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Traffic Toolbox/explorer for Ships?
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Is AIRound the sort of tool you're looking for?
If you're trying to do it programatically, it seems a bit unclear, but there were at least a couple prior threads related to this:
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6008
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17836
If you're trying to do it programatically, it seems a bit unclear, but there were at least a couple prior threads related to this:
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6008
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17836
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I looked at FSGET but although it does show ships it's in Google earth in real time.
What I really wanted was, I suppose, Toolbox/explorer to show the ships that are listed instead of some other aircraft. Wonder why MS never finished that either!!
I also don't think AIRound is what I was thinking for,
but many thanks to both for your suggestions.
What I really wanted was, I suppose, Toolbox/explorer to show the ships that are listed instead of some other aircraft. Wonder why MS never finished that either!!
I also don't think AIRound is what I was thinking for,
but many thanks to both for your suggestions.
You said that "Explorer lists those ships but you can't actually view them can you", which made me think that you meant you wanted a custom camera view, as Traffic Explorer allows you to right click an entry and choose view.
To view non-aircraft AI in the Traffic Toolbox Traffic Explorer, you can uncheck the "Aircraft only" checkbox in the upper right part of the window.
To view non-aircraft AI in the Traffic Toolbox Traffic Map, press the A key (toggles showing only aircraft, the equivalent to the checkbox in the Traffic Explorer).
I don't think you can set the Traffic Explorer or Traffic Map to only show non-aircraft AI. You can see the Traffic Toolbox SDK documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc526965.aspx.
If you want to view the AI boat schedules, you can use the tool AI Boat Traffic Compiler by Lamont Clark (lc0277). (Despite the name, it also allows you to decompile traffic files.)
To view non-aircraft AI in the Traffic Toolbox Traffic Explorer, you can uncheck the "Aircraft only" checkbox in the upper right part of the window.
To view non-aircraft AI in the Traffic Toolbox Traffic Map, press the A key (toggles showing only aircraft, the equivalent to the checkbox in the Traffic Explorer).
I don't think you can set the Traffic Explorer or Traffic Map to only show non-aircraft AI. You can see the Traffic Toolbox SDK documentation here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc526965.aspx.
If you want to view the AI boat schedules, you can use the tool AI Boat Traffic Compiler by Lamont Clark (lc0277). (Despite the name, it also allows you to decompile traffic files.)
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Yes, you've got my drift, but, and this is the problem, even if you uncheck 'aircraft only' and see the whole list of baggage carts, ships etc. right clicking on a ship and selecting view does not show you the ship but another AC (for some odd reason) that's why I said why didn't MS finish this bit.
Unless, of course, I've missed something out completely.
Has anyone actually seen a ship in a new view window by clicking on it? as you do with AI aircraft?
I'm aware of AIBTC and have used it a number of times to create my own shipping traffic. (and decompile others!) This is one of the reasons I would like this type of app. so I can test my ship traffic plans instead of searching out the seven seas looking for it in the sim.
Unless, of course, I've missed something out completely.
Has anyone actually seen a ship in a new view window by clicking on it? as you do with AI aircraft?
I'm aware of AIBTC and have used it a number of times to create my own shipping traffic. (and decompile others!) This is one of the reasons I would like this type of app. so I can test my ship traffic plans instead of searching out the seven seas looking for it in the sim.
Well, then that's what my first post in this thread was about.
The tool AIRound would seem to have exactly that sort of ability. The description on the product page says that "This utility enables forward, fly by, spot and top-down views of other players’ aircraft and AI-controlled airplanes, ground vehicles and boats." The screenshot in the bottom center seems to back that claim up.
This sounds essentially like what you're asking (to see "a ship in a new view [...] as you do with AI aircraft").
What I added in my earlier post were links to a couple threads asking how to do the same thing, which turned out to be inconclusive. There's a post in one, which is where I found the suggestion for AIRound:
The tool AIRound would seem to have exactly that sort of ability. The description on the product page says that "This utility enables forward, fly by, spot and top-down views of other players’ aircraft and AI-controlled airplanes, ground vehicles and boats." The screenshot in the bottom center seems to back that claim up.
This sounds essentially like what you're asking (to see "a ship in a new view [...] as you do with AI aircraft").
What I added in my earlier post were links to a couple threads asking how to do the same thing, which turned out to be inconclusive. There's a post in one, which is where I found the suggestion for AIRound:
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What I have missed ever in fsx, is a searching radar which could find ships.
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Did you check this one on AVSIM: Advanced Radar System 4 (ARS4) by Dietmar Loleit? It should be working nicely.
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No chance, it seem be for Fsx sp2 (acceleration here), I can see some airplanes, but no ships.I Almost got it. 
, Anyway I have forgot RFN gauge, a great gauge. but it's for carriers only. but you can add any ship you want in the XML file, the ship have to have a hard surface if you want this work 
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, Anyway I have forgot RFN gauge, a great gauge. but it's for carriers only. but you can add any ship you want in the XML file, the ship have to have a hard surface if you want this work .
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Sligthly off topic, but I look forward to see that scenery - it is an amazing area - I sent a freighter or two into Ha Long harbour in my Asian routes - hope they will not mess up and sink a little fishing boat.