Again wrong destination

[Dutch64]

The bar! That's it!!! Why didn't we think of that before!?!?

[Joeflyer]

Bravo, Mr. Pegase ! Err, Mr. Magic Solution Provider

[fabrytnix]

pegase wrote:

Then, Fabrizio, after landing, go parking next to the bar and tell good by for ever to these undeserved destination pens

The problem is not only PANC.
VABB, for instance, is not detcted at all.
And for going in a closest position of center of airport, people must have FSNav, and many advanced add-ons haven't default GPS gauge..
Before opening this 3D I've tried all solutions to work around this problem without software correction: no way; you must forget the problem
deactivating the penalty, one more penalty
All softwares that compare the position with a database of coordinates have not errors
They don't like this idea? They don't accept that can be a diffrerent way? no problem, but I haven't read that they are evalutating a way to do
it,instead the are saying that this is not a bug, then:they don't say tha this not happens, but this error is about 3% of airport and so on



Post Edited ( 06-17-06 12:15 )

[Drew]

so your saying, whereever you park at VABB, it does not say your closest to VABB?


**off to start up flight sim, quick screen shot, and i will return

[Drew]

so here we are flight fans, Drew sitting at a total randomly selected gate at VABB airport.....



ahhhhh, dont i look pretty in my little yellow plane


i next jump into the cockpit, and have a look at my gps, and click the nrst button, I also invite a passenger aboard - Welcome aboard mr
Magic solution provider. (its your reward flight )

i open up the inflight report and 8o8o8o8o8o

to my total shock, the GPS and the Inflight report say im at VABB 8o



now thats strange, as i thought FsP did not recognise the airport at all


Cheers
Drew
Chief t-shirt distributor

[Airliner]

Okay, time to jump in here.

I'm actually glad to have found this discussion because I've been working on this for my other addon, using lat/lon coords and a short
distance away (in both directions).

Anyway, I thought I was all set until I saw that image over PANC. THANKS DREW!

Well, for my thing, I can just leave the other airports out of the database - simple solution! Besides, I don't know how many people will
setup airlines to fly into those other airports anyway, but...

Here's a question: can FSP access AFCAD at all? Or maybe, the data in the AF2 files? If so, couldn't you check the location at shutdown,
and then see if you coords match up with an assigned parking space at the airport you're supposed to have landed at?

Let's say you landed and taxiied to gate, I don't know, A3. You're at airport XXXX. Now, FSP gets the lat/lon of your position and then runs
through the AFCAD file for XXXX, checking your coords with the parking list, +/- a slight variance.

I don't even know if you can get into those files with FSP, though.

But, I agree; this issue isn't even really with FS - it's the way the airports were laid out - who would've thought three airports could be
jammed up so close!

You know, there is one other thing I found - when saving files to check data. I'll run through and maybe there's something that will
resonate with someone.

Right now, my setup calls for two save files - save the flight at the start and again after shutdown. These two files are then read by my
program and the data is extrapolated and placed into the proper fields for the auto-log, which will eventually be uploaded to the web
database. Anyway, at one point, I did a save just after touchdown, as I turned off the runway and was called to contact ground. I
acknowledged the call and saved the flight there. Later, when I opened that save file with wordpad, I found that the ICAO for the arrival
airport was in one of the fields. I don't know if this only works when you have a flightplan filed or not, as I was using one and I think it
showed up under either the ATC section or the flightplan section. Either way, just after touchdown, it was definitely confirmed that I was
where I was supposed to be.

If this were an ATC thing, that would again become an issue for those not using FS9 ATC. I'll have to try again without a flightplan and
see what happens. Either way, when I viewed the save file from the gate after shutdown, all this was gone, including the flightplan I was
using, as it was no longer valid - flight over. I'd also be interested to see what is recorded here if I land at PANC, where the GPS reports
LHD as the closest airport. If it reports PANC in this file, maybe there's a way to grab that out of there, or at least catch the name and
pass on the, "confirmed" message.

My 2 cents anyway - which around here gets about 0.007 of a gallon of gas!

Side note - Glenn Beck started a TV version of his radio show recently and one of his first show's segments was on how we need to get
rid of pennies. "I spend half my life trying to decide where to put all these stinking pennies! And they don't buy crap anyway!"

