How to "install" MyTraffic into V4 - xml method

[joepoway 241]

On ‎6‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 10:16 AM, Lorby_SI said:

Hello @ll,

not sure if this is the right place or if this has been addressed already:

Here is a quick way how to get MT6 into P3D V4, assuming that you have installed MyTraffic into its default location "C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic"

1. Create a folder: "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6"
2. In that folder you create an "add-on.xml" file like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="AddOnXml" version="4,0" id="add-on">
<AddOn.Name>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Name>
<AddOn.Description>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Description>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>SimObjects</Category>
<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic\Aircraft</Path>
</AddOn.Component>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>Scenery</Category>
<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic</Path>
<Name>MyTraffic6</Name>
</AddOn.Component>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>Sound</Category>
<Path>Content\Sound</Path>
</AddOn.Component>
</SimBase.Document>

Take care that this file is indeed UTF-8 - use something like Notepad++ to create it

The add-on.xml file ends up here:
 "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6\add-on.xml"

3. It is not necessary to do this step, but it avoids content errors:
- Create another subfolder "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6\Content\Sound"
- Find this file: "C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic\Aircraft\B738MX\soundai\bmflaps.wav" and copy it into the "\Sound" folder that you created

That's it.

 

btw: to disable default traffic do it the usual way: rename "C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Scenery\World\scenery\trafficAircraft.bgl" to "C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Scenery\World\scenery\trafficAircraft.bgl.off".

Best regards

Just wanted to say this process works flawlessly

Thank You So Much!

Joe

[vgbaron 3,504]

I found it much easier than the manual method. So far I'm liking the add-on.xml approach.

Vic

[mwa05 108]

On 03/06/2017 at 3:16 AM, Lorby_SI said:

Hello @ll,

not sure if this is the right place or if this has been addressed already:

Here is a quick way how to get MT6 into P3D V4, assuming that you have installed MyTraffic into its default location "C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic"

1. Create a folder: "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6"
2. In that folder you create an "add-on.xml" file like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="AddOnXml" version="4,0" id="add-on">
<AddOn.Name>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Name>
<AddOn.Description>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Description>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>SimObjects</Category>
<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic\Aircraft</Path>
</AddOn.Component>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>Scenery</Category>
<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic</Path>
<Name>MyTraffic6</Name>
</AddOn.Component>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>Sound</Category>
<Path>Content\Sound</Path>
</AddOn.Component>
</SimBase.Document>

Take care that this file is indeed UTF-8 - use something like Notepad++ to create it

The add-on.xml file ends up here:
 "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6\add-on.xml"

3. It is not necessary to do this step, but it avoids content errors:
- Create another subfolder "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6\Content\Sound"
- Find this file: "C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic\Aircraft\B738MX\soundai\bmflaps.wav" and copy it into the "\Sound" folder that you created

That's it.

 

btw: to disable default traffic do it the usual way: rename "C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Scenery\World\scenery\trafficAircraft.bgl" to "C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Scenery\World\scenery\trafficAircraft.bgl.off".

Best regards

Thank you, that was so easy. I have never used P3D before, the 64 bit was the game changer to walk away from thousands of dollars invested in FSX (and I still used boxed Delux).

A question if you know the answer, this method has fixed MyTraffic at the top of the scenery library and it is inhibited like a number of default scenery in that you can't move it. MyTraffic has always supposed to sit just one above the Global Generic Vehicles line, but you are not able to move it with this methodology.

Does priority ordering not matter in v4? 

It is working wonderfully.

Regards,

Mark

[mwa05 108]

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[Lorby_SI 2,036]

42 minutes ago, mwa05 said:

Thank you, that was so easy. I have never used P3D before, the 64 bit was the game changer to walk away from thousands of dollars invested in FSX (and I still used boxed Delux).

A question if you know the answer, this method has fixed MyTraffic at the top of the scenery library and it is inhibited like a number of default scenery in that you can't move it. MyTraffic has always supposed to sit just one above the Global Generic Vehicles line, but you are not able to move it with this methodology.

Does priority ordering not matter in v4? 

It is working wonderfully.

Regards,

Mark

Hi Mark,

I made a freeware tool that helps manaing this. Please check the sticky thread on top of this forum about that.

Generally speaking, you can change scenery priority fairly easily, but it gets confusing when there are more and more of those XML files.

