• Which the release of FS2020 we see an explosition of activity on the forun and of course we are very happy to see this. But having all questions about FS2020 in one forum becomes a bit messy. So therefore we would like to ask you all to use the following guidelines when posting your questions:

    • Tag FS2020 specific questions with the MSFS2020 tag.
    • Questions about making 3D assets can be posted in the 3D asset design forum. Either post them in the subforum of the modelling tool you use or in the general forum if they are general.
    • Questions about aircraft design can be posted in the Aircraft design forum
    • Questions about airport design can be posted in the FS2020 airport design forum. Once airport development tools have been updated for FS2020 you can post tool speciifc questions in the subforums of those tools as well of course.
    • Questions about terrain design can be posted in the FS2020 terrain design forum.
    • Questions about SimConnect can be posted in the SimConnect forum.

    Any other question that is not specific to an aspect of development or tool can be posted in the General chat forum.

    By following these guidelines we make sure that the forums remain easy to read for everybody and also that the right people can find your post to answer it.

Taxi edge (blue) and taxi line (green) over custom ground poly, how to do?

riccardo74

riccardo74

Messages
168
Country
italy
Hi guys, I'm working taxi edge and taxi line lights for my custom ground poly in FSX.

Without reinvent the wheel is it possible to use lights/effects already created?

I would place them via ADE to make blue edge taxi and green line taxi lights over my gp.

But using ADE I have a problem in placing correctly the lights, beacuse you can't see the background satellite image through ADE taxiway and runway (it's not transparent, or you can't render it).

Do you think it's better make taxi lights in gmax/max? here you can work easily over background image, but I'd need .X object lights.

So what solution would you adopt?

For runway instead I use the great AFLT, with great results!
 
You could, its a matter of imagination.

"I would" create an ADE line texture with a light map. Day texture you see the center line with the light fixtures in the off position, then create a light map with the light on. Id try this first. FSX light bloom display settings works great for this, no necessity for an additional effect.

If you want to take it one step higher, you can add ground reflection, but make sure that your daylight texture has a color on the reflection that blends well with the taxiway GP.

Do note, this would work for taxi lights, NOT runway lights. The taxi lights made using this method will be visible from a short distance, similar to real life.

BTW, my default runway lights work fine over a sattelite GP (not the case for FS9!)

David
 
Thanks David for reply.

I already did taxi lines with Max, I have only to place over the green lights and the taxi blue edge lights.

What do you mean for ADE line texture with light map?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top