DirkDP

Yep, found it.

Thanks again.

Regards, DDP.

Hi Baron Fritz,

Thanks for the suggestion, but it seems the file got "improved away"...

Regards,

DDP.

Hi,

I had the same problem with an aircraft. But it had nothing to do with the landing gear settings.

The problem seemed to be balance. I had to edit the wing_pos_apex_lon in aircraft.cfg to where it's supposed to be.

After that I needed to edit the empty_weight_CG_position to get the CoG back to it's original position.

Regards,

DDP.

On 7/7/2023 at 1:07 AM, Skywatcher12 said:

Do you by any chance know a way to bulk process a bunch of ASE wx files to work in AS6.5?
I wish to do this at some point but not sure there will be a way to batch process them.

 

Hi,

No, not that I'm aware of... When one loads a WX into ASE it creates a current_wx_snapshot.txt, that can be copied into the ASv6 folder.

But I have both ASE and AS6.5 installed, and it seems ASE automatically updates the current_wx_snapshot.txt in both ASE and ASv6...

Regards,

DDP.

On 7/4/2023 at 7:58 AM, Skywatcher12 said:

Don't forget it's also possible to use ASE files for historical weather in AS 6.5 if anyone wishes to do that.

 

Looking forward to many more years of FS9!

 

Hi,

Yeah, same here.

Also, if I really want "today's" METAR for one or more airports in ASE, I can get it online and copy/paste the relevant data into the ASE WXConfigurator, unless there are gusts which ASE WXConfig ignores...

Or I edit a WX file. Those are just GZip files that can be opened with 7-Zip and the file inside can be opened and edited with Notepad. Kinda looks like what's in current_wx_snapshot.txt but without line breaks...

Regards,

DDP.

On 7/2/2023 at 3:45 AM, Skywatcher12 said:

Hi Dirk,
No, not yet. It's working fine under Win 11 generally it's just not always loading the conditions of a new weather file. Despite loading a new file sometimes, the conditions remain unchanged from the previous weather conditions/file.
This doesn't happen under Win 7 and it all works perfectly. I'll resolve it, just need some time. Otherwise, everything else with ASE appears to work perfectly under Win 11.

Hi,

That... does happen on my Win7x64, even on my old WinXPx86, from time to time... Even after pushing the refresh button.

So I reload the Wx file and then it updates the data. Never thought much of it, just a "feature"...

Regards,

DDP.

On 6/26/2023 at 8:28 AM, Skywatcher12 said:

Quick play around with ASE using historical weather and it is not working correctly under Win 11. On my Win 7 PC it works perfectly. Anyone been using ASE and historical weather under Win 11?

Hi,

Also no problems with Win7x64 here, did you change *ASE_Exec.exe* compatibility, if that's still a thing in W11?

BTW, I was looking around some old posts and found this...

Oh well...

Regards,

DDP.

Hi,

I also have build 709, and it opens, checked earlier today. I've always used ASE both on and offline, online only to download the historical Wx files.

My FS9 flying (with ASE 709) has always been offline and without problems.

When the servers shut down ASE wouldn't open because it tried to connect to them and just hung... Editing the options file solved it for me.

Regards, DDP.

Hi,

FS9 options for ASE are stored in FS9Options.cfg, It's in C:\Users\*Your login*\AppData\Roaming\Hifi\ASE\Options... Or do a search for it.

First make a backup, just in case...

Open that file with Notepad, find the setting AutomaticDownloads = , which will be set to True in your case, change that to False, and save.

Now your ASE should open without trying to connect to a no longer existing server (btw, thanks for that HiFi)...

Regards,

DDP.

On 6/14/2023 at 2:40 PM, JSkorna said:

Find NOAA archived data.

 

Anything more specific about where exactly? Or is that also not allowed...

DDP.

Damn, just seen this...

I have several years of daily historical downloads. Unfortunately I have only a few for Nov/Dec 2022 and nothing for 2023.

Didn't know one could "convert" NOAA data into ASE.

I'd be interested to know how this is done...

Regards,

DDP.

Hi,

Cool!

