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ADE 2020 Project File in ADE 178

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Hello there,
in ADE 2020 i can perfect load MSFS 2020 Airports in an project File. Is there any way to load or convert first this .ad20 File to ADE Version 178? That was perfect for me so i can create my missing AFCAD File (on the newest Airport Files) with ADE 178.
It was great when it works.
LG Wiffi
 
Start with the Airport XML file from the 2020 project. It's located at:

<drive>:\MSFS\ADE2020_Alpha_21\F20\<Airport ICAO code>\PackageSources\data

Import the XML file into ADE 1.78 from the File/Create Project from XML. If that doesn't work, check back here. You will lose any background images from the 2020 project and some models may show up as missing.
 
Thank you Jay,
but it doesnt work. Every Line on the xml File would be declared at an error.
Sorry for my bad English.
LG Wiffi
 

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You need to use a text editor to remove any offending lines from the 2020 XML file until it imports properly. What you are seeing are errors caused by new features added by MSFS 2020. If you don't feel comfortable editing XML, then there are really no other options.
 
Thanks Jay,
have you any hint for me to identify the new features? When this are the only way i can going, so i will do that. We said in german: in den sauren Apfel beissen. in that acidid Apple i must bite.
LG Wiffi
 
The problem with reverse engineering airport files is that later versions contain elements not present in the earlier one. So they are not recognised. Either the decompiler fails to recognise an element or at the other end of the process the compiler gets something it does not recognise and generates error messages. In this case IsOnTIn is an element from FS2020 which is not in earlier sim versions and the compiler spits it out.

Reverse engineering is generally more of a problem than starting from scratch
 
GaryGB said:
PS: The OP may also wish to upgrade to the last 1.79x version of ADE for FS2Kx: :pushpin:
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There is no version in the ADE 1X versions which will read 2020 files ADE for these is in the alpha series 2020
 
Thanks for that clarification. Jon. :)

I thought it best to encourage the OP to update to the last version of ADE 1.79x purely for the additional benefits it provides working with FS2Kx projects, beyond those already provided by ADE version 1.78.

Indeed; the OP seems likely to end up doing manual XML editing (perhaps semi-automatic if he learns what needs to changed between MSFS and FS2Kx XML using Find-and-Replace functions in a XML editor like NotePad++).

Good to see you watching over the ongoing use of ADE here. ;-)

GaryGB
 
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