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FS2004 newbie doing something wrong fuel trigger?

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I am redoing an airport in FS9, "KMRB" in Martinsburg WVa. to reflect what is now there. Had to remove a runway and lengthen the other and redo taxiways.
All this was done in afcad and did an exclude to remove default buildings and remove refueling location as only military aircraft are allowed on that side of the airport.
At anyrate I'm trying to add a refueling location at :
N39 23.8875
W77 59.2206

The xml I tried:

<FSData version="9.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bglcomp.xsd" >
<SceneryObject lat="N39.238875" lon="W77.592206" alt="0" altitudeIsAgl="TRUE" pitch="0" bank="0" heading="0" imageComplexity="NORMAL" >
<BiasXYZ biasX="0" biasY="0" biasZ="0" />
<Trigger type="REFUEL_REPAIR" triggerHeight="0" >
<Fuel type="100" availability="YES" />
<Vertex biasX="-10" biasZ="-10" />
<Vertex biasX="-10" biasZ="10" />
<Vertex biasX="10" biasZ="10" />
<Vertex biasX="10" biasZ="-10" />
</Trigger>
</SceneryObject>
</FSData>

But fuel trigger does not show up after compiling and installing bgl
Could some one please point me in the right direction?

Thanks ever so much for your time,
 
Hi,

I read your initial post and started looking into it. I recently had problems a with a scenery file that I had downloaded, and after converting the BGL to XML I saw the references to Triggers and Vertices. The SDK offers some information but not enough for me to get the "big picture".
Could you please share the solution to your problem. Any guidance you could provide as to where to look for more information regarding Triggers, Bias, etc. would be appreciated also.

Thanks, Jim F.
 
Jim
Not sure exactly what I did. lol I just used a different template to plug in my cords into. haven't had time to look at them side by side to see what the differences are. There are actually two refueling stations at this airport as there is both civilian and military sides to the airport.

This one worked:

<FSData version="9.0" xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bglcomp.xsd" >
<SceneryObject
lat="N39 23.88"
lon="W77 59.22"
alt="0"
pitch="0"
bank="0"
heading="350"
altitudeIsAgl="TRUE"
imageComplexity="SPARSE">

<Trigger type="REFUEL_REPAIR" triggerHeight="0.0">
<Fuel type="100" availability="PRIOR_REQUEST"/>
<Vertex biasX = "-10.0" biasZ="-10.0"/>
<Vertex biasX = "-10.0" biasZ="10.0"/>
<Vertex biasX = "10.0" biasZ="10.0"/>
<Vertex biasX = "10.0" biasZ="-10.0"/>
</Trigger>
</SceneryObject>

<SceneryObject
lat="N39 24.52"
lon="W77 58.80"
alt="0"
pitch="0"
bank="0"
heading="350"
altitudeIsAgl="TRUE"
imageComplexity="SPARSE">

<Trigger type="REFUEL_REPAIR" triggerHeight="0.0">
<Fuel type="100" availability="PRIOR_REQUEST"/>
<Vertex biasX = "-20.0" biasZ="-20.0"/>
<Vertex biasX = "-20.0" biasZ="20.0"/>
<Vertex biasX = "20.0" biasZ="20.0"/>
<Vertex biasX = "20.0" biasZ="-20.0"/>
</Trigger>
</SceneryObject>

</FSData>


The only things i see in the one that didnt work is the line: <BiasXYZ biasX="0" biasY="0" biasZ="0" />
The other changes made I dont think had anything to do with it not working. ie: changing image complexity, heading and availibility.
The <Vertex biasX ="XX" biasZ= XX"/>at the bottom just changes the size of the trigger 10 and 20 meters sq.
 
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Hi,

Glad to hear you solved the problem. I've been reviewing posts and didn't realize that you were using FS9. I've been trying to learn what I can about scenery using FSX but I guess that in this situation it doesn't make much difference.
It seems likely that the reference to a "y" bias value of "0" was the problem. I hadn't come across any reference to a "y" value before; just thought it strange that "x" and "z" were chosen.
I haven't been able to find much scenery design info outside of the SDK for FSX so maybe if there isn't that much difference I'll check what's out there for FS9.

Jim F.
 
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