Airport Design Editor Walk-though, Part 1, Prep Work

[@cookbn1]

Great set of tutorials. I am just starting to get into designing airfields both mordern and historic, and these videos helped a lot. Thanks

[@Desparoto]

+Pinncom2016 your welcome!

[@henryrichbourg2231]

First, I love your series... very clear and concise. Second, I've gotta know where you got your desktop wallpapers!

[@Desparoto]

i dont even remember where i got that one. but its available here, you just have to flip it wallup.net/futuristic-hatsune-miku-train-station-vocaloid-anime-girls-anime/

[@henryrichbourg2231]

Thanks. I just thought it was too cute for words. Another great one is what K-Man uses for his desktop on his SBuilderX tutorials. Your tutorials are better! I'm through #7 and trying hard to assimilate. I really appreciate the time and effort you put in...

[@NorthForkFisherman]

A few feet of shift is a mile when you're trying to match photoreal scenery. Looking forward to the whole series - subbed up.

[@Desparoto]

I actually found a better way of placing images that allows me to place them geographically correct. I learned how to use corner coordinates. But this method take more setup and usually results on lower quality images as well. The method in this video still works, but you need to verify the runways are correctly places since they are what your basing the image on. FSX/P3D had most of its default runway correctly placed. but not all.

[@NorthForkFisherman]

@@Desparoto I've been able to move everything to where I want sim and add in some more details for my home field KOJC but it's still not showing correctly. I'm suspecting a layering issue. I've switched sims to MSFS 2020, but as pretty as it is, it's not as intuitive as FSX-SE, at least to me.

[@koshyajit]

Thank you...I shall follow along with your tutorials and try to do Agra Airport [INDIA]. I am from INDIA. :)

[@jimcsuhaj2279]

Very clear and concise. Great for someone who is just starting out on design . thanks Jimm in Halifax , N.S

[@fritz.olivander]

dude i love your background

[@oldnavy1653]

Are you the one that made the KECP scenery (panama city beach) airport? It was done by a country fly boy and wanted to ask it this is you? It works well inP3D V4.5 - are you member at Simouthouse?

[@tyrstone3539]

Interesting Background!

[@jimmjames8547]

Awesome thanks ,all I can say to all the new guys watch the all the Vids . simple step by step . ask questions online and you will find the answers . thanks again Country Boy

[@seanother8854]

Can you create one from scratch. IE to create an airport

[@mihalyfreeman5928]

And you got the image how? What program did you use? A million questions on this that you failed to go over.

[@Desparoto]

you mean the satellite image? Its from google Earth.

[@outdoorlifemaine6691]

wow u update a 8 year old video @@Desparoto

[@AshrafTakla-t5e]

You are AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@koshyajit]

Started today by watching part 1 of your 11-part tutorial on ADE. First, thank you for all your hard work...I used to do sceneries extensively on YS-Flight and would like to start now on FSX. Okay, basic question...towards the end of your tutorial, you had a jpp-file of the airport you are working on (Vidalia). How did you extract that from Google Earth/Maps...sorry about this basic question, but I am not able to do it. You jpg-file seems to be as zoom-able as the actual map on Google Maps! :)

[@Desparoto]

ever since google earth pro became free this is alot easier. but basically you need to download google Earth then inside google earth go to file>save>Image then you can select the area you want and a few other options. that works on the classic and pro versions of google earth, but pro allowed for saving of image sizes up to 4K

[@ahmed00cmc]

Please can you tell me how to add light poles on the airport apron,, as the default light poles in ade not appear in fsx after compile the airport

[@Miki36XD]

I have a little problem...when i tried to open airport it write me: ,,ADE has encountered a problem while decompiling this airport. The error message is: Part of road C:/scenery/0601/scenery/apx51140.bgl wasnt found" how can i fix this? :-/

[@Desparoto]

I have no clue. Try joining the forum over at FSDeveloper. They could help better than I could

[@Mike_294]

