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    Small Airport AI Taxi and Take-off

    This is about small airports with one runway and one taxiway connection at around it's mid-point. If anyone has found a way to get AI traffic to taxi on the runway to it's end before take-off, I would like to know. I have tried every configuration of taxiway paths that I can think of, but AI...
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    MSFS20 An Observation about Package Builds

    I recently deleted some user objects and associated textures from some of my airport projects. After rebuilding the packages, I noticed that new files are written over the old ones so no texture files are deleted. Therefore, it is prudent to delete the old package from the package folder...
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    MSFS20 Fuel Parking Objects

    I just noticed by accident that adding a fuel parking space no longer adds the fuel station objects. I opened a previously built airport to align the fuel station objects by adjusting the parking space as done in the past. When I rebuilt the airport, the objects were gone, and now I see that...
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    MSFS20 Get Models Error

    I have had some occasions when duplicate GUID errors were reported by the compiler window while getting models with the User Model Manager in ADE. After closing the compiler window, the model manager shows "Get Models Done" when in fact the model list is not updated due to the errors. Can ADE...
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    MSFS20 Runway Headings

    The discussion in the Hotfix 4 thread about ILS, magnetic variation and how the ILS beam is not aligned with the runway in ADE got me thinking again about the difference between runway headings displayed in MSFS versus ADE. This obviously isn't enough difference to be attributed to magnetic...
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    MSFS20 Tiling

    What does a number represent when placing it in the "Tiling" attribute for aprons? I have seen it add joints in concrete paving and just now see that a number is needed for grass aprons to show 3D grass. Regarding the grass, I don't see any difference between different numbers being used...
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    MSFS20 Material Colors not Displaying in MSFS

    Why do colors of untextured materials not display on objects in MSFS as designated and shown in MCX? All untextured materials are showing as bright white. This is on .gltf objects converted from .mdl objects using MCX.
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    LODs with gltf objects for MSFS

    I am using MCX to convert my FSX models to gltf for MSFS and am having problems with LODs. When the object is placed using ADE with the latest hotfix, it appears in ADE and builds with no errors. However, the object does not appear in MSFS. If the last reference in the object's .xml file that...
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    MSFS20 Different Source of Taxiway Lights

    I am currently working with taxiways at KDAB and find that Asobo apparently has a method to include taxiway lights that is not supported by ADE. The airport originally had the lights misplaced as with all airports, and at some point corrected them so that they are uniformly placed along the...
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    MSFS20 Model LODs

    How do you add a model with LODs using ADE? If I create LODs for MSFS objects with MCX, it generates a single .xml file plus separate .gltf and .bin files for each LOD. Models are added to ADE by selecting a .gltf file, which doesn't make sense when the object has LODs. It would make sense if...
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    MSFS20 Ground Shear

    Pilots are mostly familiar with wind shear, but MSFS has added another crash-causing hazard that I term ground shear, shown below. What causes it, and how do I get rid of it. Most likely in this case I caused it somehow using ADE.
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    MSFS20 Start Flight Freeze with ADE Modified Airport

    I have been modifying an airport with ADE alpha 19 (no two-way editing) for a few weeks. Yesterday, I started MSFS to view some recent changes and was presented with update 1.16.2.0 after which MSFS started as if I never used it before asking for acknowledgement of controllers connected and...
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    MSFS20 MSFS World Map Star Icon

    Someone has asked me why my airport package in the community folder doesn't generate a yellow star icon on the world map while others do. I thought it might be because I didn't include a ContentInfo folder with thumbnail in the package, but found it made no difference. Can anyone tell me why...
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    MSFS20 Runway Display in ADE

    I have mentioned previously that I encountered an issue with depiction of runways in ADE not always being aligned with what displays in the sim, and I am now seeing that it is not a one airport issue. Is this possibly a magnetic vs true heading issue that needs fixing? Currently, I have to...
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    MSFS20 Parking Type

    RAMP_GA_EXTRA and GATE_EXTRA are included in parking types. What does the EXTRA mean and what affect does it have? I notice that it was not a type in FSX.
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    MSFS20 Parking

    Thanks Jon for adding the Max wingspan allowed rings on parking spaces in alpha 18 and the explanation that aircraft may not park next to each other if the rings are overlapped. I have diligently edited my airports to honor this requirement, but has anyone tested it? Default airports seem to...
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    MSFS20 Taxiway Lights and Links

    I have totally abandoned the inclusion of lights using link settings. Settings in one link affect other adjoining links and you never get what you want. It was an issue in FSX also but had a solution that mostly worked, and at least the issue didn't leave 3D objects sitting within the taxiway...
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    MSFS20 Create Project from XML

    I exported an XML file of my project, then tried creating a new project from it. There was an error message which was forwarded, but the project displayed properly in ADE except for models which were absent from the model list as well as the source files. I deleted all models and compiled...
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    MSFS20 Takeoff Direction

    ATC directs aircraft to takeoff downwind at one of the airports I updated with ADE version 17. This does not occur using the default airport, so I assume something I did with ADE is causing the problem. I continue to use alpha 17 for this airport due to objects appearing backwards in alpha 18...
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    MSFS20 Library Objects

    With the issuance of alpha 18, what happened to generic.bgl library objects?
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