Simviation Forum - Airport Design Editor Question

Reply #15 - Apr 15^th, 2008 at 10:24am

Brando14100 Ex Member

So do I just make the first and last airports 5B2 in the Flightplans?

One more thing. Can you go into the hangars you place in ADE? I'm not sure if I crashed from hitting a wall or just going in.

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Reply #16 - Apr 15^th, 2008 at 11:43am

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If they are library objects and have the doors open then you should be able to go inside them

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Reply #17 - Apr 15^th, 2008 at 11:54am

Brando14100 Ex Member

Okay. I'll have to try and go in again. How about the first question?

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Reply #18 - Apr 15^th, 2008 at 11:55am

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[quote author=Brando14100 link=1203027344/15#15 date=1208269459]So do I just make the first and last airports 5B2 in the Flightplans?quote]

That one. It seems too easy.

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Reply #19 - Apr 15^th, 2008 at 2:01pm

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So do I just make the first and last airports 5B2 in the Flightplans?

It all depends on the plan you want your ai to fly....
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How about the first question?

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...That one. It seems too easy.

It is quite easy, and explained in the Traffic Tools help file (Readme.htm).......the best thing to do is read it thoroughly and keep it handy for reference. Wink

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Reply #20 - Apr 15^th, 2008 at 7:37pm

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Okeeyday.

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Reply #21 - Apr 20^th, 2008 at 11:02am

Brando14100 Ex Member

Well, I officially have my first add-on on SimV. It's this airport modification. It's in the FSX scenery. Someone put a 5B2 on Avsim Cry

but I think mine looks better

. Except I didn't include the parking lot like he did Cry

. I don't think I'll get this flight plan thing. So if anyone has the time, the airport is out there to give some plans to.

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Reply #22 - Apr 20^th, 2008 at 12:09pm

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Well, I officially have my first add-on on SimV. It's this airport modification. It's in the FSX scenery. Someone put a 5B2 on Avsim Cry

but I think mine looks better

. Except I didn't include the parking lot like he did Cry

. I don't think I'll get this flight plan thing. So if anyone has the time, the airport is out there to give some plans to.

Looks good. just to let you know that you do not need to include the .ade file. This is not required - just the bgl file

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Reply #23 - Apr 20^th, 2008 at 3:02pm

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Will do for next time. I am already working on a more updated version. Seems like I always find something to improve on.

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Reply #24 - Apr 21^st, 2008 at 10:36am

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Looks very good, but there's one problem.....You have not linked any of your parking spots to taxi or apron links. This will effect ai traffic as they don't have an 'unbroken' route to follow between the runways and the parking spots. This means that ai, whether departing (from a parking spot) or arriving, will simply disappear.

Maybe you misunderstood the requirement as it looks like you attempted to 'link' the parking spots to the apron edges. The apron edges just define the visible apron area, they do not provide the 'invisible' route (taxi or apron links) that ai aircraft follow.

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Reply #25 - Apr 21^st, 2008 at 11:31am

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Unfortunately Dave is correct. ADE has a fault finder that helps deal with problems. You can run it from the menu Tools > Fault Finder. This identifies the problems that Dave mentions. The manual offers some idea as to what is wrong and what can be done to correct them.

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Reply #26 - Apr 26^th, 2008 at 5:38pm

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If you look at the airport in Google Earth or maps, you will see why I did that. If I make taxiways with no lines or lights, will ai be able to know where they are?

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Reply #27 - Apr 26^th, 2008 at 8:03pm

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You can make taxi links and apron links with no markings or lights. AI only need the invisible path.

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Reply #28 - Apr 27^th, 2008 at 4:47am

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If you look at the airport in Google Earth or maps, you will see why I did that. If I make taxiways with no lines or lights, will ai be able to know where they are?

AI needs a complete path to follow. As Dave says you can use Path type links that have no lines or lights. They are used over aprons and have no surface of their own and will not show up at all in the sim but the hidden path will be there and traffic can follow it.

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Reply #29 - Apr 27^th, 2008 at 2:51pm

Brando14100 Ex Member

I added "ivisible taxiways" and look at the garbage I get from it now:

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