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Crash While Clicking Taxiway

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Error when clicking on a taxiway I had just made.
Repeatable.
Normal Blue Taxiway.
Select and turns light yellow
Double click on center line and the error in the first picture

Also, the taxiways do not appear in FSX after a compile. The other ADE created elements appear as expected.

Windows XP/SP2 DualCore 2.5ghz 2gb memory 8600/256mb video card


Dick Boley
 
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Dick

Can't replicate Can you please repeat the problem and then attach or email me ade_200806.log
 
scruffyduck said:
Dick

Can't replicate Can you please repeat the problem and then attach or email me ade_200806.log
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ADE 1.30 would not load anymore - refer to other error regarding transparency message. So I un-installed 1.30 and reinstalled 1.20 to start over. I tried the Taxiway problem in 1.20 and it occurred. The log is attached. The error message was the same as the original message.

Dick Boley
 
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Dick - that log finishes before there is any Error reported - looks like you are working on an airport called 1LA - would you mind sending me the bgl file so that I can repeat your steps? jon AT scruffyduck.co.uk
 
The first thing to note is that there is only an exclusion polygon in the cvx file, not an airport background.

The other thing is that there is only one taxiway link together with a few orphan nodes in the bgl.



Perhaps you could attach your ADE file.

George
 
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I see the same as George - there are some orphan nodes. I assume that the single taxilink is where your problem arises. I have selected and double clikced that a number of times without incident. I have tried adding another link and double clicking that. Again I can't replicate although clearly there is a problem that I can see in the log when opening the property dialog. I agree with George - we need the ADE file. As best I can tell from the error log this problem relates to an invalid taxi designator but unfortunately from the bgl I cannot identify the exact link since compiling re-numbers nodes and I am seeing 37 > 38 although those numbers do not exist in the bgl file any more. If we could find the offending link then deleting and recreating it would probably solve the problem. It is just possible id this airport originated as a bgl file from another utility that a designator problem transferred but it could be a problem in ADE. Having said that we have not had a problem reported on links since the early beta days.
 
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While not identifying the specific problem, I was thinking about what was common when I had actually reverted to 1.20 with an error as well. As was suspected, I believe that the original project file was the common source since I always used that instead of trying to reconstruct the various in-place elements. Unfortunately that file was erased and now ADE 1.30 is working just fine with a fresh start.

There remains the possibility that the whole thing stems from mixing activities amongst different airport design programs (AFX).

I do not think that any more time need be spent on this, or the other problem I reported. All is well on all fronts right now!!

Thanks,
Dick Boley
Near Pittsburgh
 
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boleyd said:
While not identifying the specific problem, I was thinking about what was common when I had actually reverted to 1.20 with an error as well. As was suspected, I believe that the original project file was the common source since I always used that instead of trying to reconstruct the various in-place elements. Unfortunately that file was erased and now ADE 1.30 is working just fine with a fresh start.

There remains the possibility that the whole thing stems from mixing activities amongst different airport design programs (AFX).

I do not think that any more time need be spent on this, or the other problem I reported. All is well on all fronts right now!!

Thanks,
Dick Boley
Near Pittsburgh
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Hi Dick

Many thanks for letting us know. While all utilities create something that FSX can read unfortunately some of the differences cause unexpected problems. AFX has a lot going for it but (like AFCAD) it uses it's own compiler rather than BglComp. We have always stuck with BglComp because we know that this is the standard set by MS and if we can pass something safely through that then we have a fighting chance (does not always work however :rolleyes:)
 
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