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AI doesn't show up

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klem

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In FSX I am trying to add an AI addon aircraft as traffic in my RAF Tangmere add-on scenery. I am using the SDK Traffic Toolbox. I have dumped the airfields in order to obtain the data for Tangmere and created the following files. They compile ok using Trafficbuilder. Here are my files including the log, I wonder if anyone can see what I am doing wrong?

CustomAircraftTypes.csv (as seen in Notepad):-
LightningF.53,EE_Lightning F.53,477,10,350,25,800,4000,HARD,18,MIL_COMBAT,100,yes,yes

CustomAirports.dat
EGUT,50.850382671,-0.708076805,17.0,D,1,0.41,United Kingdom
{
RUNWAY,6054,164,HARD
RUNWAY,4776,164,HARD
PARKING,18.0,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,18.0,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,18.0,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,18.0,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,18.0,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,18.0,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,18.0,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,18.0,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,18.0,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,14.9,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,14.9,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,14.9,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,14.9,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,14.9,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,14.9,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,14.9,MIL_COMBAT
PARKING,14.9,MIL_COMBAT
}

CustomCountries.csv (as seen in Notepad)
United Kingdom,G-@@@@

CustomSchedules.dat
# Aircraft type: Lightning F.53
# Tail number: XR753
# Traffic density: 1%
# Repeats every: one day
# Flight rules: VFR
# Schedule:
# Time Departure Destination Altitude FlightNumber
LightningF.53,XR753,1,ONE_DAY,VFR
{
1115,EGUT,3,753,circuitEndTime = 1145
}

Batchfile to run the Trafficbuilder....
CustomTrafficBuilder.bat:-

CD\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK

TrafficDatabaseBuilder /AircraftTypes=CustomAircraftTypes.csv /Airports=CustomAirports.dat /Countries=CustomCountries.csv /Schedules=CustomSchedules.dat /AutoSchedule=No /Output=traffic_tangmere.bgl /Log=CustomTrafficBuilderLog.txt

CustomTrafficBuilderLog.txt (output log):-
E:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\CustomCountries.csv : Reading country data...
E:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\CustomAirports.dat : Reading airport data...
E:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffic_tangmere.bgl : Saving airport data...
E:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffic_tangmere.bgl : Saving object types...
E:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffic_tangmere.bgl : Saving object instances...
E:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffic_tangmere.bgl : Saving spatial cells...
E:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffic_tangmere.bgl : Saving boat routes...

The schedule is set to start at 11:15 UTC, my loaded flight starts at 12:13 British Summer Time (11:13 UTC)

With the flight loaded I wait until 12:15BST (11:13UTC) when I expect the AI simulation to start but nothing happens, there is no sign of the aircraft. I have tried putting the traffic_tangmere.bgl in both the addon Tangmere Scenery folder and the World/Scenery folder but no luck.

It is not listed in the Toolbox Explorer but I can "Create" the aircraft there and then assign it a Flight Plan I have created which it seems happy to follow, taxying from its ramp to the runway, getting ATC interaction, taking off and picking up the correct route out.

It just doesn't work as a .bgl.

Can anyone help me with this?

klem
 
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Hi robystar

it is intended to take off from Tangmere (EGUT), make circuits then land. It should then repeat each hour.

I see I made a mistake with the flihgt level, presumably it should be 30? The example in the SDK help says:
"flightLevel = the flight level, for example 20 = 20,000 feet "
so I thought 3000 feet was 3 but now I think of it I believe FLs are given in hundreds of feet.

Its funny how you can look at something several times and not see it.

I found this in the SDK Help (eventualy)
# Aircraft type: C172-1
# Tail number: N172SP
# Traffic density: 33%
# Repeats every: 2 hours
# Flight rules: VFR
# Schedule:
# Time Departure Destination Altitude FlightNumber Circuits?
# 0010Z KEUG KEUG 12 (none) until 0030Z
# 0100Z KEUG KEUG 12 (none) until 0130Z

C172-1,N172SP,33,TWO_HOURS,VFR
{
0010,KEUG,12,,0030
0100,KEUG,12,,0130
}

and my schedule now looks like
LightningF.53,XR753,1,TWO_HOURS,VFR
{
0015,EGUT,30,753, 0045
0115,EGUT,30,753, 0145
}

Works a treat. Thanks for at least causing me to look again :)

klem
 
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