Version: SU/AAU/WU XX - 1.XX.XX.X 1.37.19.0
Frequency: Once/Rarely/Frequently/Consistently Consistently
Severity: Low/High/Blocker Medium
Context: What package? When editing or mounted from Community? In main menu or in flight? etc… When editing (and you see the results in flight, as well)
Bug description:
These are a runway’s threshold markings (sometimes called “piano keys” in pilot slang):
They are supposed to give the pilot information about the width of the runway before they land.
This is from the FAA’s Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) regarding the number of stripes on a runway based on its width:
| Runway Width | Number of Stripes |
|---|---|
| 60 feet (18 m) | 4 |
| 75 feet (23 m) | 6 |
| 100 feet (30 m) | 8 |
| 150 feet (45 m) | 12 |
| 200 feet (60 m) | 16 |
I don’t have the ICAO standard, but I believe it to be identical to the FAA standard, as I have seen numerous websites that give the same information solely in metric.
The bug is this: The Scenery Editor adheres to this standard except for runways with a width between 18 m and 19.9 m. When a runway is 18 m in width, the runway should have four stripes (two on each side). Instead, it only has two. The Scenery Editor doesn’t create four stripes until the runway gets to 20 m in width.
Repro steps:
- Open or create an airport in the Scenery Editor.
- Edit or create a runway.
- Click the runway, click the Properties window, and in the Markings section, ensure that the checkbox “Threshold markings” is checked. (The “Alternate threshold markings” box should be un-checked.)
- In the Properties window, in the Configuration section, set the runway’s width to 18 m.
Expected result:
The runway has four threshold stripes (two on each side).
Observed result:
The runway has two threshold stripes (one on each side). See first attachment, below.
Note: If you then set the runway width to 19.9 m, it still has two stripes, and if you set it to 20 m, if finally correctly has four stripes.
Attachments:
18 m wide runway (should have four stripes but has two):
20 m wide runway (finally gets set correctly when you get up to 20 m wide):
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