Simviation Forum - Clouds on my runway?!?!?

Mar 17^th, 2008 at 10:12am

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I recently purchaced a program by FlightOne called Airport Facilitator X. I have three problems: One, there is a low lying cloud in the middle of my runway Shocked

. Two, there are no center lines on the runways. And three, does anyone know where I can get a tool to flatten the land around my airport? It is fictional. Thanks!

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Reply #1 - Mar 17^th, 2008 at 10:20pm

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What sim are you using. It matters for the flatten.

For an FS9 flatten try FSTFlatten by Steve Greenwood (download fsutilities.zip).

Haven't found any flatten utilities available for FSX without the SDK. If you have the SDK, check out the FSDeveloper.com forum. for possible solutions.

Clouds-check your weather. Maybe the airport elevation is in the clouds.

No lines-did you add markings in the runway properties-markings tab.

You might also want to try the Flight1's AFX Support Fourm

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Reply #2 - Mar 18^th, 2008 at 1:45am

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Thanks, Dave.

I forgot to mention that I'm using FSX. Roll Eyes

The airport is in Nevada, so the elevation is around 5,000 feet, so I guess it would be normal for there to be clouds. I got the runway lines sorted out, but the only way I found to flatten the land was by placing taxiways under the runways.

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Reply #3 - Mar 18^th, 2008 at 8:42am

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If you have FSX-Standard (no SDK) then you can use an AFX apron to flatten the airport area. The problem with this method is you get the apron texture (of your choice) which probably won't look very realistic in a remote setting.

I haven't been able to find any flatten utilities that don't require the SDK.

If you have the SDK then the FSDeveloper.com forums I mentioned, host and provide support for several FSX scenery programs/utilities that exploit the SDK. One to look at is SBuilderX. I believe it can create your flattens as well as the option to re-texture the area to suit. There may be others.

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