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MSFS20 Can we open third party airport’s .bgl with ADE in order to edit it ?

Mikael said:
Thanks for the easy to follow list of actions. This is kind of what I have been doing and I do see result of my changes to parking radius etc but generally buildings and other stuff dissapear. Its like building are not saved with the airport file in this process and I loose them.
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If you are building projects that show black boxes instead of objects then ADE is not finding data on the objects so the placement data does not get compiled) The usual solution is to load the bgl file containing the custom objects (usually has ModelLib in the name) into the ADE Library Object Manager. I seem to recall and option to compile black box objects in earlier versions of ADE but it seems to be not available in this version - not sure why
 
In my case I want to modify the Simwings EDDH file as rw 5 and 23 data are mixed up. This was caused by an update in april. Aerosoft has forwarded it to the developer but no update yet. So I want to do it myself ( personal use ).
When approaching 23 the localizer/ils turns me away from the ap.

However, when looking in the Simwings EDDH folders I cannot find an airport file...
I can look into the default EDDH file and there the ILS frequencies + LOC angles are correct.

Anything I should pay attention too ?
 
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exactly. I just tried a payware airport I own and several black boxes did appear in ADE. Upon starting up MSFS the changes I did were made but the main terminal building was gone. Many other object were there though like cones, fences and some custom building etc. The thing is that I did an import of the modlelib.bgl from the payware developer but the black boxes were still there after this import. Perhaps I missed a step in this becasue those black boxes should dissapear once it recognises the library object right? Still feel like i'm slowly getting somewhere :)
 
scruffyduck said:
Either you are trying to open the wrong bgl file or more likely it is encrypted so you won't be able to edit it.
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I see. I guess that means that opening and editing the ADE files like you could before is not that straightforward anymore? Or is there a way to circumvent the encryption?

How did you do it with the sim wings HAM?


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I managed to update my payware airport with ADE and the buildings are now there yeyyyyh :) After having imported the modellib in the library and saved the airport in ADE and opening it up again in ADE the black boxes were almost all gone. After having created the project and copied the airport.bgl file to the payware folder and replacing the original one everything was there in MSFS, terminal building and everything. Now what only seem to be a problem is that the runway lacks its markings etc. Its now just a asphalt runwway with numbers in both ends but no markings and all that.
 
tupues said:
I see. I guess that means that opening and editing the ADE files like you could before is not that straightforward anymore? Or is there a way to circumvent the encryption?

How did you do it with the sim wings HAM?


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No there is no legal way to circumvent the encryption and this forum has no tolerance such actions. That, of course, is why there is encryption - to protect your intellectual property.
 
Mikael said:
I managed to update my payware airport with ADE and the buildings are now there yeyyyyh :) After having imported the modellib in the library and saved the airport in ADE and opening it up again in ADE the black boxes were almost all gone. After having created the project and copied the airport.bgl file to the payware folder and replacing the original one everything was there in MSFS, terminal building and everything. Now what only seem to be a problem is that the runway lacks its markings etc. Its now just a asphalt runwway with numbers in both ends but no markings and all that.
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Which airport is this? Sounds like a transparent runway and the underlying photo scenery is showing through. Make sure the transparent flag for the runway has not somehow been set to true.

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scruffyduck said:
No there is no legal way to circumvent the encryption and this forum has no tolerance such actions. That, of course, is why there is encryption - to protect your intellectual property.
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Hold your horses there, it would be for my personal usage. Im not planning to sell anything. Also it has not been a problem for decades. So why make a big fuss about changing gates all the sudden the the developer obviously doesn’t care about won’t end the world… but it’s ok.


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Olly Pollard said:
I am also having issues with an ELLX scenery by RedFox. Imported the modelLib.bgl into ADE, models appear as yellow not black and compiled it all, Replaced previous ADE file and now it doesn't recognise any addon scenery and reverts back to stock.

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ELLX - Luxemburg Airport - MSFS Add-on - Flightsim.to

✓ For Microsoft Flight Simulator: Luxembourg International Airport, usually called Findel after a neighboring village, is the only international airport in Luxembourg. Its beginnings date back to the 1930s.
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Concerning permissions about the ELLX package:

Upload Permission
You are not allowed to upload this file to other sites under any circumstances.
Modification Permission
You must get permission from me first before you are allowed to modify or improve my file.
Conversion Permission
You are not allowed to convert this file under any circumstances.
Asset Use Permission
You must get permission from me first before you are allowed to use assets of my file.
 
I am completely new to ADE. And with the release of FS Traffic I figured out my 3rd party Add On Airport has to small gates compared to how it is in Real Life. I therefore tried out ADE and managed to load the BGL and edit the gate sizes but now i dont know how to get it it back into the Community folder. Could someone explain that to me?
 
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