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P3D v4 Transparent texture not showing in P3D V4.4

SimArc

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Hi , so i have been trying to export my Gpoly to P3D but i am getting this issue I can not see the taxi lines in p3d 4.4
-I have latest dev release of MCX.
-I have set it to translucent object in Prepar3d materials.
-I have set to default transparent.

The texture of taxi lines show perfectly how it is supposed to look but when i goto P3D it does now show the lines there but instead the lines are somehow under the asphalt or concrete base that i made even though i have set its layer higher than both Asphalt and Concrete

I have attached below SS_1 from MCX and then after export how it looks in P3d in SS_2.

Any help would be appreciated
 

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Try unticking 'group polygons 500m' and also 'optimise reference point location'.

I have had this issue with large area GP's and only using 'slice polygons 100m' solved it.

Also, you want to put your airport altitude in the altitude box, so MCX can make round earth calculations.
 
mole_man99 said:
Try unticking 'group polygons 500m' and also 'optimise reference point location'.

I have had this issue with large area GP's and only using 'slice polygons 100m' solved it.

Also, you want to put your airport altitude in the altitude box, so MCX can make round earth calculations.
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Roger I will try that and let you know
 
mole_man99 said:
Try unticking 'group polygons 500m' and also 'optimise reference point location'.

I have had this issue with large area GP's and only using 'slice polygons 100m' solved it.

Also, you want to put your airport altitude in the altitude box, so MCX can make round earth calculations.
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Unfortunately this doesnt work , the lines are still hidden under the whole polygon
 
So I kept investigating the issue further on, and I'm seeing a strange issue. When I use the P3D v4.4 export with the PBR materials, I originally set layers in positive and increasing upwards as per the SDK, but when I reimport the converted .bgl file back into mcx, the layers have a minus sign with them. This causes everything to hide below the base asphalt layer

For test, I converted the .x file directly to .bgl bypassing the Ground Polygon Wizard and this time everything showed up perfectly and also the layers were correct this time.

These are the layers before the export
Screenshot_19.jpg


And this is the result and the export
Screenshot_20.jpg


Hoping to hear more on this issue.
 
I'll check, only when there is no PBR material the negative layers should be used.
 
Hi,

I checked the code, but PBR materials should always get a positive layer.

Do you have a file to test maybe?
 
Thanks for the file, I have found the bug now. It will be fixed in the next development release.
 
Well, I tested with the latest version and can confirm that the issue is resolved. Thanks!
 
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