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P3D v4 Jetways

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So I have an old project from FSX to P3DV3 and now ported the AD4 to P3DV4. The first thing I see are the absence of jetways which were visible in V3. Any ideas?

Shez
 

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In ADE or P3D? What setting for image complexity do you have in P3D?
 

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Extremely Dense - so not that then.
 

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If you are talking about selecting a parking spot, right clicking and choosing Add.../Jetway, those are FSX format.
 
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Could someone do a quick test and confirm the adding of a jetway to a parking spot is not working for V4?

Shez
 
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OK so figured it out. When importing from P3DV3/FSX working file each scenery object suddenly had its own little exclude area. This wiped out the jetways and other objects. Deleted the excludes and it all reappears.

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That usually means you are loading the airport from a BGL file. If that is your only option then you may need to do some deleting of excludes, etc. But if you created that airport you should be loading the AD4 file instead.
 
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I'm also having an issue with a file I'm working on for P3D 3 / 4, where jetways don't appear. I have custom scenery settings, which are very high, but I even tried changing some of the jetways to very sparse with no change. Any thoughts?
 
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I did load from the AD4 file which I have been using for FSX. The only way they are appearing is deleting one specific micro-exclude.

Shez
 
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Just thought I would add my experience. I have found that adding an exclusion rectangle in ADE will block your jetways from displaying. If you have to add your own exclusion rectangles, make sure that they don't cover an area where you want to display your jetway . Normally exclusion rectangles are supposed to block objects from OTHER scenery files from displaying on your airport. The one exception to this rule appears to be jetways.
 

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Another caveat - if you move a jetway and it encroaches on an exclude rectangle (even its own ADE micro exclude), sometime double jetways will be displayed in FS at every gate. That jetway needs to be moved away from that exclusion rectangle, or the exclusion rectangle edited to move it away.
 
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