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MSFS20 Terraforming issue

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Hey guys.

I'm trying to create a airport, which has a runway higher than the terrain around, so I literally need to "cut the terrain straight" and make the ground lower before the runway. As you can see the attached image, the issue is that I'm not being able to cut perfectly straight. It doesn't matter if I use polygon, rectangle or heightmap. I can never get the result as straight cut that doesn't affect the runway format.

Does anybody know any possible way to get this done?

Thanks.
 

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Probably not possible. I think the cutoff is tied to the terrain mesh resolution as it was in FSX.
 
I´ve got also similar problems with terraforming... I haven´t caught it yet... Even though I´m applying the option "Apply flatten" in the Airport object this is what happens. to the Runway I´ve applied the height as published in the charts, and that´s the only thing I´ve done so far.
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Any help is appreciated, as this is how it looks the terrain around it...

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Hello:

You may wish to review this thread: :idea:

https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/t...g-a-large-non-flat-airport.450254/post-865482


IIUC, SDK Terra-Forming "Fall-off Distance" parameter values used will influence 'smoothing' of terrain polygon rendering at run time in MSFS-2020.


So, AFAIK, with new Hi-Res terrain having recently been unlocked in MSFS:

https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/msfs-hi-res-terrain-mesh-unlocked.451481/

...we may find we now have even higher control over how terrain sculpting is displayed in MSFS-2020. :)


We 'should' be able to render at run time in MSFS-2020, detailed Airport Boundary sloped flattens using CVX vector BGLs created from *.SHP files:

https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/blending-airports-into-custom-terrain.448048/post-850510

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GaryGB
 
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Thanks a lot for your answer @GaryGB ... I have been taking a look ...but it sounds to rocket science. I´ve been playing for a while with GIS data from Google and Blender, but it´s not accurate for the track

I have managed to fix it doing the following:
1. Enter the elevation to the rwy using the profile from the charts
2. Enter a Rectangle around the rwy with exactly same heights as the rwy profile. This has removed the cliffs surrounding the runway and a fallout wide enough to cover the edges of the rwy
3. Add the needed rectangles in the building areas and twy and smooth the fallout as further I was from the Rwy

It has taken me a good 2 hours, but I think it´s done :)
 
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