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    MSFS20 ADE v20.22.8157 MSFS SDK0.19.3 deviations in runway and VASI

    The first thing I see is that the terrain is going to limit what you can do with the taxiway. Secondly, to modify a runway or taxi network, one has to use the delete airports object to set the properties for delete runway or taxiway to true otherwise the stock scenery will prevail.
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    MSFS20 ADE HF5 can't compile anymore

    Note I wrote that I removed latent references to the old path name, for example a ModelLib reference existss in PackageDefinitions\<projectname>.xml file. There were a couple of others as well that I've forgotten but your project root directory contains user-model-list.dat that I deleted while...
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    MSFS20 ADE HF5 can't compile anymore

    Gary: My troubleshooting wasn't structured and I hit a lot of cul de sacs. This all started where I read a post by Jon that indicated the compiler (fspackagetool.exe) was truncating a path that contained a space. So I changed my path from e:\ade20 projects to e:\ade20 and then found that the...
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    MSFS20 ADE HF5 can't compile anymore

    Thanks for the comprehensive reply Gary, however, I don't use the in-game developer mode. The UI is too much like a game with all the widgets and gadgets and I guess one just eyeballs where everything goes. I'm not going to play that game. As a retired engineer and once-upon-a-time...
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    MSFS20 ADE HF5 can't compile anymore

    Jon, I changed my project path from e:\ADE20 Projects\ to simply e:\ADE20 and running fspackagetools.exe creates the airport without my user model. It persists in throwing an error on the model asset with the error message including this: "Input: E:\ADE20 Projects\.... etc. I cannot find...
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    MSFS20 ADE HF5 can't compile anymore

    My work around for this is to open my own console window in admin mode, and use the command line to navigate to <sdk>\tools\bin and run fspackagetool from there. No need to launch msfs. Execute fspackagetool without any suffix and it displays the usage help. fspackagetool <path to...
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    MSFS20 How do I get rid of these trees on the ramp?

    I also found this problem at KIWA very early because my son lives nearby so I "fly" in and out of there. My solution was to ask Bijan to clean up the mess since I am using his Bijan Trees add-on (and I really like it). He pushed out an update in a few days. MSFS vegetation appears to be a...
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    MSFS20 Save to Community File

    Thank you Rick for the helpful point to solution. I first tried running fspackagetool.exe from the console (DOS Prompt) but it died the same way as if it were called by ADE. I opened MSFS and turned on Developer mode, loaded my project xml in the ADE20 Projects location and then did a BUILD &...
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    MSFS20 Save to Community File

    Jon, I do not have the copy to community folder option enabled but as others have posted the build is failing with error "Provided project definition file does not exist."
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    MSFS20 ADE HF5 can't compile anymore

    Exactly same issue here as well, basically the same console output with same error and nothing built.
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    MSFS20 ADE 2020 Alpha 21 HotFix 4

    My approach is straight-forward. Set the desired location for ADE projects with the Program Options Project tab and on the General tab be sure "Show Copy To Community Folder" is unchecked. Now the compiled package stays with the project in your ADE projects location and I use MSFS_Addon Linker...
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    ADE1.79 Compile Error "Could not find a part of the path"

    Indeed. I opened one of mine with EditPad and there it is: ProjectFolder c:\Program Files (x86)\ADEv5\P35\Xml.... exactly what is causing the problem. Flushed the folder. Problem solved. Thanks. My guess is apsf is ADE Project Specific Files.
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    ADE1.79 Compile Error "Could not find a part of the path"

    I'm stumped. A long time user of ADE and suddenly I cannot compile any of the dozens of ap4 project files that I have because I get the error "Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files(x86)\ADEv5\P35\Xml\...... .xml". I've opened a stock airport, saved it and tried to compile it but...
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    MSFS20 ADE 2020 Alpha 21 HotFix 4

    I learned back in my first alpha build that it is best to change your projects location away from under ADE. I have ADE in my c: drive and ADE20 projects on a different drive. Be sure to run with admin rights.
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    MSFS20 How to change where compiled output is copied to

    The compiled (build) package will always be a subfolder in the project folder unless you click OK to move it to your community folder. The Content location is your Folder options shown above is where ADE expects to find the root folder for your Community and Official folders. So in this case...
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