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Does AlphaIndia AI Manager/Traffic Controller break MAIW flightplans?

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Does AlphaIndia AI Manager/Traffic Controller break MAIW flightplans?

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Wondering what happened to my military traffic after installing AlphaIndia's AI Manager and Traffic Controller. I know some of it must work, as I could see a Blackhawk was flying somewhere near China Lake NAWS along with my Southwest 737s. So there is some traffic, but the apron is totally empty and the traffic file of A-6 Intruders that I built doesn't appear either.

AI Manager notified me that one of my plans was FS9. Not sure if that is causing the problem but is there a way to find which one that is and recompile in FSX?
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Of course I wouldn't find this until after posting here, but AIFP can scan a directory and find/convert FS9 flightplans. Turns out there was a B-52 and KC-135 flightplan for Castle AFB that was causing issues. Now China Lake is full of traffic.

My custom traffic is also appearing now, so that was my issue. Hopefully someone else with the same problem can find this solution and won't waste an entire morning of their day off like I did. :)
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Been there, done that, bought the accompanying T-Shirt too many times :D

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But now my A-6s have disappeared from the flightline when they were supposed to take off. I loaded the flight ten minutes prior to the takeoff time I listed and the cockpits were empty. Then a few minutes later there was a crew on board with flashing lights. Then they went away and are no longer on the selection menu of viewable nearby aircraft.

Seems like I am close, but where could I have gone wrong? There are three Intruders set to takeoff at 0700 and three more at 0701, all headed to Lemoore NAS, then back to China Lake at 1500/1501.
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I have AIGAIM and TC running in both P3Dv5 and MSFS, no issues with MAIW flightplans. Even if you find the FS9 compiled traffic.bgl, I have had issues in the past that I needed to re-compile again with AIFP into a FSX/P3D file. Start with the last .bgl you added to the sim.

AIG also has another tool called " AI Companion", similar to the older STB (traffic board) that I use to check AI traffic. My P3D is full, using AIG for airlines/biz jets (flag carriers) and just about every MAIW package.
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Victory103 wrote: 18 Sep 2024, 17:47 AIG also has another tool called " AI Companion", similar to the older STB (traffic board) that I use to check AI traffic. My P3D is full, using AIG for airlines/biz jets (flag carriers) and just about every MAIW package.
I can't find an AI Companion at AIG but there is something that sounds like it in the Traffic Controller. I can select departures or arrivals at a list of local airports, and although there is about a dozen aircraft parked at China Lake there is nothing on the schedule. Most aircraft have a DEVIL callsign (there is also an EXPERT and VAMPIRE) but nothing has a number assigned to it, like all airborne aircraft do (such as CUERVO 217).
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Chris,

To recompile FS9 traffic files with AIFP, go to "Bulk Traffic" on the menu bar, select "Convert FS9 Traffic Files to FSX" and let it run.

That has worked for me every time I have had this issue.

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I converted the Castle AFB traffic files, then deleted them when I wasn't able to see the traffic I had created. Turns out that after solving the FS9 issue I realized my A-6s weren't showing up due to a lack of parking spaces at China Lake. Will need to add more spaces, but I still need to discover why they just disappear at takeoff time.
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ATC is correct and working, do you have the hold shorts correct in the ADE?
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I used the default P3D v5 KNID and all runway entrances have properly oriented hold short bars. Only modification I made was adding parking spots and apron links in Airport Design Editor. Some of the parking spots I put in under the open hangars do not yet have taxi links so it would make sense that those aircraft will disappear once it's time to taxi, but the Intruders weren't parked there when I saw them vanish.
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Usually if you see them and they "just disappear" that means there is some sort of FP timeout issue... If you don't see them at all, check the radius on your parking spaces...
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