Bryn

But where does it sit in the scheme of A340-300 FS addons? Black box / PSS Feelthere / wilco xworks Is it good enough to switch to MSFS now for A343 flights? (The bar is low, though at least Xworks is free!)

Make sure the last waypoint is the destination ICAO? I'm having problems with the Prepar3d v3.4, the Citation and kernel32.dll errors since WIndows 11 (could be anything) was installed, so sadly it's shelved for me at the moment.

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I think this is precisely the point of the tool - activate runways the P3D default system does not use, but are used irl.

That's exactly what I hope to be able to do with this tool. This is a revolutionary step forward for AI enthusiasts and hobby programmers like me. Currently, the landing runway is assigned based on the closest runway to the aircraft as it is spawned in the reality bubble. The departure runway is the closest runway to the aircraft when it begins to taxi (in addition to some length/weight calculations). Any airport that has the terminal to the side of the runways (e.g., KSEA, OMAA, PHNL) will use only that closest runway for takeoffs. If arrivals typically all arrive from one direction, one runway will be overloaded with those arrivals (e.g, KSEA again). This tool should allow us to distribute arriving and departing aircraft across runways, making AI airport operations more realistic. And I expect we would be able to assign runways based on aircraft type, airline, proximity to assigned parking, and so on. ADE editing provides only very limited options to change active runways, and the AFD file cannot be changed once the sim is loaded. How can you make aircraft take off or land on 34C/16C at KSEA in ADE? How can you make aircraft only land on 28 in KIgali and only takeoff on 10 (one-way-in, one-way-out airports). How can you make aircraft takeoff on both 08L and 08R at PHNL? What happens if you arrive at EHAM or CYYZ after a 5 hour flight, and you'd guessed the wrong AFD to install for the arrival? I have been waiting for these functions for years, so this is great news. Bryn.

Is that the one in the Avsim library?

That's wrong. ASN hooks P3D, and when the addresses change (as they do in each version), the hook stops working.

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This flight? http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU387/history/20160831/1345Z/KFLL/MUSC beaten to it...

Given Holger Sandmann is a contributor in that thread, it wouldn't surprise me! Thanks for the links.

I'm surprised by how big seasons.bgl is. I thought it would be like timezones.bgl, with just a bunch of quadrangles with dates, but it's massive, so must contain some other global matrix of data (like the lc and population density files). Do you know the structure of the file?

I believe they've said before that the cost of indemnity insurance for P3D sales is a lot higher.

Better to recompile nave1b.bgl as a P3Dv2 bgl using ModelConverterX. It's easy, and keeps the buildings in their normal spot. PM me if you want help. Bryn.

nave1b.bgl is the file that moves buildings on to the runway. Remove that from the Madrid Barajas 2008/scenery directory (or take a moment to fix it using ModelConverterX). MAD_RWY.bgl also seems to create problems around some taxiways (placing walls across them) - though this is in the older area of the airport. MAD_RWY.bgl cannot be fixed using ModelConverterX, but removing it does not seem to adversely affect the field. The lights patch from simmershome should sort out the night lighting. Bryn.

Is it awesome?