Simviation Forum - Linking AI + User Aircraft

Dec 31^st, 2006 at 8:13am

sharkbate24 Offline
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Hello.

I need some help with linking AI aircraft with your USER Aircraft....

All the AI Aircraft are parked all together. Such as like 7 british airways next to each other, virgin atlantic next to each other etc. However, say I am a British Airways. How do I park next to British Airways AI Aircraft. Because when I contact ground they always park me with different AI Aircraft than my actual aircraft company, Such as me being a British Airways, But Ground parks me next to BMI. How do I change it so Ground parks me next to my own aircraft's AI (British Airways)?

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Reply #1 - Dec 31^st, 2006 at 8:52am

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In AFCAD you must define a series of nearby parkings like assigned preferably to a single airline, in your case British Airways. Once that is made you must control inside your plane's .cfg file that the line atc_airline= tells ATC that you are piloting a British Airways bird, and the line: atc_parking_types= assigns you preferably to the same kind of parking you assigned to the British Airways.

Once this is done ATC SHOULD direct you toward the correct parkings.

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Default FS2002/FS9/FSX ATC is provided with high grade Artificial Idiocy, and I said "SHOULD". No responsibility is taken in this instance for ATC showing the great scatological coding made by M$ directing you toward another parking in spite of having put to work my suggestions. Tongue

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Reply #2 - Dec 31^st, 2006 at 10:47am

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Hi thanks for replying.
Ill do this as soon as possible Grin

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Reply #3 - Dec 31^st, 2006 at 3:12pm

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sharkbate24 wrote on Dec 31^st, 2006 at 10:47am:

Hi thanks for replying.
Ill do this as soon as possible Grin

Thanks,
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I believe that ATC will direct you, the user aircraft, to the nearest parking place
that is of the correct size and type for your aircraft. Those entries in the CFG file as to
atc_airline= are used for ATC to use the correct callsign for your aircraft.
I do not believe that they will affect where they tell you to park. AI aircraft are
treated differently than the user aircraft.

Paul

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Reply #4 - Jan 1^st, 2007 at 1:05pm

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Gypsy_Baron wrote on Dec 31^st, 2006 at 3:12pm:

I believe that ATC will direct you, the user aircraft, to the nearest parking place
that is of the correct size and type for your aircraft. Those entries in the CFG file as to
atc_airline= are used for ATC to use the correct callsign for your aircraft.
I do not believe that they will affect where they tell you to park. AI aircraft are
treated differently than the user aircraft.

One can always hope, and anyway, that's the way I put some order in my Kai Tak. Wink

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Reply #5 - Jan 1^st, 2007 at 4:47pm

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The following entry in your aircraft.cfg file will instruct ATC to send you to specific parking (code).

in the [fltsim.x] section for your aircraft/paint, edit or add this line:

atc_parking_codes=

example:atc_parking_codes=BAW

Provided the airport has parking spots assigned to 'BAW', and any are available, you should be sent there as the first choice. (Default airports do not have parking codes assigned. You must either create or download an AFCAD that has the needed codes assigned to parking spots.)

As your post indicates that the airport and ai aircraft are already properly configured, look in the aircraft.cfg for your BAW ai and copy/paste the line into your aircraft.cfg.

If you have AFCAD installed, you can use the Tools>Aircraft Editor to perform the aircraft.cfg edit for you. The AFCAD Help document can explain further if necessary.

Dave

As always, back up any files before editing.

« Last Edit: Jan 2^nd, 2007 at 6:51am by dave3cu »

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Reply #6 - Jan 7^th, 2007 at 1:11pm

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Parking codes; i.e., atc_parking_codes=AAL only apply to AI traffic and NOT to user aircraft.
Reference cited: Lee Swordy's AF2v.221 Readme: "35. Parking Assignments for AI Aircraft - Note that parking codes are used for AI only and FS will not use codes to designate parking for user aircraft."

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Reply #7 - Jan 7^th, 2007 at 8:59pm

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wji wrote on Jan 7^th, 2007 at 1:11pm:

Parking codes; i.e., atc_parking_codes=AAL only apply to AI traffic and NOT to user aircraft.
Reference cited: Lee Swordy's AF2v.221 Readme: "35. Parking Assignments for AI Aircraft - Note that parking codes are used for AI only and FS will not use codes to designate parking for user aircraft."

ashaman wrote on Dec 31^st, 2006 at 8:52am:

Disclaimer:
Default FS2002/FS9/FSX ATC is provided with high grade Artificial Idiocy, and I said "should". No responsibility is taken in this instance for ATC showing the great scatological coding made by M$ directing you toward another parking in spite of having put to work my suggestions. Tongue

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