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Taxiway centreline intersections

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Hello, I have been trying to figure out a way I can make centreline intersections look realistic instead of every corner being cut off by a black edge line

Below is a screenshot, hopefully you know what I am trying to do, basically get rid of the black parts that cross over the middle yellow parts.



I have thought about literally cutting the polygon but I am not sure if this is the best way to do it as it may become messy and use up alot of verts. Any other ways to do this?

Regards
 
I think I got an idea for this.
1. Draw the template for the Yellow Template area and then clone that one to be Black Template area, make it bigger that the yellow one.
2. Draw the line as usual. Lofting in gmax or Sweep in 3dsmax. You need to keep the line available for two time processes, with yellow area and black area.
3. Export each object separately and make the layer in MCX. Let Yellow one higher than the black one.

I think you can get a seamless yellow line over black background by this method.

I did a quick test in 3dsmax and it works like charm. This is the picture from Max.


Nevertheless, the polygons will jump to double. But I guess it doesn't hurt fps much.
 
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Don't know why I didn't think of that! excellent input Jtanabodee! (Tic)

Works like a charm! I'm not fussed about polys as computers these days can handle billions maybe even trillions of them - couple extra thousand will not hurt :) Thanks again!

This should be put on the Wiki!

However, I already had my taxiway centerlines swept and mapped and converted to editable poly, all I literally had to do was select the polys where the taxiway has black border, duplicate - apply taxiline texture and the job was done :)
 
Here is a screenshot from inside the simulator after using Tic's idea - Perfect result

+10

 
Glad to hear that you got a good result. The process is not complicated too.
Next project I will do this way.
 
Hi,

I cannot check this for the time being, but I think Don Grovestein's GPoly editor incorporated in ADE, does the same? If it does, it would even be a lot easier.

Roby
 
robystar said:
Hi,

I cannot check this for the time being, but I think Don Grovestein's GPoly editor incorporated in ADE, does the same? If it does, it would even be a lot easier.

Roby
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I'm sorry that I could not find.where is it in ADE. Try to find it in the forum but could find.it
Could you point out this thing for us?
 
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Hi,

ADE v 1.60 beta. Groundpoly editor.
If you use the gp editor and add a yellow taxi center line with a dark grey background with a width that is a bit wider than the width of the yellow line, you will get the same effect as you described.
 
robystar said:
Hi,

ADE v 1.60 beta. Groundpoly editor.
If you use the gp editor and add a yellow taxi center line with a dark grey background with a width that is a bit wider than the width of the yellow line, you will get the same effect as you described.
Click to expand...
Have you try that Robystar? I would be very exciting to have from that tool!

However after reading the manual, I personally think the line would be like the first picture that Aviasim posted. What we dicussing here can get a different appearance.
 
Wow.... that's very good. Thanks for the information.
We can change the texture, can't we?
 
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