening my project, I don't have those mini trees on taxiway any more.

This is getting a bit annoying now after trying it so much. The developer of flightsim.to had some great models and I just don't want to spend more time redoing the buildings.

If anyone of legends can advise, would be thankful
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Please read posts on the add-on package page; the developer has updated the project and also has an "experimental' version since April 2026.

https://flightsim.to/addon/3279/okbk-kuwait-intl-airport-and-city


Note my MSFS 2024 screenshot below uses settings for "Debug" menu display of LODs with a short name, and Terrain > Shapes as well as Vector parameters:

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No names are shown specifically for the trees, or the 'vector' in Green that defines the area of their placement. :scratchch

https://docs.flightsimulator.com/html/Developer_Mode/Menus/Debug/Terrain.htm


But IIUC, these may be placed "vector autogen", created as long Polygons of vegetation (by 'vector placement' ?).

https://docs.flightsimulator.com/ms...Objects/VectorPlacement_Objects.htm?agt=index


Importing into MCX:

https://flightsim.to/addon/3279/okbk-kuwait-intl-airport-and-city

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OKKK - Kuwait Intl. Airport and City​


...from:

[Download_path]\kuwait_14_mNxq3\kuwait_14\aaa-kuwait\scenery\world\scenery\kuwaitdone.bgl

...and examining the placement Pin locations in MCX Object Placement dialog with Google satellite as a map background ...does not correlate with the trees.


IIUC, a trees Polygon at RWY-16 may be auto-detected MSFS 2024 'default' objects that require a special exclude ? (see aerial imagery in Google Earth / Maps).


Perhaps the trees Polygon at RWY-33L is a MSFS 2024 'default' object that requires a special exclude ? ;)

https://docs.flightsimulator.com/ms...ditor/Objects/Polygon_Objects.htm#enable-mask

IIUC, one may learn more about such object types via this query string used at Google:

Code: 
MSFS 2024 SDK Debug Shapes Vegetation Green line Vector Shape "Vegetations"

GaryGB
 

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OKKK - Kuwait Intl. Airport and City​

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OKKK - Kuwait Intl. Airport and City مطار و مدينة الكويت - MSFS Add-on - Flightsim.to

✓ For Microsoft Flight Simulator: Experience a fully custom-built Kuwait International Airport and city in Microsoft Flight Simulator. This add-on offers accurate height, shape, and PBR textures with no default buildings, including custom areas like...
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I have excluded the problematic trees from this scenery.
Please include the following code in your XML:
<ExclusionRectangle groupIndex="1" latitudeMinimum="29.21671065680565" latitudeMaximum="29.21756550741279" longitudeMinimum="47.96977311455969" longitudeMaximum="47.97075091410013" excludePolygons="TRUE"/>
<ExclusionRectangle groupIndex="2" latitudeMinimum="29.22930853134846" latitudeMaximum="29.23017912885656" longitudeMinimum="47.94530577241256" longitudeMaximum="47.94630170622342" excludePolygons="TRUE"/>
<ExclusionRectangle latitudeMinimum="29.23747913737379" latitudeMaximum="29.23824400379682" longitudeMinimum="47.95901821933333" longitudeMaximum="47.95989326977688" excludePolygons="TRUE"/>

To exclude trees generated via polygons, you must exclude the polygon's center point rather than the visible trees themselves.
Additionally, since the scenery in question is currently set to `CUSTOM_AIRPORT_LIFE` (which has a very high priority), I recommend changing this to `CUSTOM_AIRPORT` and specifying `CUSTOM_AIRPORT_PATCH` for the file that modifies this scenery.
 
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