Line overlapping a ground sign

[Wizmo]

Hello guys,

I made some ground signs for my airport and I have an issue with the lines. Indeed, the lines overlap my ground signs ( which is only a plane object on the ground).


Do you have any idea on how i can fix it ?

Wizmo

[legoboyvdlp]

Presuming you used the UFO, move the 3D object up a little bit

[aTazul]

Presuming you used the UFO, move the 3D object up a little bit

How do u edit the scenery with the UFO (windows 7)?

[Zequinha]

1. Copy the .ac model (and png texture) into your C:\Programs\Flightgear\data\models folder (not sure the exact folder, since I am using the GNU operating system).

2. Start up FlightGear and choose the UFO from the list of installed aircrafts

3. Travel to the place where you want to add your object and press the 'space' key. A menu will appear with your models that you can add.

4. Press '=' to get a menu where you change orientation, height, ...

And that should be it!

Good luck

[aTazul]

1. Copy the .ac model (and png texture) into your C:\Programs\Flightgear\data\models folder (not sure the exact folder, since I am using the GNU operating system).

2. Start up FlightGear and choose the UFO from the list of installed aircrafts

3. Travel to the place where you want to add your object and press the 'space' key. A menu will appear with your models that you can add.

4. Press '=' to get a menu where you change orientation, height, ...

And that should be it!

Good luck

Thanks for that, I needed that (I'm such a noob)

[Wizmo]

This solutio doesn't work.

I have to add that I modify the file " Effects/lfeat.eff" the factor of the polygon offset in order to stop the lines' flickering.

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<polygon-offset>
   <factor>-10</factor>
   <units>-1.0</units>
 </polygon-offset>

Thanks to that the lines stop flickering but now they overlap the ground signs.

[Thorsten]

You can not request an agressive offset and then complain that the offset does something.

[Wizmo]

So is there another possibility to have a correct line and a correct ground sign ?

[Thorsten]

It's a z-ordering issue - probably you have to delve deep into the rendering pipeline - three planar objects stacked on top of each other are always problematic and might need manual intervention.

Well, you could try rendering the sign with lfeat.eff and give it a slightly more agressive offset than used for the lines. Maybe this does the trick, maybe not.

[Catalanoic]

Same issue for my airport ramps, i set some positive offset and made uncolisionable for vehicles and aircraft: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=31928

[Wizmo]

I don't get it, how do you set a positiv offset for this object ?
How can I try rendering the sign with lfeat.eff ??

Your problem doens't seems to be the same as mine.

[Catalanoic]

well, you made a 2d object and placed on ground, right?, so, when you get coordinates and altitude you can count some minimal positive offset to see that object over ground and rendered taxiway lines. i don't think modifying an effect will solve this until code can't check ground signs, markings and ramps.
PS: to elevate object use key "=" with ufo when you added an object and play with the elev. bar. or if you saved the STG line, modify the altitude but keep record the original altitude to know the offset

[Thorsten]

i don't think modifying an effect will solve this until code can't check ground signs, markings and ramps.

I think it may, because the effect doesn't need to do this because you can tell it what is what.

How can I try rendering the sign with lfeat.eff ??

http://wiki.flightgear.org/Howto:Add_ef ... n_aircraft

[aTazul]

1. Copy the .ac model (and png texture) into your C:\Programs\Flightgear\data\models folder (not sure the exact folder, since I am using the GNU operating system).

2. Start up FlightGear and choose the UFO from the list of installed aircrafts

3. Travel to the place where you want to add your object and press the 'space' key. A menu will appear with your models that you can add.

4. Press '=' to get a menu where you change orientation, height, ...

And that should be it!

Good luck

Thanx. It's in C:/program files/flightgear2017.3.1/data/models. I really needed that.