Hello everyone, does anyone know how to add airport information into radar contact, As I cant use radar contact to fly from Doncaster robin hood ( EGCN ) as it is not there, so please if possible if someone could advise me on how to do it or know of someone that would be able to do it for me would be much appreciated.

 

Michael.

Hello

Do you have the UK2000 VFR airfields vol 3 installed ?

I think there is a problem with the EGCN afcad in that product, the Afcad shows only

 

Freq Type Name

134.950 ATIS DONCASTER INFO

128.775 Tower DONCASTER TOWER

 

and Radar Contact only gives FSS for clearance.

 

The default FSX bgl shows

 

Freq Type Name

126.225 Approach APP

134.950 ATIS EGCN

129.050 Approach RDR

128.775 Tower TWR

 

There is an updated Afcad for Vol 3 on the UK2000 site which I am going to try

which has these frequencies

 

Freq Type Name

134.950 ATIS EGCN

128.775 Tower DONCASTER

126.225 Approach DONCASTER

Thank you for your reply, I don't use any uk2000 VFR in FSX when I make a flight plan up it will show arrival airport Radio freq but nothing for Doncaster even in the flight plan in radar contact it will only show the arrival airport,

 

I wonder if there is a file missing or if someone else could try on there to see if this happens to them.

 

Michael.

Hello

See this thread on how to fix this, it worked for me.

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/380869-new-optional-comm-frequency-f4csv-scenery-extraction-for-airports/

First, it is important to update makerwys and while you are on the FSUIPC support site you may as well update fsuipc as well. These are much later versions than those in the RC distribution.

 

Full version links and interim versions of fsuipc are here:

http://forum.simflight.com/topic/66139-updated-modules/

 

The latest makerwys is here:

http://forum.simflight.com/topic/66136-useful-additional-programs/

 

Now go into the RC folder and make a backup of keyboard.dat and rcv3.dat. If these files corrupt RC will not start. In the RC\data folder make a backup copy of f4.csv, the frequency database.

 

After installing the updates start RC and run the scenery database rebuild. This will generate airport data for RC and airport data except for frequencies will be copied according to your FS scenery library priority to the rc\data folder as r4.csv and then RC will build a4.csv from that.

 

When fully finished shut down RC.

 

Now you have two choices for the frequencies:

 

To replace the fixed frequency database f4.csv with the entire f4.csv in your FS which pulls that data from your scenery just as runway data is pulled, go into your RC\data folder and rename f4.csv to f4fixed.csv. Now copy the f4.csv from your FS folder (created by recent versions only of makerwys.exe) to the rcv4\data folder. RC must not be started until there is an f4.csv in your rcv4\data folder.

 

To just insert a new airport or edit a single existing airport open f4.csv on wordpad or notepad, not any spreadsheet or database app, in your FS folder that was just created. Search for the airport code. Highlight the whole line and copy it to the clipboard. Close f4.csv. Now go into your rcv4\data folder and open f4.csv there. Search for the airport code. If it exists paste in the line from the clipboard. If it does not exist, create a new line with the intent of inserting it in alphabetical order. To insert a new line go to the previous row, hit the END key and after insuring the cursor rests after the final character (a number 0 or other number) hit the enter key to start a new line. Then paste in the data from the clipboard once again insuring that the cursor rests after the final character. To update an existing airport just put the cursor at the beginning of the existing line and drag the cursor to highlight the whole line and paste in the line from the clipboard. Once again be sure the cursor is after the last character.

 

Here is an example of what a section of that file should look like:

 

EGCK,Caernarfon,0,0,0,0,0,122.25,0,0

EGCL,Fenland,0,0,0,0,0,122.92,0,0

EGCS,Sturgate,0,0,0,0,0,130.30,0,0

EGCV,Sleap,0,0,0,0,0,122.45,0,0

EGCW,Welshpool,0,0,0,0,0,123.25,0,0

 

which is from FS9 installed airports. In the case of EGCN it would be installed between EGCL and EGCS in this example.

 

Always save the files in MSDOS text format and insure the file name remains f4.csv.

 

If there is any RC crash when you start it then something likely happened when a line was replaced or inserted that did not have the correct format. The number of fields, no spaces in the line, and comma placement must be exact.

 

If RC crashed with an error 62 or 9 you will likely have to go into your RC folder and copy back your saved rcv3.dat backup over the rcv3.dat file that was in there. The place your f4.csv file backup over the new f4.csv file.

 

If all went OK load RC, load a flightplan with the subject airport, and view the controller tab to observe frequencies. Close the controller tab and then RC. Do not press the START button in RC until a flight is loaded and running in FS. If you do start RC and you wish to stop it After you STARTED it with a loaded flight in FS alt-tab to it and use the QUIT button. You then can close FS if you wish.

 

The simplest method is to use the copy f4.csv full file anytime you change an add-on and run the scenery rebuild. Just be sure to backup the rcv3.dat, keyboard.dat, and f4.csv so that you will not have to reinstall RC if anything corrupts. rcv3.dat contains among other things your flight plan file path and the full path with name for the last flight plan you used. If that plan does not exist it may corrupt when you start RC so always make a fresh safe copy of rcv3.dat.

 

This whole method can go very quickly.

ronzie,

 

this is good information. I don't mean to hijack the thread, but my question it keeps with the theme of this thread. I just installed a new airport, and then Rebuilt the scenery. I went to the FS9 folder to copy the fs4.csv file (to paste in the RC4 data folder) but couldn't find the file! I only saw a fs5.csv file. Do I need the fs4.csv file or do I rename the fs5.csv file afterI paste it into the RC4 data folder?

 

Todd

You need to update makerwys.exe from:

http://forum.simflig...ional-programs/

 

I know version 4162 creates f4.csv (not fs4.csv) in your FS9 or FSX folder and the current 4163 does also.

 

f5.csv is a different format intended for RC5 (not out) and would crash or give the incorrect information in RC4 including possibly corrupting several RC4 initialization files requiring a reinstall of RC.

 

Be sure you backup in your RCv4 or RCv4X folder rcv3.dat and keyboard.dat in a safe folder. It might prevent as reinstall.