MakeRwys in MSFS & Airline gate assignments

[Fiorentoni]

Does MakeRwys read airline gate assignments from the .bgls? I imported some bigger airports (3rd party, definitely have gate assignments set) for testing into P2ATC, and while everything else was imported correctly, airline gate assignments were not.

[Pete Dowson]

42 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

Does MakeRwys read airline gate assignments from the .bgls? I imported some bigger airports (3rd party, definitely have gate assignments set) for testing into P2ATC, and while everything else was imported correctly, airline gate assignments were not.

Yes. Airlines are listed at the end of each Gate entry in the G5.CSV file. Default airports don't have any, and nor do all add-on airports. You can look at that file in any text editor to check.

I don't think Pilot2ATC uses this information however. Best to ask Dave on the P2A support forum.

Pete

 

[Fiorentoni]

19 hours ago, Pete Dowson said:

Yes. Airlines are listed at the end of each Gate entry in the G5.CSV file. Default airports don't have any, and nor do all add-on airports. You can look at that file in any text editor to check.

I don't think Pilot2ATC uses this information however. Best to ask Dave on the P2A support forum.

Pete

 

It doesn't seem to work (latest version 5.13). I am absolutely positive that many of my airports have airline codes assigned in the .bgl, I even double checked in the sim (e.g. FlyTampa  KBOS or Aerosofts EDDB). Still none of these airline codes get read by MakeRwys, the g5.csv has no airline assignments at all, nowhere. Can you check if it works for you?

EDIT: And just for context - the rest of the data gets read correctly, taxiways, runways, gates etc. Here's a snippet of what the runway.txt says for KBOS, as you can see Airlines is empty, even though it's clearly assigned in the .bgl:

Gate A9 [#G35]:  N42:21:48.0075  W071:01:16.3371
              Type 9 (Medium Gate), Size 20.0m, Hdg 16.8T
              Airlines:
          Gate A10 [#G36]:  N42:21:48.3314  W071:01:14.6829
              Type 8 (Small Gate), Size 15.1m, Hdg 3.7T
              Airlines:
          Gate A11 [#G37]:  N42:21:49.7892  W071:01:13.2698
              Type 8 (Small Gate), Size 15.1m, Hdg 306.2T
              Airlines:

Edited May 8, 2023 by Fiorentoni

[Pete Dowson]

21 hours ago, Fiorentoni said:

It doesn't seem to work (latest version 5.13). I am absolutely positive that many of my airports have airline codes assigned in the .bgl, I even double checked in the sim (e.g. FlyTampa  KBOS or Aerosofts EDDB). Still none of these airline codes get read by MakeRwys, the g5.csv has no airline assignments at all, nowhere. Can you check if it works for you?

I don't have a KBOS add-on airport, but it certainly works for all my add-on European airports. For example, here's an extract from G5.CSV for my P3D Justsim Brussels (EBBR):

EBBR,R,149,50.902452,4.484660,21.0,335.4,8,,BRU
EBBR,R,153,50.902775,4.485776,21.0,335.4,8,,BRU
EBBR,R,157,50.903101,4.486890,21.0,335.4,8,,SAS,GWI,AUA,DLH
EBBR,R,165,50.903815,4.489376,21.0,335.4,8,,SAS,GWI,AUA,DLH
EBBR,R,169,50.904106,4.490519,21.0,335.4,8,,SAS,GWI,AUA,DLH
EBBR,R,205,50.899189,4.486295,21.0,335.4,8,,ICE,TUI
EBBR,R,211,50.899644,4.487884,21.0,335.4,8,,ICE,TUI
EBBR,R,217,50.899947,4.488936,21.0,335.4,8,,ICE,TUI

Not that I think the BGL format has changed in this regard, but I belatedly noticed you are talking about MSFS, not FSX or P3D. I've never had any add-on airports for MSFS so I'm not aware of any changes made in this area. 

I'm afraid I am unable to undertake any more development of MakeRwys, whether for P3D or MSFS. I am now fully retired. But if you are a C/C++ programmer and are able to delve into MSFS scenery file formats, I expect we could arrange for you to adapt it yourself -- provided the results remained freeware.

Note that I still don't think Pilot2ATC uses this information in any case.

Pete

 

 

 

 

[John Dowson]

As it says on the download page (on SimFlight) for MakeRunways:

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Note that MakeRunways is now closed for further development, as Peter Dowson, the original author of this product, has now retired. However, you can download the source and update for your own needs. The source code for this utility is available on GitHub at the following location: https://github.com/jldowson/MakeRunways/. If you would like to take over development and support of this product, please PM me (John Dowson).

Looks like I still need to update fsuipc.com with this information though...

John