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Extract Scenery Object from Airport .BGL File

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I believe I may have asked this before, but I cant remeber the nomenclature to achieve a result whilst searching. Apologies if this is the case. I am relocating (moving) an airport from a third party that doesnt sit properly in the sim. In doing so ADEX creates new files (.AD4, .BGL etc) but without the original airport .BGL I lose all the scenery objects (Terminals etc.). Am I able to extract the scenery objects from the Airport File into an objects file that I can then sit in with the relocated airport files? If I place the original file in the directory I get duplication of the airport in ghost form to the old location.
Cheers
Andrew
 
Hi Andrew:

IIRC, your project platform is FSX, so you could use scruffyduck's BGL2XML to derive the XML from the original airport, and edit a copy in NotePad++.

Moving BGLComp Generic objects and AFD infrastructure for an entire airport can also be done if you activate the (now free) ProKey code in ADEv1.79x.

I would assume any scenery library objects 'placed' via the original "Airport" BGL would also be moved.

If the original project also has separate scenery library objects 'placed' via separate BGLs, you could copy their placement XML into the derived original airport XML, and if the object placement XML elements are integrated into the airport BGL XML properly, they can be 'moved' as well.

GaryGB
 
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I use Gary‘s first suggestion, that program will generate MDL files for each object. Then you can place them as MDL objects using ADE, or use XML to place them into a scenery library BGL file and use the ADE LOM, or also the add placement information into the XML file.
 
Thanks Gary,

Even with the objects in my project, I still required the original Airport *.BGL file as it also contained all the objects, as well as the Aerodrome information. The ADEX *.BGL only contained placement information for the objects. My final work flow which appears to have worked, at least in this case, is:

1. Use BGL2XML to extract the MDL files.
2. Import these files into LibraryCreatorXML and generate the *.BGL file with the same name as the original airport *.BGL file.
3. Place this file in the directory tree and switch off the original Airport *.BGL file.

et voila, buildings where they should be and no ghosts.

Thanks for your help guys!
Andrew
 
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