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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

Removing those horid water tanks from Europe

G

guzler

Charter Member
Hi guys,

Some time ago I asked for advice on how to remove them so I tried it. All I deleted was the water tanks from the autogen Default XML file, however it didn't work, it removed all the trees too. I tried it again today by deleting the class sections containing these water tanks, but the same result, most of the trees are gone.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong, these things look like space ships have landed !

Thanks

Neil
 
Europe doesn't have water tanks? :icon_lol: I think they look like giant transistors.
 
In my part of the world (the Netherlands/Holland) we store the water in large concrete underground tanks and use pumps to deliver the pressure. In the past towers with a thin single water line to the top were used to pressurise the system (Communicating Vessels principle).
Although they lost their function, most of them are still there, wither as back-up system oe as monument

Below the concrete tower in the place where I live (Noordwijk)

Cheers,
Huub

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Those FS Watertanks really spoil the looks here, compare please:

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Well that´s what the things look like around here. Not those three-leged-tanks.

At least FSX does not have the french cathedrals all over Europe like FS9 had...shudder:)

Alex
 
It would be cool to have the correct tank types in the right places.
 
Hey George, where abouts you from mate, I'm in Bill Quay near Hebburn? Nice to see a fellow Geordie on here!
 
PRB said:
It would be cool to have the correct tank types in the right places.
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That could be possible via the autogen annotator and the default.xml, but it hasn't been tried before as far as I know.
 
Many thanks you your replies guys. I didn't expect a history and education into water towers, but there does appear to be some stunning water towers around the world that I'll no longer take for granted. If I tell the missus I'm discussing water towers with guys in the flight sim community, she'll think I've lost the plot :isadizzy:

I'll try just removing the library objects tomorrow, thanks.
 
I got rid of almost all the water tanks (I still missed a few unfortunately) by editing them out of the UK section of the XML file - I was last seen trying to get rid of all the "modern" buildings as well, to set the world back a few years.

It should be possible, if you create appropriate models, to replace anything in the default autogen files. I've not tried, but when I get back home later in the week, I may well try it.

Ian P.
 
This does seem like an area of FSX that hasn't been played around with much based on my internet trawls, yet can have a big impact on the visuals to give a more local feel to different countries.

OK, I've managed it this time, previously, I deleted the <class>, this time I just deleted the <libraryobjects> with the classes and those ugly water towers are no longer.
 
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