I'm working on a seaplane base in FSX. Specifically, Helms Aero Service in Long Lake, NY. I'm using AFX and Instant Scenery. I want to place at least one parking space at a dock so you can start from the dock, taxi out into the lake and take off, rather than starting on the water runway. I place a parking space in AFX, set it's properties as Dock Parking. As soon as I reload the scenery in FSX I get the message "This program has stopped working" and FSX closes. If I remove the parking space and restart FSX, it works normally. I can duplicate this error every time I try to add a parking space. Any suggestions would be appreciated.Thanks,Jim

I'm working on a seaplane base in FSX. Specifically, Helms Aero Service in Long Lake, NY. I'm using AFX and Instant Scenery. I want to place at least one parking space at a dock so you can start from the dock, taxi out into the lake and take off, rather than starting on the water runway. I place a parking space in AFX, set it's properties as Dock Parking. As soon as I reload the scenery in FSX I get the message "This program has stopped working" and FSX closes. If I remove the parking space and restart FSX, it works normally. I can duplicate this error every time I try to add a parking space. Any suggestions would be appreciated.Thanks,Jim

Is the parking space properly connected via a taxiway network to the runway or have you just added a parking space?

Is the parking space properly connected via a taxiway network to the runway or have you just added a parking space?

I just adsded a parking space. Didn't think about a taxiway. I'll give that a try. I haven't worked on a water airport before. :)Jim

Jim,See this discussion about AI and water. I also saw a mention of an orphan parking spot causing a CTD, but another poster said they placed parking spots unconnected without any problems. Maybe a start location is all that's needed?http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10139&highlight=water+runwaysGuess it helps to remember to show the link... :(

Jim,See this discussion about AI and water. I also saw a mention of an orphan parking spot causing a CTD, but another poster said they placed parking spots unconnected without any problems. Maybe a start location is all that's needed?

Were you intending to link to a thread about AI and water? If so, no link is showing.

I just adsded a parking space. Didn't think about a taxiway. I'll give that a try. I haven't worked on a water airport before. :)Jim

Water airports are quite different than land airports.I have not done any in FSX but in FS2004 the taxiways had to be of concrete texture - not water as one might expect - and they can be made invisible (who wants to see concrete on water) by setting their width to 0 (zero).I would presume the same "tricks" work in FSX also.

If this is for a user aircraft, you do not need a parking space, just set a start point at the required place.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'll work on it this evening and report back. :)Jim

Since this is for the user aircraft to start at the dock, I used GHD's suggestiong and just moved the start point to the dock and it works perfectly. Thanks a lot!Jim