An overlay DSF can define exclusion zones – rectangles where scenery from lower priority DSFs is not shown. Exclusion zones are organized by entity type – that is, you must make a separate exclusion zone for objects vs. forests.
The problem with exclusion zones in X-Plane 860 is that the implementation of exclusion zones isn’t quite right for lines and areas.
Essentially any element of a DSF is zero, one or two dimensional:
0d – Points (objects, very small facade objects).
1d – Lines (beaches, roads, large facades with no roofs, bezier lines and bezier object chains).
2d – Areas (large facades with roofs, bezier pavement, forests)
The problem is that X-Plane eliminates any entity if and only if one or more of its vertices intersects an exclusion zone.
This can be wrong in two ways:
– If an entity intersects the exclusion zone, it is deleted entirely, rather than having the exclusion zone subtracted.
– If an entity surrounds or goes through an exclusion zone without a vertex being in the zone, it is left alone.
