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KAPF Naples Florida

I will make a note of it to change it when I update the airport next week with the new General Aviation Terminal. Results for KRDU Atlantic FBO are so encouraging that I am going to attempt to do it. Attached is a sreenshot of what SHOULD be there so the mouse must have slipped when I chose the texture.dashed line station 3.png
 
I did not get any flickers in P3D V5.4 so maybe my graphic setting in V 4.5 need adjustments. I used the default settings and that did not stop
the flickers; then tried other various settings and to no avail. I'm curious as to what graphic setting other used in V4.5 and try those.
 
gray eagle said:
I did not get any flickers in P3D V5.4 so maybe my graphic setting in V 4.5 need adjustments. I used the default settings and that did not stop
the flickers; then tried other various settings and to no avail. I'm curious as to what graphic setting other used in V4.5 and try those.
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They may need to be raised in ADE because they are all graphic not default. I didn't notice but I was too busy with the buildings to notice
 
I did some experimentation with my graphics settings and the first three terrain settings I can slide to the right as shown, but if I change the
texture resolution from 2m to 1m or > then I get the flickers with all the yellow runway stripes. Go figure. Normally, my old settings work well with
other sceneries.

Correction, I just did a pan of the scenery and those yellow stripes will flicker again.
 

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I just checked my entire airport and I do not have any flickering at all on any of these ground poly lines. I wish we had someone else who installed KAPF commenting on their experience. I am going to email you.
 
tgycgijoes said:
I just checked my entire airport and I do not have any flickering at all on any of these ground poly lines. I wish we had someone else who installed KAPF commenting on their experience. I am going to email you.
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I posted this conundrum at AVSIM, maybe someone there knows a solution.
Those yellow/black marks (shown with arrow) gives my P3DV4 the heebe jeebes (Flickers)
That is a google earth photo attached.
 

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gray eagle said:
I posted this conundrum at AVSIM, maybe someone there knows a solution.
Those yellow/black marks (shown with arrow) gives my P3DV4 the heebe jeebes (Flickers)
That is a google earth photo attached.
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I would post it at FSDevelopers but AVSIM is ok too. Since this is MY airport and freeware then you can share it with anyone who wants to compare it on THEIR system with my permission. I would like to know what others experiences are. These are ALL Airport Design Editor line ground polys not anything I created in Sketchup. Interesting that what bgl's I DID create don't flicker.
 
No one else has flickering and ToniJH said that it works great for him in Prepar3D V5.4 without any problems once I sent him the last version I created. So today I am going to start the new General Aviation Terminal. When it's complete I will pack this up and post it in the releases. It just seems that because we all have different computers and equipment in them, that even though we use the same sim problems occur that if they are not universal can't be overcome. It doesn't matter whether it's a payware or freeware subject.
 
Spent the afternoon downloading photos to build the new ga terminal. It's interesting that Google Earth on the street is old and aerial views are new. Makes it very hard to do scenery when you get such conflicting information. When I created Odell Williamson Airport (60J) in Ocean Isle NC, I was able with my camera to take all the photos of whatever I wanted. Then when I created KMYR Myrtle Beach Airport, I had tons of real up to date info from the architect as well as people at the airport willing to take photos for me. NOT living in Naples, FL or anywhere near to it to drive there, I have to rely on what I can find online and Google Earth or Google Maps which basically has the same on the street photo slide show with its arrows, you HAVE to dig deeply not to create erroneous scenery which I just hate to do. That being said, I intend to do the best job I can of the Airport Authority GA Terminal and the two hangers on either side updating what Art Poole created back in 2009. Glad that Grayeagle figured out how to get around the "flickering" enhanced taxiways because it seems that all the airports are going that route. It's nice too that Airport Design Editor allows their creation with the ground poly. That's it for today.
 
tgycgijoes said:
Spent the afternoon downloading photos to build the new ga terminal. It's interesting that Google Earth on the street is old and aerial views are new.
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That is not uncommon for Google or Bing to have recent or fairly recent satellite imagery, but very old street view imagery.
 
gray eagle said:
I posted this conundrum at AVSIM, maybe someone there knows a solution.
Those yellow/black marks (shown with arrow) gives my P3DV4 the heebe jeebes (Flickers)
That is a google earth photo attached.
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Will ADE show the actual runway markings (yellow/black dashed lines) that flicker in P3D V4.5 so that I can examine them for content and detail?
I am just so curious to see what their composition is. What named object(s) am I looking for?
 
gray eagle said:
Will ADE show the actual runway markings (yellow/black dashed lines) that flicker in P3D V4.5 so that I can examine them for content and detail?
I am just so curious to see what their composition is. What named object(s) am I looking for?
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All the lines: hold short, apron borders, enhanced taxiways, even the red borders around the Customs and Border Patrol apron are all ADEx Ground Poly Lines with black backgrounds from the tools. Here is a screenshot of two of them. Of the people that have tested them, you are the ONLY one with them flickering either in V4.5 or V5.4. As Snuffy said, it's your computer if you are the only one and I know how frustrating that can be when back on another airport, jpg's were flickering when he approached the runway at one of my Texas airports and no one else had that problem. Just as a thought, are ALL your programs that you use with Prepar3D on your C: drive?

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Enhanced Taxiway Ground Poly Line.png
 
I kam going over to the KRDU "job site" now to work on their General Aviation Terminal but will keep this open so that I get notification of any emails.
 
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