Helipad On Buildings

[INTOX]

Hi Guys

Can anyone give me a heads up on a process for this

Ive got a building in place and created an airport in ADE
Ive got a helipad

Is there an easy way to place the Pad on the building (Is this even possible)
Ive messed around with airport Heights etc
But fear im not on the right track , my concerns are that the pad moves all over the place when you aproach it and the building is obviously crashable ?
Im trying to create the Whangarei Hospital Basically to go with Onerahi

Thanks in advance for any input

INTOX

[INTOX]

An Update

Ive got the Helipad 100 Metres in the air
Ive got a Runway 20m By 20m and the Heli is sitting on the Pad at start No problem
So all good so far
My Problem is that the trees and buildings are being seen through the Pad and when I swing the view Around they Are on top of the Pad
Example Below

[toprob]

You'd normally need to put an autogen exclusion at any 'new' airport. Add a polygon using ADE, and tag it as 'exclude autogen'.

[HardCorePawn]

I used GMax to create 'Hardened' invisible platforms and just placed them using the builtin FSX Object Placement Tools...

I was able to harden a lot of the helipads around Robins RealNZ Auckland City scenery doing this... so you could land on ASB Building, Hospital Helipad, Mechanics Bay etc...

It's pretty easy once you know how... I can't remember the exact method, (create plane, run a script on it making it solid, export to MDL, place object), but I'm pretty sure I wrote it up somewhere on the board...

I did: http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=406

I originally did this in FS2004, but it worked in FSX as well... fairly sure I did hardened platforms for FSX as well at some point...


PROTIP: If you use this method, make 2 copies of your planes... one white, the other transparent... that way when placing the platform, you can use the white version to line it up just right... then change it to the transparent one

[INTOX]

using this Pad

Seemed to have worked
with airport set to SURFACE "UNKNOWN" in a 20 by 20 under it

QUOTE (HardCorePawn @ Aug 10 2009, 12:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I used GMax to create 'Hardened' invisible platforms and just placed them using the builtin FSX Object Placement Tools...

I was able to harden a lot of the helipads around Robins RealNZ Auckland City scenery doing this... so you could land on ASB Building, Hospital Helipad, Mechanics Bay etc...

It's pretty easy once you know how... I can't remember the exact method, (create plane, run a script on it making it solid, export to MDL, place object), but I'm pretty sure I wrote it up somewhere on the board...

I did: http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=406

I originally did this in FS2004, but it worked in FSX as well... fairly sure I did hardened platforms for FSX as well at some point...


PROTIP: If you use this method, make 2 copies of your planes... one white, the other transparent... that way when placing the platform, you can use the white version to line it up just right... then change it to the transparent one

thanks Ill look into that

[INTOX]

Job Done

Ok am Happy with the pad now

all working great
Now I just gota master GMAX so I can do custom models

[larral1123]

INTOX i cant wait to try this scenery the hospital shots look great

[HardCorePawn]

So which way did you go in the end??

Using a GMax hardened pad? Or by creating an 'airport'?

Also if you look up the Finney Air Chopperworld stuff, you'll find pretty much any helo related object you could possibly want!

[INTOX]

Re Which Way

Hi Hardcore
I ended up adding an airport then dropping the Library Object Medical Pad on it and Setting up Starts etc
Then I actually deleted the Runway underneath And lined it all up in ADE
Object Placement tool does my head in
But I had another play around today with marsden point too
(Just trying to get some local landmarks done around the harbour.)
all just generic type stuff but hey !

[larral1123]

QUOTE (INTOX @ Aug 11 2009, 05:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Re Which Way

Hi Hardcore
I ended up adding an airport then dropping the Library Object Medical Pad on it and Setting up Starts etc
Then I actually deleted the Runway underneath And lined it all up in ADE
Object Placement tool does my head in
But I had another play around today with marsden point too
(Just trying to get some local landmarks done around the harbour.)
all just generic type stuff but hey !

you are doing a great job
are you using an object placement tool
IF so which one ?

[INTOX]

QUOTE (larral1123 @ Aug 11 2009, 05:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

you are doing a great job
are you using an object placement tool
IF so which one ?

Hi Larral


Im Using ADE for around The airports
And SBuilderX along with The default Object Placement Utility
I however do not claim to know what Im doing .........lol ....but anything beats the default for Our harbour

Cheers

INTOX

[larral1123]

QUOTE (INTOX @ Aug 11 2009, 06:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi Larral


Im Using ADE for around The airports
And SBuilderX along with The default Object Placement Utility
I however do not claim to know what Im doing .........lol ....but anything beats the default for Our harbour

Cheers

INTOX

Thats True not many take notice about our small but Great town but any way Good on ya mate on geting out there and doing it
Cant wait to try it (thats if you post it )

[INTOX]

[larral1123]

QUOTE (INTOX @ Aug 11 2009, 07:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Great Shot
That looks like the oil rifinery alright .

[NZ255]

I can recommend the Flight 1 instant scenery for placing objects. Just bought it the other day and love it Quite a lot easier too.

[INTOX]

Thanks Ill Look Into that

INTOX