I've installed ZGGG New Baiyun Airport (zggg_bai.zip from here) & added it to my FS9 scenery library as usual & it's No.1.  When I go to my list of airports I have a ZGGG Baiyun, & underneath it ZGG0 Baiyun (Old).  Checking them out they're both the same default ZGGG. 

AFCAD221 tells me ZGG0 is Mod layer 4 Baiyun(Old) & ZGGG Baiyun(New) is layer 167 Mod.  I've run a duplicate afcad search without finding another ZGGG.    The installation required 3 files in Scenery\asia\scenery to be replaced which I did after copying them.     I've installed lots of airports but not had this problem before - can't work out why the new one doesn't show      I'd be grateful for someone to put me right!!

Oh - I got Ai_China.zip from here not this one, but haven't installed that yet

gypsymoth wrote on Dec 16^th, 2009 at 6:26pm:


I could not find that file file here either but did find it at Flightsim.com

I installed it as per the instructions and I get two airports to select from in the Go to Airport menu - one is listed as Baiyun (old) ZGG0 and the other is listed as Baiyun (new) ZGGG.

There is a remarkable difference in the two - not sure what you might have done incorrectly as it works properly for me.

gypsymoth wrote on Dec 17^th, 2009 at 5:59am:

Something not right there. After I installed the new scenery the Old & New airports are listed on the menu as you describe.



When either is selected you should go to the corresponding airport in its respective location. Not sure if AI packages would work with the new scenery unless they're specifically created for it. I only have the default AI traffic in this install & saw one aircraft parked at a gate at the new airport.

PS. I just added the co-ords of the new ZGGG to Airports030528.txt & recompiled it in TTools. I now have traffic at the new airport. This is my edited entry.
ZGGG,N23* 23.58',E113* 17.88',50



PPS. I've just installed a few Chinese airline AI packages from WOAI. My new ZGGG airport is now full of airliners. I haven't enjoyed FS9 so much for a long time.
http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/da-zggg-6.jpg

I've just got TTools & am reading the manual but I can't find that file - Airports030528.txt after doing a computer search.
Is this what yours ended up as or before you edited it?   
I'm afraid this is another learning curve!!

Thanks Hagar.  I'll removed the new zggg & start again tomorrow.   Your TTools info much appreciated too.  I read some of the manual but felt it assumed a level of knowledge I was struggling with...
More tomorow 

I'm just about to have another go at this....I added OE to bgl for original equipment......should be unreadable? 
Oh well - here goes!

This gets wierder.  I deleted ZGGG from the library & removed it from scenery.  I made a new folder & contents, reinstalled it as usual & it shows in my airport list.  When I choose the new ZGGG, Baiyun(Old) pops into the window & I go there.  The new one shows on Map, & a saved flight goes there - no other traffic as yet.

I've decompiled & edited Traffic030528.bgl as you suggested but do I copy the edited file back to Scenery/world/scenery? where it resides.  I assume I should do but thought I'd ask first!   

Also, as this is the defualt traffic file I had removed it as I have a lot of WoAI aircraft so copying it back will give me default traffic?  I'm assuming that's the way to get traffic at the new ZGGG but it will be default aircraft?   Does edting that file get WoAI traffic there?   It may be a silly ? but I'm stumbling in the dark here!!

This is turning out to be a minefield!   I don't think I've ever had so much problem solving with an add-on before!   

13.00hrs: After many efforts to get the new one loaded, I thought I fly in & do a tower view.  I saved it as AF2_ZGGG_TW.bgl as I've done with others so I know which ones I edited, restared FS9 & chose ZGGG & bingo -
I was at the new one with 31 aircraft parked & moving AND
I've just seen a 747 land     This is very odd - was it the new AF2 that did it?   

TTools = this is the first time I've used it & I can see now that the files are updated automatically - my silly question really.

When I was adding WoAI last year, someone suggested removing  Traffic030528.bgl to get rid of the default aircraft to make more parking spaces  & I just knocked the l off.  As it was still in the World/Scenery folder & was the one you said had to be edited I renamed it & ran it through TTools with your edit. That worked as there's a lot of traffic at the new airport.

I edit tower views with AFCAD221 as I don't want views from a field a mile away. As it all seemd to work after I saved the AF2_ZGGG_TW.bgl, I'm assuming this morning's re-installation was correct as I've not changed anything with that. 

Well, thanks for your help.   I might put a new Bejing in but.....    

Hagar wrote on Dec 18^th, 2009 at 1:02pm:


Or should that be a noodle???

Zaphod

JoBee wrote on Dec 18^th, 2009 at 2:31pm:

I'd just like to point out that I didn't edit any flightplans, nor did I suggest doing so. I had no 3rd party AI traffic installed when I first checked it out & only saw one AI aircraft at the new airport. After adding the new airport co-ords & installing several WOAI packages I got similar results to what you have in your screenshot.

PS. As an experiment I'll remove the default Traffic BGL & see what happens.

I've removed the default Traffic030528.bgl too, & still have 40 aircraft at the new ZGGG, but I must thank Hagar for all his help.  It's a simple installation - make a ZGGG folder & put the scenery & texture folders in it, plus 3 files to be replaced in \Scenery\asia\scenery folder.  Add to the Scenery Library & there it should be...I did this but it didn't work & had it not been for Hagar's input I might have given up  but |I didn't   

Thanks Opa - I did know about that facility & have even bookmarked when I started getting WoAI ages ago