In the example above, adding a layer tag like this keeps MT6 right on top of the default scenery. Everything that is installed at a later date will end up above it (unless you expicitly set a Layer of 127 or lower for the new content too).

<AddOn.Component>
<Category>Scenery</Category>
<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic</Path>
<Layer>127</Layer>
</AddOn.Component>

Best regards

[mwa05 108]

10 hours ago, Lorby_SI said:

Hi Mark,

I made a freeware tool that helps manaing this. Please check the sticky thread on top of this forum about that.

Generally speaking, you can change scenery priority fairly easily, but it gets confusing when there are more and more of those XML files.

In the example above, adding a layer tag like this keeps MT6 right on top of the default scenery. Everything that is installed at a later date will end up above it (unless you expicitly set a Layer of 127 or lower for the new content too).

<AddOn.Component>
<Category>Scenery</Category>
<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic</Path>
<Layer>127</Layer>
</AddOn.Component>

Best regards

Thank you so much, that worked well. It took a few goes to get it into the right position but I eventually worked out that you count from the bottom up to find the line number, not from the top down! 

That, and finding the right settings that have eliminated shimmering with zero impact on performance has made it a pleasant morning. Thanks again.

Regards,

Mark

[joepoway 241]

On ‎6‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 10:16 AM, Lorby_SI said:

Hello @ll,

not sure if this is the right place or if this has been addressed already:

Here is a quick way how to get MT6 into P3D V4, assuming that you have installed MyTraffic into its default location "C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic"

1. Create a folder: "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6"
2. In that folder you create an "add-on.xml" file like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="AddOnXml" version="4,0" id="add-on">
<AddOn.Name>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Name>
<AddOn.Description>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Description>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>SimObjects</Category>
<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic\Aircraft</Path>
</AddOn.Component>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>Scenery</Category>
<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic</Path>
<Name>MyTraffic6</Name>
</AddOn.Component>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>Sound</Category>
<Path>Content\Sound</Path>
</AddOn.Component>
</SimBase.Document>

Take care that this file is indeed UTF-8 - use something like Notepad++ to create it

The add-on.xml file ends up here:
 "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6\add-on.xml"

3. It is not necessary to do this step, but it avoids content errors:
- Create another subfolder "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6\Content\Sound"
- Find this file: "C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic\Aircraft\B738MX\soundai\bmflaps.wav" and copy it into the "\Sound" folder that you created

That's it.

 

btw: to disable default traffic do it the usual way: rename "C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Scenery\World\scenery\trafficAircraft.bgl" to "C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Scenery\World\scenery\trafficAircraft.bgl.off".

Best regards

As stated previously this method works great except it places the MT6 file at the top of the scenery library which can't be moved within P3Dv4 as it is grayed out. The easiest fix is to add a location placement line to the xml file high lighted in bold below. I just added it using notepad++ and saved it and after starting P3Dv4 all is good. Level 114 seems to be the most common location as of now, I believe a higher number will move it up as this is a bottoms up insertion.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<SimBase.Document Type="AddOnXml" version="4,0" id="add-on">

<AddOn.Name>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Name>

<AddOn.Description>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Description>

<AddOn.Component>

<Category>SimObjects</Category>

<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic\Aircraft</Path>

</AddOn.Component>

<AddOn.Component>

<Category>Scenery</Category>

<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic</Path>

<Layer>114</Layer>

<Name>MyTraffic6</Name>

</AddOn.Component>

<AddOn.Component>

<Category>Sound</Category>

<Path>Content\Sound</Path>

</AddOn.Component>

</SimBase.Document>

 

Joe

[joepoway 241]

On ‎6‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 10:16 AM, Lorby_SI said:

Hello @ll,

not sure if this is the right place or if this has been addressed already:

Here is a quick way how to get MT6 into P3D V4, assuming that you have installed MyTraffic into its default location "C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic"

1. Create a folder: "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6"
2. In that folder you create an "add-on.xml" file like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="AddOnXml" version="4,0" id="add-on">
<AddOn.Name>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Name>
<AddOn.Description>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Description>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>SimObjects</Category>
<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic\Aircraft</Path>
</AddOn.Component>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>Scenery</Category>
<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic</Path>
<Name>MyTraffic6</Name>
</AddOn.Component>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>Sound</Category>
<Path>Content\Sound</Path>
</AddOn.Component>
</SimBase.Document>

Take care that this file is indeed UTF-8 - use something like Notepad++ to create it

The add-on.xml file ends up here:
 "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6\add-on.xml"

3. It is not necessary to do this step, but it avoids content errors:
- Create another subfolder "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6\Content\Sound"
- Find this file: "C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic\Aircraft\B738MX\soundai\bmflaps.wav" and copy it into the "\Sound" folder that you created

That's it.

