Airports are filled with FSX planes...!

 

under Traffic Movements in the TrafficX control panel i did a Compile Traffic X Flight Plans and saved it under the "TrafficAircraft_bgl" ........ did i hurt anything. It was 4am and i was trying anything.

 

before, my problem was I see lots of planes on the ground. But not many in the air after an hour of flying or more (AH). You can fly over a large airport, there are a lot of planes just sitting still.

 

when you first start on a large airport a bunch take off and land and then it's over. when i fly i may see a couple more than i seen before i installed Traffic X. But with FS9 and Traffic, i had planes on top of planes in the air?

 

mainly, have i messed up the TrafficAircraft_bgl file.

 

by what i read in your post maybe i can uninstall TrafficX and re-install and restore that file?

 

thanks for your help

g

 

i have since un-installed Traffic and re-installed and all the aircraft left except a couple of Mooney's that were not there before installing Traffic X. But once i get it installed, i won't be taking it out.

 

can you send me a fresh TrafficAircraft_bgl file that i can replace mine with? I see you help a lot of people here.

 

Or if do that again and load it up with flight plans will i see more planes in the air. That's what i am after that i'm not seeing like i did in FS9 and Traffic. Heck, now i'm seeing less than i did before i in-stalled TrafficX ........ ha.

 

i just got all of it as i just upgraded to a quad that would run FSX for the most part. So i can do a new install of three programs.

 

also, where do you "save" the file when you do the "Compile TrafficX flight plans" I've read the manual, some parts twice. I did the Traffic Generator and went to Dense and then i did the Compile TrafficX and saved it in "TrafficX.bgl file. ....... right/wrong?

 

thanks

g

 

I too have seen two airliners flying wingman with each other ... but only saw this ONCE ... so it should be a RARE occurence.  However, if you do happen to see this a lot (and not just with airliners) then it could be that you have managed to get duplicated flight plans in the mix of things - probably due to the install and uninstall, and then something might have also happened with the Dense traffic generation to compound the issue, etc.  If that does turn out to be the case (you notice that you do have duplicated flight plans), then it can be fixed by doing another uninstall and then MANUALLY checking that the TrafficX.bgl file was in fact removed as part of the uninstall process.  Followed, of course, by a reinstall.  For the record, I have done many compiles with the Traffic Generator, so that does indeed work fine, but I have also noticed one or two things which can happen to cause duplicated flight plans.  They're usually things that won't normally occur and so it's always usually fine - but nonetheless, there are some one-off circumstances where duplicates can sometimes happen.

 

Make sure you have the Traffic X Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed.  This will ensure you have the maximum traffic in the skies and fix up a few other issues.  You can get that from here: http://www.justflight.com/faqs.asp?drdProduct=182#Update362  If you are not sure whether you have this already or not, then keep in mind that you can install this over the top of your existing install.  It won't hurt anything to do that.

 

For your compiles, it is OK to overwrite the "TrafficX.bgl" file.  So using the Traffic Generator and choosing Dense and then hitting "Compile TrafficX" and saving it in "TrafficX.bgl" is 100% OK and fine.  I've always done it that way.

 

As for fuel trucks and other airport vehicles getting broadsided by planes ... yep, it happens.  FSX is usually fairly good at keeping track of vehicles and planes and things and tries its best to prevent the "broadsiding".  However, it is not flawless and if there is a lot for it to do (sliders set high so there is lots of [too much?] traffic etc for it to cope with and manage), then these "accidents" can and do happen.  And, yes, even on runways.  A word of caution: if it is happening to the AI, then it can happen to you.  Don't get broadsided by a fuel truck or vehicle which FSX doesn't get a chance to notify you about ... keep a sharp eye on the lookout ... AND you may want to turn crash detection off just in case.  (If you didn't blow up when you hit the fuel truck on takeoff, then it sounds like you do already have crash detection off.)

The file is too big to email (even zipped up).  So I have put it on an FTP site.  I've sent you a reply PM with the FTP link in it.

 

I will need to remove the file from there in a short while, so be sure to download it from there as soon as you can.