[fabrytnix]

Drew wrote:
so here we are flight fans, Drew sitting at a total randomly selected gate at VABB airport.....

ahhhhh, dont i look pretty in my little yellow plane


i next jump into the cockpit, and have a look at my gps, and click the nrst button, I also invite a passenger aboard - Welcome aboard mr
Magic solution provider. (its your reward flight )

i open up the inflight report and 8o8o8o8o8o

to my total shock, the GPS and the Inflight report say im at VABB 8o


now thats strange, as i thought FsP did not recognise the airport at all


Cheers
Drew
Chief t-shirt distributor

May be you think that your irony can be operative against me.
You are losing your time
In VABB I have this problem I don't no why but you should know or may be you should try together to know why, because
in VABB other add-ons detect correctly the aircraft position.
I've tried to suggest a solution, I've never said that is the best, but I have verified thai is working good. go to read previous posts
May be you prefere to show me as an idiot, instead having a cooperative attitude.
I'm simply waiting for two things
1: ok Fabrizio we don't like you but we will try to solve, we will work to do it
2: you will mantain the promises at deadline
I



Post Edited ( 06-17-06 13:28 )

[Dutch64]

fabrytnix wrote:

In VABB I have this problem I don't no why but you should know or may be you should try together to know why, because
in VABB other add-ons detect correctly the aircraft position.

There is the problem, it seems VABB is detected correctly for other users but not in your case. So, it sounds like something is wrong or different
with your setup. Then you say we should fix that? How can we fix it if it seems to work just fine for others?
You have to agree with me that in this case it sounds more like a problem particular concerning your setup or config than fsp? And even then i think
this forum contains lots of solutions and trouble shooting tips even for these specific cases.

Would it be possible for you to install a clean fs9 setup (on a different pc would be best) and just install fs9 and fsp and try again?. If you have
to do on the same pc make sure you backup your config files like fs9.cfg etc. etc.
Also, download a tool called 'scanafd' and check for any duplicate afcad files.

[JayKae]

... and we are just bradding along aren't we? I do not know what to say next to this gentleman. Nothing seems to get through.

[DanSteph]

-Hello I would like a Big Mac...
-Sorry here it's a laundry we don't sell big mac...
-Ahhh ok !.... well.... do you have Cheesburger then ?
-I told you already ! this is a laundry we don't sell any food...
-Oh , sorry... ok then I would like french fries...
-Do you feel well ? WE ARE A LAUNDRY !!!
-Hey no need to yell I understand pefectly !... well... when you think my Big Mac will be ready ?
-...
-With ketchup please !



Dan



Post Edited ( 06-17-06 14:22 )

[Drew]

I shouldnt laugh, no really i shouldnt,,,,,,



dammit, it sneaked out.

[Airliner]

Drew wrote:
I shouldnt laugh, no really i shouldnt,,,,,,



dammit, it sneaked out.

Twice? The first time, was the sneak. The second one, you let out!

[JayKae]

lol Dan & Drew

[Enzo]

I'm simply waiting for two things
1: ok Fabrizio we don't like you but we will try to solve, we will work to do it
2:...

Hey Fabrizio I do like you! Ihave never been so eager to read some ones messages (althought they are mostly edited)
... just to see what bla bla comes out next. You have been entairtaining me for several days.
Thank you!

P.S. Mi sa che ti stai annoiando un bel po. Sono cominciate le ferie estive in italia se non mi sbaglio, vero? Ma va fuori a divertirti con gli
amici invece di stare qui a rompere le scatole!

[fabrytnix]

DanSteph wrote:
-Hello I would like a Big Mac...
-Sorry here it's a laundry we don't sell big mac...
-Ahhh ok !.... well.... do you have Cheesburger then ?
-I told you already ! this is a laundry we don't sell any food...
-Oh , sorry... ok then I would like french fries...
-Do you feel well ? WE ARE A LAUNDRY !!!
-Hey no need to yell I understand pefectly !... well... when you think my Big Mac will be ready ?
-...
-With ketchup please !



Dan

Ohhhh, I see now, I beg your pardon, I didn't know that your real job is in a chinese laundry
I was thinking you where a source code writer
Best wishes for your cleaning work
I hope the best for you.
.