MSFS | REALISTIC AIR TRAFFIC + LIVERIES TUTORIAL

[@mobias7]

Great tutorial. Lots of interesting stuff there. My brother is actually a real life 787 captain for Virgin Atlantic. He sometimes tells me when he's about to take off from Heathrow so I can find him in the sim using live traffic so I take off along side him. Hopefully with the enhanced live air traffic mod it might help put his plane in the sim more consistently as it can be quite random which live aircraft the sim chooses to render and which it doesn't. Hopefully with these other mods it might also more accurately place the correct Virgin livery on his plane.

[@mobias7]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Been mucking about with these mods today. They're definitely really interesting and I'll keep them going. I think the live air traffic mod is great but as the developer says its still very much in alpha phase. I have been experiencing issues with it, aircraft teleporting about the airport mainly. Its great when it works though. Flying around Heathrow and you see a small stack of airliners coming into land. Coupled with live ATC and its so immersive. I really wish Asobo would get this working out of the box though. I'd love to see it done properly in the sim.

[@JayJay5244]

Does anyone know how to make ground services work for AI?

[@canadave]

Thanks very much for the video. I set this all up and gave it a try...I would say it works "okay". It's nice seeing some planes at gates, but there aren't as many as I thought there'd be, and a number of them still have the default A320neo livery or the wrong livery. Taxiing planes "jump"--i.e. they're stopped in one position, then disappear and a few seconds later reappear 100 feet further down the taxiway, then do the disappear/reappear thing all the way down the taxiway. Sometimes the planes are even oriented facing perpendicular to the taxiway as they make their way down the path. Also, airplanes in flight don't seem to take off and land from runways normally...they sort of glide by doing low passes over the airport that would get their licence revoked in real life ;) So all in all, it's better than nothing, but still leaves a lot to be desired. MSFS really need to focus on this aspect of things, in my opinion, to really boost the realism of the sim.

[@canadave]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS haha, thank you. Definitely an improvement, as you said. And it's always nice to run into another Dylan fan ;)

[@DS-bj9br]

Thanks a lot I've been waiting for someone to show how to put good AI traffic is traffic in MSFS 2020🤝

[@John-ly1zt]

Very easy to follow video to get more enhanced and much needed AI into to the sim. Question on the Static AI mod - how do you avoid spawning in on an occupied parking spot? Its happened to me at EDDS and will likely happen again at other static AI airports. Thanks and keep up the great video content !

[@TOTAL457]

Are these mods relevant today since 2 years ago when you uploaded the video? Thanks.

[@damianpiotrowski7944]

Unfortunately the static aircraft are not showing up for me. Any reasons why? I followed all your steps.

[@carpless]

just install ivao, but theres no ivao)x-csl folder in my comunity folder, ivao is in the the packages though but no ivao_x-csl folder, this is an old tutorial and the downloads may have changed?

[@B3burner]

I've experienced the same thing within the past 7 days or so. They have changed the system since a year ago-- you are correct. IVAO Altitude download is now separate from the MTL download (which is for MSFS), as well as the x-csl (which is for X-Plane). Hope that helps.

[@Tonny0909]

IVAO altitude installed "IVAO"- folder on my "Packages"- folder but didnt create anything in "comminity"- folder.... ?

[@chrispope4296]

Great video as usual! Keep up the great work you do for the community bro!

[@RedDawnAviation]

no luck getting the ivao into my community folder after doing the second install it has ivao_mtl but thats it, now just outside of the community folder is packagae sin ivao folder with pilot core and pilot ui... at a loss here

[@Vortex915_Aviator]

same here.... doesn't work when I did everything correctly and the ivao- folder and thats it

[@Neilarmeweak550]

No bullshit, quick to the point. Great job. Subscribed

[@theterminator3363]

Thank you so much! microsoft flightsimulator is 2x better than befor thanks to you! You should be very proud of yourself!

[@izzyahmed]

Thank you so much for the tutorial. My airports is alive now!. You have a new subscriber sir.

