Hello all -

 

I must be doing something wrong so hopefully someone here can help.  I did research and it seems to turn on AI traffic I go to Aircraft, situations and then other aircraft, select the number of AI planes and then the type.  The problem is... when I go to select the number I do not have any drop down selections for specifying the aircraft... and so I have zero AI planes that "follow me" nor do I ever see any on the ground or in the air.

What am I doing wrong here?

Hi, just to be sure I'm on the same page....  You're selecting the  AIRCRAFT menu, Then AIRCRAFT & SITUATIONS, then selecting the OTHER AIRCRAFT tab. Sounds like you're in the right place. The top box is labelled NUMBER of AIRCRAFT. The 1st aircraft represents the players aircaft so using the arrows above the box increase the number of aircraft to 02. After doing this you are not seeing a box appear below?

Hi James,  correct.  I tried selecting for example 8 and nothing happens.  No boxes appear below to select the type of aircraft.

 I'll presume you are running X-plane 10.25. Sounds like something has gone awry somewhere. Perhaps you could try running the installer and "updating X-plane". Any missing / damaged files should be replaced.   

Some add-ons like Vatsim turn off the AI.  Not saying it is the issue, but an add-on may be messing with the AI.

Thanks for the replies.  I have tried when not on VATSIM and I still do not have the option.  James, if I choose that option will I need to redo all plug ins, etc?  Hopefully not, as I have put hours into getting X plane where i want it.

As I understand it, the plugins should be fine. I have never used VATSIM so I'm not familiar with it at all. Does VATSIM use a Plugin? If so, it might be worthwhile trying to disable it. Failing that, a universal cure-all for everything that ails you in X-plane seems to be to delete the contents of the X-Plane / Output / preferences folder.

This will delete yor Joystick Calibration, Key and Button Assignments, Rendering Settings and  any Licensing information you may have....... so...... Before you delete the file, I would suggest moving the whole preferences folder out of the whole X-plane directory and put it, say, on the desktop. I don't think it matters where as long as X-plane can't find it!  This will cause X-plane to generate a new Preferences folder once you start X-plane. This SHOULD put you back to a default X-plane start-up. You should be on the runway at KSEA with, hopefully, AI aircraft in your vicinity. Note, Shift 4 will put you in CIRCLE VIEW mode, double click the right mouse button and move the mouse to pan around if need be. If this doesn't produce the desired effect, I think it would be prudent to delete the new preferences folder and replace the old one back to it's righful place. If it does fix the AI issue, you may need to decide whether to redo all of your settings, licensing etc.... or whether to forget about AI aircraft. Regarding the installer. When X-plane 10 first came out there was an issue with the installer that came on the disks. It was recommended to download  a new installer from Laminar and use that. I don't know whether that situation has been rectified or which installer you are using so I thought I'd mention it just in case. Perhaps the next step, presuming the previous ones have failed to alleviate the issue, would be to try updating X-plane using the aforementioned installer. Quite which files the installer checks and which it doesn't I am not entirely sure. I understand the Plugins should be safe, I seem to recall reading that any files in the CUSTOM SCENERY folder are safe. I am not sure about the preferences folder. I would imagine any art files etc. you may have changed  would be restored to "default". I run a fairy vanilla copy of X-plane so you probably know more about that than I do. The Installer will prompt you before it overwrites any files, but I guess other issues may arise overwriting some, but not other files. I don't know.  Well, after taking the time to read all this I hope you gain some benefit from it. Good Luck

Thanks for your time.  I will give it a shot.