Horribly late reply, but I believe I've found the issue if you haven't already fixed it. Make sure that ADE knows where your sim folder is located. Had the same issue. After installing the program it thought my sim was under Program Files instead of Program Files (x86) so it was looking in the wrong location to start with. Go to your settings, find where you can change the path lookup for ADE, and verify it is correct

[@MarkProtze]

Hello, I have bought a payware scenery that has done a horrible job at implementing night lighting. The developer uses a custom lighting effect with poor mipmap effects. Can ADE assist me in removing this developer's custom lighting from the airport and replacing it with stock P3D v4 lighting? I find that the stock lighting is much better and can be viewed at all angles while this developer's lighting cannot. The developer is not willing to work with me to resolve the problem. While the layout of the lighting is fine, the actual models used are some custom model that I would prefer replacing with the stock lights as to resolve the odd effect this custom light has when viewed at varying angles.

[@clement299]

hi please i need your help i have been learning ade from your videos so i recently created an airport.the problem is ai trafic is getting stuck at hold short point and fails to taxi to the runway.if i remove the hold short it taxis on the runway but fails to take off,gets stuck and disappers.i dont know what am not doing right.

[@Desparoto]

Make sure the hold points are close enough to the runway. When you place them there should be a red circle around them. Go to 'View>hold short node limits' if its not visible. The runway should be within that circle.

[@martin.B777]

Thanks for sharing! Would like to add approach/threshold lights to Aerosoft Larnaca X scenery for better realism. Does ADE work with an addon scenery?

[@Desparoto]

yes but the thing with addon scenery (especially the payware) is that they use custom GP textures that overlay the airports AFCAD. so whilst you could add the approach lights to the runway, you wont see them since the textures overlay them.

[@ridhvi7212]

Bro after editing the airport.How to get the edited airport in the game

[@oscarc332]

HOW cain I change icao for payware airport, Where is that option in ADE?

[@Desparoto]

it use to be but not anymore. Its still doable by having ADE export a XML file with the BGL, then editing the XML file data and manually compiling that. but thats alot harder to do, and cause some problems anyway. your best off just sticking with the ICAO code you have.

[@SpearHead1011]

What is the difference between the freeware and payware ADE? HOw does FSDreamTeam and ORBX make their airports?

[@Desparoto]

the difference between the payware and freeware ADE is negligible. you can see the additional things the prokey adds at the link below. ORBX and FSdreamtam make their airports using the paid ADE or some other AFCAD tool. but that only does the AFCAD. they use other tools to make custom objects and paint GP textures. www.scruffyduck.org/the-prokey/4584110818

[@FranciscoE]

Hello there, I'm watching you tutorial, so cool videos! But you didn't explained how to prepare the Background image. You said that you got it from GEarth, and I saw that you got in in 4800x2866, must I got the image of my Airport in this resolution? and in what altitude I should get the image? Thank you! :)

[@territory076]

Hey bro can i hire you to design my dream airport in the philipines?

[@carolinanumber1830]

Nice vid..will try.....you do Airports for scratch :) My airport KINT is dead and I can't get ai to come here..thats how bad it is. Use to be the home to Piedmont Airlines. My hometown. If you look at Satellite and look at FSX, pretty bleak. I use p3dv4.3...Thanks, Bob

[@jimcsuhaj2279]

When I save the image from g earth , and add it in background it comes out small and cannot get it to enlarge to fit ADE

[@Desparoto]

if your using google earth pro you can save it in 4k resolution. witch is what i do. you usually have to down scale it as well. also try to get the entire airport in 1 image. the bigger the airport the harder that is to do though.

[@Duality306]

HELP?...........How would one go about adding the colored dots to the runways at Oshkosh in ADE for FSX?????