[@-dazz-]

For those who can't get it working, this is how I managed to do it: install IVAO's mtl package, this will create a folder called IVAO_MTL in your community folder. Then you copy over the contents of the zip file you downloaded from Easy Airlines (SimObject folder plus two json files) into IVAO_MTL and overwrite files when prompted.

[@timf4185]

Some of the aircraft passing me in the sky are invisible.. Just the lights flashing, when I zoom in, there is no plane. Is this a known bug?

[@mobbe123]

Hi, don't you find that aircraft in that air traffic software are very jumpy, lagging or even freeze?

[@msfsmoments]

No traffic are showing at my end, no matter which settings I use as described in the video and testing my own with the in game settings. Mods are downloaded correctly too. What can be wrong?

[@Cascadia007]

Hey I did everything as you said but the live planes are just teleporting from one position to another how to fix this?

[@4secsharkmr352]

Excellent tutorial Chris👍 Take care

[@adamsharpe1878]

any ideas why the traffic ai etc has no liveries and is just plain white??

[@LEGONINJAGO7]

same problem in need help

[@nolimitsprod]

I have the same issue

[@Uybak]

It usually after a short time says connection lost. I have no plane models in the airport, altitude has issues like Notepad not found, etc.. & i cannot find live planes.

[@chrism7755]

Finally something that helped me sort this out! Just tried this in Atlanta and all planes visible do have the "new" liveries. Its just so depressingly empty for an airport of that size. Is there any mods to populate the airport with a higher density of static AI that use the real world liveries? Your intro clip looked incredibly populated, I only had like every 10th to 15th gate occupied with an aircraft. Edit: Okay, setting the AI density back up really high makes the airport fully populated with nice liveries :) Only downside, as you warned is some aircraft spawning in each other but im willing to take that eyesore :D

[@Steamyy_]

Quick question for the static ai. When you spawn at a gate in say Heathrow. Will you be inside a plane at the gate or does the mod remove th plane at the gate you spawn at?

[@Ianb19]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS he means do you spawn with 2 planes AT ONE GATE

[@elliott7268]

Hey ppl, the IVAO Altitude installer doesn't create the ivao_x-csl folder anymore. At least for me. I've tried everything. Instead, it installs a folder simply called IVAO. The livery pack mod cannot replace files inside the IVAO folder as it was made for the ivao_x-csl folder which no longer seems to be created when Altitude is installed. UPDATE: Just had a deep dive into what the installer is actually doing. The ivao_x-csl folder DOES actually get created but as a zip folder. The installer unzips the folder and extracts a bunch of crap into the before mentioned IVAO folder. The last thing the installer does is delete the ivao_x-csl folder. There it is. proof that this system has changed somehow (maybe an update). Mod broken.

[@elliott7268]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS read my update. Maybe you installed altitude before the installer changed. Regardless, it doesn't seem to work anymore.

[@elliott7268]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS aww you don't have to do that man. Not your mod! 😂

[@luiscurtolo]

nice tutorial, I came for the static only, now considering getting all of what you suggested. But I have a question: does this mods "Easy Airlines + aircraft matching..." and the "Enhanced Live Traffic" ones change the behavior of the simulator's default live traffic? Cuz it's veru so common airliners taking long to vacete and make you go around... or Live traffic planes keep doing crazy low flybys... Do this mods correct that, even a little bit? About the "Static AI", when I choose a gate to begin, is there any chances that I will pop over an static plane?

[@jmah2838]

Should the “IVAO” and “ivao_x-csl” be together? Mine are together and are under the location “Packages” in same spot next to community folder. Help please

[@210nitrous]

Can I only use the matchmaking mod without using IVAO for my in game traffic?

[@emilmorganmullertz9979]

When i go to Flight simulator should i chose live traffic or AI

[@gibanica87]

But I use VATSIM how to add IVAO liveries to vatsim

[@TeamSethRules]

Thank you thank you thank you. Finally! Now have something that very much resembles some live and fairly accurate traffic. Have tried so many different variations to get something to work and this is the best. Great video. Thank you very much.

