Active runways question.

[Gnomus1]

Hello,
EDDF has runways 25L/07R, 25R/07L and 18/36. All runways have exactly the same length (at least that's what AFCAD says). So shouldn't FS choose the active runway according to wind direction? I was trying to get FS to do the following:
- If the wind is favouring 18/38, use that runway for all operations.
- If the wind is favouring 25/07, use 25L/07R for landings and 25R/07L for takeoffs.
So I increased the length of 25L/07R by 1 foot and closed the runway. Now FS is using 25L/07R for ALL landings and 25R/07L for ALL takeoffs. 18/36 is NEVER used, regardless of wind. What can I do???

Regards,
Gnomus

[cyclops02]

Microsoft is cheap in that sense. I'm guessing the code was written to accept only 1 active runway (because then the ATC would be too "complicated"). Yes I know, it is annoying, but maybe in future versions that will be fixed. And to answer your 18/36 never being used, that's probably becuase you modified the runway, but i could be wrong.

~Ryan
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[Gnomus1]

Actually I didn't modify 18/36, all runways actually do have the same length. 18/36 hadn't been used before I closed 25R/07L. So my question could've been: Why does MS ALWAYS use one of the 25/07s, regardless of the wind and any modifications?

Regards
Gnomus

[cyclops02]

Because they are CHEAP in that ATC sense, and they only allow the sim to have 1 active runway, it's completly their choice.

~Ryan

[Gnomus1]

Nonono don't you know you can have 2 active runways using AFCAD? If you close the longest runway, ATC will use the second longest for takeoffs and the longest for landings (despite the fact it's closed)!!!

Regards
Gnomus

[KittyMercury]

But you can't have three... If you modify the runways right enough, though, the 18/36 will get used, but not with two others at the same time.

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[Gnomus1]

I wasn't trying to use three runways at the same time! I modified 7L/25R to be the longest and be closed, so it is always used for landings, which worked. And then I was trying to keep the other two at exactly the same length so the takeoff runway is chosed depending on wind direction. But for some reason, 7R/25L is always used for takeoffs...

Regards
Gnomus