Issue with FS2Crew RAAS at KLAX

[tango4]

Hi,
I have a small issue in an otherwise magnificent scenery.
It seems RAAS is not working properly at KLAX.
I'm running P3D V3.2, Latest RAAS version, on windows 10.
Of course I made a makerunways update.

What happens is that everything seems misplaced according to RAAS. For example, if I attempt to take off on runway 25R, it says "On Taxiway"
For some reason, the makerunways scan seems to give wrong results, but only with this scenery (AFAIK).

The only place where I saw a discussion that could be related to my issue is here:
http://www.avsim.com/topic/445428-raas-is-acting-flaky/page-2

And I quote Bryan York (FS2Crew Dev):

"RAAS uses the data generated by Pete Dowson's Make Runways to know where the runways are, etc., (coordinates, length, width, etc).
 
Sometimes 3rd party developers do things in a "non-standard" way that can trip things up.
 
The important thing is to re-run MakeRunways everytime you add new scenery.
 
And run it with Admin rights."

If you have any idea that would be appreciated.

Best regards.

Charles MOULIN

[virtuali]

I guess the issue might be the same as discussed here (runway set to 0.0 width)

http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,12138.msg99195.html#msg99195

[tango4]

Thanks for your very fast answer.
It might indeed be related to that.

Two questions though:
I also own KLAS and LSZH (and KSFO by FlightBeam) and none of those SEEM to be affected (but I might be wrong): would it still make sense ?

And another small question : if an update is released some day do I know it via add-on manager or do I have to monitor those forums ?

Thanks again for your help.

Charles

[tango4]

And don't know if that helps but on AIVLASOFT EFB, I am positioned correctly on runway 25R.

[virtuali]

And another small question : if an update is released some day do I know it via add-on manager or do I have to monitor those forums ?

Updates to the AFCAD are part of the request "Do you want to download updated AFCADs ?" that is made when you install either a product or the Stand-Alone Addon Manager so, when we'll have a proper fix for it, we'll notify it on the Live Update release notes.

[virtuali]

And don't know if that helps but on AIVLASOFT EFB, I am positioned correctly on runway 25R.

That's because this software doesn't care about the *width* of the runway. The position is obviously correct in the scenery...

[tango4]

Thanks for your replies,
Just for confirmation it does make sense that it works in the other sceneries I mentioned ?

I promise you I'll stop bothering you after that !

Charles

[virtuali]

Just for confirmation it does make sense that it works in the other sceneries I mentioned ?

It will probably have the same issue with any 3rd party airport that set the runway width to 0.0, because it has a runway made with a 100% custom texture, in order not to have it show up in Prepar3D 2.5 and above.

Of course, if the only 3rd party scenery you have with such characteristics is KLAX, then it makes sense you would only notice it there.

Other sceneries might not have fully custom runway textures (if they are made by mixing up default textures and custom markings, they won't be affected), and even those that have them, might not be worried about showing the default runway texture over the custom one, which is what annoyed some users, which was what prompted us to fix it that way, by setting the runway width to 0 meters in the AFCAD, which unfortunately has some side effects, like this one.

[tango4]

Many thanks for taking the time to explain this in detail, much appreciated !

Charles

[AirBorne]

Looking forward to having this solution too.