Shorelines not showing up

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hefy_jefy
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Shorelines not showing up

Post by hefy_jefy » Tue May 08, 2007 8:34 am

I know I am missing something here...

I am adding a shoreline between a waterpoly and a land poly, but no shoreline appears in FSX. I draw the line then assign the properties of the line as "Shoreline Tan Sand Surf"

I have a feeling that the method for adding shorelines is different from Ground2K. Also, which side of the line will have the surf?

Geoff

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Post by José » Tue May 08, 2007 11:23 am

Hy, Hefy Jefy

Try: Shorelines Generic Ocean, please.

José

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Post by hefy_jefy » Wed May 09, 2007 6:53 am

OK Luis,

That fixed it, also matches the existing shoreline and the waves are on the right side!

Is this magic? or are there not many different shorelines in FSX?

Many thanks,

Geoff

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Post by José » Wed May 09, 2007 12:31 pm

Oi, hefy

Seems to be a bug.

This hint was given by Luis Féliz-Tirado.

Regards,

José

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Post by luisfeliztirado » Wed May 09, 2007 1:05 pm

FS X only has 6 types of shorelines:

- Shorelines Default
- Shorelines Generic Bay Harbor
- Shorelines Generic Lake
- Shorelines Generic River
- Shorelines Generic Ocean (with wave effect)
- Shorelines Generic Canal Channel


They all display either the tan sand or the tan rock texture, and only the ocean shoreline has a wave effect.

If you have installed the <b>FSX_modified_terrain_cfg.zip</b> file (available in the Avsim library), then you can also draw any of the old FS 9 shorelines, with their much greater variety.

However, shorelines in FS X, whether the default or the FS 9 beaches, will always display a fixed width, as defined in the terrain.cfg file.

For more information using SBuilder for Flight Simulator X, please see:

<b>Terrain Design for Flight Simulator X</b> - in the Avsim library:

http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?Ca ... LID=100997



Best regards.

Luis

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Post by hefy_jefy » Thu May 10, 2007 3:05 am

Thanks a lot guys..

Apologies for the name muddle!

Geoff

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