Classic British Flight Sim

Hi gents

i have got ttools running, aircraft taxiing etc...

but with afcad... can you designate the exact location you want the a/c to park......

i have about 50 parking slots.....
i have several a/v variants, but they are mixed...

how do i designate a set of slots to certain a/c?

cheers in advance

In AFCAD you can either designate parking spots to specific airlines (see the list in AFCAD), or you can specify the parking radius such that it will exclude very precisely, aircraft larger than the exact type you want to park there. ATC usually allocates the first available parking spot that is suitably large for the aircraft requesting a space, so bear this in mind as smaller aircraft will be allocated larger spots if no more small ones are available, but it doesnt work the other way round.

There is a way to make particular aircraft park in particular spots. What you need to do is to open the 'aircraft.cfg' file and look for the following lines:

atc_parking_codes=
atc_parking_types=

Lets suppose you want only 1 Sqn Harriers to park in a particular location, and you have an AI Harrier model for 1 Sqn.

Invent your own codes (any 3-4 alphanumeric will do) and encode them in the relevant atc line above, becoming:

[fltsim.x]
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atc_parking_codes=1SQN,HAR,M001,RFR
atc_parking_types=MIL_COMBAT

In this case, '1SQN' and 'HAR' are invented codes, placed first for priority. M001 is the general AFCAD code for any fighter type and RFR is the standard RAF aircraft code.

Next, open the relevant AFCAD and find the parking spots you want 1 Sqn to park. Designate each of them as 'MIL_COMBAT', with a radius just large enough to accommodate a Harrier, then enter the same parking codes as above, and in the same priority (this is important, as otherwise any aircraft with an RFR or M001 code will park there first). If you want positively to exclude any other aircraft, don't put in the RFR or M001 codes, and also make sure there is adequate general parking elsewhere on the aerodrome.

I hope this helps - however AI seems to have a mind of its own sometimes, but this generally works. It's pretty good for keeping Squadrons together at their bases.

Cheers,

Kevin

Kevin wrote:...AI seems to have a mind of its own sometimes...

I thought that was the point

Handy advice there Kevin. Hope it still holds true for FSX.