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Working with Runways

Don't know what you mean Jim,
Did I condition the ground NO and don't know how to.
I set the elevation in SBX using TcalcX but I have noticed that the aircraft hits a bump when running off a taxiway ???

I am using SP2.

PLEASE try and keep your reply simple
 
If there is a bump, the runway/taxiway/ground are not equal in design. Many of your issues can be caused by this unequal terrain/airport.

ADE Home is primary for enhancing an exsiting airport. If you add a new airport then there is no simple reply. You must study the terrain SDK and make adjustments to the ground prior to adding a new airport/runway.

Here is a link with pictures that Geroge shows the problem to the ACES group.

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7277
 
Well I don't know what to say.
I think we entering an area where I will become hopelessly lost unless I am given very simple step by step instructions.
But perhaps it won't matter that much for what I have in mind.

Richard
 
You have a cvx file that has flattened and cleared the ground. That should be sufficient. The runway and other elements appear to be at the same altitude as the cvx that is flattening the ground. If the lights are showing above ground then this is an FSX effect. If the other elements are above or below the ground then you might have a problem but we can ignore that as this is not the case here I think
 
You have a cvx file that has flattened and cleared the ground. That should be sufficient.
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Jon

Are you saying Richard has added a cvx? If so where are his files that I can download and look at some of the issues he is talking about. The bump he refers to is an example of mismatched altitudes that can cause other problems.

If I can look at his work I then can be more helpful in what needs to be added with some simple explainations that he can work with.

CVX and their design will have to surface sooner or later because of what we entend to do (automate) with the expansion of Pro Version. Richard is just a little further along in his design then what ADE Home allows with the new airport/runway. That is not all bad because everything (knowledge and design) will come together and this thread will help others to accomplish what Richard is working on.
 
I have found the reason for the bumps.
I wanted to find a better land class for my airport than the one I have been using.
I went into SBX to have a look and found one call LC-Airport and selected this.
While I was there I checked the altitude and it was set at 39.8mtr on checking my notes I found that I had written 39.887 mtrs.
I set the altitude to this and Voila!! no more bumps.
So nothing to do with SBX or ADE or FSX only something to do with me????


Richard
 
Richard

I agree with you on the bumps. I saw the same thing slewing around in a C172 with Tcalcx open. Glad you got it fiqured out.

Runway Lights

I do see the problem with those pesky runway lights. It appears that some airports in the Europe area by default raise the side runway lights up a few ft. off the runway. I checked many stock airports in the area like Belfast, London, and even across the channel at EHAM and they all show elevated side runway lights.

If FSX is going to elevate these lights a few ft off the runway and also place them left and right of the runway edge they could have given us a pole to set them on.

What's interesting is my test airport which is 19A (USA) clamps the side lights to the runway perfectly and on the proper edge with no overhang like Europe airports are doing.
 
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Richard

I agree with you on the bumps. I saw the same thing slewing around in a C172 with Tcalcx open. Glad you got it fiqured out.

Runway Lights

I do see the problem with those pesky runway lights. It appears that some airports in the Europe area by default raise the side runway lights up a few ft. off the runway. I checked many stock airports in the area like Belfast, London, and even across the channel at EHAM and they all show elevated side runway lights.

If FSX is going to elevate these lights a few ft off the runway and also place them left and right of the runway edge they could have given us a pole to set them on.

What's interesting is my test airport which is 19A (USA) clamps the side lights to the runway perfectly and on the proper edge with no overhang like Europe airports are doing.
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I suspect some sort of FSX rendering engine problem here :(
 
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