[@trickzter6071]

Please help , its only showing 777 , A320 and a330 models nothing else. Also the Enhanced live traffic is so stuttery , any ideas whats wrong ? I followed all steps

[@kendrellgriffin3592]

Question do you have to have the ivao for the live ai liveries

[@HarryE7]

Thanks mate wonderful video on point !!!

[@nicdecaz425]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks

[@muradmedinakattan263]

Hi There- I have followed the instructions however I am getting blank white liveries except for my aircraft . I had a livery mega pack in my community folder already. Is that whats causing the blank aircraft? Thanks for sharing

[@UltrAslan_10]

some planes are invisibe and some work with the correct livery but i cannot get to see a callsign for them and they also move really wrong. theyre sided and every 10 seconds they move one bit further. Any solutions?

[@ChrisKarlic]

DO i need to keep the ivao client installed after the IVAO CSL is installed/created? In other words, is there a need to run the ivao client everytime we start up msfs 2020 in order for this to work?

[@kennykanada]

Fabulous! But I’m terrified and don’t trust adding such mods at this point. However, since last update, thing seem (so far) much better.

[@kennykanada]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS After your videos professing Reverb G2 is the best experience for you, I searched again on line for it. It’s lower in price now at $850 plus shipping on Amazon. I found it on sale at HP Canada with $169 off. I made the plunge, only $765 cdn, tax in, delivered! I’ll have to check your vids for how to set it all up and remove Q2. Exciting, now that things seem to be working flawlessly! Can’t wait for delivery of YAW2 Pro👍

[@Lucas_Pit]

@@kennykanada Can;t agree more on PIE his comment. Please give us an update on the YAW2 !!!!

[@emilmorganmullertz9979]

Which of these 3 do you Think i should download

[@josef2758]

Hello, if I am using vatsim and when there is a live traffic, which one of these add-ons do you recommend to install?

[@lextacy2008]

Great? But do the liveries also become the real-time live traffic as well? So for example if I log into Flightaware and see A Delta A320-4798 coming into land at KMIA from KDFW. Will I then see a Delta livery in my sim come into land as well? Thanks!

[@pingu5543]

For some reason the AI planes that move are in the default MSFS liveries and they will park inside the static planes.

[@AmericanAviation]

Will they show the planes that only fly to that airport

[@dinosantos6160]

tried your recommended downloads... my livery is OK, but all the other aircraft around me are "all white". I followed every step. Can you help?

[@zdenusoun]

Hi, the problem with enhanced live traffic is that this traffic is not included in the ATC service in the simulator which can cause problems during takeoff and landing, it is also very worrying that in live traffic mode planes do not take off from airports but only land, I hoped the repair would come with repair 6 but it didn't happen and I don't know if the repair is being worked on at all

[@xvasek]

Hello, thank You for all. Do I need open IVAO Pilot Client?

[@hayhaygamez]

Cool! Do you know if it is possible to make the landing gear tilt more realistic bc when u land the tires go inside the runway

[@ldooml4959]

With this can i see planes taking off and landing randomly?? my MSFS have static airplanes in the airports but I want they to move and depart and arrive. Is that possible to see other airplanes moving?

[@Maxtorym]

So for easy airlines I must have ivao?

[@hova81]

Can you use these mods with VATSIM instead of IVAO? Thanks!!!

[@zeeneyxius3244]

How do u connect enhanced live traffic?

[@iainmckay9744]

CTD after few minutes AI traffic broken in current build great video but will wait until Asobo fix AI

[@avinashdemmers2488]

When you start a flight, do you set traffic to realtime online or ai?

[@emilmorganmullertz9979]

Is there any mod that does multiplayers are not default aircraft

[@BlackS0ull]

Hello, thank you for the tutorial. Really helpful. For the moment I'm experiencing some planes that are invisible. Don't know why. Did you have these kind, labeled planes but invisible through the entirely airport? Thanks!

[@56OLYMPE]

same for me... solution?

