Author Topic: Where do I find the af2 for KJFK FSX?  (Read 7210 times)

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Where do I find the af2 for KJFK FSX?
« on: December 12, 2010, 04:21:23 am »
I have traffic in all my airports except for JFK. Looked to see if I see a af2 in the scenery folder and there aint none. I purchased this scenery just last week, and would appreciate the help.

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Re: Where do I find the af2 for KJFK FSX?
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2010, 07:00:18 am »
An AFCAD file doesn't have to be named starting with AF2, that was just a convention used by some editors. Default AFCADs, for example, have names beginning with APX.

JFK AFCAD is named AP_KJFK.BGL, and it comes with the installer. There's another AFCAD named APPR_KFJK.BGL, which contains only approaches.

So, if you don't have traffic at JFK, it doesn't mean your are missing the AFCAD. Besides, if you lost or removed the AFCAD for any reason, it wouldn't result in just the traffic missing, but the whole airport would be entirely messed up, with wrong parking positions, runways, jetways, markers, signs, etc.

If you are just missing traffic, it might depend on the traffic package (if any) you are using. It's important that airplanes have their airline codes setup correctly, because at JFK we only use airline codes to indicate parkings, since all parkings are labeled GA, in order to get rid of the default service vehicles, which are very slow and conflict with the ones we added. The default traffic, for example, doesn't use any real airline codes, so it might not appear or, it might appear at remote places like the cargo area, instead of the main terminals, so you might not noticed it. We assume most of users don't use default traffic anyway.

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Re: Where do I find the af2 for KJFK FSX?
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2010, 05:43:32 pm »
Thanks Umberto for your response and explanation. I use World of AI, and it makes sense now why I see American Airlines in other airports parked all over the airport, instead of a designated spot. However, is there a way to change this so that I can see my traffic parked at specific locations, or is there another AI traffic software I should be using?

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Re: Where do I find the af2 for KJFK FSX?
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2010, 06:25:18 pm »
WoAI in FSX is not a very good idea, since they are all FS9 models. Have you tried turning the Airplane Shadows off ?

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Re: Where do I find the af2 for KJFK FSX?
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2010, 07:45:07 pm »
WoAI in FSX is not a very good idea, since they are all FS9 models. Have you tried turning the Airplane Shadows off ?

I see, I thought WoAI would work since the installer gives you the option of selecting fs9 or FSX. I just assumed the installer would do the rest. As for turning the Airplane Shadows off, where would I do that at?

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Re: Where do I find the af2 for KJFK FSX?
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2010, 09:04:14 pm »
Yes, the installer will let you choose FS9 or FSX, but what will change it's probably just the ability to put files in the correct folders, but the models are the same.

Some other reasons why you might not see traffic, is that your traffic.bgl (perhaps the one installed with WofAI) is not in the FSX format, or you have conflicting/double traffic.bgl

You can find the "Airplane Casts Shadows on Ground" option in the Graphic settings, under the Airplane tab. Try turn it off.

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Re: Where do I find the af2 for KJFK FSX?
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2010, 10:33:30 pm »
Thanks again Umberto, I found the Airplane Casts Shadows on Ground, turned it off like you said, and lord and behold there are WofAI liveries all over the place! For now that will do, but I will be looking for a better AI software in the near future.