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Custom Objects disappear on recompile

GaryGB said:
When developers use the above cited methods which are "non-standard" (and I use that term since AFAIK, ACES saw fit to NOT use those methods to make the many thousands of default airports shipped with MSFS),
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Nonsense. There are many default airports which use these methods.
 
I am sorry but I have lost the plot here. As far as I can see the original issue has been addressed and everything after that is not related.
 
Indeed, Jon, there is no need for engaging in further discussion on a sub-topic of the pros and cons of "hybrid" (aka "non-standard") airport BGLs.

I merely was pointing out that use of such "hybrid" BGLs (as cited above) in airport design may result in extra work for programmers who want their airport utilities to accommodate such airports without crashes or confusion and extra work ...for end users.

And thanks to George for the heads-up; I'll be more careful when I work on FS default airports in the future by using a stand-alone de-compiler to inspect the airport source XML to see if I will be 'missing' anything when ADE and/or AFX imports, de-compiles, copies, and IIUC, retains only selected portions of what a original source "airport" BGL might actually contain. :)

===UPDATE===

I edited my post above in this thread:

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/custom-objects-disappear-on-recompile.433612/#post-706143

PS:

Instant Scenery has now added a mechanism to identify BGLs which cause 'crashes' in the "Show Objects From All BGLs" feature which labels all placed scenery library objects within a specified radius of the user aircraft ...on screen at run time in FS:

http://www.simforums.com/forums/instant-scenery-303-error-loading-bgls_topic52017.html


Hopefully this will help finding problematic scenery library objects in "hybrid" airport BGLs (unless of course by being inside a "hybrid" BGL they can't be detected by IS3). :scratchch

GaryGB
 
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I tried method #1 with the KMSP that Martin Connor released on Avsim. He had mdl objects enbeded in the afcad. So I couldn't assign parking spots to airlines nor connect the parking spots to the taxiways. So I did method 1. It work in that I had the scenery. However, when I move to the airport, it's deserted no ai aircraft. As planes start arriving, it starts to fill up. Is this because the original afcad also has the parking spots and other stuff? The planes that land do go to the proper gate that I have to the airlines. And my afcad is higher on the priority list than the original. Any ideas?
 
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