It seems that my custom CGL in my 2020 project, which works fine with photogrammetry in MSFS 2020, is removing photogrammetry buildings within the boundaries of the CGL in MSFS 2024 when I place the 2020 package in the MSFS 2024 Community folder. Is there anything I can do to fix this issue?
I have changed this topic to a bug report. It would be great if a developer could comment on it. I have since tried building the project with the 2024 SDK, and the problem is also present in a “native” 2024 package. Would appreciate any help
Hello @SimNord
What makes you think this is CGL related?
If your remove your CGL asset group, the issue no longer occurs?
From what I can see, the area where the TIN is flattened does not really match your CGL extent.
Regards,
Sylvain
I think it is CGL related because photogrammetry buildings are absent along the borders of my cgl area. Here is the tif file that I load in Global Mapper when I create my Bing Tiles pgns. The transparent area creates black (transparent) Bing tiles, and in that area there should be photogrammetry in 2024, just like in 2020, right? I have tried removing the black tiles from the aerial images source folder, but it doesn’t make any difference. I haven’t tried removing the cgl asset group yet.
Removing the CGL asset group form the 2024 project and building the package without the CGL asset group didn’t help. Still no photogrammetry buildings in the in the airport surroundings. Could the issue be related to my projected meshes? They have more or less the same bounding boxes as the secondary aerial.
Hello @SimNord
No, projected meshes are applied on TIN but do not change the elevation:
I think I found your issue: can you check if you have the Apply Flatten property checked in your airport object properties?
This flattens the area based on the apron objects bounding box, and that seems to match the area where you have the problem.
You can see it by enabling Options → Ground options → Debug terraforming in the DevMode
Although very practical, this option is not very appropriate when the airport is surrounded by TINs, and you should probably disable it and replace it with your own custom terraformers.
Regards,
Sylvain
You were right. I had Apply Flatten property checked. I unchecked it, and the photogrammetry buildings came back. Thank you very much! So an “Apply Flatten” checked in airport properties removes photogrammetry buildings in MSFS2024, but not in 2020?
My bad, I didn’t notice there were some TIN areas in 2020 as well.
The Apply Flatten seems to be interpreted differently then.
I will have this reviewed.
Regards,
Sylvain
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Hi,
The “apply flatten” is indeed interpreted differently between MSFS 2020 and 2024. In 2020 only the aprons is used to compute the rectangle that is flattening the airport. In 2024 we also take into account runways. Your airport have almost no apron, so in 2020 it is not flattening anything.
A fix for this backward compatibility issue should be availble in the next SU5.
Regards,
Xavier / Asobo
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