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GSX appears to be incompatible with UK2000 airports
Pete Dowson:
I purchased GSX this morning, mainly so I could modify FSUIPC do it doesn't asutomatically delete the GSX vehicles when at a Gate with AES active. I've done that (update to be released) by checking the title of the vehicel -- I don't delete vehicles with titles commencing "FSDT_".
However, I've found a really nasty incompatibilty between GSX and UK2000 airports. I presume this is a result of some technique gary Summons uses in his specially built scenery compiler. The inocmpatibility is a mixture of inifinitely tall mustard coloured poles, and black and mstard striped planes zooming off to a vanishing point. they occur with both the Extreme airports and the little VFR airfields included in the UK2000 UK airfields set.
I'm including a couple of screen shots, one from an Extreme airport and one for the little VFR airport (Plymouth). I can confirm that by listing these in the control INI file for GSX to be airports not supported by GSX, the glitches don't appear.
I hope you can fix this because, though I originally intended to carry on with AES, after seeing what GSX can do I'm inclined now to use both. Whilst you, hopefully, find a solution, could you please confirm that there's no limit on jhow many airports I can list to be GSX excluded? how long can that INI file line be? Usually I think the limit s something in the region of 256 characters, but it's going to take more than that ... unless it will access something like "EG??" for all EGxx airports?
Regards
Pete
Pete Dowson:
Here's the other pic:
At EGCC Extreme there's three huge black/mustard planes extending into the sky plue at least 6 extreme poles.
Pete
virtuali:
Before releasing GSX, we tested it with the current Trial versions of the following UK2000 sceneries:
EGLL
EGKK
EGLC
I also repeated the test again now after you report, and can't see anything like that, I'll try downloading EGCC to see if there's a difference.
In any case, if what you say here:
--- Quote ---I presume this is a result of some technique gary Summons uses in his specially built scenery compiler.
--- End quote ---
I don't see how we could fix it from our end, our objects are all 100% compliant FSX .MDL files, there are no non-standard commands or other possibly unusual things.
--- Quote ---Whilst you, hopefully, find a solution, could you please confirm that there's no limit on how many airports I can list to be GSX excluded? how long can that INI file line be? Usually I think the limit s something in the region of 256 characters, but it's going to take more than that ... unless it will access something like "EG??" for all EGxx airports?
--- End quote ---
I believe the limit should be higher, because even if it's a .ini file, we don't rely on the Windows API to read/write it but, since the whole program is written in Python, we use the standard Python library, which is OS-independent so, if there are limits, it could be different than the ones in the Windows API, and I thing multi-lines are also allowed and, it's possible that using some kind of usual Python magic, maybe it's already possible to put something like a regular expression to match a large number of ICAO codes, I'll confirm this after making some tests.
Pete Dowson:
--- Quote ---Before releasing GSX, we tested it with the current Trial versions of the following UK2000 sceneries:
EGLL
EGKK
EGLC
--- End quote ---
I tested so far with EGCC, EGNX, EGGP and the VFR Airfields version of Plymouth -- the Pic which was successfully shown.
So far that's 100% of UK2000 airports. I'll try EGLL, EGKK and EGLC tomorrow though. Maybe it's related to the change Gary's registration makes -- it removes banners so it certainly modifies some BGLs.
At first i thought it was a clash between GSX and AES, but I don't get the glitvhes at any of the other AES airports I've tried (I have all of the European ones), and Playmouth doesn't have AES in any case.
--- Quote ---I don't see how we could fix it from our end, our objects are all 100% compliant FSX .MDL files, there are no non-standard commands or other possibly unusual things.
--- End quote ---
I understand that, but hoped I could get you and Gary to discuss it. I'll post on Gary's forum too.
--- Quote ---I believe the limit should be higher, because even if it's a .ini file, we don't rely on the Windows API to read/write it but, since the whole program is written in Python, we use the standard Python library, which is OS-independent so, if there are limits, it could be different than the ones in the Windows API, and I thing multi-lines are also allowed and, it's possible that using some kind of usual Python magic, maybe it's already possible to put something like a regular expression to match a large number of ICAO codes, I'll confirm this after making some tests.
--- End quote ---
Okay. Thanks. for my airliner cockpit I only need to do it for 14 UK2000 airports, so only 70 characters. no prolbem. But unless the glitches can be solved, when i get to updating my VFR sim, i'll need to list every EG?? airfield.
BTW I assume i can buy a second copy of GSX for my VFR sim?
Regards
Pete
virtuali:
--- Quote from: Pete Dowson on February 01, 2012, 08:24:53 pm ---BTW I assume i can buy a second copy of GSX for my VFR sim?
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Don't worry about it, you have 6 activations per order...
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