FSXA Problem with ATC on newly made airport.

[f16jockey]

Hello, kinda new into this.

Have problem with ATC assignment on airport based on a carrier.
See pic, there's a background image so this should be clear, I guess.

1st rwy is 25C/7C located on the landing rwy. In "pattern" everything is set to "NO/FALSE" except for landing on 25C. Rwy is 260m long.
2nd rwy is 27L/9R located on the left front cat. Pattern disabled for everything except take-off on 27L. Rwy is 500m long.

This what happens when letting AI aircraft loose on it.

In this config: incoming AC are assigned landing to the "closed" 27L . Take-off goes to 27L as well (OK).
When I make rwy 27 shorter than rwy 25, then all traffic is assigned to rwy 7 even take-offs.

Looks like for some reason ATC ignores all the ADE-settings and uses the longest runway.
Maybe something to do with the aircraft used (MAIW F-18 Hornet) ? I know the runways are in fact to short for it (does ATC know this?). I've seen this setup in examples though...

Am I missing something ?

Greetz,
Wim

 

[tgibson]

Hi,

To close a runway for takeoff or landing, you typically must close both ends. Also, if the runways are not parallel (i.e. their heading varies by more than 8 degrees) then FS will ignore your closed choice and use it anyway. You can try deleting the Start Location at the "wrong end" - this sometimes works.

Closing works best on runways that FS thinks are parallel. You can use the star runway technique to fake FS into believing that they are parallel - Jim Vile has a PDF tutorial here and other places.

Hope this helps,

 

[f16jockey]

Hi,

To close a runway for takeoff or landing, you typically must close both ends. Also, if the runways are not parallel (i.e. their heading varies by more than 8 degrees) then FS will ignore your closed choice and use it anyway. You can try deleting the Start Location at the "wrong end" - this sometimes works.

Closing works best on runways that FS thinks are parallel. You can use the star runway technique to fake FS into believing that they are parallel - Jim Vile has a PDF tutorial here and other places.

Hope this helps,

Thanks for the reply,

Runways are "about parallel", I guess... variation is less than 8° (see pic).
Will still look into that tutorial.

For what I want AI to do, I can't close both ends. 27L should be take-off only to the west. 25C should be landing only coming from the east.

Greetz,
Wim

 

[bobbyjack]

Also, one of the criteria for atc landing and takeoff selection is parking. I wonder if you could change taxiways to help force what you want.

Bob

 

[robystar]

Have sent him my ADE layout plus the tweaked aircraft.cfg and air files.
The only thing I can say is that it works but do not ask me why, perhaps that is for JV to answer.