Airport customization file (ini) not being created

[ocndvr80]

Hello, I am seeking help with the following issue:

I've been successfully using the "Customize airport positions..." feature of GSX to customize many airports over the years. However, as of yesterday, I have encountered an airport (ORBX's LPPD) for which the customizations I make (altering vehicle positions, etc) are not saved. In fact, no airport "*.ini" file gets created in "...\AppData\Roaming\Virtuali\GSX". I do not see any kind of error message during the process. Also, I have no issue saving customizations at airports which I had edited previously and for which an "*.ini" file already exists.

Can anyone please offer any ideas as to what the issue might be? Thanks for any advice!

- Bob

[srcooke]

Try adding an empty file to \AppData\Roaming\Virtuali\GSX named LPPD.ini using notepad prior to running the sim or altenatively rebuild the GSX airport cache.

[ocndvr80]

Hi Stephen, thank you for the reply and for your suggestion.

I tried what you described but unfortunately it made no difference. Here are the steps I performed:

- created blank file ...\AppData\Roaming\Virtuali\GSX\lppd.ini
- deleted folder C:\ProgramData\Virtuali\Couatl
- ran Prepar3d; the Couatl folder was re-created; 6 files were created in C:\ProgramData\Virtuali\Couatl\prepar3dv4
- loaded up the flight with my aircraft parked at LPPD; another 7 files were created in C:\ProgramData\Virtuali\Couatl\prepar3dv4
- waited for the C:\ProgramData\Virtuali\Couatl\prepar3dv4\models.dat file to reach a size of 35,732 KB
- un-paused my flight and made some GSX parking modifications ("Customize airport positions - Customize vehicle locations" - moved stop position, baggage loader positions)
- exited the editor completely and re-entered; the vehicles were back in their original positions - my changes were not saved
- quit the sim
- checked the ...\AppData\Roaming\Virtuali\GSX\lppd.ini file - it remained empty

I also tried rebuilding the GSX airport cache, but I believe this happened during the above steps anyway since I removed the Couatl folder in order to "refresh everything".

In addition, I have checked another airport that I have by the same developer, MKStudios Dublin. The file eidw-oy8fur.ini exists for this airport, last updated 5/22/2023, indicating that I was able to successfully modify the GSX parking positions at this airport.

As an additional experiment, I temporarily removed the airport .ini file corresponding to another airport which I have been able to modify successfully on a regular basis, Flightbeam's KSFO (ksfo-k9ftcz.ini, last modified 12/16/2024). I made some parking modifications the same way as described above and, upon exiting the editor, I observed that a new file ksfo-lzl9_8.ini was created, as normal. Thus, this seems to indicate that the issue I am currently experiencing is unique to the LPPD airport.

Oh, I should have mentioned before that I am running Prepar3d v4.5 on Windows 11, build 26100.3476.

Thanks for any additional advice/suggestions!

- Bob

[srcooke]

When you open the editor is the afcad file listed on the top bar.

[ocndvr80]

Yes it is, ...\ORBX\MKStudios\MK_LPPD\Scenery\LPPD_ADEP4_MK.bgl. I also ran the LittleNavMap utility to ensure that there was no duplicate airport. That is, that this BGL is the only one being used for LPPD.

- Bob