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Mesolonghi Airport - Rio-Antirio Bridge and scenery

Outstanding effort Dimus, thank you for sharing this with the community. Added bonus that the scenery is only a stone's throw from 4 nice Orbx freeware airports in the area making for a splendid tour, LGZA->LGKF->LGPZ->LGIO, arriving at Mesolonghi at dusk.

I'm using FSX with FreemeshX, no Global or Vector, and substituted your stock FSX bgl's as per readme instructions. All is working perfectly with no impact on my frame rate or fluidity. Evening lighting is terrific. Well done!

My only possible suggestion for a future release/revision would be for a nice wooden dock setup at the bridge where the boats are presently docked, for float plane/amphibian operations. I would understand if this is too much effort considering differences between stock fsx/p3d and vector; lack of such a facility does not in the least diminish my enjoyment of this wonderful project in any event.

Yiasou Levendi.
 
A lovely piece of scenery:encouragement:
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FSX.. default in that area so used the supplied CVX files. The only thing I notice is the lack of red's on top of the bridge supports and whites near the bottom.

ATB
DaveB:)
 
DaveB said:
A lovely piece of scenery:encouragement:

The only thing I notice is the lack of red's on top of the bridge supports and whites near the bottom.

ATB
DaveB:)
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There are four effects files to be copied to your effects folder. Have you done so? It is very strange as the small white lights used at the pillar base are the same effects used for the light poles so the effect is there, just not showing for you on the base. Another strange thing is that the reds on top and whites on the bottom, as well as the red-white-green lights on the sides of the bridge road are all-day effects while the ones showing in your shots are dusk-night-dawn only.

Can anyone else check this?
 
Hello mate..

Yes.. I even double checked (before posting) by dropping the 4 files into Effects again and each one came up. Not that it matters but I downloaded from Avsim.. couldn't wait for it to arrive in our library here:encouragement:
ATB
DaveB:)
 
Just want to report that my bridge lights appear to work fine and are precisely as shown in Dimus' post#2. Hope you get it sorted Dave.
 
Dave, the file uploaded here is identical with the one at Avsim. It seems you are not seeing the effects that have no time of day switch. I'll make an alternative bridge object bgl with those effects having a specific switch and send it to you just to see if it makes a difference. Later tonight after work.

To fuzz, about the wooden pier. It would be easy to make and it would fit any setup as I would have it attached to the photoscenery coast. Unfortunately there is no such thing there. Personally, I would love it if there was but, believe it or not, in a country with thousands of islands, floatplane facilities are almost non-existent. A what-if version however would not be a bad idea.

I also wish to thank you for mentioning the freeware ORBX airports in the area. They have escaped my attention and now I have them installed.
 
Rgr that Dimus:encouragement: Don't bust a gut.. I'm in no hurry;)

EDIT: In the interest of my own sanity.. I changed the CVX file from the optional 'default' bridge to the ORBX file. No Change other than the obvious. So.. I looked at the bridge in MCX and all the attach points are there for the missing lights.. millions of them!! Re-think... added the red, green and white (not tall) to an old CFS2 Ark Royal conversion I did and blow me down if they didn't display perfectly.. no timing switch added either. I am now at a loss. The attach points for the lights are all showing on the model in MCX and the effects work fine on another model. Why the same effects aren't displaying on the bridge.. I've absolutely no idea!!

ATB
DaveB:)
 
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Rgr that Dimus:encouragement: Don't bust a gut.. I'm in no hurry;)

EDIT: In the interest of my own sanity.. I changed the CVX file from the optional 'default' bridge to the ORBX file. No Change other than the obvious. So.. I looked at the bridge in MCX and all the attach points are there for the missing lights.. millions of them!! Re-think... added the red, green and white (not tall) to an old CFS2 Ark Royal conversion I did and blow me down if they didn't display perfectly.. no timing switch added either. I am now at a loss. The attach points for the lights are all showing on the model in MCX and the effects work fine on another model. Why the same effects aren't displaying on the bridge.. I've absolutely no idea!!

ATB
DaveB:)
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Dave, just a thought, you don't have the old ORBX day/night lighting switch in operation do you?
 
