How to delete Misc Items?

[tallafourcharlie]

Hey,

I have excluded most items via my .BGL, file. However, there is still some misc. objects. I suspect Autogen has something to do with it? How do I remove them? See piccy. I am a newbie with scenery design, so please go lightly!

Thanks.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<FSData version="9.0" xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bglcomp.xsd">


<Airport
region="Europe"
country="Scotland"
state="The Lothians"
city="Edinburgh"
name="Turnhouse International"
lat="N55 57.00"
lon="W003 22.21"
alt="137"
magvar="4.0"
ident="EGPH">


<DeleteAirport
deleteAllApproaches = "TRUE"
deleteAllApronLights = "TRUE"
deleteAllAprons = "TRUE"
deleteAllFrequencies = "TRUE"
deleteAllHelipads = "TRUE"
deleteAllRunways = "TRUE"
deleteAllStarts = "FALSE"
deleteAllTaxiways = "TRUE"
deleteAllBlastFences = "TRUE"
deleteAllBoundaryFences = "TRUE"
deleteAllControlTowers = "TRUE"
deleteAllJetways = "TRUE"
/>

</Airport>
</FSData>

 

[Paavo]

The first one from left can be removed by using exclusionRectangle with excludeLibraryObjects = "TRUE" (see "ExclusionRectangle" section in BGL Compiler SDK for further information). I don't recognize the other two: are these taxiway signs?

 

[scruffyduck]

I assume that you intention is to remove this airport completely?

As suggested you need to try and exclusionRectangle to get rid of library objects. If there are taxiway signs then you should be able to remove these also by use of an exclusion rectangle

 

[tallafourcharlie]

Thank-you, I searched the SDK and found the <ExclusionRectangle/> tag.

I compiled the code as below, no errors. Yet, I still see those objects, which are only a gas filling station and windsocks!. Am I doing something wrong, or is this not the way you meant?

My goal is to remove all traces of the FS Default scenery, and rebuild a fresh airport

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<FSData version="9.0" xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bglcomp.xsd">


	<Airport
      		region="Europe"
      		country="Scotland"
      		state="The Lothians"
      		city="Edinburgh"
      		name="Turnhouse International"
      		lat="N55 57.00"
      		lon="W003 22.21"
      		alt="137"
      		magvar="4.0"
      		ident="EGPH">


      	<DeleteAirport
      		deleteAllApproaches = "TRUE"
      		deleteAllApronLights = "TRUE"
      		deleteAllAprons = "TRUE"
      		deleteAllFrequencies = "TRUE"
      		deleteAllHelipads = "TRUE"
      		deleteAllRunways = "TRUE"
      		deleteAllStarts = "FALSE"
      		deleteAllTaxiways = "TRUE"
      		deleteAllBlastFences = "TRUE"
      		deleteAllBoundaryFences = "TRUE"
      		deleteAllControlTowers = "TRUE"
      		deleteAllJetways = "TRUE"
	/>

	</Airport> 

	<ExclusionRectangle
      		latitudeMinimum = "N55.58"
      		latitudeMaximum = "N56.56"
      		longitudeMinimum = "W003.24"
      		longitudeMaximum = "W003.19"
      		excludeAllObjects = "TRUE"
	/> 
</FSData>

 

[tallafourcharlie]

As soon as I posted above, I think I caught my silly error/

My Minimum values were bigger than my Maximum values. I corrected that, but now it will not compile. Any ideas?

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

F:\Software Development Kit(s)\Microsoft Corporation\Flight Simulator X\SDK\Envi
ronment Kit\BGL Compiler SDK>BglComp.exe EGPH.xml

Parsing document: EGPH.xml

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2344: LongitudeMinimum MUST be less than LongitudeMa
ximum!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2031: Failed element parse <ExclusionRectangle>
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2032: XML Parse Error! Element tree follows:

ERROR: <FSData
ERROR: version = 9.0
ERROR: >
ERROR: <ExclusionRectangle
ERROR: latitudeMinimum = N55.56
ERROR: latitudeMaximum = N56.58
ERROR: longitudeMinimum = W003.19
ERROR: longitudeMaximum = W003.24
ERROR: excludeAllObjects = TRUE
ERROR: >
ERROR:
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2607: Compilation errors detected, compilation faile
d!


Parse complete!


F:\Software Development Kit(s)\Microsoft Corporation\Flight Simulator X\SDK\Envi
ronment Kit\BGL Compiler SDK>

 

[Paavo]

You must "close" the element:

<ExclusionRectangle
latitudeMinimum = "N55.56"
latitudeMaximum = "N56.58"
longitudeMinimum = "W003.19"
longitudeMaximum = "W003.24"
excludeAllObjects = "TRUE"
[B][COLOR="Red"]/[/COLOR][/B]>

 

[tallafourcharlie]

I am at a complete loss. When I compile with the Latitude/Longitude the correct way round - it fails to compile. When I try with the wrong way round, it compiles, but does not work.

 

[scruffyduck]

I am at a complete loss. When I compile with the Latitude/Longitude the correct way round - it fails to compile. When I try with the wrong way round, it compiles, but does not work.

Well if it compiles then the data is the right way around for the compiler I would say. If the objects are still there then there are a couple of possibilities which come to mind

First the objects are not being removed by the exclude because they are not a type which the exclusion rectangle works on. For windsocks the code only removes those created using xml code (AFAIK) so if these are some type of object then they may not be removed.

Second there is the question of the order in which the code is called. Exclusion rectangles should always be the first thing in a bgl file (yours is last in your posted code). I don't think that matters in this case but it might in some other situation. Also the file containing the code has to be in the right place ( priority) relative to the file which contains the objects.

In which folder are you saving the bgl file you create?


Chances are that the default bgl contains the object but maybe not. If you can tell me which default bgl your airport is in then I can take a look inside it and see what objects are in there.

 

[Pete Dowson]

I am at a complete loss. When I compile with the Latitude/Longitude the correct way round - it fails to compile. When I try with the wrong way round, it compiles, but does not work.

The Latitude should be okay (for North), but internally West longitudes are negative, so probably they need to be the other way round. I expect Latitudes in the South would be the same -- the N S E W prefixes are merely substitutes for the missing signs.

Regards

Pete