[@gmac2493]

Also getting the invisible planes and many taxiing planes are jumping rather than moving smoothly- from the forums the easy airline mod seems to have been broken (maybe by the latest update ) so not sure how the poster has managed getting it working so well..........

[@colinfalck1637]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Also getting invisible planes. Do not see any 737 only a320, sometimes you can only see the lights or see the Jetway move.It would be great if you can find the problem please.

[@RobertPSmith336]

how did you get plane in every terminal

[@captain7956]

Are these the mods used for vatsim?

[@lexamarinkovic]

Will this work on cracked version of MSFS?

[@emilmorganmullertz9979]

I tried The static ai and it made a glich i have delete The static and now it works on flightsimulator2020

[@Zenoman1234]

Hi there! Great video, but when I extract all the static aircraft to the community folder, my sim freezes on startup and I have to restart it. Is there a fix? Thanks

[@Zenoman1234]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS yes I did just that… oh actually now it worked. It was just that I had an older version of the ivao-xcl file and when I got the new one, it stopped working but the older version worked for me so it’s wasn’t the static mod lol.

[@Zenoman1234]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS yes, and one more question, for the enhanced AI traffic addon, I have enabled it and I don’t really see the live ai traffic. If I do, they are generic planes and when I check on flight radar 24, the callsign is correct, but is in a totally different place than it is in msfs. And how can I increase the density of the static aircraft?

[@Zenoman1234]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS also, what is the point of installing the ivao altitude client and replacing it with the easy airlines addon? isnt it the same thing?

[@Zenoman1234]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS is there a way to make the aircraft.. not invisible? because i was amazed by the model matching and the live traffic but 1 or two are invisible. is there a solution?-

[@Zenoman1234]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS that alright. I’m seeing everything except the planes in the ivao-xcl I think that’s why. They just need to add some more planes and the problem will be fixed I think.

[@sigmaplc]

Do you see any departures? I only see arrivals

[@diminou3577]

Hello, on your vidéo it seems simple but at the end, i have only GA on my airports, no A320, no Ryanair 737...

[@kevingraham2733]

This worked to a point but now i have Neo A320's liveries sitting on runways and taxi ways with engines running

[@kingplaneman7032]

For some reason I can’t install on the website

[@juanramoncliment6228]

Good morning, This addon ELT is magnific, but i have a little problem, All the aircraft that circulate through the airport are not soft, freeze and appear a few meters ahead on the track. Is there any way to solve this problem?

[@baboaboi7799]

Same issues here

[@magliozzistream4684]

my traffic is not showing up its saying object failed :/

[@bcbey711]

Will this be available for xbox series x ?

[@robertmckeogh3606]

Does this bring more ga aircraft aswell?

[@SimRacersAsia]

is this guide still relevant in 2024?

[@powder40]

Hi where do I put the Static AI folder did you say in the community folder and then into the avao csl folder or just into the community I caught the don't move or delete the avao folder but what did you say after that ?

[@powder40]

I'm confused in my community folder is my downloaded ivao x-csl folder and inside that are two more folders sim objects and airplanes

[@powder40]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Hi why am I getting Simconnect Create Object Failed all the time in Enhanced Live Traffic in fact I have not seen one other moving aircraft yet something isn't right

[@MOTISHOW]

What about the model matching?

[@tjfSIM]

Helpful tutorial, many thanks! I'm a bit confused though, doesn't having Live and AI traffic enabled at the same time result in duplication?

[@shanenicholson94]

Your video content is just brilliant. How would this work with vatsim, any idea?

[@luukhuibers4278]

Good video but i have one problem, the live traffic only spawns in the standard planes with the game. So mostly the A320 NEO, how can i fix this ?

[@luukhuibers4278]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS alright, thnx!

[@mikeagosin5744]

Great video! Did all the steps, but all the static aircraft and AI are white or blank. What happened to the livery paint?

[@mikeagosin5744]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS thank you!

[@Pilotcalvin]

I dont have the addons at the bottom

[@agbessiyves2705]

What s about, on xbox serie x ?

