August 25, 20205 yr Hi. I am running the sim in 1920 x 1080 resolution. The taxiway signs are really small in MSFS. In FSX, they are nice a big and very legible. In MSFS, I can barely make out the letters and in various instances, the plane is only 20 feet to 30 feet away from the taxiway sign. Without using an airport chart with the taxiway signs, it's virtually impossible for me to taxi around an airport by using the taxiway signs because they are too small. As a passenger, I remember the taxiway signs can be easily read from 20 feet to 30 feet away. Does Asobo need to fix the taxiway signs and make them bigger and more legible? i5-12400, RTX 3060 Ti, 32 GB RAM
August 25, 20205 yr I’ve been complaining about this nonstop since I saw videos of the preview build. They’re about half the height they need to be at international airports. And see the post on the bottom of this thread. Someone does a nice size comparison using the scenery editor and shows how tall they should be. https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/we-need-accurate-taxiway-names-before-anything-else/184819/14 The font is also off from the norm, which makes it harder. Asobo, please fix this! This is important!
August 25, 20205 yr For those wondering about the post I referred to, this is it. Copied their post from the forum. Sorry for the grey letters - couldn’t fix on mobile. See the attached image. “I think the taxiway signs need to be a fair bit larger. I think they are larger IRL. (perhaps not at general aviation airports?) your screen resolution makes them less readable from a distance, so they should probably be even slightly larger than IRL. + I always hated how I had to zoom in on taxi signs to read them. edit: I’ve done some research on taxisigns and the ingame taxisigns. The leftmost sign is the ingame sign. (unfortunately it’s the back of the sign. The scenery editor didn’t cooperate so I had to improvise) I think it compares to either size 1 or 2 (right most signs). In my research I found these sizes are meant for general aviation airports, while 3 and 4 are for international airports. A table for the sizes: Size | support height | billboard height (on top of support/measured without support) | text size | max runway length of airport Size 1 | 18cm / 7inch | 50cm / 20inch | 25cm / 10inch | 800m / 2600ft Size 2 | 18cm / 7inch | 66cm / 26inch | 33cm / 13inch | 1200m / 3900ft Size 3 | 18cm / 7inch | 81cm / 32inch | 40.5cm / 16inch | 1800m / 5900ft Size 4 | 18cm / 7inch | 127cm / 50inch | 63.5cm / 25inch | 1800m+ / 5900ft+ Size 4 is a bit smaller for european airports I think. (107cm) But yeah, the signs should be larger for the big airports.” - Tjoeker
August 25, 20205 yr Author 27 minutes ago, FlyingInACessna said: For those wondering about the post I referred to, this is it. Yeah, I am taxing from Seattle Tacoma International. And the signs are freaking small! They are just unreadable. Maybe Asobo should adjust the taxiway signs for international airports at least. In theory, I shouldn't need an airport chart to figure out the taxiways if the taxiway signs are legible (although in real life, of course you use an airport chart). Edited August 25, 20205 yr by n4gix Removed unnecessary long quote! i5-12400, RTX 3060 Ti, 32 GB RAM
August 27, 20205 yr glad Im not the only one who thinks they are too small. very hard to read. | Dave | I've been around for most of my life. There's always a sunset happening somewhere in the world that somebody is enjoying.
August 27, 20205 yr With the taxiways named incorrectly, the size of the signs is pretty much irrelevant. They won't match your real-world maps anyway so they would just confuse you. EddieKABQ
August 28, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, haskell said: With the taxiways named incorrectly, the size of the signs is pretty much irrelevant. They won't match your real-world maps anyway so they would just confuse you. Amen. Another step back from an ANCIENT FSX. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
August 28, 20205 yr Yeah 100% agree signage is a pita atm lol , As if getting around airports was not hard enough... , at least for me i7-8600k @ 3.70 GHz 16.0 GB Ram OS Win 10-64 bit Geforce GTX 1070
August 28, 20205 yr On the other hand, the blue arrows are huuuuuge , haha. i wish they would make these a lot smaller.
August 28, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, wim123 said: On the other hand, the blue arrows are huuuuuge , haha. i wish they would make these a lot smaller. Bug report submitted. Add to it please, squeaky wheel gets the grease. Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700KF CPU @ 4.90GHz 32.0 GB RAM Windows 11 Home NVIDIA RTX 3080Ti 12GB Multi monitors WD SN850 M2 2TB PSU 1000W. 360 AIO.cooling.
August 28, 20205 yr 14 hours ago, haskell said: With the taxiways named incorrectly, the size of the signs is pretty much irrelevant. They won't match your real-world maps anyway so they would just confuse you. At some Airports they seem to be spot on. Intel i9-13900K | Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Master | RTX4090 | 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 | Be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX AiO | Win 11
January 12, 20215 yr This is a new year (2021) and still the taxiway signs are unreadable. I so desperately want to turn off those big blue arrows and taxi realistically. Edited January 12, 20215 yr by williehayes52 misspelled word
January 12, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, williehayes52 said: This is a new year (2021) and still the taxiway signs are unreadable. I so desperately want to turn off those big blue arrows and taxi realistically. it is possible with airportdiagrams on a mobile app..i guess this will take a long wait to fix.
January 12, 20215 yr they fixed the size issue quite a while back -- at least at every airport Ive been to. what airport has tiny signs? | Dave | I've been around for most of my life. There's always a sunset happening somewhere in the world that somebody is enjoying.
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