 

btw: to disable default traffic do it the usual way: rename "C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Scenery\World\scenery\trafficAircraft.bgl" to "C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Scenery\World\scenery\trafficAircraft.bgl.off".

Best regards

As stated previously this method works great except it places the MT6 file at the top of the scenery library which can't be moved within P3Dv4 as it is grayed out. The easiest fix is to add a location placement line to the xml file high lighted in bold below. I just added it using notepad++ and saved it and after starting P3Dv4 all is good. Level 114 seems to be the most common location as of now, I believe a higher number will move it up as this is a bottoms up insertion.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<SimBase.Document Type="AddOnXml" version="4,0" id="add-on">

<AddOn.Name>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Name>

<AddOn.Description>MyTraffic6</AddOn.Description>

<AddOn.Component>

<Category>SimObjects</Category>

<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic\Aircraft</Path>

</AddOn.Component>

<AddOn.Component>

<Category>Scenery</Category>

<Path>C:\MyTraffic Professional\MyTraffic</Path>

<Layer>114</Layer>

<Name>MyTraffic6</Name>

</AddOn.Component>

<AddOn.Component>

<Category>Sound</Category>

<Path>Content\Sound</Path>

</AddOn.Component>

</SimBase.Document>

 

Joe

[doublebubble 20]

I can't for the life of me to get this to work, am I using the default P3DV4 addon folder in My Documents that was created when P3DV4 was installed? I create a sub folder inside the addon folder and name it MyTraffic6, copy the xml text to the text document that I've created inside of the MyTraffic6 folder, MyTraffic6 is installed in is default location, when I fire up P3D and choose menu, options, addons there's nothing there, what have I missed?

Cheers Rod.

[Lorby_SI 2,036]

 

30 minutes ago, doublebubble said:

I can't for the life of me to get this to work, am I using the default P3DV4 addon folder in My Documents that was created when P3DV4 was installed? I create a sub folder inside the addon folder and name it MyTraffic6, copy the xml text to the text document that I've created inside of the MyTraffic6 folder, MyTraffic6 is installed in is default location, when I fire up P3D and choose menu, options, addons there's nothing there, what have I missed?

Cheers Rod.

 "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyTraffic6\add-on.xml"

Could it be that your XML file is not encoded in UTF-8? How did you create it?

Did you configure MT6 itself previously (=create the flightplans) or is this a new installation?

Best regards
 

[joepoway 241]

33 minutes ago, doublebubble said:

I can't for the life of me to get this to work, am I using the default P3DV4 addon folder in My Documents that was created when P3DV4 was installed? I create a sub folder inside the addon folder and name it MyTraffic6, copy the xml text to the text document that I've created inside of the MyTraffic6 folder, MyTraffic6 is installed in is default location, when I fire up P3D and choose menu, options, addons there's nothing there, what have I missed?

Cheers Rod.

When you launched P3D did it ask you if you wanted to accept this add-on?

Did you copy the text I posted into a new file using Notepad or better yet Notepad++ and save it from that editor?

Are you sure the path in the add-on.xml file you created matches exactly to where your install of MT6 is?

Joe

[doublebubble 20]

Thanks guy's, I've had MT6 installed for P3DV3 for a long time so not a new install, yep it is coded with UTF-8, and no P3DV4 does not ask me if I want to accept this addon, yep I copied your test Joe using Notepad++ and saved it from that editor and yep the path is correct, so I'm at a loss at the moment but never give up.

Cheers Rod.

[vgbaron 3,504]

Look really close at the xml text etc that you copied. Even one little "." out of place will trash the file. Do you have the proper syntax in your path. Sometimes the eyes can play tricks and you'll see a ":" because you expect to.

The thing is, it DOES work so your job is to get YOUR system to understand that!  

 

Vic

[Poppet 703]

Hello Rod,

You are sure you have spelt the file correctly  add-on.xml    

[Poppet 703]

Copy and the content of your add-on.xml file and Paste it into your next post and we will have a peep at it