Simple airport, runway will not show

flymac · August 25, 2017 at 8:05 PM

Hello,

I am trying to add my first simple airport on the island of Tenerife, which is a no-DLC zone as you know (maybe it's the problem?). I created the TSC file and it will actually show correctly in the "Location" map of the game, but when firing up the sim, the runway will not show as you can see on the attached screenshot. Oddly, the PAPI is there!

I also tried putting the "runway.tmb" file I found in the Hawaii user-contributed DLC (sorry, just testing!) but no luck either.

Here is the TSC file :

Code

<[file][][]
    <[tmsimulator_scenery_place][][]
        <[string8][type][airport]>
        <[string8][sname][Tenerife South Airport]>
        <[string8][lname][Tenerife Sur/Reina Sofía Airport]>
        <[string8][icao][GCTS]>
        <[string8][country][Spain]>
        <[string8][coordinate_system][lonlat]>
        <[vector2_float64][position][-16.5725682 28.0444463]>
        <[float64][height][60]>
        <[float64][size][5000]>
        <[vector2_float64][tower_position][-16.5751270 28.0482860]>
        <[float64][tower_height][30]>
        <[bool][autoheight][true]>
        <[string8][lights][]>
        <[list_tmsimulator_scenery_object][objects][]
            <[tmsimulator_scenery_object][element][0]
                <[string8][type][object]>
                <[string8][geometry][runway]>
                <[vector3_float64][position][-16.5751270 28.0482860 0]>
            >           
        >
        <[list_tmsimulator_scenery_object_animated][objects_animated][]
        >
        <[list_tmsimulator_runway][runways][]
            <[tmsimulator_runway][element][0]
                <[vector2_float64][endpoint1][-16.5575532 28.0496495]>
                <[vector2_float64][endpoint2][-16.5874223 28.0392524]>
                <[vector2_float64][threshold1][-16.5575532 28.0496495]>
                <[vector2_float64][threshold2][-16.5874223 28.0392524]>
                <[float64][width][45]>
                <[string8][name1][26]>
                <[string8][name2][08]>
                <[string8][appltsys1][malsr]>
                <[string8][appltsys2][malsr]>
                <[string8][papi1][left]>
                <[string8][papi2][left]>
                <[string8][reil1][none]>
                <[string8][reil2][none]>
            >
        >
        <[list_tmsimulator_startposition][start_positions][]
        >
        <[list_tmsimulator_parking_position][parking_positions][]
            <[tmsimulator_parking_position][element][0]
                <[tmvector2d][position][-16.5776805 28.0460324]>        //parking coordinates
                <[float64][heading][80.00]>                             //heading of aircraft
                <[string8][name][Start Position #1]>
            >
        >
        <[list_tmsimulator_view_position][view_positions][]
        >
    >
>

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Any wisdom would be much appreciated, thanks!

Kevin

Rodeo · August 25, 2017 at 8:53 PM

Hi Kevin,

please set the runway height to -4, as it was in the Hawaii airports.

It is right now only a dummy file. If you set it to 0, it is in the same elevation as your aerial scenery.

Rodeo

Code

<[file][][]
    <[tmsimulator_scenery_place][][]
        <[string8][type][airport]>
        <[string8][sname][Tenerife South Airport]>
        <[string8][lname][Tenerife Sur/Reina Sofía Airport]>
        <[string8][icao][GCTS]>
        <[string8][country][Spain]>
        <[string8][coordinate_system][lonlat]>
        <[vector2_float64][position][-16.5725682 28.0444463]>
        <[float64][height][60]>
        <[float64][size][5000]>
        <[vector2_float64][tower_position][-16.5751270 28.0482860]>
        <[float64][tower_height][30]>
        <[bool][autoheight][true]>
        <[string8][lights][]>
        <[list_tmsimulator_scenery_object][objects][]
            <[tmsimulator_scenery_object][element][0]
                <[string8][type][object]>
                <[string8][geometry][runway]>
                <[vector3_float64][position][-16.5751270 28.0482860 -4]>

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Jetjockey10 · August 25, 2017 at 9:06 PM

I built this one from scratch and it works fine. see below. Change the file name extension to tsc and place in the places folder.tenerife.txt

Regards,

Ray

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Jetjockey10 · August 25, 2017 at 9:10 PM

here is the tsc file data.

Code

<[file][][]
<[tmsimulator_scenery_place][][]
<[string8][type][airport]>
<[string8][sname][Tenerife South]> //Short name of airport
<[string8][lname][Tenerife Airport]> //Full name of airport
<[string8][icao][GCTS]> //ICAO Code
<[string8][country][Spain]> // country
<[string8][coordinate_system][lonlat]>
<[vector2_float64][position][-16.577478 28.047908]> //main coordinate of airport
<[float64][height][64]> //average elevation in meters
<[float64][size][10500]>
<[vector2_float64][tower_position][-16.575169 28.048305]> //tower coordinates
<[float64][tower_height][20]> //tower height in meters
<[bool][autoheight][true]>
<[string8][lights][]>
<[list_tmsimulator_scenery_object][objects][]
<[tmsimulator_scenery_object][element][0]
<[string8][type][object]>
<[string8][geometry][runway]>
<[vector3_float64][position][-16.577478 28.047908 -4]>
>
>
<[list_tmsimulator_scenery_object_animated][objects_animated][]
>
<[list_tmsimulator_runway][runways][]
<[tmsimulator_runway][element][0]
<[vector2_float64][endpoint1][-16.587636 28.039217]> //start rwy 1
<[vector2_float64][endpoint2][-16.557354 28.049749]> //end rwy 1
<[vector2_float64][threshold1][-16.587636 28.039217]> //copy of 1
<[vector2_float64][threshold2][-16.557354 28.049749]> //copy of 2
<[float64][width][61]> //runway width in meters
<[string8][name1][08]> //runway sign 1
<[string8][name2][26]> //runway sign 2
<[string8][appltsys1][std]> //all bout lighting system
<[string8][appltsys2][std]> //see separate tutorial
<[string8][papi1][left]>
<[string8][papi2][left]>
<[string8][reil1][none]>
<[string8][reil2][none]>
>
>
<[list_tmsimulator_startposition][start_positions][]
>
<[list_tmsimulator_parking_position][parking_positions][]
<[tmsimulator_parking_position][element][0]
<[tmvector2d][position][-16.581488 28.045092]> //parking coordinates
<[float64][heading][150.00]> //heading of aircraft
<[string8][name][Start Position #1]>
>
>
<[list_tmsimulator_view_position][view_positions][]
>
>
>

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flymac · August 25, 2017 at 10:25 PM

Thank you both for all your help!

I've tried all the variants above, the airport shows up correctly in the "Location" screen but I still get no runway when actually loading the simulation. Should I reboot or something, is restarting the game not enough?

Thanks

Kevin

Rodeo · August 25, 2017 at 10:44 PM

Hi,

I tried the code of Ray and it works fine.

Make sure, the TCS file has the same name like the TSC folder.

But this is an area of IPACS default texture, so there is no runway visible.
Perhaps it that what you meant?

You have to use FSET and GeoConvert/GeoConvert Helper to create your Tenerife scenery.

Rodeo

flymac · August 25, 2017 at 10:54 PM

Hi,

Yes that's what I meant, thanks. I also did not know the "folder name" = "file name" rule, thanks for that.

Now it's time to start the Scenery tutorial indeed!

Thanks again

Kevin

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