MattyChays Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 With Vector 1.3 and OpenLC NA on top of Global enabled I am getting elevated "water cliffs" that rise into runways and airports. I have experienced it numerous places throughout Alaska which is dissappointing. My scenery library is in the order specififed in the definitive guide, my libraries are up to date and I ran the AEC so I am really at a loss on this one. I've attached pictures at PADQ (Kodiak), PAKT (Ketchickan) and PHJR (Kalaeloa, in Hawaii but since I fly out of here for real daily its disappointing to see half of the airport is underwater) I appreciate the help. PADQ PAKT PHJR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyChays Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 Alright, I guess I'll continue to land over water cliffs, must be a challenge in Alaska I haven't heard about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyChays Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 Is there a better place to submit a help ticket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyChays Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Well I'm sure PHJR is due to the adjusted coast lines and its close proximity to the water, I'll fix that myself. Any other suggestions on the Elevated Water Features? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lincoln Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Hello MattyChays, I have just checked those locations, Thank you for reporting and for your patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyChays Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 Thanks Richard, hopefully I knocked out enough troubleshooting that it makes it easier for you, thanks for the reply! -Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernd Podhradsky Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Unfortunately I can't see the screenshots but I guess the problem is that the coastline was corrected by VECTOR, but the airport boundary polygons of the airports you use (default or add-on) don't match the new coastline, so they are partly in water. Airport boundary polygons do not only exclude autogen objects but also provide the flattening of the airport which is why if they cover water, the water is raised to the airport elevation. This is basically a design issue of FSX and would require to have updated default airports (some FSX airports are totally misplaced or have at least airport boundary polygons that are way too large). If you use add-on airports you would probably have to contact the developer, if you use default airports we can put them on our list and maybe update the airport boundary polygons in a future update. Cheers, Bernd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyChays Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Bernd, sorry the link expired, and that's my guess too, they're all default airports, I'll wait for the fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lincoln Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Hello Matt, I have double checked and sent PILOTS the images of the issues. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanSchaefer Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Hello! PHJR is a misplaced airport, no Vector issue. PAKT is as Bernd already wrote. At PADQ I can not see any problem on the picture I got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyChays Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 Yeah, I corrected myself on PHJR and corrected it myself. I continue have the same issue in PADQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDF4 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hi Stefan. Here's the problem at Kodiak (PADQ) if you couldn't see it from Matts picture. (This is with vector 1.35, and FreeMeshX).http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/images/2015/12/29/KodiakCliff.jpg So I guess the default airport extent and elevation is at odds with the rest of the scenery. The accurate vector coast line has cut through the airport's base polygon and changed what was once a rocky cliff into a wall of water. The airport is elevated in reality, but the clumsy shape of the default airport polygon means that for ease of fixing this aesthetically, dropping this airport to roughly sea level would be the easist way to tidy it up (not good for realism though I know). Now if the vector airport elevation correction tool can change the heights of other airports, why not this one? How easy would be be to provide a way to let us add our own elevation entries into the AEC tool? Perhaps an offset from the current value to make adjustments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDF4 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I suppose the reality is that the airport needs resizing/repositioning though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyChays Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 David, thanks! Thats exactly what I was looking at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob G Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Also experiencing water on runway issues in Alaska but not sure how to report same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryisenor Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 On 2015-12-28 at 3:32 PM, DAVIDF4 said: Hi Stefan. Here's the problem at Kodiak (PADQ) if you couldn't see it from Matts picture. (This is with vector 1.35, and FreeMeshX).http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/images/2015/12/29/KodiakCliff.jpg So I guess the default airport extent and elevation is at odds with the rest of the scenery. The accurate vector coast line has cut through the airport's base polygon and changed what was once a rocky cliff into a wall of water. The airport is elevated in reality, but the clumsy shape of the default airport polygon means that for ease of fixing this aesthetically, dropping this airport to roughly sea level would be the easist way to tidy it up (not good for realism though I know). Now if the vector airport elevation correction tool can change the heights of other airports, why not this one? How easy would be be to provide a way to let us add our own elevation entries into the AEC tool? Perhaps an offset from the current value to make adjustments. I am currently working on a Global Freeware version of PADQ which adjusts the flatten to fix the water cliffs. Should be available about March or April depending on the next release. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVIDF4 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Hi Larry. That would be marvelous. Thank you. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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