Roger said:
Dave, just a thought, you don't have the old ORBX day/night lighting switch in operation do you?
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Hi Roger:wavey:

Outside of the UK.. I only have 3 addon sceneries (believe it or not) Ed's take on Emma, Mark's Solomon's and Dimus' Mesolonghi and bridge. I've no ORBX/FTX/GEX.. nada. Inside the UK, I have Horizon's VFR 1, 2, 3 and 4.. UK2K VFR 1, 2 and 3 and a pile of other stuff.. all UK related. In an attempt to wake the bridge lights up.. I parked the modded WWII Ark Royal up next to the bridge.. red, green and white fx shining brightly but nothing at all from the bridge. There has to be an answer but I can't fathom it mate.

ATB
DaveB:)
 
Dimus said:
To fuzz, about the wooden pier. It would be easy to make and it would fit any setup as I would have it attached to the photoscenery coast. Unfortunately there is no such thing there. Personally, I would love it if there was but, believe it or not, in a country with thousands of islands, floatplane facilities are almost non-existent. A what-if version however would not be a bad idea.
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A fact I was unaware of Dimus, most unusual considering the vast island hopping locales. I appreciate the realism vs. eye candy argument in this case; personally my vote would be cast for a nice pier, as to my eye that would only add to an already terrific piece of scenery. I just love scaring the ferry captains with my DHC6 water takeoffs/landings near and under the bridge. Would be nice to have a place to tie her down nearby while I stop for an ouzo and octopus snack before the next leg.
 
Maybe not so smart to bump one's own thread but I wanted to share with you this fine image of a USAFE F-15E of 492nd TFS, flying over the Rio-Antirio bridge together with HAF F-16C Block52+. The occasion was a joint exercise ''Iniochos 2016'' last week where HAF, IAF and USAFE fighters took part.

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ROFL!! I looked at the F-15 photo above and thought "man, that scenery looks darn realistic" !!

Great job! The bridge and the airfield facilities look awesome.

Concerning effects: I stopped using classic day/night lighting effects in my sceneries because of unreliability issues in FSX/P3D. There's another method that always works and has a much better visibility over a larger distance. It employs night maps (LM) and a fully transparent alpha channel that blends out the light texture at day.
I would guess that, expecially in FSX, that method also has almost no impact on the frames.


Cheers,
Mark
 
roger-wilco-66 said:
ROFL!! I looked at the F-15 photo above and thought "man, that scenery looks darn realistic" !!

Great job! The bridge and the airfield facilities look awesome.

Concerning effects: I stopped using classic day/night lighting effects in my sceneries because of unreliability issues in FSX/P3D. There's another method that always works and has a much better visibility over a larger distance. It employs night maps (LM) and a fully transparent alpha channel that blends out the light texture at day.
I would guess that, expecially in FSX, that method also has almost no impact on the frames.


Cheers,
Mark
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Me too.

It happened to me twice today. I saw another pic of a DC3 full size simulator, and thought it was a VC in FSX or P3D.

In fact it is happening quite a bit these days.

Cheers,
 
roger-wilco-66 said:
ROFL!! I looked at the F-15 photo above and thought "man, that scenery looks darn realistic" !!

Great job! The bridge and the airfield facilities look awesome.

Concerning effects: I stopped using classic day/night lighting effects in my sceneries because of unreliability issues in FSX/P3D. There's another method that always works and has a much better visibility over a larger distance. It employs night maps (LM) and a fully transparent alpha channel that blends out the light texture at day.
I would guess that, expecially in FSX, that method also has almost no impact on the frames.


Cheers,
Mark
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I would very much like to learn more about that method Mark. I'm already quite familiar with creating LM textures and these seem to work well, but how would the light effects themselves be modeled (e.g. on a light bulb) if FS effects are not used?
 
I'll send you a model of my WW2 style Bartow runway light later. When you open it in ModelconverterX, you can analyze the way the light planes are arranged and how the material configurations are set!
It's actually quite easy once you know (and understand) these settings...

You also can use that method for flood lights, lamps in hangars, etc...

Cheers,
Mark
 
After installing this scenery in P3D v4 I noticed that the ferrys were acting strangely when 3d waves were enabled. Their bows pointed upwards and After a lot of searching I came up with nothing. So I turned to the AI boat expert, Henrik Nielsen. His tester, Knud was able to find the problem. Funnily, the platforms I had made on their decks just to be able to land helis for fun, caused the issue. I compiled revised models with no platforms and uploaded a fix in the library. This is just for P3D v4 users. FSX and P3D v1 to v3 work fine without it.

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