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P3D v4 Changing ICAO code for using former air base...

manschy

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Hi everybody,

just to ask if there is a quick solution to change the ICAO code of an airport?
Due to the fact that former air bases in Germany used a D inside their ICAOs (like EDUO, EDUR etc.) there are issues with their current usage just because todays airports now use the D for it (for example EDUO instead of ETUO, RAF Gütersloh...).
Many bases changed their ICAO from EDUR (Brüggen) to ETUR still while their active usage, but some don't.
This can cause problems for AI, because the former ICAO of closed air bases is meanwhile used by other currently active airports (mostly used so by ORBX).
So am I able to change the ICAO of an airport from for example EDUW to ETUW?
Thanks in advance.
 
I personally wouldn't work around Orbx as they're the ones "piggy-backing" ICAOs and not yourself. You just need to come up with something to de-activate the Orbx file if the end user has the conflicting file - OR, you could contact Orbx themself about this and ask that they provide their customers with an update. Just remember Orbx are not central to every developer, they don't run the show, you are not obliged to work around them or make compromises because, for example, they are piggy backing off another ICAO.

I couldn't find another ETUW on my system - so I loaded EDUW and simply changed the ICAO to ETUW on the properties of the AFCAD using AFX - which will work but you'll probably then have to change/edit flight plans.
 
Or, you could use AIFP (AI Flight Planner) to re-direct your AI traffic, say, from EDUR to ETUR.

Don
 
With help from Henk Schuit I decided to start from scratch and used his great "groundwork" he provides me for a small side project :stirthepo.....
Thanks so far!
 
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