Non-live version - a few potential issues

[OSJJ1985 134]

Hey there,

First of all a huge thanks for offering a non-live version as that's what I actually use and you are the only one I know that offers this. A did come across a few problems, which I am unable to find the cause. PSX seems to only accept airport files that come straight out of PPG. As soon as I alter the smallest detail I always get an error message "no airport found within 5 nm". I only edited gates (e.g. remove/add airlines, remove all airline/aircraft parameters to use it for myself, etc...). It's very strange, because it accepts anything from PPG (even if I change parameters prior to generating the file), but when I change them by myself I always get the error message. The only thing left I can think of is that upon saving the file it saves it in some *.xml format that isn't recognizable. Other than that I am out of ideas.

Thanks and best regards,

[kiek 1,213]

20 minutes ago, OSJJ1985 said:

 PSX seems to only accept airport files that come straight out of PPG. As soon as I alter the smallest detail I always get an error message "no airport found within 5 nm". I only edited gates (e.g. remove/add airlines, remove all airline/aircraft parameters to use it for myself, etc...). It's very strange, because it accepts anything from PPG (even if I change parameters prior to generating the file), but when I change them by myself I always get the error message. The only thing left I can think of is that upon saving the file it saves it in some *.xml format that isn't recognizable. Other than that I am out of ideas.

You probably make syntactical errors. What does the log file tells you? Could you post it here?

Check: Did you put your manually created files in the parked_updates sub folder?

Edited January 13, 2020 by kiek

[OSJJ1985 134]

Mon Jan 13 09:56:31 2020 (utc)
version 16.18
PSXT (64 bit)
for Prepar3D v4.5

***************************** parameters *****************************
RANDOM=true
MAIN_WINDOW_X=1004
MAIN_WINDOW_Y=245
NON_REAL_REMOVAL_THRESHOLD=30
PARK_GROUNDSPEED=20
VERSION_CHECKED_AT=Jan 13, 2020
PROGRAM_VERSION=16.18
INSTALL_PATH=E:\Tools\PSXseeconTraffic
ALWAYS_ON_TOP=false
SYNC_FPS=true
HEAVY_MIDDLE_AIRCRAFT=true
LIGHT_AIRCRAFT=false
HELICOPTERS=false
INCLUDE_NOTYPES=true
LOG_MATCHING=false
ADD_ORIG_DEST=false
AUTO_MODE=false
LIVE_IF_USER_AIRBORNE=false
COLLISION_USER_GND=true
COLLISION_LIVE_PARKED_GND=true
UPS=25
LATERAL_RANGE=40
FLOOR_ALTITUDE=-1000
LIVERIES_FOLDER=E:\Tools\AILGenerator\liveries
AIRPORTS_FOLDER=airports
FLIGHTPLANSFOLDER=C:\Users\Austr\OneDrive\Dokumente\Prepar3D v4 Files
BLOCK_CALLSIGN=
**********************************************************************

Reading airport's data from "airports"
Reading airport's data from "parked_updates"
15 airports found

***************************** Note *****************************
Parked aircraft only mode (no live aircraft!)
****************************************************************

Waiting for Flight Simulator ...
Lockheed Martin Prepar3D v4 connected

Aircraft type information read from "data\types.xml"
*** author:   PSXseeconTraffic
*** version:  12.11
*** date:     Dec  1, 2018

Wingspan information read from "data\wingspan.xml"
*** author:   PSXseeconTraffic
*** version:  13.0
*** date:     Dec  1, 2018
    max possible half wingspan: 35.9

*************************************** liveries summary ***************************************
1855 liveries read from file "E:\Tools\AILGenerator\liveries\AI_liveries.xml"
*** author:   AILGenerator
*** version:  5.1
*** date:     Sep 14, 2019
generic Boeing liveries for 25 types: B703 B712 B721 B722 B732 B733 B734 B735 B736 B737 B738
   B739 B741 B742 B743 B744 B748 B752 B753 B762 B763 B764 B772 B773 B789
generic Airbus liveries for 16 types: A21N A306 A30B A310 A318 A319 A320 A321 A332 A333 A342
   A343 A345 A346 A359 A388
generic Embraer liveries for 6 types: E120 E135 E145 E170 E190 E75L
generic Bombardier liveries for 2 types: GL5T GLEX
generic ATR liveries for 5 types: AT43 AT44 AT45 AT72 AT75
generic Private liveries for 25 types: A139 BE10 BE20 C130 C172 C208 C402 C414 C421 C750 DHC6
   GLEX GLF2 H25B LJ23 LJ24 LJ25 LJ31 LJ35 P28A PA31 SF34 SH33 SR22 SW4
390 unique airlines
119 unique aircraft types
Default livery set for aircraft category Heavy, type B763, # liveries: 59
Default livery set for aircraft category Middle, type A320, # liveries: 311
Default livery set for aircraft category Light, type PC12, # liveries: 6
Default livery set for aircraft category Heli, type A139, # liveries: 7
************************************************************************************************