[@DarkKnight-bi7cr]

HELLL YES!!!!!!

[@malrat7]

When using the enhanced live traffic the aircraft generated taxiing etc move in short hops ie stand still then appear several yards further along the taxi way for example. Have you experienced this?

[@malrat7]

Ok. Just tried it with pilot2atc which picks up all the traffic. Great!!

[@malrat7]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS p2atc is instead of default atc

[@malrat7]

It recognises traffic is on the runway etc so will hold you short but unfortunately it doesn’t know what the traffic call signs are

[@malrat7]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS I’ve been using it for around nine months now as the default atc is awful. It’s a good add on with several features such as route planning (although I use simbrief/navigraph). The developer is working on a new version

[@malrat7]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS forgot to mention the add on has a fully working 10 day free trial

[@guzzellino]

Sorry but i have problem with static folders. Flight sim lock if i install it

[@guzzellino]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS yes I put all the folders in community. Maybe there is anyone that is not good because if I delete all the folders my sim work fine

[@eliberger5916]

I did everything as said in the videos and for some reason there’s not really any plans at the gates

[@eliberger5916]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS is there anything to fix that? Maybe an updated video or downloads? Or will it just fixed over time and will I need to be on the lookout for anything?

[@eliberger5916]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS now I'm at kbos and there's not a single plane at any of the gates

[@paulwain4248]

Can you use this for Vatsim also?

[@Gregory_Jones2226]

Pls do you know how to do it on xbox?

[@Pilotcalvin]

How to enable them?

[@cbcdesign001]

You say its a bug that makes the aircraft float but the IVAO models float because the static height settings in the flight_model.cfg files are wrong in some cases anyway along with the static pitch in a few cases too. Adjusted to the correct settings the aircraft sit on the ground perfectly. Its a painstaking process adjusting them but I am going to post the correct settings on the flight sim forum when I have finished so people can mod the files if they want too.

[@cbcdesign001]

EASY AIRLINES & AIRCRAFT MATCHING WITH DEFAULT LIVE TRAFFIC MOD (CORRECTED MODEL PITCH & HEIGHT SETTINGS) mod the flight_model.cfg settings as follows:- FOLDER: static_CG_Height static_pitch IVAO_B788 13.45 -0.2 IVAO_B748fa 13.45 -0.2 IVAO_B744RR 15.2 -0.05 IVAO_B744PW 14.5 -0.05 IVAO_B744GE 13.3 -0.1 IVAO_B739WLfa 8.3 -0.2 IVAO_B739s 8.4 -0.2 IVAO_B739fa 8.0 -0.1 IVAO_B738WLfa 7.9 -0.2 IVAO_B738s 8.3 -0.2 IVAO_B738fa 7.7 -0.4 IVAO_B77W 15.0 -0.1 IVAO_B77L 15.55 0.1 IVAO_A388 16.4 0.1 IVAO_A359 16.35 0.44 IVAO_A346 14.6 -0.61 IVAO_A332RR 13.65 -0.9 IVAO_B332PW 14.10 -1.00 IVAO_B332GE 13.70 -1.00 IVAO_B321flAE 9.6 -0.5 IVAO_B321fCFM 9.05 -0.5 IVAO_B320wIAE 9.8 -0.5 IVAO_B320wCFM 9.45 -0.5 IVAO_B320fIAE 10.0 -0.2 IVAO_B320fCFM 10.2 -0.2 IVAO_B319fIAEw 9.05 -0.2 IVAO_B319fIAE 9.05 -0.2 IVAO_B319fCFMw 9.05 -0.2 IVAO_B319fCFM 9.05 -0.2

[@cbcdesign001]

Its not perfect, some models I could not get to show in the sim but checking EGLL what I can see all seem to be on the ground now. If you find any issues, let me know what and where and I will have a go at correcting them but hopefully they are ok.

[@MMG..]

Thank you for this great tutorial! My AI traffic on the ground seems to update too infrequently. Basically, what I see is still planes hopping 10 meters infront each time, so no fluid movement. Any way to fix this? Greetings from Germany.

