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    Description

    Better Taxiway Marker is a simple modification to the ground marking paint colours to make them look better and more realistic.   It has two styles to choose from:

    1:  Better Taxiway Marker - Brighter Newer:  Same brightness and saturation as default ground marking, but has an orange-yellow colour and a smooth solid non-faded look.

    2:  Better Taxiway Marker - Darker Subtler:  Lower brightness and saturation than default ground marking, an orange-yellow colour and a smooth solid non-faded look.

    Please see screenshots for comparison.

    To install, choose one of the two styles and place its folder into your community folder.  Please ensure only ONE of the two styles is inside your community folder at any one time.

     

    Heavy Skid Mark is an optional modification to replace default skid mark texture with a new one to resemble heavy skid marks on busy runways.

    To install, simply place "flyergaia-materiallibs-heavyskidmark-optional" into your community folder.  If you do not want the Heavy Skid Mark texture, simply remove or leave out "flyergaia-materiallibs-heavyskidmark-optional" from your community folder. 

     

    No other airport ground textures are modified.

    I hope you will enjoy it and have a great flight!

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    about 2 months ago

    Fabulous!

    8 months ago

    does this work with default airports?

    10 months ago

    Cannot be Downloaded ?

    about 1 year ago

    Excellent, 2024 compatible and provides the missing taxi light mounts on the taxiway!

    almost 2 years ago

    Love it! had a question tho,
    When using custom airport does it give it priority or it like messes with it?
    flyergaiaAuthor

    almost 2 years ago

    Hi! This mod modifies default taxi line and skidmark textures. So if the custom airport uses these default textures, you will see changes at the custom airport. If the custom airport uses its own custom textures, then there will be no changes to the custom airport. Some custom airports use these default textures creatively, like using the skidmark texture on apron or taxiways, or applying multiple skidmark textures down the runway. Then you will see issues with these custom airports. Some use these default textures along with custom textures, but with the custom textures tuned to the original default taxi line colours, and you will see colour mismatch. So it really depends on how the custom airport uses these default textures.

    almost 2 years ago

    Is there any way you can make the regular center taxi line have a black background like IRL.
    flyergaiaAuthor

    almost 2 years ago

    Hi! Unfortunately, I don't think it is possible to add the black border with a texture mod like this one because of how the game uses the taxi line texture. I think we need the developer to properly implement this. Fortunately, it appears that the new MSFS2024 will have black border under yellow taxi line.

    almost 2 years ago

    thanks and I am glad that the new game will have propper textures.
    flyergaiaAuthor

    almost 2 years ago

    Thank you and have a great flight!

    over 2 years ago

    very nice, thank you!

    over 3 years ago

    I love this job man, these little tweaks can make our experience much better every day.

    I'm just sad that Asobo does not create and found a creative group hiring guys like you on surface tweaks.

    over 3 years ago

    It is maksing heavy skidmarks on gras taxways as well. I never seen that in real life.

    flyergaiaAuthor

    over 3 years ago

    Heavy Skidmark only replaces default skid mark texture with a new one. It doesn't affect where default MSFS applies skid mark texture. If it is happening at a default airstrip, then It must be default MSFS applying skid mark texture on the said grass taxiway for whatever reason under its algorithm. I suggest remove Heavy Skidmark mod from your community folder if you frequently fly from this strip or any other small airfields where there are no heavy skid marks on the runway in reality.

    over 3 years ago

    It's interesting that you are able to model the taxiways in a different pattern that are leading into a gate from the rest of the taxiways!

    flyergaiaAuthor

    over 3 years ago

    Hm...I did not modify any taxiway modeling, only the ground painted line colours. Any taxiway modeling you see is default MSFS.

    over 3 years ago

    Oh I see. Got it. Thank you!

    flyergaiaAuthor

    over 3 years ago

    Oh I think i see the problem with this airport here. MSFS uses the same dashed line on the runway hold short marking for the taxiway marking leading into a gate in this airport. I added a black background to the runway hold short marking, resulting in these taxiway dashed lines also having black background between the dashes, which would be incorrect here. Unfortunately, a compromise has to be made here as having a black background on runway hold short marking seems popular for people looking into modding default taxiway lines and it looks better in most other default airports without dashed lines leading into gates, I will keep the black background on hold short marking. I tested out other airport environment and taxiway paint line mods and they also have the same problem. On the other hand, default MSFS paint lines without black background provides a more accurate alternative for this airport.

    over 3 years ago

    Bonjour sa marche pour tout les aéroport merci

    MSFS 2020MSFS 2024

    Better Taxiway Marker and Heavy Skid Mark

    Simple modification to the ground marking paint colours to make them look better and more realistic.  Optionally replaces default skid mark texture with a heavy skid mark. No other ground textures are modified. Simply unzip and place "flyergaia-materiallibs-bettertaxiwaymarker" into your community folder.

    Downloads17K
    Version1.3.4
    File Size4.42 MB
    Published3 years ago
    Updated2 years ago

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    Simulator
    MSFS2020
    CategoryUtilities
    Sub-CategoryTweaks

    Version History

    New skidmark texture for the Heavyskidmark mod which looks slightly narrower and has better detail than previous version. Taxiway yellow line colour slightly less red than previous version because the overall environment lighting in game appears slightly warmer and less green since the latest sim update.