Bug report: large Water bodies missing, e.g. Lake Geneva

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Matthias
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Bug report: large Water bodies missing, e.g. Lake Geneva

Post by Matthias »

With Prepar3D v6 several large water polygons were lost during the scenery compilation:
I've just stumbled over missing Lake Geneva (225 sq mi, in Switzerland), in v5.4 it was still there. This example breaks down to this file:
...\Prepar3D v6\Scenery\0601\scenery\cvx4915.bgl
Using the TmfViewer (from the SDK) we can see that the water polygon is missing, only the "water polygon (GPS)" is implemented, which is not used for 3D scenery display. Using the same tool, you will quickly find more examples - the largest Lake of Sweden (Vänern) is also missing.
Matthias
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Re: Bug report: large Water bodies missing, e.g. Lake Geneva

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TmfViewer, GPS polygons deactivated, no lake:
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Bare Prepar3D v6:
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The lake can easily be retrieved by using the vector scenery file from P3D5.4:
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agfreeman
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Re: Bug report: large Water bodies missing, e.g. Lake Geneva

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Hi, I can't see your images.
Matthias
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Re: Bug report: large Water bodies missing, e.g. Lake Geneva

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Second try with the images hosted at a different place:

TmfViewer, GPS polygons deactivated, no lake:
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Bare Prepar3D v6 - there should be a large lake:
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The lake can easily be retrieved by using the vector scenery file (cvx4915.bgl) from P3D5.4:
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agfreeman
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Re: Bug report: large Water bodies missing, e.g. Lake Geneva

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I can confirm I can see it as well.

Otherwise, it has to be said, it looks stunning. VR through here would be incredible.
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Max Perry
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Re: Bug report: large Water bodies missing, e.g. Lake Geneva

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Very sorry I'll put the lake back asap. Huge thank you for reporting anything missing!
Matthias
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Re: Bug report: large Water bodies missing, e.g. Lake Geneva

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I would like to confirm this is fixed. Thank you for the very fast action!
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