User aircraft title: F-22 Raptor - 525th Fighter Squadron
User aircraft model: F22
User aircraft half wing span: 6.9 meter
User on the ground, lat/lon 39.607571,19.913462, standing still, no airport (in your airports) within 5 nm
User on the ground, lat/lon 39.607571,19.913462, standing still, no airport (in your airports) within 5 nm
User on the ground, lat/lon 39.607572,19.913462, standing still, no airport (in your airports) within 5 nm
User on the ground, lat/lon 39.607572,19.913462, standing still, no airport (in your airports) within 5 nm
User on the ground, lat/lon 39.607572,19.913462, standing still, no airport (in your airports) within 5 nm
User on the ground, lat/lon 39.607572,19.913462, standing still, no airport (in your airports) within 5 nm
User on the ground, lat/lon 39.607573,19.913462, standing still, no airport (in your airports) within 5 nm
Exiting: USER CLOSED SIM
09:58:30 User closed PSXseeconTraffic
MAIN_WINDOW_X=1004
MAIN_WINDOW_Y=245
Mon Jan 13 09:58:31 2020

 

[OSJJ1985 134]

The only thing I did was take out the values of gate 1 (g1) to use it for myself....

 

_________________________________________________________________________

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<meta>
    <info name="author" value="ParkPosGenerator" />
    <info name="version" value="14.0" />
    <info name="date" value="Jan 13, 2020" />
</meta>
<parameters>
    <parameter name="ICAO" value="LGKR" />
    <parameter name="IATA" value="CFU" />
    <parameter name="latitude" value="39.601944" />
    <parameter name="longitude" value="19.912222" />
    <parameter name="altitude" value="6" />
    <parameter name="airport_name" value="Ioannis Kapodistrias" />
    <parameter name="supplier" value="" />
    <parameter name="parking_percentage" value="30" />
    <parameter name="last_update" value="" />
    <parameter name="num_parkpos" value="11" />
    <parameter name="num_real_live_parkpos" value="0" />
    <parameter name="num_real_live_options" value="0" />
    <parameter name="num_defined_hours" value="0" />
</parameters>
<parkpositions>
    <parkpos id="g1" latitude="39.607563" longitude="19.913464" heading="346.8" radius="32.0" cargo="false">
    <parkpos id="g10" latitude="39.610428" longitude="19.911652" heading="300.5" radius="34.7" cargo="false">
        <aircraft>
            <option airlines="CFG,DTR,PGT,AUI,AUA,IBE,TOM" types="A321,B752,B753,B763,B738,B788,A319" real="false" />
        </aircraft>
    </parkpos>
    <parkpos id="g2" latitude="39.607433" longitude="19.912737" heading="166.3" radius="32.0" cargo="false">
        <aircraft>
            <option airlines="PGT,TAP,NAX,ETH,IBE,AUI,SAS" types="B737,A320,B738,A321,B736,B763,A319" real="false" />
        </aircraft>
    </parkpos>
    <parkpos id="g3" latitude="39.606586" longitude="19.913826" heading="347.3" radius="21.3" cargo="false">
        <aircraft>
            <option airlines="WOW,BEL,SWR,KLC,SBI,NLY,BAW" types="E190,BCS3,A318,A320,A321,BCS1,A319" real="false" />
        </aircraft>
    </parkpos>

................

_________________________________________________________________________

[OSJJ1985 134]

UPDATE:

Ok it appears when editing existing airline/aircraft entries all is good. When I however want to add aircraft/airline codes to a gate that has none or delete aircraft/airline entries, which I don't want occupied I get the problem. But what I do is just copy the parameters from another gate, so it looks exactly the same. At least I think I am following the intended way of setting the parameters (as seen in the example above).

[kiek 1,213]

This line, for a parking position without aircraft options, is syntactically wrong:

   <parkpos id="g1" latitude="39.607563" longitude="19.913464" heading="346.8" radius="32.0" cargo="false">
 

it should be:

   <parkpos id="g1" latitude="39.607563" longitude="19.913464" heading="346.8" radius="32.0" cargo="false" />
 

See also PSXT_FAQ # 21...

Edited January 13, 2020 by kiek

[OSJJ1985 134]

Aahhh... That's what it was. Thanks a lot. Then I think I know what went wrong with the parking spaces I wanted to add airline/aircraft parameters that had none. Thanks a lot