MakeRwys not translating taxiways for a custom airport (EFHK)

[Nadelbaum]

I'm using MakeRwys 5.1.3 to extract taxiways for a custom airport, EFHK. The airport is from here: https://flightsim.to/file/10728/efhk-helsinki-airport

When looking at the Runways.txt I think everything is ok. EFHK seems to have taxiways and I can also see the taxiways in the simulator (development mode) + AIG AI Traffic works perfectly well. However, if I look at t5.csv then I only see one taxiway designation (ZA). The others are unnamed. This results in a problem when importing the data to, for example, pilot2atc. Only taxiway ZA is properly imported and the others are missing. 

Any ideas of what could be going wrong? I couldn't attach even the stripped down versions of the Runways.txt and t5.csv files as the limit is 20 kB.

 

[John Dowson]

18 minutes ago, Nadelbaum said:

Any ideas of what could be going wrong? I couldn't attach even the stripped down versions of the Runways.txt and t5.csv files as the limit is 20 kB.

Try zipping/compressing them then attaching. @Pete Dowson will take a look at some point...

John

[Nadelbaum]

Thanks John, here's t5.csv (EFHK only): t5_EFHKONLY.7z

[Nadelbaum]

Ok, I can't get you the Runways.txt, because even if 7zipped, it is more than 20 kB, which seems to be the limitation at least for a new user. 

 

[Nadelbaum]

Here's both files as Google Drive links:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_2FTpPX7mRoHr-5e_Fjr2Jn99snqA_zQ/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_1TM5bpsY-_mFFQ7An758Xu3VPkI6MMj/view?usp=sharing

[Pete Dowson]

19 hours ago, Nadelbaum said:

Any ideas of what could be going wrong?

The "EFHK only" section of the Runways.txt file you provided is for the default EFHK scenery, not the add-on:

          Official\Steam\fs-base-genericairports\scenery\0601\APX54100.bgl

Search down further in the file for the add-on EFHK.  It'll be near the end, with any other add-on sceneries. I suspect that the add-on is deleting most of the default and not replacing it. The file will show.

Try disabling the add-on EFHK and see if MakeRwys then generates the file correctly for you. I think it will.

Pete

 

[Nadelbaum]

2 hours ago, Pete Dowson said:

Search down further in the file for the add-on EFHK.  It'll be near the end, with any other add-on sceneries. I suspect that the add-on is deleting most of the default and not replacing it. The file will show.

 

Thanks Pete, I will check this out when I'm back at the computer on Sunday and then report back.

[Nadelbaum]

Ok, here's the link to the Runways.txt part that contains the custom EFHK:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_DylzBRqIpdfdpPQNoNkjXtYeDrXs9A0/view?usp=sharing

I can see that most of the taxipaths are without a name (Taxiname #0), but I don't understand why, because I see the names in MSFS Dev mode and again, like said before, AIG AI Traffic follows the paths perfectly.

[Pete Dowson]

1 hour ago, Nadelbaum said:

Ok, here's the link to the Runways.txt part that contains the custom EFHK:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_DylzBRqIpdfdpPQNoNkjXtYeDrXs9A0/view?usp=sharing

I can see that most of the taxipaths are without a name (Taxiname #0), but I don't understand why, because I see the names in MSFS Dev mode and again, like said before, AIG AI Traffic follows the paths perfectly.

Well, yes. But all of the default taxiways are deleted explicitly.

I don't know why MakeRwys only gets one path with a name -- there are evidently more names than the one it sees. It maybe that the other named parts don't actually join up.

I downloaded the add-on and tried analysing it using the well-respected Aircport Design Editor (ADE) but it didn't even find any airport records, giving a failure I don't understand.

I'll try to trace through MakeRwys to see why no other named taxiways are found, but I'm not sure when I can do it or even if I'll be able to -- I retired because my coding and debugging abilities were deteriorating fast as I aged (I'm 79).

I suggest the best course for you is to run MakeRwys whilst the add-on is disabled (as I suggested) and use the results it produces before re-enabling the add-on.

Pete

 

[Nadelbaum]

24 minutes ago, Pete Dowson said:

Well, yes. But all of the default taxiways are deleted explicitly.

I don't know why MakeRwys only gets one path with a name -- there are evidently more names than the one it sees. It maybe that the other named parts don't actually join up.

I downloaded the add-on and tried analysing it using the well-respected Aircport Design Editor (ADE) but it didn't even find any airport records, giving a failure I don't understand.

I'll try to trace through MakeRwys to see why no other named taxiways are found, but I'm not sure when I can do it or even if I'll be able to -- I retired because my coding and debugging abilities were deteriorating fast as I aged (I'm 79).

I suggest the best course for you is to run MakeRwys whilst the add-on is disabled (as I suggested) and use the results it produces before re-enabling the add-on.

Pete

 

I really appreciate your effort, many thanks! I could definitely go with the default EFHK, but since the default taxiways are incorrect it is a bit of an immersion breaker with Navigraph charts and Pilot2ATC. 

[Nadelbaum]

I also DM'd the author (Epixeri) of the EFHK add-on in case she/he has any ideas on what might be wrong or different from how the default airport is built.