TERRAIN

The Terrain option from the Debug menu will open up the following sub-menu:

This menu has the following debug options for terrain:

 

• Debug Shapes

  Enabling this option will outline the different polygon shapes used to generate terrain.
  This will open an additional window for toggling further information:
  Draw Package Name will draw the name of the add-on package that the polygon (vector) data comes from, while Draw Type will draw information about the type of data the polygon is associated with (eg NoTIN - Buildings, or NoTIN - Airport, etc...)

 

• Debug Exclusion Rectangles

  This option permits you to debug any exclusion rectangles that are used in the add-on. It will open the following window that permits you to filter the the visuals to show more or less information:
  
  Checking Draw Package Name will add an overlay text to the rectangles with the name of the package they belong to, while checking Draw Type will draw the type of things the rectangle is excludding. You can also filter the rectangles using the Filter By Type list. FInally, at the bottom, you have the Count section, which gives you a numeric breakdown of the packages and how many rectangles are included within them.

 

• Debug OSM Roads

  Enabling this option will show all the debug information for the OSM road system in the simulation.
  

 

• Debug OSM Powerlines

  Enabling this option will show all the debug information for the OSM powerline system in the simulation. Red lines are major powerlines with tall masts and the blue lines are minor powerlines with smaller masts.
  

 

• Debug OSM Feature Points

  When this option is enabled, various OSM feature points will be marked in the simulation using coloured crosses.
  NOTE: This option can cause severe lag in areas where there are a lot of feature points.
  Each colour represents the following features:

   

  Colour	Colour Name	Description
  	Lime Green	Broadleaf trees and shrubs.
  	Green	Needle leaved trees and shrubs.
  	Light Green	Palm trees.
  	Yellow-Green	Leafless trees and shrubs.
  	Pale Green	Mixed leaf trees and shrubs.
  	White	Horizontal turbine.
  	Gray	Vertical turbine.
  	Red	Windmill with vanes.
  	Dark Red	Windmill without vanes.
  	Orange	Oil/petroleum well.
  	Light Blue	Water well.
  	Dark Blue	Water tower.
  	Magenta	Generic/unknown mast of some kind.
  	Pink	COMs mast.
  	Deep Pink	Communication tower.

 

• Debug Road Vehicles

  When this option is enabled, all road vehicles will be shown using a red bounding sphere:
  

 

• Debug Biomes

  

  This window offers multiple debug tools related to the different biomes in the world. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the Biomes Editor. You can find full details on the contents of this window on the following page:

  • Biome Debug

 

• Debug Surface Types

  

  This window allows you to see a visual representation of the different ground surface types. The display will initially be centered around the mouse and show a square area of sample points showing either surface type, or the meta-marker for each point (you can toggle between the two with the * key). Meta-markers are the ones added manually through scenery and other means, and are more nuanced and detailed, while the surface types are generated through machine learning and are more general and used primarily for vegetation and other large-scale geographic features. Note that from this window you can also change the number of sample points, and the distance between them, so you can expand/contract the area depending on what you require.
  The table below shows the various acronyms and colours that are used, and what surface type / meta marker they represent:

   

  Colour	Colour Name	Acronym	Description
  Meta Markers
  	Pink	CRT	Concrete.
  	Green	G	Grass, low vegetation, soft, bumpy ground that can be landed on.
  	Pink	WFS	Legacy water from FSX.
  	Pink	GB	Grass, low vegetation, bumpy ground that cannot be landed on.
  	Dark Grey	A	Asphalt.
  	Bright Green	SG	Short grass.
  	Bright Green	LG	Long grass.
  	Pink	HT	Hard turf.
  	Light grey	SN	Snow.
  	Pink	ICE	Ice.
  	Mid Brown	URB	Urban buildings and concrete.
  	Dark Green	FRT	Forest and high vegetation.
  	Light Brown	D	Dirt and mud, in particular for dirt runways.
  	Pink	COR	Coral, used for coral runways.
  	Grey Brown	GRV	Gravel, in particular for gravel runways.
  	Pink	OTR	Used for oil treated (tar-and-chip) runways.
  	Pink	STM	Used for steel mats (steel mesh) temporary runways.
  	Pink	BIT	Bituminous surfaces.
  	Pink	BRI	Brickwork.
  	Pink	MCD	Macadam (compacted small stones).
  	Pink	PLA	Wooden planks.
  	Yellow	SND	Sand.
  	Pink	SHA	Shale.
  	Pink	TMC	Tar macadam.
  	Pink	WFT	Legacy Wright flyer track from FSX.
  	Blue	R	Rivers and creeks.
  	Blue	WW	Waste water.
  	Dark Blue	W	Large bodies of water.
  	Blue	P	Ponds.
  	Blue	L	Lakes.
  	Blue	O	Ocean.
  	Pink	P	Painted surfaces.
  	Dark Grey	R	Roads.
  	Pink	EG	Grass erasure.
  	Mid Grey	RCK	Rocky surfaces.
  	Light Brown	SCR	Scree.
  	Pink	DST	Dusty surfaces.
  	Brown	MUD	Mud.
  	Light Blue	UKN	An unknown (but still valid) surface.
  	Orange	UDF	An unknown (but invalid)
  Surface Types
  	Mid brown	DAM	Dirt and mud.
  	Red Brown	RS	Rocks.
  	Light Brown	DAG	Dust and gravel.
  	Black	SAB	Scree and boulders.
  	Yellow	SND	Sand.
  	Green	LV	Low vegetation.
  	Dark Green	HV	High vegetation.
  	Purple	BAC	Building and concrete.
  	Blue	W	Water.
  	Dark Lilac	A	Asphalt.
  	White	SNW	Snow.
  	Lilac	CLD	Clouds.
  	Pink	PLG	Ploughed land.
  	Pink	CLF	Cliffs.

 

• Display GenId

  This window is purely for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 debugging and should not be used under any circumstances.
  

 

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