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The Suggestions Thread

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Since there is none here I started. Hopefully everybody that has a feature request for the author places it here and make his work easier.

My initial suggestions for this wornderful application:

1. Save Background map settings in a separate project file. It was quite some work to generate the image and get its LAT/LON corners only to see it disappear next time you load the project :(

2. When one moves the runway the airport reference point seems to remain somewhere else. I had to reposition that. I had to manually calculate the center of the runway to reposition (manually again) the reference point. Can't this be automated?

3. Ability to import data from a KML file? Not very important given that there is a background image feature but that FSX_KML GE-tool integration is nice for adjusting the sceneries

4. Once you create a fence or apron polygon you can "edit" it as much as changing the location of the vertices (very nice) but there appears to be no way to insert or delete vertices

5. To be able to place other scenery objects such as airport baggage carts, palms (vegetation) and the like.
 
lordofwings said:
4. Once you create a fence or apron polygon you can "edit" it as much as changing the location of the vertices (very nice) but there appears to be no way to insert or delete vertices
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Hey Lord of wings,
THere is actually a way to insert new vertices once you've made an apron its kind of trippy though because you gotta start a new apron with 1 point and 1 point only and then click on the apron you want to add the vertice to,
wow i just read that myself and that makes no sense see how you go about understanding it
 
lordofwings said:
Since there is none here I started. Hopefully everybody that has a feature request for the author places it here and make his work easier.

My initial suggestions for this wornderful application:

1. Save Background map settings in a separate project file. It was quite some work to generate the image and get its LAT/LON corners only to see it disappear next time you load the project :(
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The background image information is saved into a separate file within your user directory. Some people don't want this, or have issues because of security settings, so there is an alternative option in the preferences dialog. You can specify that background images are saved as comments into the airport xml file. That way whenever you save the airport, the background image information will be saved in the same file, which can make things easier.

2. When one moves the runway the airport reference point seems to remain somewhere else. I had to reposition that. I had to manually calculate the center of the runway to reposition (manually again) the reference point. Can't this be automated?
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The airport reference point does not relate to the runway, or any other part of the airport. It's just a reference for the center of the airport that FS uses to determine where each airport is. So moving a runway, or any other part of the airport, would not automatically move the airport reference point.

3. Ability to import data from a KML file? Not very important given that there is a background image feature but that FSX_KML GE-tool integration is nice for adjusting the sceneries
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Interesting idea. It's not on our list at the moment however.

4. Once you create a fence or apron polygon you can "edit" it as much as changing the location of the vertices (very nice) but there appears to be no way to insert or delete vertices
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You can add or remove apron vertices using the apron editing tool. To do so, once the tool is selected, shift click on the edge of the apron to add a new vertex, and control click on an existing vertex to delete it. This shift and control click functionality is also the same for boundary fences, blast fences and apron edge lights.

5. To be able to place other scenery objects such as airport baggage carts, palms (vegetation) and the like.
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You can place any scenery object you like using the scenery object tool. After selecting this tool, just click wherever you'd like to place a scenery object. The drop down in the property dialog for specifying the scenery object to display there, lists several common ones. However, you can select the Custom option and then enter the GUID of any scenery object you like. MS includes hundreds, possibly thousands, of default objects. They are all listed in the SDK.

I hope that answers your questions.
-Russell
 
For #4 a context menu would be nice because I could not find anywhere about this SHIFT/CTRL thing, good that I know it now.

The scenery object tool is difficult to find because it appears in the Navigation toolbar which is not related to that. You can perhaps borrow the long list of GUID/object names from another scenery tool :)
 
Just a few more things to add...

1. A ruler with heading and lat/long (I thought I read this request somewhere else, but it is such a high priority, in my book, it needed repeating).

2. Able to rotate the scenery. Since the Gov. and company do not design airports on cardinal headings :laughing: , this is a must have tool to be able to create/update our scenery.:rolleyes:

Just one more observation... when drawing new taxiways/parking, the first designator follows the properties of the last taxi point. But... if you were is insert points on an existing taxiway, they would default to "Ashpalt, 50ft, blah, blah, blah..." instead of the properties of the original taxiway.
ex. Apron is concrete, Taxiway created are concrete on the apron. I go to draw taxiway/parking path off of the existing taxiway, they all default to "Asphalt, 50ft yada yada yada" instead of concrete. Anyway to keep the properties the same as the original path?

Oh... and just one more little thing. Any chance of being able to identify FSX scenery (buildings (control towers, concourses, fire stations...) and such) that are located in other FSX bgl files?

Other than that (am on my third airport, should have started small, but where is the fun in that), keep up the great work. :)

Dave
 
Difar said:
Just one more observation... when drawing new taxiways/parking, the first designator follows the properties of the last taxi point. But... if you were is insert points on an existing taxiway, they would default to "Ashpalt, 50ft, blah, blah, blah..." instead of the properties of the original taxiway.
ex. Apron is concrete, Taxiway created are concrete on the apron. I go to draw taxiway/parking path off of the existing taxiway, they all default to "Asphalt, 50ft yada yada yada" instead of concrete. Anyway to keep the properties the same as the original path?
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Good point. It should do that. :)

-Russell
 
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