Excluding original taxiways?

[Guest knnygar]

In my scenery I had to move the entire airport slightly.But when I moved the taxiways in Afcad2 there's one area that doesn't move.I think it is the old taxiway/parking.I have tried the Exclude in "Airport for windows" but this excludes everything.Does anybody know how to get rid of this?Or what layer it's on?It is on ENOV.

[Guest Barney1]

What you're trying to 'move' is likely an apron. As yet, AFCAD can't handle that....says so in the documentation...but may become possible in a future update.Excluding the whole airfield will of course remove any aprons. Another method would be to 'cover' it with a polygon and assign the texture of your choice.

[arno 1]

I don't know how those AFCAD aprons are generated in the scenery, but have you tried making an exclude that is small and only covers that poly? I am not sure if they have an own RefPoint and if this works, but you could try it :).

[Guest knnygar]

>I don't know how those AFCAD aprons are generated in the>scenery, but have you tried making an exclude that is small>and only covers that poly?I managed to exclude the apron, but I discovered that I had another problem :(I thought it was the exclude that removed my autogen but I discovered that it was a Gmax file instead.The yellow line is a fence surrounding my airport, I have moved it slightly to test it.The red area is the area with missing autogen.Is there anything I can do to avoid the Gmax file from destroying the autogen?http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/48294.jpg

[arno 1]

The red area is probably a square (north orientated) fitting around your object?In Fs2002 placing a dummy RotatedCall in your object would fix this. Not sure if anybody has tried it in Fs2004 already :).Did you place the object from GMax or with FsRegen? Then I can give an example of where the dummy command must be.

[Guest knnygar]

It was placed directly from Gmax, but I plan to add a frequency controlled gate with Cat.exe later on.

[arno 1]

I have not tested it, but I think placing the command as I indicated below should work (with SCASM code it worked that way :)).Here is the code as you will find it in the ASM file GMax made (the myproject.asm file):[tt]OBJECT_0_SCALE label BGLCODE SCALE_AGL OBJECT_0_RETURN, 10000, 100, 131072, 00043D426h, 038E4h, 0E38E38E3h, 08E39h, 0, 0 BGL_CALL OBJECT_0_BEGINOBJECT_0_RETURN label word[/tt]If you then add the INSTANCE_CALL command like this:[tt]OBJECT_0_SCALE label BGLCODE SCALE_AGL OBJECT_0_RETURN, 10000, 100, 131072, 00043D426h, 038E4h, 0E38E38E3h, 08E39h, 0, 0 BGL_CALL OBJECT_0_BEGIN INSTANCE_CALL OBJECT_0_RETURN, 0, 0, 0OBJECT_0_RETURN label word[/tt]It should preserve your autogen.If you later process this file with CAT that should not be a problem, as the myproject.asm file is basically copied by CAT.

[Guest knnygar]

Here are the ASM file I get from Gmax, it allready contains a INSTANCE_CALL;compile with BGLC /BGL F:FS2002ADDON SCENERYENOVSceneryTil oversInnflygingslys.asmheader label word dw 0001 ; 00 World set number dd 00069730BH ; 02 North bound dd 000696E71H ; 06 South bound dd 0045230D0H ; 10 East bound dd 0045230CEH ; 14 West bound dw 20 dup(0) dd (offset OBJECT_DATA) - (offset header) dw 33 dup(0) OBJECT_DATA label word db 21 ;;LATBAND_REL dw 034B7h ;;lat min (inclusive) 512M units dw 034BAh ;;lat max (exclusive) dd (offset OBJECT_0) - (offset OBJECT_DATA) db 0 ;;EOL OBJECT_0 label BGLCODE db 12 ; NEAR_FAR_HUGE_OBJECT_HEADER dd 0006970BEh,0045230CFh ; latitude,longitude db 100 ; image power dd (offset OBJECT_0_END) - (offset OBJECT_0) OBJECT_0_START label word IFIN1 OBJECT_0_FAIL, image_complex, 2, 32767 ADDOBJ OBJECT_0_SCALE SHADOW_CALL OBJECT_0_SCALEOBJECT_0_FAIL label BGLCODE BGL_JUMP_32 OBJECT_0_END OBJECT_0_SCALE label BGLCODE SCALE_AGL OBJECT_0_RETURN, 10000, 589, 131072, 0006970BEh, 04919h, 0045230CFh, 0BB8Dh, 0, 0 INSTANCE_CALL OBJECT_0_BEGIN, 0, 0, 0EAAAhOBJECT_0_RETURN label word BGL_RETURNOBJECT_0_BEGIN label wordmodel_outside label BGLCODEmodel_shadow label BGLCODELOD_0 label BGLCODE BGL_JUMP_32 LOD_0Lmodel_inside label BGLCODE BGL_RETURNLOD_0L label BGLCODE include F:FS2002ADDON SCENERYENOVSceneryTil oversInnflygingslys_0.asmOBJECT_0_END label wordEOF

[arno 1]

OK, that is probably because I exported from GMax without a rotation. Just add the second INSTANCE_CALL below the first one.

[Guest knnygar]

That's it :-sun1 Thank you very much for all your help :-beerchug

[Guest Tosh]

In response to your original question, yes it is possible to remove the unwanted aprons in AFCAD2. Do one of the following;1. Load the default airport in AFCAD, go to EDIT/Select All - and delete everything with the keyboard DELETE key. Build your airport from scratch.2. Load the default airport in AFCAD, make your modifications/changes, go to EDIT/Select All. Then hold down the "Ctrl" key and with the mouse DE-SELECT each component of the map EXCEPT the aprons. When finished, delete the aprons with the keyboard DELETE key.Regards,Chris Wilkes

[Guest knnygar]

Thanks, that saved me an exclude file :)Two problems solved in two days, this forum and its partisipants are really the best :-sun1 :-)