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MSFS20 I can't get 'windy things' flags to appear in FS2020

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I have used the 'windy things' package before and after posting a problem the author stepped in and together with Jon supplied a 'work around' in ADE for these Sim Objects and I was then able to add a windsock and flag to my airport which displays correctly in FS2020.
I now want to add one the the flags to my latest airport and at first could not then remembered that I had 'migrated' to the latest version of ADE and after downloadi9ng the latest version of 'windy things' found a new document explaining how to add the Sim Objects to ADE (I had forgotten) and so followed the instructions and updated adeSimObjectList.dat with all the objects/models for 'windy things' and now I can select the various flags etc via Add>Object List and place them.
Problem is that they don't appear in FS2020. I then used my previously created airport which DOES include two of the Sim OBjects which display correctly in FS2020 and added more flags there and they TOO do not display in MSFS2020.
I find this most strange as flags I added previously display correct but adding new ones don't.
Any ideas?
Could this be a result of the latest FS2020 update as I have also noticed that my 3D satellite scenery (created from maps.google.com) also doesn't appear whereas it did before the update? Damned annoying.
 
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I have even moved the original flag which shows in the new position in FS but new flags do NOT display. It's really crazy.
Interestingly I used Add > Sim Object to add 'marshaller_male_summer_indian" and it displays in FS2020 but none of the 'windy things' sim objects. This is pointintg more and more to a problem with 'windy things' but it is strange that the original flag still displays but not new ones.
 
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For those of you trying to use Windy Things in ADE, there was a problem in the data file that I provided. It turns out that each line of my data file for use with ADE had a space after the name. ADE included that space in the name of the object when it generated the XML file that is compiled into the BGL. MSFS cannot find a SimObject in its library with a name with a space at the end. So it shows nothing. When I deleted the stray spaces at the end of each line in the ADE SimObject data file and tried placing flags and windsocks in a scene, they now work. I have uploaded an updated version of Windy Things with a corrected ADE data file. Sorry for the mix-up.
 
So can I confirm there is an issue with ADE adding a space which should not be there?
 
No Jon, ADE did not add the space. I did that by accident in my original text file that I created to make it easier for folks to copy and paste the SimObject entries into the adeSimObjectList.dat file. My corrected file no longer has the spaces at the end of each line and will work fine. I think the issue in ADE is that it reads the entire line, including the space at the end of the line, and uses that as the object name in the PackageSources\data\icao-airport.xml file.
 
Thanks trfsd. I checked and yes there is a space after each name.
Either the original text file didn't have the space or I removed them as I only at that time places two of the 'windy things' sim objects to the .dat file
I downloaded the latest version and found the extra spaces have been removed so I replaced those old ones, added a flag to my scenery, build/compiled and it displays in FS2020 - great.
 
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trfsd said:
No Jon, ADE did not add the space. I did that by accident in my original text file that I created to make it easier for folks to copy and paste the SimObject entries into the adeSimObjectList.dat file. My corrected file no longer has the spaces at the end of each line and will work fine. I think the issue in ADE is that it reads the entire line, including the space at the end of the line, and uses that as the object name in the PackageSources\data\icao-airport.xml file.
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OK - that makes sense. ADE will indeed read the whole line but I could have it remove trailing spaces just in case.
 
I remember in my programming days there was a 'command' to drop trailing spaces and another to remove all spaces. Easy.
 
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I remember in my programming days there was a 'command' to drop trailing spaces and another to remove all spaces. Easy.
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Yes - it is easy enough to do - just needs doing ;)
 
I am so glad that I was not doing something dopey as my grey matter is shrinking with old age.:(
 
Welcome to the 'club'. It was something extra you took on just for users of ADE and am I the only one using ADE and adding your 'windy things' as I have seen any other posts.
Thanks again
 
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