Flasback to the mid 1980s...

DDP.

Hi,

Maybe you can call me lazy but after over 15 years I don't want to start over again. Simple as that.

+1

DDP.

Hi,

Instead of editing complicated .txt files isn't a better option AI Flight Planner?

https://fsdeveloper.com/forum/resources/ai-flight-planner.279/

Regards,

DDP.

Hi,

Loading up your airport ICAO in AFX will show all active files. I've had it happen several times that an old version I forgot about was still active as well...

In FS9 the aircraft radius (not wingspan) is defined in the .mdl file, not the .air file, IIRC in meters.

AFCAD2 and AI-Aircaft Editor (and probably others...) can make those changes to the .mdl file.

In ADE options one can choose to use ft. or m. for parking.

Also, parking spots have an order index, which can be seen and changed in ADE, or AFX.

If you create a new parking spot it's index is added to the end of the line. So that spot will be filled last, but still taking into account the aircraft radius and airline code...

Screenshot from ADE1.65 manual.pdf

When I redo an airport (with ADE), I always reorder the parking spots in the index table, from small to large. Then depending on the airport, I can reorder same radius spots, gates first, then ramp. E.g. all my B737/A320s will fill the gates first, and only then the ramp spots.

Regards,

DDP.

Hi,

All of the above, and Jim Vile (learned how to program approaches thanks to his posts), ScruffyDuck (ADE), Sidney Schwartz & Roger Wensley (great scenery), and certainly "Opa" Marshall...

DDP.

Hi,

I think you can put it wherever you want (Temp folder?).

IIRC you'll need to point it to fs9.exe, and then run it, that's it.

I've used another program, LAA 2.04, to do this.

Regards,

DDP

Hi,

Open up FS9.cfg and go to [Weather].

Find the line

CLOUD_COVERAGE_DENSITY=8

Change that to 12.

Each time you open FS9 display settings it will reset to 8.

Regards,

DDP.

Hi,

My 1st was SubLogic FS for C64 somwhere in the early 80s. After the obligatory move to Amiga I got to the PC just in time for W95 and FS5 (I think). I got FS9 some 10-15yrs ago and that's when I started trying out some editing, aircraft and panel .cfgs and later AFCADs.

Nowadays I spend more time with ADE, Sbuilder and AIFP (and Notepad...) than actually flying...

Regards,

DDP.

Hi,

I might leave my 'full of WOAI, edited airports, approaches, scenery and aircraft' FS9 when I can get an actually finished MSFS2020. Without having to d/l GBs of patches (with some stuff that should've really been in the release) every other week.

That is if I'm still alive... ;)

Regards,

DDP.

Here's a link:

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-biggest-plane-in-the-world-mriya-the-dream-was-destroyed-by-russian-occupants-ukrainian-government-confirmed-that-the-antonov-an-225-has-been-destroyed/

DDP.

News is just out a few hours ago. The AN-225 is no more. Got destroyed during Russian assault on Hostomel Airport...

DDP.

Hi,

I like my aircraft to fly as realistic as possible.

So if it flies like a brick IRL, it should fly like a brick in FS2004.

If a B747 flies like a jet fighter, it's not really a simulator anymore...

Regards,

DDP.

Hi,

I fly mostly airliners and the B1900 or DHC-7.

I always rely on the PAPI lights for the correct descent after turning off the AP.

But I also make sure they're placed correctly and have the correct angle, according to the airport charts.

I don't have rudder pedals, I use the twist axis on my stick. And throttle is controlled with keypad keys.

I've come across most, if not all, the advice in this thread, going back to books about subLogic FS. And it helped me a lot over time.

I don't get the center line each time, but I concentrate more on touching down within the 1st 1/3rd of the RWY lenght and a landing VS of about -250fps (as recommended by my VA).

Regards,

DDP.

Hi,

I downloaded this Air Transat A310, this file:

https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?do=copyright&fid=109827

I loaded the .mdl file in ModelConverterX to check the animations. Only control surfaces and landing gear have animations. There are no moving doors on this model.

Regards,

DDP.