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bojote
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 Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 5:21 am Post subject: SquawkBox SMS Generator - supports *ANY* AI Traffic Package! |
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This program works for FSX and FS2004. It generates an SMS file for SquawkBox that will display the correct model/livery when flying online, it will use *ANY* AI traffic package and make it visible while flying online! no more VIP or Paper Planes!
The Readme.txt file includes an advanced users section that even tells you how to make it display correct AI traffic EVEN if the users connected in the online session have their clients configured incorrectly!
Where to download?
http://www.venetubo.com/SMSCreator.zip
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Georg Aubele
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| Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 9:12 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds great, is there also a version for Fs9? |
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bojote
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| Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| Georg Aubele wrote: | | Sounds great, is there also a version for Fs9? |
The 'format' is the same. But, the 'instructions' I wrote ONLY apply to FSX.
it will work in FS9 bt you'll need to do some extra steps. for example. you'll need to create a 'temporary' directory with AI A/C on it and then you'll need to run the SMS Generator.
After the SMS file is created, you'll need to copy the AI A/C from the temporary directory back to the default Aircraft folder in FS9 and thats it.
Remember, the SMS Creator does two things:
1) it CREATES an SMS file so SB4 can use your AI aicraft
2) But it also modifies your AI so they 'comply' with what SB4 needs in order to display this traffic.
The SMS Generator will ONLY generate entries for VALID equipment ICAO codes and Airlines recognized by SB, the good thing about this is that the resulting SMS files are 100% accurate representations of the traffic that SB4 can (and will) display. |
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Georg Aubele
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| Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 10:06 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks a lot for your efforts! |
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bojote
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Georg Aubele wrote: | | Sounds great, is there also a version for Fs9? |
I've updated the package and edited the original post. It now officially supports FS2004 as well, same download link.
Enjoy, |
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maxmax20
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
i have tried this now with some AI aircrafts, but it seems that no Gears on the ground will be shown. Is this normal?
Thanks,
Max |
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bojote
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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| maxmax20 wrote: | Hi,
i have tried this now with some AI aircrafts, but it seems that no Gears on the ground will be shown. Is this normal?
Thanks,
Max |
Hi Max,
yes... no matter what AI you use, the gears wont display. I think this is a SB issue, hopefully fixed in future versions of SB |
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bojote
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| Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| maxmax20 wrote: | Hi,
i have tried this now with some AI aircrafts, but it seems that no Gears on the ground will be shown. Is this normal?
Thanks,
Max |
Max,
Since this seem to be most frequently asked question, I've decided to include this as an alternative feature (it will NOT be ON by default). I've re-uploaded the SMS generator with this new change. You will need to EDIT the actual script and change a variable there, read the instructions or open the script in notepad.
The downside to this 'hack' is that the AI will also show gear down at 30.000ft, but since you only see them on the ground, guess it will no be a big deal for some.
I had to change the contact point for the gear extension/retraction time to 0 to indicate (or trick) SB into thinking this is a fixed gear A/C |
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FelixGAE081
Joined: 23 May 2010
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 3:44 am Post subject: |
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Hi, I want to use IVAO Aircrafts for the Squawkbox. At the end is a list of Aircrafts that are not working.
I get these error message:
WARNING: The AI in the folder IVAO_A333 does not contain an ICAO code. It will be ignored and NOT displayed in SquawkBox. There are two possible reasons for this, either the AI Developer forgot to insert the code in the [General] atc_model= section or this a/c type is ficticious. Press OK to continue generating the SMS file.
| Code: | atc_model
A124
A148
A306
A30B
A318
A319
A320
A321
A332
A333
A342
A343
A345
A346
A388
A748
DR40
DV20
E145
E170
E190
E300
E3CF
EC20
EC30
EC35
EC45
EUFI
EXPL
F100
F117
F14
F18
F22
F27
F28
F4
F5
F50
F70
GAZL
GLF2
GLF3
GLF4
GLF5
GLID_A13
GLID_a25
GLID_KA6
GLID_KA8
GLID_SH
H25B
H25C
H64
HAR
HUCO
IL14
IL62
IL76
IL86
J328
JS1
JS41
K35r
L101
L159
PA38
PA46
PAY2
T114
T134
T144
T154B2
T154M
T204
T214
TOR
Z37
Z42
Z43
ZZZZCAR
ZZZZCARFM
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bojote
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:45 am Post subject: |
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| FelixGAE081 wrote: |
GLID_A13
GLID_a25
GLID_KA6
GLID_KA8
GLID_SH
ZZZZCAR
ZZZZCARFM
ZZZZSHIP |
So glad I do validation!!
Felix, some are INVALID icao codes, that why they don't work, its in the readme file, some others are valid, so don't know why they don't work. |
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FelixGAE081
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 9:23 am Post subject: |
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The most are not so important, but the Airbus, Fokker and Embraer would be good.
Edit: I sent you an aircraft.cfg via PM.
Felix |
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PilotPhilH
Joined: 30 May 2010
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 11:00 am Post subject: |
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Hi, sounds cool!
I tried it with some WOAI things, it seems to work but the gear thing didn't change anything, the planes still always had gear up.
Also, here is the weird thing. If I just install the WOAI planes, it all works, but after converting them using the script, they work in Squawkbox but don't work with AI anymore.. which is not very convenient.
So I tried this, inside my aicraft folder (from the FS9 folder) I created another subfolder called WOAI for SB. And I placed all of my WOAI models converted for SB in there. I then took my original WOAI planes (not converted using the script) and placed them directly into my Aircraft folder. Like this, the AI traffic in FS9 works with the WOAI models, but now though for some reason, Squawkbox displays my plane for all of the other models, even though it should work with the WOAI models.
Any idea?
Thanks,
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Georg Aubele
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 11:43 am Post subject: |
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| PilotPhilH wrote: |
So I tried this, inside my aicraft folder (from the FS9 folder) I created another subfolder called WOAI for SB.
Any idea?
Thanks,
Phil |
My Idea: Don't do such things. The models for SB only work, of they are in a single subfolder like the other aircrafts in that folder.
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PilotPhilH
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the tip Georg, I'll fix that.
To the developer, is it normal that the AI traffic within the sim doesnt work after using the script? I think it's probably because the names inside the aircraft.cfg change, and the traffic.bgl files in the scenery/world folder reference to the old names..? What do you think? |
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Georg Aubele
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 11:55 am Post subject: |
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And about "gear up":
[quote="bojote"] | maxmax20 wrote: |
Since this seem to be most frequently asked question, I've decided to include this as an alternative feature (it will NOT be ON by default). I've re-uploaded the SMS generator with this new change. You will need to EDIT the actual script and change a variable there, read the instructions or open the script in notepad.
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