Scott Harmes Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Hi everyone. I didn't really want to post about this problem, as it's not a huge one, but it has now been niggling at me for a few weeks, and I can not find the solution. This isn't a support issue as far as I'm aware, as I don't think anythings broken. OK, so the question is: How do I get the Police and Air Ambulance choppers to show up at their hangar at YMEN. I only saw them last week or the week before, but now no matter what I try they will not appear. I have set IFR and VFR traffic to above 50%, removed all AI traffic files apart from the three ftx files, and checked these files for missing aircraft. I am not sure if they are a part of the FTX AI, being helicopters, but I've tried all of the YMEN control panel settings also, with no luck. Any ideas? Do these ever fly? Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Mason Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 The helicopters are not AI they are scenery objects, did you recently change your scenery sliders down? I am not sure at exactly which setting they are set at, but put your scenery complexity to max and see if they are there, if not you may have another issue, if they are, just back the sliders to where you want them for performance, but they should be there. And to answer your question do they fly, no they are only static objects, mastering helicopters to fly AI is another matter entirely. It is extremely difficulty due to FSX limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Thanks for the reply Ryan. I wasn't sure if they were AI or scenery objects, but I had been playing around with traffic files and settings around the same time I noticed them. But I was probably playing around with my fsx cfg file at some stage also, so maybe I did something there. I usually have my scenery density set to max and autogen set to normal. Very occasionally I will set autogen to dense. To be honest I only remember seeing the helicopters there a few times and I usually look for them when I'm at YMEN. Anyway, I'll keep experimenting. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Moved down to the payware support section, as the helicopters are scenery objects not AI I would reccomend re-running the latest version of the orbxlibs http://www.fullterrain.com/support.html#orbxlibs , then ensure your scenery density slider is on maximum and recheck Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Henare Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 As Ryan has indicated the Helicopters are static models and will disappear if you have either switched off Static Aircraft with the control panel or dropped your Scenery Complexity slider down too low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Moved down to the payware support section, as the helicopters are scenery objects not AI I would reccomend re-running the latest version of the orbxlibs http://www.fullterra...t.html#orbxlibs , then ensure your scenery density slider is on maximum and recheck Cheers Tim Hi. Sorry for taking so long to reply to this again. I have been doing some more quick testing on it, and it seems to me that the the ORBX Libs 120825 (I haven't downloaded the latest one yet), does not contain the static choppers at YMEN. I installed YMEN from my DVD, and the choppers were there. I then installed the latest libraries( at the time, a few days ago, 120825), and the choppers are no longer visible. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep49 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Scott, install the latest ORBXLIBS 121010 and everything is O.K. I have just checked YMEN. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 Good to hear. I'll be downloading the latest libraries in a few days. Thanks Peter. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Hi Guys. Sorry, but I'm still having issues with this after downloading the latest libraries from the site. First I just tried installing the new libraries to see if that would do the job. Unfortunately, no Police or AA Choppers at YMEN. Then I reinstalled YMEN and the new libraries straight after. Started FSX, and still had no choppers appearing at the Police/AA Hangar. Then I tried installing YMEN only. Started FSX and the Choppers were there. I then shut FSX down, reinstalled the latest libraries, started FSX and the choppers are gone again. Please note my scenery density is set at maximum, and static aircraft are enabled. Please see the screenshots below: The first is after installing YMEN only, the second is after I installed the latest libraries (121010): Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Hi, Would it be possible to let me know which file theses helicopters are in so I can try to figure out why the libraries are deleting it. Strangely, as far as I've noticed, the three helicopters outside the Air Ambulance/Police Hangar are the only aircraft to disappear. Also, probably another separate issue I have noticed with several installers, is when I re-install an ORBX airport, some of the control panel options are duplicated, with one having the .bgl extension and one having the .off extension added. This then causes the control panel options to be unable to switch between .bgl and .off, so the option can not be switched via the control panel. I have noticed this on several airports. Obviously, this can be fixed manually by deleting one of the files, and I have done so on several occasions, I'm just not sure if ORBX are aware of this issue. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Hi again, I have just noticed Ed's note about the number of files and size of the folder for the latest libraries. I have just checked and I have 103 files and the size is 229MB. Just FYI. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep49 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Hi Scott, I have checked Essendon again and I put some screenshots below so you can see there are two Air Ambulance Beechcrafts parked for the hangar. After a while one is take of from the runway. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 Hi Peter, Thanks for that. I think those Air Ambulance planes are part of the FTX AI traffic packs, whereas my problem is with the missing helicopters which are stationary scenery objects. I notice from your screenshots, that you don't have the three helicopters visible outside the hangar either. Its looking to me like there is a problem with the library installers, as when I install YMEN the helicopters are there, and when I install the latest libraries, they no longer appear. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 Moved down to the payware support section, as the helicopters are scenery objects not AI I would reccomend re-running the latest version of the orbxlibs http://www.fullterra...t.html#orbxlibs , then ensure your scenery density slider is on maximum and recheck Cheers Tim Hi Tim, Could you confirm that with the latest libraries these helicopters will show up, as they are not on my system (see the posts above). It really looks to me as if the libraries after a certain date have either not included these helicopters or they are not being installed. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 As Ryan has indicated the Helicopters are static models and will disappear if you have either switched off Static Aircraft with the control panel or dropped your Scenery Complexity slider down too low. Hi Martin, Could you confirm that with the latest libraries these helicopters will show up, as they are not on my system (see the posts above). It really looks to me as if the libraries after a certain date have either not included these helicopters or they are not being installed. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep49 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Hi Scott, I have checked YMEN with several different day's and times and I don't see the police and AA Choppers, only the Air Ambulance Beechcraft after I have installed the latest library 121010. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Thanks Peter, Unfortunately that's confirming my suspicions about the libraries being responsible for the choppers disappearing. Looks like I'll have to figure out a fix myself or live without them. Thanks for your help. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Hi, I'll have to chase Marty up on this to find out which library the choppers came from originally, perhaps something has been overwritten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep49 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Thanks Tim for your answer. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 No problems, we found the issue, will be resolved next build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 No problems, we found the issue, will be resolved next build Thanks Tim and Martin and Peter for your help. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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