I replaced all of the animated jetways (3-51) at the Orbx KSAN with SODE jetways and I'm testing them with the PMDG 737 NGX and 777. When I start P3D 4.3 and create a scenario with either the NGX or 777, the jetways are missing more than 50% of the time. Restarting Couatl and Rebuild Airport Cache almost always restores them. But, a couple of times, the jetway that my aircraft is parked at is replaced by the default SODE jetway, overwriting my customization in the ksan-xxx.ini. I now keep a backup the .ini so that I can restore my jetways when that happens.
When it doesn't load the jetways the Couatl.log ends like this:
Loading airport KSAN from P:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_AA_KSAN\scenery\KSAN_V2_ADEX_ADE.BGL
Loading user customizations from C:\Users\Larry\AppData\Roaming\Virtuali/GSX\ksan-lqh0yi.ini
aircraftDb.py provides aircraft data with priority 2
Using aircraft data from aircraftDb.py
Found gsx.cfg file at C:\Users\Larry\AppData\Roaming\Virtuali/Airplanes\PMDG 777-200LR\gsx.cfg
reset FSDT_GSX_DEICING_STATE 0.0
reset FSDT_GSX_DEICING_TYPE 0.0
reset FSDT_GSX_NUMPASSENGERS 0.0
Added Menu SubItem "Customize airport positions..." (parentId 82, id 102)
User collision geometries reloaded
Changed AVATAR id (6)
Avatar mode False
Slew mode False
When the jetways do load, the Couatl.log looks like this:
Loading airport KSAN from P:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_AA_KSAN\scenery\KSAN_V2_ADEX_ADE.BGL
Loading user customizations from C:\Users\Larry\AppData\Roaming\Virtuali/GSX\ksan-lqh0yi.ini
reset FSDT_GSX_DEICING_STATE 0.0
reset FSDT_GSX_DEICING_TYPE 0.0
reset FSDT_GSX_NUMPASSENGERS 0.0
User collision geometries reloaded
Changed AVATAR id (6)
Avatar mode False
Slew mode False
Added Menu SubItem "Customize airport positions..." (parentId 82, id 102)
Added GSX customized bgl jetway for Gate 3
Added GSX customized bgl jetway for Gate 5
Added GSX customized bgl jetway for Gate 6
Added GSX customized bgl jetway for Gate 7
(repeat for all gates)
No jetways:
With jetways:
I plan to upload my files to the shared area once I'm satisfied that they work properly.