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Tips for creating Taxiway lights for Prepar3D version 3

Azurafiles

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Hello.

Does anyone have some good hints on making some nice looking taxiway lights for Prepar3D v3?
That is basically the only thing I have not managed to create for Prepar3Dv3.

Any help would be welcome.
I tried some searching but found nothing of use for Prepar3Dv3.
 
For P3D v3 same technics as always are used. Texture splash on the ground and emissive bloom light bulb on the night...

Try it.

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5 mediante señales de humo.
 
Tisor said:
For P3D v3 same technics as always are used. Texture splash on the ground and emissive bloom light bulb on the night...

Try it.

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5 mediante señales de humo.
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I did try this as this is the same way I have done my approach lights.
But taxi lights with the same material settings and texture type does not work for my taxi lights.

Could this be because the taxi lights ''9 total'' are in one and same scene, where as the taxi way lights are both smaller and only one light in the scene?

Because the light fades away in the distance when I get far from it, but the aproach lights do not.
 
I guess you modified the mipmaps right?

Anyway, you are not supposed to see taxi lights from far away of the airport...

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5 mediante señales de humo.
 
Tisor said:
I guess you modified the mipmaps right?

Anyway, you are not supposed to see taxi lights from far away of the airport...

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5 mediante señales de humo.
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Yes I modified them to have same color as the taxi light and gave them a new unique material name.
When i am maybe 50 meters away from the taxiway I hardly see any lights any longer.

The runway is 1799m long, so would adding the edge lights in one large scene along side
the runway make it more visible instead of placing one and one light at a time?

I think maybe the reason for them fading out so quickly is because it is so small?
If I were to place lights along side the 1799m runway in one big scene then maybe the would not fade out as quick?

The only difference between the taxi lights and approach lights as it is now, is that the approach lights
9 in total is one big scene where as the taxi light is only one small light in the scene, so maybe that is why?
 
Yeah.

Create big planes for the light so when the mipmaps come along they fit a huge plane (5m x 5m) and they can be seen from far

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5 mediante señales de humo.
 
If I want to make runway edge lights, would I go about that the same way as the taxiway edge lights?
Should I not be able to see the lights at the same time as I see the approach lights?
 
So this is how?
This plane is 5x5m, and then I make the light texture on that and it will be good from a decent distance ?
I only make the model in sketchup and then add textures and materials etc in Gmax.
 

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Azurafiles said:
So this is how?
This plane is 5x5m, and then I make the light texture on that and it will be good from a decent distance ?
I only make the model in sketchup and then add textures and materials etc in Gmax.
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Take in mind that, when you apply the texture to that big planes it should be a tinny texture in the middle with black all around, to fit all the plane. This black will be made transparent on the material settings (take a search for it, I cant remember).

Then, on the mipmaps, this little point is gonna be going bigger and bigger, and will be covering more square (plane) at every mipmap. That's how it works. Try to figure out.

Anyway, 5x5 could be ok for rwy lights. Taxilights should maybe ok using 2x2 planes or so (just try-error)
 
Tisor said:
Take in mind that, when you apply the texture to that big planes it should be a tinny texture in the middle with black all around, to fit all the plane. This black will be made transparent on the material settings (take a search for it, I cant remember).

Then, on the mipmaps, this little point is gonna be going bigger and bigger, and will be covering more square (plane) at every mipmap. That's how it works. Try to figure out.

Anyway, 5x5 could be ok for rwy lights. Taxilights should maybe ok using 2x2 planes or so (just try-error)
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Thanks will do.
You have been a great help :wave:
 
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