Algernon Lacey

Hi Pete, I'm glad it didn't present too much hassle to track down. I have my suspicions that the file was not created with AFCAD, AFX etc because if it was I don't think it would have been possible to enter a channel of 22.0. So maybe the developer was modifying the basic code of the BGL - whether that is possible I don't know but I can't see any other way to have achieved that. The scenery almost certainly came from a Russian web site (avsim.su) and is of a Russian location. I have seen kind of gobbledygook in readme files for Russian sceneries before and of course in spam email from Russian sources so I suspect it is generated by keyboards set for the Cyrillic Russian alphabet which of course contains 33 characters, most of which are different to those we are familiar with. Best regards, John PS - while writing this you have posted about the latest version - many thanks indeed for that!

Yes, it loads and displays fine in FS2004. Absolutely no rush to resolve as far as I am concerned - I have worked around by correcting the comms channel and names in the AF2 file. John

Hi Pete, I have now emailed the runways.txt file too. You should already have the AF2 file - if either haven't reached you let me know and I will find another way of getting them both to you. IMPORTANT - in re-creating the situation using the original AF2 file I am getting different results! I cannot explain why things differ but now when I run MakeRwys.exe it reaches the layer concerned and crashes without completing. It thus creates an incomplete runways.txt file but not a F5.csv at all. I have no idea why things are happening differently but I have run it three times now and the same has happened every time. Anyway. hopefully the truncated runways.txt file will give a pointer. Best regards, John

OK, understood, but they don't appear for the hundreds of other entries. That to me indicates something amiss. I seem to be having a lot of trouble explaining things clearly to you. I have not mentioned runways.txt anywhere!. I have been talking about the generated file F5.csv which is read by the PFE software. I am aware how AFD files work through the scenery layers - this works fine in Flight Simulator but gives this problem in the F5.csv file when generated. The file is now on its way to you by email. I am not misunderstanding any log as a control file. I am simply notifying you of an issue with an imprefect AF2 file which, as I said, you may wish to deal with or equally you may feel it is up to the user of add-ons to ensure they fix or discard them. Many thanks, John

Thanks for the reply - I am sorry if I didn't make myself clear but the gobbledygook and the wrong frequency are in the AF2 file so your software is reading it as it stands. The curiosity is the comments in the output file about deleting taxiways, runways etc which seem to be what stops PF3 dead in its tracks. Modifying those entries fixes the F5.csv file entries. I have the original AF2 file here and am happy to email it in zip form but I cannot find your address anywhere (I may be missing the obvious!) - is there any chance you could PM it to me please? Best regards, John

Dear Peter, I hope I am posting in the right place . . . I am new here. I use "PF3 - ATC at its best" from Oncourse Software and that uses files generated by MakeRwys.exe . I recently ran into a problem with that software, which the developer traced to some curious entries in the F5.csv file. Here is an extract: I am sure you will be able to identify two issues at a glance: 1. Curious names for the Comms, probably caused by cyrillic script in the AF2 file 2. An incorrect channel of 22.0 which should presumably read 122.0 I can confirm that correcting both items in the AF2 file resolved the issue. I don't know whether you would want to modify the software to cope with such issues or whether you feel it is up to the user to use only "good" AFD files, but thought it best to notify you of this. Kindest regards John