Simviation Forum - default heathrow tower problem

Aug 21^st, 2011 at 10:54am

chris49 Offline
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hi guys, so it appears that the default heathrow tower view on my fsx is on the ground next to the actual tower building. this means that most of the time, instead of seeing the plane, you are just staring at a wall.
How can i change where the tower view position is?

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Reply #1 - Aug 21^st, 2011 at 12:54pm

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That tower view is horrible.........I think the only way to change it is to move the tower using Airport Design Editor or something similiar. It won't move the actual tower, but it will move the camera

If you don't have a program for this..........I have ADE and it would only take a minute to do.
Here's a top down view of the airport.......
Where do you want it?

You will have to give me an e-mail address to send the modified file to

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Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #2 - Aug 21^st, 2011 at 1:12pm

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Yes, the default tower view is off.

You can search download sites for an updated FSX 'afcad' for the default Heathrow. There is one for EGLL here, EGLL_1.zip by K Agazi, that updates the airport including the tower view. http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=egll&categoryId=

Or, if you have the FSX-SDK installed you can install the ADE9X airport editor and change the tower view yourself.
http://www.airportdesigneditor.co.uk/index.html

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Reply #3 - Aug 21^st, 2011 at 1:26pm

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The scenery Dave mentioned looks pretty good........I didn't know about it. I think you'd be happier with this add-on than you'd be simply moving the camera Wink

If it doesn't work out for ya, my offer stands

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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