[@Desparoto]

I would use the GP objects tool. To in ADE right click and add a helper shape, use the circle. Right click that circle and click make custom ground poly. then select the texture you want it to use. theres a few default textures that will work but for the dots at Oshkosh you will need to make your own. Use gimp to make the texture. For the dots it will be quite easy. hell a 24x24 or 512x512 texture using the desired color at 25% transparency will work. have GIMP export the texture as a dds file with BC3/DXT5 compression and generate mini maps. Also save it as a 24bit BMP file to. Add the DDS texture to the ADE folder here (MSFS\FS Design Tools\Airport Design Editor 175\Textures) and the bmp file to (MSFS\FS Design Tools\Airport Design Editor 175\Textures_Dpy). next time your in ADE place a custom ground poly as before and select your custom texture. When you compile the airport later ADE will copy your custom textures and place them in a folder located where you compiled your BGLs.

[@nickgresla234]

why is it that whenever I try and open a stock airport, the program freezes up on me?

[@Desparoto]

no clue. something may not be installed right.

[@ryanp3907]

Go into setting and (somewhere) uncheck "Load Detailed footprints." You can also look up your problem to fond a more detailed version. Worked for me.

[@EliasSchanz06]

Please help for some reason when I put in the picture it doesn’t line up whatever I try please tell me a way thx btw I’m also doing kvdi

[@Desparoto]

It really takes some playing around using the position image thing.. Do know that they may not always line up perfectly. If you get you background pictures from google earth like i do you should remember your taking a 2D picture of a 3D surface so things will get warped a bit, but thats usually negligible. Also whilst FSX/P3D will normally have the runways in the correct position, it doesn't always. This is more common with privet airports or airports where data was limited. Is also possible there may have been changes since the original compile of the default airport

[@AhmetOzanalp]

lets say there is a airport i wont but its only for fs2002. can i use this program to edit it fix it up a bit add some more dateless and run it on fsx? or do you know any other ways to make it work 100% on fsx i download it but its got black trees and fences also its location is little bit wrong

[@Desparoto]

I dont know about FS2002. but i have used this to make airports for FS9 work on FSX. they dont always go perfectly but they usually work. I actually dont recommend going past FS9. the further back in sim version you go, the worse the frame rate hit the scenery has on FSX

[@Commercialaviation747]

good day my friend help me ! it work fs2004 ? how edit scenery the others ?

[@kevindavis8175]

+CountryFlyBoy. Can you please do a tutorial on how to fix the error some users get when they start up ADE? Something about a compiler issue.

[@Desparoto]

+Kevin Davis Im not really tech support, but ill try. I need specifics though. Whats the error message saying exactly?

[@HugoGonzalez-ec7pm]

FSX Steam?

[@ilyassharif1218]

I am a new user of ADE, your videos are very helpful to a person like me. Can you tell me where to get these library from either paid or free. Thanks

[@ninjaranger5798]

Hi guy I wanna add area in new airport but I can't could you tell me how?

[@Desparoto]

The best way i have found is to position the aircraft where you want the center of the new airport to be, then create a new airport in ADE and select the 'get from sim' button.

[@harryroberts388]

Google Earth pro is now free for windows

[@laurencedavies9003]

What is the correct file path for the scenery? It doesnt wor on mine! Your video is great if i can get it working!

[@Desparoto]

what do you mean? When you compile the scenery the BGL files generated go in Addon scenery.

[@laurencedavies9003]

When you open a stock airport. And how do you save as bgl not ad4?

[@Desparoto]

Go to compile not save. the AD4 format is for saving the project. the Compiling to BGL is for exporting to the sim

[@laurencedavies9003]

Ok thanks that helps! Why isnt my open stock airport working?

[@Desparoto]

I have not a scooby. If FSX is installed and you pointed ADE to the correct paths then it should work

[@sgt.scratch6232]

How you make the photo from the landscape?

[@Desparoto]

+Sgt. Scratch Goggle Earth. Position the camera how you want then save a screen shot. Use the file menu because you get options to save it in various resolutions.

[@robertmcneill9571]

Sorry countryflyboy, I have tried for 3 weeks + , and still can not get the landing strips correct on megascenery earth airports. Have gone thru you video 6 times, step by step, but still no luck. Am using ADE 1.70, works and all like yours, but my landing strips still come out 3-5 degrees off from what they should be in FSX. Sorry, but your video go waaaaay to fast. tooo many questions, have had to learn many things you did not say , but assumed, and did not say. After 3 + weeks thanks but no thanks. Am not in prison and dont have all day and night to tinker to get the results you do. Thanks anyway.

