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this might be a silly question but how do i add a tower view to my project
Thanks Alan
Thanks Alan
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Tower View
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I dont have that option available on the list in the drop down box am i right to assume that i already have a tower view
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Most airports have a tower view but it must be set to a meter or feet value.
The pictures shows the Tower View (pink circle with a T in the middle) and a sceneryobject which is the Tower. You will have a pink circle and if the Tower exist then the yellow box will cover the pink circle.
Click on the pink circle and set the altitude of the eye point view. Some towers have glass that you cannot see through so set the altitude view above the Tower top. You can also move the tower and tower view if needed but keep them together so the eye view is the same Lat/lon has the tower.
The pictures shows the Tower View (pink circle with a T in the middle) and a sceneryobject which is the Tower. You will have a pink circle and if the Tower exist then the yellow box will cover the pink circle.
Click on the pink circle and set the altitude of the eye point view. Some towers have glass that you cannot see through so set the altitude view above the Tower top. You can also move the tower and tower view if needed but keep them together so the eye view is the same Lat/lon has the tower.
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If you already have one then the option to add one is not available. you can only have one tower view per airport.
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Jon,...
Thats a shame, since some of the big airports has more then one Tower. Its to bad we can't move around to different towers within an airport... I know its a limitation of FSX.. but changing to a different tower would be neat!
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here is a little trick. Create a new airport beside or ontop of the airport you are working on. Thus you only add a tower to your new "airport" and Multiple towers are yours, and they even will have their own name!
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Is that Legal?
Interesting though... makes sense! I know that FSX added new views workings and I thought there was a way.. but not sure on the works.. or is that aircraft views I'm thinking of 
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ok i assume that i have a tower view but on my airfield but i cant see it on the airfield and when i go to tower view in FSX all i get is a blue sceen and it freakes the grahics card out so how to i edit the tower view data
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In ADE you are looking for the pink circle with a 'T' in it. It is not necessary to have a physical tower object for there to be a tower view. I am not aware of any stock airports that do not have one. ADE creates one automatically for a new airport. Thus unless someone decides to delete the tower view I would expect it to be there.
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I havnt got the T icon on my airfield which is a new one not a stock airfield so how do i get the information into ADE if it isnt there
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When you make a new airport with ADE it creates a Airport Reference Point (ARP) at the Lat/Lon you specified. You cannot make a new airport without this information.
If you zoom in close to your ARP symbol, under neath of it is a circle with a "T" in it. That is your Tower View.
ALL Airports that a user makes that are not part of the stock airport database, ADE generates the proper code for the Tower View when you made the ARP.
If you started your airport with someone elses utility then changed over to ADE you may not have a Tower View.
If that is your case then you must add the Tower view in the XML file by hand.
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Actually you don't need to do that Jim. Right click on the ADE display and select Add. In the sub menu look for 'Tower' near the bottom. If it is not there then there is indeed a tower view at the airport. If the menu option is there then you can Click Tower and one will be added.
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If ADE will not allow you to add a tower, there must be one already present. Open the created xml file in notepad and look for <Tower. This will give you the lat/long position.
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Thanks Jon
I was thinking that option allowed a sceneryObject to install above the Airport header. Did not realize we were adding the Tower View Lat/Lon tags to the XML by way of .ade.