48 MSFS 2020 SDK TUTORIAL - Fix Rivers, Lakes, and Ponds

[@neilrossow7964]

Great video as always. Looking forward to the dam reconstruction video. I do have a question. Is it possible to make text and place it in the scenery? For example I might want to label landmark or place a marker and label it my house. We have some small hills out here with an arrow pointing to the city. Thanks.....Neil

[@patriotsix5880]

Hey Neil. Good news. I am uploading the dam video, not to be confused with the damn video, as I type. As for text, yes, it can be done, but it has to be in a format MSFS recognizes. Typically these are made in Blender. For example, I need a Hilton sign for a hotel. I started working in Blender, but it is not working because I don't know what I am doing. 🤣

[@Despiser25]

Hi again! Your help has given me the tools I need to finally attack my water landing strip. Thanks so much! You mentioned you dont use terraforming so does that mean you cant land a plane on that water? I had gotten to the point where Ive been able to get the trench dug using terraforming but getting water to show has been a real pain, lol. It would be great if I could ignore the terraform step.

[@patriotsix5880]

Ha! I have never flown a vehicle capable of landing on water. I am a big jet guy. I use terraforming, but I am very selective where I use terraforming. Terraforming is not easy to use and sometimes makes a bigger mess. Water is tricky. You can go to the Scenery editor, find the polygon that says terraforming, and delete it. Before you do that, try changing the water to a pond. Also, do not make the terraforming too deep. The water will follow the terraforming and go as deep as the hole you terraformed.

[@Despiser25]

@@patriotsix5880 Mostly success, thanks dude. I landed on the water landing area. I haven't been able to figure out why I get no wakes but that not really important to me. Thanks again for all of your help. On to creating Airports from, scratch, lol.

[@patriotsix5880]

@@Despiser25You are welcome. The wake is an animation baked into the model. So, for a wake, you will need an aircraft with the wake built in. I am speculating here, but for example, tire smoke when landing depends on the airplane model, so it is logical to assume the same about water. I do know boats with a wake are built into the boat model itself. Good luck.

[@immermitderruhe]

The problem is that these changes are not saved in Microsofts own cloud right? So only I as the editor will notice these scenery changes or people who will download my mod if I upload it for the community?

[@patriotsix5880]

Thanks for watching. You are correct. I don't think it is a problem though. I wouldn't want other folks' modifications to impact my experience unless I chose the changes. If others could make changes for all, that could have unexpected consequences. There would be a wise guy out there who would do something to the world we dislike. 😃