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Sam Coat

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Hello guys,

after much blood, sweat and tears I was able to use ADE to correct missing/incorrect parking and taxiway links for a certain 3rd party airport. They are renowned for poor communication, and I managed to correct and publish it with the help from this site.

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Low and behold, a 2024 version has now been released with exactly the same issue. The fix I want to apply is VERY simple. I only want to add taxiway points and paths for four parking spots that again are isolated. Since I'm an end user, I only have the install (aka BGL file). I tried watching YouTube Videos to see if I can use MSFS itself to add these missing paths. Because I believe ADE is used up to MSFS 2020. My question is if someone can help me out or point me in the right steps to actually modify an existing BGL file inside MSFS 2024's Dev mode. The SDK Core and Sample have been downloaded, but all video's I see are on how to create your own project. Any ideas how I can go about adding these taxiway points and paths to correct the picture below?

Thank you in advance.

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To add or change elements in what I think of as the path-bone, you need to remake the taxiway system, parking, and runways (and possibly Jetways). I looked at the link you provided above and found a 2020 XML for that airport given to you by ScruffyDuck. I used elements from that to make a new path-bone, and exclude, the old one. It's attached as TNCC.zip It's for 2024. Many 2020 airport XMLs will will work for 2024. You might even try loading your 2020 project into Devmode and see if it works in 2024.

You will want to alter the elements of the attached package as you see fit, and also the airport name, creator, etc... Note what's included in the airport, and what's deleted. Add or move what you need. Good luck. You may need to delete and replace Jetways as they are connected to some of the parking.

The message here is: Don't delete or replace what you don't need to delete or replace.
 

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Dick, you are an absolute master! Thank you!!

It's currently quite late here. But will have my hand at it tomorrow or the day after.

Cheers!
 
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