[@JC-xr6dk]

Same issue here

[@pontusfrank4838]

How much does this affect the performance? Great video 👍🏻

[@johnhammond6423]

It destroyed my frame rates!

[@omarrolle7950]

Its not letting me download IVAO ALTITUDE

[@yhdez85]

So do you currently use this or AIG? Which one do you prefer as close to reality?

[@yhdez85]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Are you using AIG with Real time online or Off with Traffic controller flight plans? I’ve noticed that none is as close to reality or at least to what flightaware or Flight 24 tracker shows but that I think is more of a MS/Asobo issue so I was wondering if these mods were closer to reality, I guess I’m going to have to try them. Also, I noticed that in your AIG tutorial video you mentioned Airtraffic type to AI Offline but as per AIG it needs to be Off to work with Traffic Controller properly. Just FYI. Great video thou.

[@yhdez85]

After trying these mods described above, I can say that this is the closest I've seen Live traffic to the real thing, at least per Flight 24 tracker, which to me is more detail and complete then Flight Aware. This will be my prefered method from now on. Great mods!

[@not_sky2103]

Does this still work with the new sim update 7?

[@not_sky2103]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS ok I must me doing something wrong then

[@lamike001]

Is there a solution for the missing light in the AI traffic?

[@moti9172]

yes there is es.flightsim.to/file/18738/temporary-light-fix-the-asobo-generic-ai use only the ivao folder

[@lamike001]

@@moti9172 Thank you.

[@catch440]

Great tutorial, airports look much better now! But is anyone having issues with aircraft doubling up on some stands? I have taken the GROUND AIRCRAFT DENSITY level down to zero but still sometimes spawn with an A380 or 777 over me. Maybe another setting I have missed?

[@catch440]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS OK thanks... And if the ground aircraft density is at zero, does this mean that every other airport, not on the mod list, is not going to have any traffic at gates?

[@catch440]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Thanks for the replies, appreciated :)

[@Briggsy435]

nice video but you didnt show what to do with ivao

[@repysounds]

Hi great video, I have this issue where all ai aircraft is completely invisible using this mod, and static aircraft are completely white, would you know how to fix? Thanks.

[@repysounds]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Sorry to be a pain, I'm not sure how to do that can you explain, thanks for your help.

[@repysounds]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Thankyou, ill look now.

[@repysounds]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS yeah I did do that, it happens with the ai traffic aswell though, all ai planes that are flying are completely white aswell and it only shows the a320 and no other model of aircraft, but for the static aircraft there are multiple models if that makes sense.

[@repysounds]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Thankyou so much for your help mate 👍

[@repysounds]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Oh btw I have a screenshot of it if u want me to send you it on instagram 👍.

[@euanorr3626]

Nice video, subscribed! Does anyone else have the issue that it only loads like 1 aircraft every minute, and seems to stop at around 10 or so? I was sitting there for a good 10 minute and they pop in soooo slowly.

[@euanorr3626]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS ah okay, thanks for the reply :)

[@ruggerorandisi7785]

how to get a similar experience on Xbox (without mods?)

[@ruggerorandisi7785]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS oh ok thanks anyway

[@emilmorganmullertz9979]

Ok thanks

[@chrisgard4076]

yea great tut but it doesn't work properly yet. i spent hours trying to get it to work but no luck . Im pretty sure Eazy Jet dont fly to Australia, empty airport gates (especially Australia) also hopping aircraft an disappearing aircraft . This addon need a LOT OF WORK..... sorry guys

[@rickangelico5612]

Thanks.

[@nolimitsprod]

All of the airplanes are blank and only air bus aircraft spawn in

[@nolimitsprod]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Thanks for the response. I have followed all the steps and I found a fix for the missing aircraft but still no liveries

[@nolimitsprod]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Yes the aircraft are all placed correctly there's just no liveries

[@nolimitsprod]

@@PIEINTHESKYTOURS Yeah i'll try going over it again thanks for the help mate