AI Boat issue

[jakestabb]

I have made plans and a google earth kml file along with the Boats txt file I compiled this with AIBTC and it went into my scenery/world/scenery folder fine but when looking for the ship along the route I can’t see it I have kept changing the percentage of leisure and ship traffic in settings but it doesn’t seem to make a difference I will post screenshots later as currently on my phone
Many thanks Jake

 

[Bushpilot]

Hi Jake,

For the time until you upload your files, you can read this topic (https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/ai-boat-traffic-question.436824/) from post 12...
Maybe it already helps you with your problem.

 

[jakestabb]

This is the Plans.txt file :

AC#1,QM2,40%,2WEEK,0/05:15:00,1/02:34:56,111,normal,ferry,9/08:20:00,10/05:39:56,111,reverse,ferry

And this is the Boats.txt file :

AC#1,15,"AI_QueenMary2"

And This is the Google Earth.kml

 

[Bushpilot]

When you open the traffic explorer, the boot is displayed?

As a hint: - the time is UTC time...
- for a 2 week schedule would be 0 + 7 = Monday

After compiling (create bgl) open the Plans.txt again.
How does it look after compiling?

 

[jakestabb]

What do you mean by the UTC 0+7 thing lost me there sorry ?

 

[Bushpilot]

This is the Plans.txt file :

AC#1,QM2,40%,2WEEK,0/05:15:00,1/02:34:56,111,normal,ferry,9/08:20:00,10/05:39:56,111,reverse,ferry

UTC time look here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time)...
Since your boat is cruising off the English coast UTC = local time.

Your Plans.txt explains:
40% = your traffic boot setting must be above 40% for the boot to be visible....
2WEEK = your schedule repeats every two weeks...
0/05:15:00 = your boat starts the first week Monday (0) at 05:15:00 UTC time...
1/02:34:56 = your boat arrives in the first week Tuesday (1) at 02:34:56 UTC time...

9/08:20:00 = your boat starts the return journey in the second week Wednesday (9) 08:20:00 UTC time...
10/05:39:56 = your boat on its return journey reaches the destination in the second week Thursday (10) 05:39:56 UTC time...

Your boat needs about 21 hours for one way.

 

[jakestabb]

Thank you that makes sense ill have another go and will let you know

 

[jakestabb]

Just Re-Compiled And this is the Plan.txt file

AC#1,QM2,60%,2WEEK,0/05:15:00,0/21:14:57,111,normal,ferry,9/08:19:59,10/00:19:56,111,reverse,ferry

But i loaded into the sim and the ship is no where to be seen any ideas on why?

 

[Flattermann]

Could you attach the compiled bgl-file. I will test it by my own.

 

[jakestabb]

For the AI_QueenMary2 from one of the global ai ship packages

 

[Bushpilot]

Now your boat is visible only from 60% boot traffic setting.
I would recommend 1%, at least for test purposes.

Try this Plans.txt (my changes in red)...
Here would be now the boat in the first and second week always on Mondays.

AC#1,QM2,1%,2WEEK,0/05:15:00,0/21:14:57,111,normal,ferry,7/08:19:59,8/00:19:56,111,reverse,ferry

Is the boot displayed in the traffic explorer?

 

[jakestabb]

What do you mean by boot , and I understand traffic explorer is a software I need to download

I will try that plan now thank you

 

[Bushpilot]

Sorry, boot is german, it should be boat.

 

[jakestabb]

Oh ok and where can i find this traffic explorer

 

[Bushpilot]

The Traffic Explorer is part of the SDK.

 

[jakestabb]

I Have inputted your plans but the ships is still not showing?

 

[Flattermann]

I tested your boats plan and it works perfectly. But first I have to rectifiy the name auf QMary in your Boats_QM2.txt.
In my sim.cfg of the ship the name is "AI_Queen_Mary_II". The velocity is 30.
In your Boats.txt the name is not the same and so it couldn't work.

 

[jakestabb]

thank you very much . so i just need to change the speed to 30?

 

[Flattermann]

You can leave it at 20, but the ship could be faster than 20.
Important is that the name of the AI-boat in the boat.txt is exact the same as in the sim.cfg.

 

[jakestabb]

ok thank you for that , whereabouts in the sim.cfg is the official name as I have just looked in the sim.cfg and there is multiple different names for QM2