Airport Design Editor Walk-though, Part 4, Library Objects

[@DrLumpyDMus]

(Stumbling in late to the party...:-) I have a couple of suggestions, in addition to CountryFlyboy's great suggestions, that help me make adding multiple sized objects a little simpler - 1) Beware incorrect spelling. HANGAR is correct, Hanger is incorrect, but frequently found. If you use the SEARCH feature, or if you're scrolling alphabetically, it's easy to miss. Rename them if desired in the Objects Library. 2) When placing lots of size critical objects (hangars, most buildings, most trees and vegetation), temporarily build a 'Dummy Airport' near your project airport. I call mine ODF (Object Display Field). All you need is a tower, and a flattened, autogen excluded polygon (I raise mine a couple hundred feet, big flat plateau). No runways, no parking etc. Just a big, flat spot. Now place a bunch of your hangars (or trees, or whatever) on that big flat plateau so you can compare object sizes and styles. Compile, save etc. Now slew over to that "Line of hangars" you created at the dummy airport. You'll be able to gauge the size of the hangar or tree by actually seeing it in FSX. Copy and paste the appropriate sized ones. I think this works particularly well with placing Towers. Just put all the logical guess towers in your dummy airport, copy and paste them all in the SAME AREA as the final intended tower, then reload and view all the towers. Pick the one you like, delete the others. When you're all done with the dummy airfield, delete the objects if you like, but don't delete the airport. Just turn it OFF in FSX (uncheck it in the scenery library). Use it again any time by simply enabling it again in FSX. You can enable it while in game. No need to restart. The dummy airfield also makes a great platform for making thumbnails of the library objects that don't have thumbnails. Pretty simple to so in the Object Library in ADE. While you're there, rename anything that's goofy or ambiguous. They'll still show up wherever you've already placed them. They don't go by the NAME they go by the GUID which doesn't change. One more good thing to do with Dummy airports is to stack up land classes, polygons, aprons, roads, taxiways, just like CFB does, to see which ones exclude or cover others. I find that especially helpful with land classes. Stack up soil, desert, deciduous forest, small city grid etc and you can see which one(s) will disappear nicely under others.

[@rodneycook2457]

Great info! I will try my hand at this one day. Thanks

[@xkoote]

@CountryFlyboy Thanks for this video. Really really nice. I am trying to spruce up Wake Island for an upcoming World Tour. You mention there are object libraries out there for download. I had a hard time finding them as I don't know what search terms to use. Can you point me in the right direction of some of the more popular ones?

[@NorthForkFisherman]

Any luck? I'm just getting started myself on getting MegaScenery Earth and FSX-SE to match my local area and I could really use a segmented circle for my windsock.

[@Desparoto]

Simviation and flightsim.com have several. On flightsim.com use the search page, set file section to "FSX Scenery Objects", and leave the search field blank. That should give you a few to look over.

[@joeparker4232]

Looking forward to the next video. Hopefully, somewhere along the way, I will learn how to create an ILS runway at an airport that does not currently have one on a particular runway eg. LATI Runway 18 is ILS, runway 36 is not). Also, an ILS that my PMDG aircraft will find in the CDU. I thought I had it figured out, but not quite! Anyway, I like your easy style of showing options. Thanks!!!

[@Desparoto]

+Joe Parker Select the runway then right click it, go to add then ILS. fill out the options in the dialog (CAT, Freq, GS DME ECT). That will add the appropriate navaids (LOC GS and DME) then you need to build an ILS Approach in approach mode. ADE does have a autobuild for ILS Approaches though i have never used it. in order for the PMDG to see it in its FMS you need to have uptodate NAV Data for it. you can get that from Aerosoft NAV data pro or Navigraph.

[@joeparker4232]

+CountryFlyboy - Thanks, I'll give that a try. I went in to the ADE to set up the ILS frequency, and I entered the info in "wpNavAPT", but it wouldn't appear in my PMDG CDU. So, I'll try to be more complete, because I'm sure it should work. I just need to learn more about this process. Thanks for the reply!

[@Desparoto]

Joe Parker PMDGs (and alot of other addon aircraft) CDU gets it information from its own Navigation database. Thats update sepratly with a service like Navigraph or NavDataPro. You can add the ILD Navaid and Approach in ADE. But PMDGs aircraft wont have the approach in its database unless your using a up to date Navdata set for it. It will however still be able to receive LOC and GS.so you could still fly the approach as long as RNAV is not required for it

[@hexorandomer66]

where do you get the extra library objects

[@cannotg4me]

Could you please tell me where you got the library objects for the hangers for? You seem to have creditted someone for it. I would love to use his library object

[@lukearthur9280]

where can i get the scenery library you use?

[@deanhunt2491]

Thank You, nice teaching.

[@David-uw3ke]

I just started using ADE and found this video to be extremely helpful. I understand how to place library objects, but what I'm struggling with is where to find and how to load different libraries into ADE. Could you offer any advice?

[@chuckpoole5369]

Very nicely done.

