Adding An Island Or Extending A Shore?
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:57 pm
After reading the Luis Féliz-Tirado Terain tutorial I do not see any way to easily add an island in the midst of other islands or near mainland shores. The tutorial example did not address the several small islands around St. Barthélemy. They each have to be hand drawn and declared to be a hole to recreate them. Although not part of the tutorial, any mainland areas affected by the exclude require repair.
The process in FS9 worked well where the shore was a demarcation. This process seems to be more than it is worth. I wanted to fix Dutch Harbor (aka Unalaska) in the Aleutian islands. The FSX presentation is beyond reason. However, extending shorelines into the water and repairing an island in an area crowded with islands is somewhat less than fun. Until there is a way to exclude terrain using a polygon (not one that makes a giant rectangle) I will use photo-scenery and loose the winter season which is the "highlight" of this area.
Dick Boley near 5G8
The process in FS9 worked well where the shore was a demarcation. This process seems to be more than it is worth. I wanted to fix Dutch Harbor (aka Unalaska) in the Aleutian islands. The FSX presentation is beyond reason. However, extending shorelines into the water and repairing an island in an area crowded with islands is somewhat less than fun. Until there is a way to exclude terrain using a polygon (not one that makes a giant rectangle) I will use photo-scenery and loose the winter season which is the "highlight" of this area.
Dick Boley near 5G8