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ADE 1.67.5876 Beta - Accurate Library Object Footprints

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gww53 said:
I saw almost the same thing as John K when I installed yesterday. FSX, Win 10.

When I open stock or one of my ade projects, the objects display just as they did in former versions, except there is a red dot at the corner of each object. Not at my FSX computer now, but I'll post an image when I get home.

Importing date was slow--Instantly started up, but when importing info took 4-5 minutes, so maybe something went wrong. When I hover over the objects, the correct image is there, but the outlines are all rectangles. I may remove and try to reinstall.

Looks like it's relatively unique to my setup (and John's), which is about to be subjected to a clean install of Win 10. The win 10 Update went poorly, and I cannot install some programs (TurboTax for instance). Just trying to find/develop a list of the years of programs that will need to be reinstalled

So, not to likely it's anything but me and the update

Gary
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Nor sure you should re-install. Try closing and starting again and loading a large airport and also please go to the Global folder inside the main ADE folder and see if there is a file called MFDB.dbs - if it is there how big is it?
 
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"...the exclude autogen polygon property is not working for me"

I was having some problems with excludes not working after I installed FTX Global, and it eventually turned out that the excludes must be a higher priority than the airport and objects, so I made an excludes folder, added it to the scenery lib at the top, then moved the CVX files to that folder, and it eliminated my exclude problems.

On another note:
"If I place an object using Instant Scenery and reload the sim, the object is shifted slightly from the original position. I'm asking about this to determine if it's a footprint or something else. Love ADE and have used it for a long time."

I don't know whether it is related, but object placement varies with altitude. This doesn't happen with ALL objects, but it does with many. I suspect that it's related to the "round world" changes in FSX (thus also in P3D) from FS9 and before, though I don't know much more than that. Most of my airport work is with airports in Colorado and New Mexico, thus at 4,000 feet and higher (up to near 10,000). So when placing objects (with ADE, I don't use Instant Scenery), the placement accuracy varies, both with altitude and with orientation of the object. Using the same object (of those with the problem) at a field near sea level and at a field at 5,000 feet or above can yield a placement difference of several feet.
 
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I tried opening kdfw and the only library object was the tower/hotel in the middle. KORD only the main terminal showed up, but only the big square. No outline of the actual terminal shape. At kspi, the terminal it uses just shows the square library object also. But it shows all the library objects and generic objects. kdfw and kord didn't.
 
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MFDB.dbs is there, 97280 kb

Reopening seems to have helped. Stock KPHL seems to work. KROC, my hometown, doesn't--but the default is just autogen images... This is a terrific upgrade. And my own projects still as before, tho I'll try to make a few with the new beta and see if they display

I've attached a project that I've been working on with the latest prior version. Most of the buildingsare my own Sketchup/MCX buildings most are rectangular or square, so of course they are just displayed as rectangles. Note all of the red dots (even each runway light).

But two of the buildings (circled) are not. I've attached an FSX image of the triangular terminal building

The three attached images show the working KPHL , an ADE picture of KHAO and an overhead view from FSX of the building (the one near the tower view marker)

Ray's recently uploaded KMCO seems to display OK, I just checked... So maybe something with the way I've made my models.

Butler Co.JPG fsx view of terminal.JPG Logan.JPG

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gww53 said:
MFDB.dbs is there, 97280 kb

Reopening seems to have helped. Stock KPHL seems to work. KROC, my hometown, doesn't--but the default is just autogen images... This is a terrific upgrade. And my own projects still as before, tho I'll try to make a few with the new beta and see if they display

I've attached a project that I've been working on with the latest prior version. Most of the buildingsare my own Sketchup/MCX buildings most are rectangular or square, so of course they are just displayed as rectangles. Note all of the red dots (even each runway light).

But two of the buildings (circled) are not. I've attached an FSX image of the triangular terminal building

The three attached images show the working KPHL , an ADE picture of KHAO and an overhead view from FSX of the building (the one near the tower view marker)

Ray's recently uploaded KMCO seems to display OK, I just checked... So maybe something with the way I've made my models.

View attachment 26985 View attachment 26986 View attachment 26987

Thanks, Gary
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Please see the fix in this thread: http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/fix-for-p3d-users-of-current-beta-1-67-5876.436439/
 
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Someone else will put me right but I think these exclusions will exclude a whole QMID which is what you are seeing
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that is exactly what is happening... land class works fine.... I kind of figured that was the issue. now the question is can you just exclude a section of a road?
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Didn't seem to change either older projects, of if I start a new one in the Beta. I'm not using P3D, just plain old FSX deluxe. I really suspect this has to do with my Win 10 problems.
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My original post explained that you may not get accurate footprints for existing projects. This is because the program currently only looks to create new footprints when you load stock data (that is open a stock airport) If you load some stock airports for the area you are working in then footprints will get created and your existing project files should show them
 
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I've attached and ADE and image--of a trial project. Loaded stock KUYF. Removed stock objects and added image. Added one of my models which is "not square" and one terminal that's not mine--either stock or downloaded from AVSIM (default_terminals_ss.bgl077) which is "T" shaped. Both display as rectangles. As noted before, large stock airports display correctly, as does Ray's recent MCO. It's either a problem with my models or my OS

The large red dot, I now realize is the center of rotation (and I think the 0,0,0 point in sketchup). Is there a way to make the dot smaller-on older versions it's a tiny red dot (and still works that way on

Microsoft "support" and Intuit both believe there is a problem with my Win 10 install.. The upgrade took a few weeks to get running, and some commercial programs just won't install. I'm planning to clean install but have to find one work-critical disk prior to repair (otherwise I'm out $1100 to re-purchase). Everything that was on the computer as Win 7 seems to work great (including the $1100 Medical/EMR Dragon voic recognition), but new installations are 50/50 at best.

Curious to see if the two objects in the ADE display correctly on your setup

EDIT, oops forgot the attachments--the larger object to the right is not my creation, the one to the left is
 

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I think that the red dots were enlarged during pre-beta testing. I can arrange to reduce them. If you added one of your models then ADE should spot it and create the footprint. It won't create them for user models included in existing projects at the moment
 
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More evidence that this a problem with my install. The GP line and polys won't "add". I can create the poly or line, enter the required definitions (width, texture, etc) but the "OK" button stays grayed out and not responsive. All other features of the GP editor seem intact (I can rotate textures, move them etc, just can't get them "OK" to place into ADE. I've checked and all of the texture files are the sane as in 1.67.5684 (ver 00.00.5886) in which GP functions work fine.

I thought I recalled a note about GP problems and the new build, but can't find it. Sorry if this is redundant.

Might still reinstall... Other than potentially confusing myself even more, no conflict in installing again in a separate directory--I'll even put it on a different drive--is there?

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Does "Load Stock Data" not create footprints?

It doesn't seem to here :(
 
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That may be because you are not using the beta that supports detailed footprints. You images show 1.67.5775. The version you need is 1.67.5876 :)
 
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Hmm, I donwloaded it from the first post in this thread.

No I didn't, I have no idea where it came from :mischievo

I'll try again.
 
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I can create the poly or line, enter the required definitions (width, texture, etc) but the "OK" button stays grayed out and not responsive. All other features of the GP editor seem intact (I can rotate textures, move them etc, just can't get them "OK" to place into ADE. I've checked and all of the texture files are the sane as in 1.67.5684 (ver 00.00.5886) in which GP functions work fine.
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Gary, you can download the ADE-GP update directly from http://stuff4fs.com (my website). Go to Applications/ADE-GP.

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