Author Topic: GSXv2 skipping large ADE file, sim sees scenery fine SOLVED (Read 5063 times)

w6kd · « **on:** September 19, 2018, 12:21:59 am »

Trying to use a Robert Catherall remake of Ray Smith's OMAA/Abu Dhabi.

In the couatl.log file, first it reports "using <long filename> (layer 452)"

and then later

"File <long filename> skipped, likely too big to be an airport"

The ADE file is a functioning 5.7MB airport file, editable in ADE, and the sim (P3Dv4) is loading it just fine. It is large because the scenery objects are contained in the airport bgl. GSX, however, reports using the default apx file rather than the ADE.

Regards

Bob Scott

Pit · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2018, 04:30:12 pm »

Hi Bob,

I had a *.BGL file that were 3,7 MB large, GSX also skipped the file because "too big for an airport". I followed the hint of Umberto and added this line into the couatl.ini :

airportCacheMaxBGLSizeBytes = 8000000 (the command is case sensitive!!)

Just try it out, I could solve my problems that way!

regards, Pit.

w6kd · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2018, 06:19:08 pm »

Thanks Pit--that fixed it.

Cheers

Bob Scott

Pit · « **Reply #3 on:** September 20, 2018, 12:45:03 pm »

You are welcome Bob!

muthurajk · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2020, 05:19:06 am »

Hi Bob & Pit,

Where I can find the Couatl.log file for FSX in Windows 7?

Regards,
K Muthuraj

bozza72 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 18, 2024, 02:40:41 am »

Quote from: Pit on September 19, 2018, 04:30:12 pm

Hi Bob,

I had a *.BGL file that were 3,7 MB large, GSX also skipped the file because "too big for an airport". I followed the hint of Umberto and added this line into the couatl.ini :

airportCacheMaxBGLSizeBytes = 8000000 (the command is case sensitive!!)

Just try it out, I could solve my problems that way!

regards, Pit.

Sorry to bump this but i have just installed v5 and im havin g this issue, I opened the couatl.ini but I dont understand where i place the line airportCacheMaxBGLSizeBytes = 8000000 ?? All my ini has is logFile=""

please help im stumped lol

JFMITCH1716 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 11, 2025, 02:08:19 am »

add it after the LogFile line

Jim

JFMITCH1716 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2025, 02:24:11 am »

Sure wish someone had said that I would have to make my own ini file for Virtuali in order to get KDFW working. Damn, it took this short term memory loss, stroke victim 5 hours to figure out and solve my problem. Three hours just trying to find a double file which I thought it was.

Jim
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virtuali · « **Reply #8 on:** March 11, 2025, 05:58:02 pm »

Quote from: JFMITCH1716 on March 11, 2025, 02:24:11 am

Sure wish someone had said that I would have to make my own ini file for Virtuali in order to get KDFW working.

If with "KDFW" you mean FSDT KDFW, then no, there wasn't any need to edit anything, because the AFCAD for FSDT KDFW it's just 59K, so it will surely be read, since it's well below the default max size threshold, which is several MBs.

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