[@tman8804]

loving your vids man, any chance have you made a video of basic setup of ADE config and etc. I am at a loss, my scenery loads the airport runways, taxiways and ground polys but will not load any fuel items radios or items like buildings towers etc. I know I am missing something. Or does anyone know of any vids showing how to set ADE up. Many thanks

[@JoshuaMicallef]

Hey man. I've been following your video and decided to go and create my own scenery file using Sketchup, it's a BGL file and I've added it to ADE with textures in FSX as well, its just i can't get the Custom Scenery item to display, any ideas?

[@agjmitch77]

Sorry to bug you again. After following your videos I finally got an airport I wanted to compile. I've loaded it into FSX and the stock airport is showing but it's not in ADE. Any ideas because I'm struggling to figure it out lol

[@HernanARojasCH]

Hello, where can I found all this objects and how can I add to ADE those objects?

[@Desparoto]

the objects i required from various free libraries. You can find them on simviation or flightsim.com as for installing them; its been awhile but IIRC theres a object manager in ADE. you would use it.

[@ryanp3907]

Is there any possibility you can give me link for the EZ Termials ss? I looked it up on flightsim.com and it is all FS2004 stuff..

[@kenty953]

Hey mate! Just want to ask you if you could provide name of the addon models you have or a link to a download? Ive been searching for 2 days cant even find 1! model :P So if you could provide that for us that would be greatful! Currently stuck using stock ones and some ive made myself with ScetchUp

[@Desparoto]

Unfortunately i cant link to them but i cant tell you the names of the ones i use the most. Art Pooles buildings witch can be obtained from any of his scenery's. DAWG hangers, EZ Terminals, GA Hangers, and KB static aircraft. The last one can be obtained from their website witch i cannot access right now. IDK why.

[@Desparoto]

BTW all of these with the exception of KB static aircraft can be obtained from flightsim.com with a library search in the FSX scenery objects category.

[@kenty953]

Dude thanks alot! This was so frustrating not finding em xD :D Keep up the good work!

[@kenty953]

Dude thanks alot! This was so frustrating not finding em xD :D Keep up the good work!

[@kenty953]

BTW didnt find them for FSX but for FS2004

[@One1Raptor]

Great video. When I try to draw an apron, the pylogon wouldnt close?!

[@Desparoto]

make sure to double click the last vertex

[@One1Raptor]

That did it, cheers! :)

[@marioalves8861]

Hello, sorry to bug , but i'm quiet a newb. I'm starting to edit/create airports with ADE and i need some libraries, can you tell me here i can find some good please. Sorry about the english :P

[@ryanp3907]

try here for the default ones: lc0277.gratisim.fr/sceneobjects/

[@Domcsi199]

Hi! I want some realistic grass to be around the runway. Is that possible in ADE :) ?

[@Desparoto]

if you have an object for 3D grass then yes.

[@Domcsi199]

Thanks! :) And do the default scenery object libraries contain something like that? Or should I download or create my own 3D grass ? :)

[@Desparoto]

I dont think the default has anything like that. nor have i ever seen a 3d party object for it. it may exist but you may also have to make your own.

[@Domcsi199]

Thank you very much :) Do you think Sketchup, and ModelConverterX is appropriate for the modeling/editing? Also, what file format should my own creation be to be able to get edited in ADE?

[@Desparoto]

People have used Sketchup. you'd have to find tutorials on using it for FSX somewhere though i know nothing about it.

[@iagocaoiolive1902]

Hi, I really want to make a good scenery for my nearest airport (LERS). I know I'n not going to do an Aerosoft/ Fly tampa quality airport. But hope to make a better default quality airport. I want to use non default scenery objects. How can I download them and how to install them. Do I need to put them inside the fligh simulator files? Thanks for making this videos. You are helping a lot of people! :)

[@Desparoto]

the readme should contain installation instructions. the short of it is they need to go in a active scenery folder inside of FSX. this is explained in a video towards the end of this series. TLDR its really any folder that active in the scenery library. usually people say use the Scenery/Global/Scenery folder as thats always active. but you can also use a folder in the addon scenery directory which is actually what i recommend doing. so i would just place the BGL files in Addon Scenery/Scenery. and textures in Addon Scenery/Texture folder. then start FSX and make sure the folder Addon Scenery is part of the scenery library.

[@iagocaoiolive1902]

Thanks for the answer! Do you know any good website to download good stuff?

[@Desparoto]

flightsim.com has alot of good objects. search in either FSX scenery objects or FS2004. dont go further back than that though. also leave the search field blanks to return all results.

[@iagocaoiolive1902]

Still have got really weird problems... When I download some .bgl object, I go to ADEX -> Tools -> Library Object Manager -> Add file -> And then I search for the file in the desktop (is where I unzip the .bgl files). Then it says (for example) "20 files found. 0 in use.". But when I go to add an object in my airport, It doesen't show in the list. :/

[@Desparoto]

i dont have ADE with me ATM. but i think you need to click okay not anything else. Also dont have those files on the desktop. they need to be in FSX as we discussed above. install them there first then add with ADE see if that helps.

[@Karl419.]

next video?

[@Desparoto]

+Karl Sawatzky Videos should resume sometime around end January or start of February. I wasent able to record or edit during the madness of the holidays.

[@Karl419.]

Looking forward to it! Thanks :)

[@waggel120]

thank you.

[@Desparoto]

+wessel dijkstra your welcome