Not as far as I can see, I use the package tool with -rebuild and then XCOPY to dump it in my community folder. ( you still need to restart the sim though)
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MSFS20 How add a ILS or any NAV to airport?
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Ah - OK the odd output comes for me from building the package using the in sim tools. If I use the package tool then I get a clean output.
Yeah I got the same, it's why I started using the package tool
This is what I use (you obviously need to update the paths)
Note %MSFS_SDK% should be defined as an environment var by the SDK installer
(also cant believe DOS isn't a code formatting option lol)
Note %MSFS_SDK% should be defined as an environment var by the SDK installer
(also cant believe DOS isn't a code formatting option lol)
Code:
SET FS_TOOL_PATH="%MSFS_SDK%Tools\bin\fspackagetool.exe"
SET PROJECT_XML_PATH="D:\Users\truan\Documents\MyFSProjects\th_eghc_landsend\eghc.xml"
SET PACKAGE_OUTPUT_SOURCE_PATH="D:\Users\truan\Documents\MyFSProjects\th_eghc_landsend\Packages\th-airport-eghc-landsend\*"
SET PACKAGE_OUTPUT_DEST_PATH="D:\MicrosoftFlightSimPackages\Community\th-airport-eghc-landsend\"
%FS_TOOL_PATH% %PROJECT_XML_PATH% -rebuild
RMDIR /S /Q %PACKAGE_OUTPUT_DEST_PATH%
XCOPY /E /R %PACKAGE_OUTPUT_SOURCE_PATH% %PACKAGE_OUTPUT_DEST_PATH%- Messages
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What is the practical effect of using -rebuild. The SDK documentation says: Force redoing all file conversions.
It looks like the package builder supports incremental builds, so if it doesn't think the source file has changed it wont rebuild that component.
The downside is it will take longer, the upside is you get a 'clean' build.
During a normal dev cycle you might want to skip it to get quicker builds, but when doing a build for a 'release' I would always use a forced rebuild.
The time difference for me on a tiny project are negligible.
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Thanks - I have tried with and without and don't see much difference with a small airport - it's slooow
So, at the end of the
fspackagetool output there is a time elapsed - for me without -rebuild its 14ms with it is 100ms.The problem is it take 30-45 seconds to spin up the app to run the package build.
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Yep - that is the slow bit. So the difference in build methods is trivial compared to the load up time
Yeah. I guess if you have a mahoosive project it might be a noticeable difference between -rebuild and not, but until there is a difference I would rather force -rebuild just to be sure it's 'clean'
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that's what I will do as well
OK, I have successfully added an ILS and NDBDME to my LFOT project. I did this by using ADE for FSX and extracting various bits of the XML airport file. I now need to add the RNAV02 approach which is not present in FSX but is IRL. Is the best way to add the approach in FSX with ADE approach mode and then extract the same bits as ILS? or is there another way?
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Does anyone know what the lat and lon refer to in the <Ils>? is that the beginning of the runway or where the ils antennas should be?
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After a bit of searching in the sample/simpleNavData i found that the lat lon is probably where the ils antennas should be so at the end of the runway.
--EDIT:
After a bit of searching in the sample/simpleNavData i found that the lat lon is probably where the ils antennas should be so at the end of the runway.
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Yep exactly if you open it you can see your <airport> tag
I can help you if you qant but im not home atm just let me know
Yes, please, because I tried adding coms and ILS, but I didn't manage to get them once compiled.