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Runways with yellow markings

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Another question from me :)Is it possible to make a runway with yellow markings without making the shadow from the planes go under the markings?Thanks, Stian

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How did you make those markings? And for which version of FS are you working? Sounds like you are using 3D object code to make ground polygons.

Arno

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Hi again, Arno.Sorry, I didn't mention that it wasn't me who had made those markings. They were a part of another scenery of the airport I'm modifying. What I am looking for is a kind of a "tutorial" for making such runways like the one I was asking for in my first post.Stian

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Hi Stian,I got the impression that you had already made them, but that you had a problem with the shadows :).The default runway only has white markings, so probably the easiest way to make your own markings is to use a program like GMax and design the markings that you want. Then export them (and if you are using modify the LayerCall).You could also use a program like FSSC or Airport, but I think you will get a less accurate result with these.

Arno

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Thanks for your answer, but if you also could give me a step-by-step explanation of what you have to do to build such runways from scratch, I'd really appreciate it :) (I'm so new into this *lol*)

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If you haven't designed any scenery before I would advise you to first learn the tools. For GMax you can use the tutorials that came with it and the scenery tutorial MS has provided as a SDK. Once you know how to work with the tool you can move to your project and make some markings.

Arno

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Why not just amend the runway texture to yellow?Shez

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Because that would change all the airports in the world? Or do you mean something else.

Arno

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Maybe that is what he wanted? What if you put the amended runway texture in the texture diirectory of the scenery project? Would it only change the scenery runway texture?Shez

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I think that has been tested before and did not work. But I can't completely remember.I think it is not realistic to change the entire world, as most airports have the white markings.

Arno

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