I have GEX, UTX, and FEX and that all works well.  I know the default AI traffic for FSX isn't very good.  Should I invest in the Ultimate Traffic from Flight1 or is there better software? 

-Jim

I might just pass this one on for right now.  It doesn't look this there's anything specifically for FSX.

-Jim

http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=utrafficfsx

Says it's compatible with FSX now.

World-of-AI is actually very easy to install, and as far as I can see, it is compatible with FSX.

You just need to download the installer. Then unzip it to a folder where you can remember where it is.

Then download all the packages (one by one.. which I HATE doing because it is SO annoying), and store them all in the same folder. I recommend you make a folder for WOAI alone. Then one sub folder for the installer and another sub folder for the airline packs.

Start the installer, follow directions.. very simple. When it asks you which airline you want to install, browse to the airline sub folder you made (just make sure only the airline packs are there, nothing else!!) and select all (Ctrl A). Click open or OK and it'll start installing each one. Takes a while, just let it finish.

Any questions just PM me.

I use MyTraffic X 5.1a (5.1b) which is completely compatible with fsx.2 and I'm extremely satisfied with the support (simmarket download version) and product.  I also use some WOAI traffic  to supplement where necessary (fps hit is greater with WOAI models as compared to MTX so I use them sparingly). 

If you decide to use WOAI traffic files I would suggest that you convert the bgls that are created using the WOAI installer into fsx format bgls and then move them to your addon scenery folder.  WOAI flight plans are fs8/fs9 and will cause fsx to use backward compatibility emulation mode, which will interfere with any fsx plane or boat traffic and cause them to disappear.

For example: Once you've created the bgls as explained nicely above, go to your scenery/world/scenery folder and move the newly created bgl flight plans (they're easy to spot as they all relate to WOAI) to a fsx conversion folder of your choice (you'll need to create another folder for this purpose to keep things organized).

To make the conversion I used two programs by the same developer, which I also located in the newly created conversion folder.  First program can be found at avsim and it's called FP_FS9_FSX and it's written by Peter van der Veen.  I believe that this first program checks to make sure that the fs8/fs9 flight plans and airports for each WOAI package is valid for fsx (i.e., some airports have closed or changed names).

The second program written the by same developer is called AIFPC and can be downloaded from:  http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2469&d=11845901 00

The second program will now decompile the corrected WOAI bgls (assuming they required correction) into fsx flight plans and then ask you to recompile into an fsx compatible bgl flight plan.  I believe that AIFPC will perform the task of both programs but since I wasn't sure I used the first program as well.   

I then created a folder in the addon scenery folder called WOAI and then a scenery folder within this folder.  This folder sits one priority level beneath my fsx ai addon package called MyTrafficX, which resides above propeller objects and below addon scenery in the hierarchy.  I can confirm that WOAI is working with the fsx ai traffic, which was not the case prior to converting using AIFPC. 

Good luck!

Sounds a bit complicated.  All that for traffic?  Why isn't it necessary to go thru all that with textures of mesh?

Traffic from JustFlight is fully conversant with FSX, install from disk or download-its £19.99.  Two patches are available, one for better aircraft textures and one for the jetways.  They have their own forum and free updates.  The product is to be replaced by a brand new Traffic X program dedicated to FSX in the first quarter of this year, their may be news on this very soon.  Present users of Traffic will get a hefty discount against Traffic X.  Their is a scheme in place already, where you join and get 500 points (£5) off your next purchase, automatically.  Each purchase has award points too and these can be saved toward another future purchase.

http://www.justflight.com/traffic2005-home.asp

http://www.justflight.com/justrewards.asp

Reider

all you have to do is take all the flight plans WoAI installs to the Scenery\World\Scenery folder and move them to the add-on scenery folder and the default FSX traffic will work fine with it, OR, run the WoAI traffic files through a FS9-FSX converter and then they can live in the Scenery\World\Scenery folder with the default traffic file

However, the reason you would want to use replacement AI is because the default is a heavy hitter on performance because of the jetway animations (not the aircraft models or textures themselves) Older and 3rd party aircraft not designed for FSX do not have the gate info in their config files and because of that, they do not hit the system like aircraft properly made for FSX and gate calls.

The Scenery Complexity slider when set to DENSE or above enables the jetways and therefore the default AI will really hit a system hard if their sliders are pushed up because the sim starts calculating all the gates in a 50-120NM radius of your locations.. not just the airport you are at.

that is why the Scenery Complexity slider hits so hard. Its not so much the city and other buildings it puts in the sim but the animated airport jetways and other items that require CPU time.

When you replace the AI with WoAI or others you should rename the original default traffic FSX file in the Scenery\World\Scenery folder and not use it to get all the benefits of replacing the AI. At that point you can run higher Scenery Complexity and push the AL sliders into the 50-60% range without a hit.