borisvp Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Hi, as you might see in my signature, I'm a victim of the ORBX Xmas sale PAKT was among the downloads that hit me unexpectedly. I understand that the whole airport is a 3D model and therefore no AI is possible. But there are these two guys on the ramp who are loading luggage into - well, nothing. Looks quite strange. Is it possible to have let's say a static Alaska Air 737 at that position? My second question is about the non existing PAPI - at least I can see none. Did I miss something or could a PAPI be added? Regards Boris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky76 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 PAKT has a newer version of the ORBXLIBS. If you installed any other airfields after PAKT, your LIBS would have been reverted back to an older LIB. Two ways to fix it. 1- leave it as is until the newest LIBS are available. Or 2- delete PAKT and reinstall but don't install any LIB you may have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ White Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Boris, There is indeed an Alaska air 737 as part of the scenery, however Ricky is right, you need to install PAKT last as the OrbxLibs version shipped with PAKT is newer than any other and contains the 737. Russ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borisvp Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 Ah. OK, thanks. Of course I installed the latest available OrbxLibs last, as advised - will a simple new install of PAKT over the existing installation do it or must I uninstall first? Any hints about the PAPI? Boris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebgee Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 a simple re-install worked for me when I noticed the same problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Venema Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Yeah sorry about the lag in updating Orbxlibs. We try to avoid updating it too much because it's getting quite large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ White Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 The PAPI is a difficult beat to tame with this airport, due to the way this airport is modelled compared to any other, it's a bit hit and miss as to weather FSX decides to render the PAPI effects infront or behind the airport model. We have not found a way to cure this yet. This is not normally a problem with making airports as nearly all airports in FSX are made completely flat, and FSX always draws effects infront of FSX mesh, however the airport terrain at PAKT due to it's unique nature is made from modelled geometry instead of standard terrain mesh, therefore FSX 'draws' the terrain model in front of the PAPI effects. The only sure way to ensure PAPI works 100% is to make PAKT a completely flat airport, which of course takes the whole point of the project away! Russ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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