Impossible dream?

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mustang51

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First let me start by saying this. I am a retired engineer, but the brain keeps thinking. A RW pilot that can't fly anymore, just give me a chance I know I can still do it. In FS I don't do any more long X country flights. It's a bore unless in a SR-71 or some fast mover. Like to do low level demo flights with my warbirds, traffic off, airport closed, airshow stuff.
So now the question...no LOL now.
Would it be possible for someone to design a program that would make your aircraft static, not flying empty shells? Fly them to a nice airport, park and shut down and then save it as something and they would stay there as part of the scenery? Then go back, get another one, fly it to this airport and park it next to the one that is still there. Save it and now we have two parked tip to tip. Keep this up until you have them all lined up. Now it's time to fly, pick one of those in your hangar with a different paint, fly it to this airport, put on the demo flight, land and park by all those still there.
Now you may tell me to stop thinking, but if this could be done I would pay good money for it.
So....is it an impossible dream?....think about it before you tell me to take a walk.
Bob
 
Honestly the only thing I can think of (if I am understanding you correctly) would be to program them in as AI (not really recommended for flyable aircraft) or possibly a utility such as FS Recorder....which would open up a lot of interesting possibilities as far as airshow flying is concerned...HTH.
 
Yes I have heard that that can be done. Also that AI traffic can be made to only fly at say 0100. AFCAD I guess maybe. Video stuff have tried. All that stuff is way beyond anything I can do. With all the stuff a computer can do I would think this could be done. Maybe the people who produce the flyable aircraft could provide a copy that is just a static shell. To keep them all visible parked at an airport is what I'm thinking.
Bob
 
It can be done with TTools. Just make a traffic file that calls for the aircraft to fly once a week in the middle of the night when you will never see it. If you have a fast PC use flyable aircraft for better aircraft graphics. With a slower PC use AI aircraft. If you want them to park in a certain order you will also need AFCAD2 to set the parking specs.
 
Yes I have heard of all that stuff, can't figure out how to use it and to old to learn. I'm retired and being a District Jr. Vice Commander of the VFW keeps me kind of busy.
Must be some smart young people that could come up with something like this.
 
glennc said:
Bob - Flight1 has AirTrafficFX that may be just what you are looking for. - Glenn
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That does look interesting, but only for FSX. At one time there was (probably still is) a utility that allowed you to turn flyable aircraft into scenery objects that you could then place with a scenery design program. If I remember right though it only worked with GMax mdl's and even then the results were iffy at best. The only sure fire way, in FS9, that I know of has already been mentioned. . .that is to use AI aircraft or your own aircraft with the aircraft stripped of anything not needed for AI and then placed on parking spots you designate and flight times that will leave them parked most of the time, having said that, it requires the use of AFCAD or AFX to design parking spaces, TTools to decompile the traffic bgl so you can add new aircraft, airports and flight schedules and a lot of time and patience to allow for making mistakes on your way to simply placing one airplane on one spot at a certain airport and then praying that it does what you think you told it to do, lol.. . .nothing to it, lol.:faint:

By the way, I avoided this technique like the plague for years and then finally decided I was going to master it or else. . . .Yep, it takes time, but the results, when it actually works are priceless.
 
As I said before the brain is not up to that kind of stuff. Thanks for all your suggestions. Maybe some of our scenery developers could weigh in on this. I for one would pay good money for some kind of program that could do this.
Bob
 
If both of my fried out brain cells can get around AI traffic, then anyone can. I do use the program yRoute to do the actual text lines though.
 
I have always said every time this topic comes up that I wish there was an easy way to import aircraft into a scenery placer, i.e. Runway 12... man the fun I would have with that........ airshows galore!!!!

-witt
 
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