[@AniskoMusic]

Even though this is a year old, the program stops responding after "Loading Detailed Footprints"

[@Desparoto]

I have no clue. The latest version is a bit unstable for me.

[@ryanp3907]

Go into setting and (somewhere) uncheck "Load Detailed footprints." You can also look up your problem to fond a more detailed version. Worked for me.

[@SimHustler]

Open stock airport doesnt work for some reason It shows some error

[@Desparoto]

I dont know. this is a issue ive never heard of. what the error say is happening?

[@SimHustler]

+CountryFlyboy nevermind I didn't put the correct file location in the settings. now it's perfect!!! Thanks a lot. your tutorial helped me so much. Ur amazing. U just got another subscriber!!!

[@Desparoto]

Rohith Augustine cool. and thanks

[@laurencedavies9003]

What was the file path?

[@faizalste9233]

I wanna try ADE out, and I've already downloaded it, but it says I need to have a version of Flight Simulator installed first. Can anyone tell me if instead of Flight Simulator, can I have Prepar3d installed and still have ADE working? Thanks!

[@Desparoto]

It works with P3D. There should be some tutorials are walkthrough floating around somewhere on the setup process.

[@faizalste9233]

Thanks!

[@faizalste9233]

Hi, I've got another question. My scenery folder is in C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Scenery I've tried opening some .bgls from here by clicking File > Open Airport from Bgl and some work, but they are in code and I have no idea what country or airport they are. Do you know where can I paste this address(C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Scenery) into ADE so that it can read the files from this location when i click File > Open Stock Airport?

[@faizalste9233]

Solved: Need to download the SDK from www.prepar3d.com/support/sdk/

[@slap_my_hand]

Why do you have two PCs?

[@Desparoto]

things just worked out that way.

[@waeke]

Is this a PC game? cause I like it

[@Desparoto]

Its a program that lets you create scenery for a PC game.

[@pedrovicnt_]

my ADE cant find the SDK

[@firejack007]

This was nice but after downloading and starting I've found that it need FSX SDK. I have the FSX Steam version which does not contain SDK so I guess I'm out of luck. (?)

[@Desparoto]

+firejack007 That is a shame. the SDK is in FS SE but without the needed exe files it seems. I have heard you can download the P3D v1.4 SDK and that works but ive never tried it. so use at your own risk i guess.

[@firejack007]

That's exactly what I did last night. ADE is working and I've started on my local airport (KCMI) U of I Willard Airport. Got the airport pdf info and google map image. Adjusted the runways a bit. Saved the setup (for a backup) and then started deleting per your video. Saved in a second (working) file. Have been flying Aces High 2 for 15 years and a few other sims. Watching the world flight on Twitch of the British 747 team got me interested in FSX. (As if I need to be on the computer more :/ lol) Have already used your video to do flight planning. Learning FSX along the way.

[@Desparoto]

Cool beans. Have fun and thanks for the views. glad to see your enjoying them

[@naijapilotxmax6006]

Hey countryFlyBoy! Nice video I must say but for Experts. What about novice like myself lols.I really need to edit my hometown airport,...Nigeria, Benin; ICAO code is DNBN.How do I use the satellite image to edit it?

[@Desparoto]

use google earth. you can verify the position of the runway with google earth then get the satellite image and position it as shown.

[@C00ckieMan]

thx man

[@2melty316]

nice wallpaper like if you agree

[@Kotzbrockenheini]

Danke, super

[@naijapilotxmax6006]

In a more simple way bro

[@jimmjames8547]

Awesome thanks ,all I can say to all the new guys watch the all the Vids . simple step by step . ask questions online and you will find the answers . thanks again Country Boy

[@twopixelaerospace]

where can i get high-res images?

[@jimmjames8547]

Awesome thanks ,all I can say to all the new guys watch the all the Vids . simple step by step . ask questions online and you will find the answers . thanks again Country Boy