[BUG]In FS2024, grass will not grow if you use the CLEAR_SURFACE material

karuchie · February 9, 2025, 7:45am

Version: 1.3.10.0

Frequency: Consistently

Severity: Low
(Low - quality of life, workflow optimization, rare enough to not impact production, etc…
High - critical but workarounds are available, important feature not working as expected, frequent enough to impact production
Blocker - prevents from working on the project, prevents from releasing the product)

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Context: It is consistent from editing to flight.

Similar MSFS 2020 issue:

Bug description:
In 2020, when you placed a CLEAR_SURFACE on asphalt or concrete material, all material was removed and grass grew, but in 2024 no grass grows.
Especially in the case of asphalt, the ground surface appears to have asphalt irregularities.
Grass does not grow in both 2020 compatibility mode and 2024 native mode.
The same is true for projected meshes.

Repro steps:
An apron of suitable asphalt material shall be laid on the ground, and an apron of the higher priority CLEAR_SURFACE material shall be laid on top of it.

The image in the attachment shows a circular CLEAR_SURFACE applied over a square asphalt material.

Attachments:
Original scenery