MSFS How do I replace "ASO_Boarding_Stairs" with a custom object?

[warador]

Please help me with a solution to this. I have modified "ASO_Boarding_Stairs" model and want to use it at the airport.

1) In SDK, I opened my airport scenery project and created "Asset Group" for "SimObject" with settings (pic. 1).
2) In the scene editor, I place:
- Gate_Heavy - and add my "BoardingStairs" object from "SimObject" directory (pic. 2,3);
- Ramp_GA_Large - in the ramp settings you can see that the "BoardingStairs" is present in the list of objects (pic. 4).
3) After starting "MSFS", I select "Rump_GA" to use. You can see that the "Ramp_GA" is using the default "ASO_Boarding_Stairs" object. But the "Gate_Heavy" has my object (pic. 5).
4) It seems to me that this is because I set my "BoardingStairs" object to "Gate_Heavy" forcibly. But "Ramp_GA" uses the default object.
5) I'm not sure if it's correct, but.. To fix this I am creating an "AssetGroup" for "AirportServices" with settings (pic. 6).
6) I run "MSFS" again to check, but nothing has changed.

!!! - "AirportServices" folder structure (pic. 7)
- also in the "MSFS SDK\Samples\AirportServices\PackageSources\AirportServices\Shared" documentation there is no folder for "BoardingRamp". I don't know if this affects the result.

Appreciate any help, thank you!

 

[SimArc]

Currently, it's not possible to replace Services on an airport basis. It works by modifying the LivingWorld.xml but it will replace them all over the entire region which is not desirable in most cases. ASOBO has plans to implement this for single airports as well, however no timeframe for that.

 

[warador]

Currently, it's not possible to replace Services on an airport basis. It works by modifying the LivingWorld.xml but it will replace them all over the entire region which is not desirable in most cases. ASOBO has plans to implement this for single airports as well, however no timeframe for that.

I am sad to hear this. I understand that more important issues are being decide now, so I think this will not be done soon.

 

[Wombii]

For the service vehicles, it is actually possible to make a custom simobject vehicle included with the airport, include a custom service script for that specific vehicle and point the services.xml to that specific script. I've replaced the fuel truck at two of my airports, ENBR and ENBO. This only works for service vehicles and not the ambient vehicles at the airport.

The sample files for this is located in MSFS SDK\Samples\AirportServices\PackageSources\AirportServices\Shared, but unfortunately sample scripts are only available for BaggageLoader and Fuel last time I checked, so getting a working stairs script might be a lot of work.

edit: To clarify what I did:
1: Made a simobject fuel truck and included as an asset group.
2: Included an asset group for AirportServices based on the sample and documentation.
3: Used the sample fuel truck script and modified it to load my specific fuel truck instead of loading one from default livingworld config by changing this section:

Old:
<SimContain.Container InstanceId="{857701B9-C9DA-45F9-82B5-BF62DB755A6A}">
            <Descr>Fuel Truck</Descr>
            <UseRegionContainerType>True</UseRegionContainerType>
            <IsOnGround>True</IsOnGround>
            <AIType>FuelTruck</AIType>           
        </SimContain.Container>

New:
<SimContain.Container InstanceId="{857701B9-C9DA-45F9-82B5-BF62DB755A6A}">
            <Descr>Fuel Truck</Descr>
            <UseRegionContainerType>False</UseRegionContainerType>
            <ContainerTitle>wENxx_SO_fueltruck_long_A</ContainerTitle>
            <IsOnGround>True</IsOnGround>
            <AIType>FuelTruck</AIType>
</SimContain.Container>

4: Changed the service xml to include:
<Service name ="Fuel" Filename="Shared\wENxx_script_fueltruck_long_A\Fuel" ParkingType="VEHICLE" Frequency="0.2"/>

(This fuel truck and compiled script is available in my "ENxx asset pack" on flightsim .to as an example. If you try that you can skip part 1 and 3 for testing.)