Ardmore Grass Runway

[HardCorePawn]

After doing my first grass landing last week (IRL), I decided that I'd get some circuit practise in FS. But I noticed that there is no grass runway!

Using FS9, I have RealNZ Auckland City + Auckland Airports 2005 (+ Ardmore flatten in scenary.cfg) installed.

Being a bit of a scenary n00b... and still very confused about all this AFCAD business, I'd like some opinions on what my options are. Which of the following are actually possible and/or the best way to do it?

- Edit the Ardmore scenary to include the grass
- Use an updated AFCAD with the Ardmore scenary
- Ditch the Ardmore scenary altogether and just use another AFCAD

Obviously, I'd like to keep the scenary, as it adds a bit more realism to it, but am open to any and all suggestions.

Also, if keeping the scenary is an option, is it possible to remove the static aircraft? Some of them look truly awful (especially one of the twins at AFS) and they dont seem to do wonders for the frame rates either.

[ZK-KAG]

Hey HCP,

There is no grass runway included in the scenery, and as the scenery overlies everything and AFCAD has no effect on the visible side of things although the ground will still act like the AFCAD, if you catch my drift.

So an AFCAD will not show a visible change. It has to be done through the scenery.

As for the statics... there is an exclude file somewhere, I have all of them removed. Someone else will have to advise where it is though.

Hope this helps a bit!

~ZK-KAG~

[Snowman]

Gudday HCP.
Navigate to the Auckland Airport scenery, go into the "Scenery" folder, and delete the file named ....... NzarSt.bgl ........... and ALL the statics will be gone from Ardy.
Makes a HUGE improvement in fps by removing them as well !!

Lawrie

[HardCorePawn]

Heh... I was just coming here to post that I found the NzarSt.bgl and that it would turn statics off by renaming/deleting it

I have been modifying the NZAR AFCAD to create a parking spot at the Airline Flying Club (it even has a taxiway of sorts displaying on the scenary) with a taxiway out to the main taxiway.

But there is some sot of weird 'bump' halfway along the taxiway. So as you taxi from the apron at AFC towards the taxiway parallel with the runway, all of a sudden you get this little bumpity-bump like you just ran over a bump or into a pothole or across a ditch or something??!?!!!?

Any ideas why this might be occuring? I would have thought the Flatten for the Ardmore scenary would take care of things like this?

[Snowman]

Sorry,.HCP.....................
Dunno what that would be.
Doesnt happen in my Sim..................
Its gotta be something like a collision with a hidden default object maybe...???

Lawrie.

[ZK-KAG]

Hey HCP,

Ive got a pretty detailed AFCAD for that scenery. It covers about 90% of the taxiways in that scenery (including AFC). If you want a copy, just give me a shout!

Ive also modified the codes of aircraft so that JBL and DJU park up there

~ZK-KAG~

[HardCorePawn]

KAG, I wouldnt mind having a look at that. Does it fit with the auckland real nz airports scenary ('auckland_real_nz_airports.zip' on avsim)

I am thinking the problem is something in the scenary. The really weird thing is that it only does it in one direction, from AFC to the taxiway. Coming from Taxiway into AFC apron, it doesnt do it??!!? aaaaarrrrgggghhhhh

I am thinking I am just going to have to wait patiently for Robin to put out the auckland airports, or I will just have to build my own... [cue tui's ad]