TimC340 wrote: 04 Nov 2025, 10:23 If the models don't show at all, that is not a texture-file problem. BMPs work perfectly well in P3D. I've answered this over at FSDev, but in case you see it here first:

the likelihood is you're using the aircraft and traffic files that came in that FS9-era package. FS9 aircraft will generally not work in P3D and must be converted. That conversion has almost certainly already been done and will probably be available in the Download Hangar. Similarly, the traffic files won't work - and will suppress ALL traffic for a significant radius around the airfield. The files must be converted to FSX or P3D formats (either will do) and, again, that's almost certainly already been done and will be available here.

If you tell us which aircraft and traffic files are with that package, we can identify where the replacements are.

TimC340 wrote: 04 Nov 2025, 10:23 If the models don't show at all, that is not a texture-file problem. BMPs work perfectly well in P3D. I've answered this over at FSDev, but in case you see it here first:

the likelihood is you're using the aircraft and traffic files that came in that FS9-era package. FS9 aircraft will generally not work in P3D and must be converted. That conversion has almost certainly already been done and will probably be available in the Download Hangar. Similarly, the traffic files won't work - and will suppress ALL traffic for a significant radius around the airfield. The files must be converted to FSX or P3D formats (either will do) and, again, that's almost certainly already been done and will be available here.

If you tell us which aircraft and traffic files are with that package, we can identify where the replacements are.

md11driver44 wrote: 04 Nov 2025, 17:50 NAS NORTH ISLAND. I was hoping that someone converted them to P3D.

Jorgen wrote: 05 Nov 2025, 13:30 Robert,

Maybe we need to make sure at this point that you are very aware of what traffic file types you use. As Tim points out above, you should only use the FSX traffic files, which are also used by all the versions of P3D.

But, here's the caveat: if there is only 1 - one only - FS9 traffic file present anywhere in your installation, then only the FS9 traffic will show up, and any and all FSX traffic will be invisible. I could believe we have all seen that some time or another, I certainly have a couple of times. So, if suddenly all your normal AI birdies don't show up at their nests as they used to do, this is most likely what happened.

Fortunately, this is much easier to fix than going through your traffic file inventory looking for a single FS9 traffic file. You just open trusty ol' AIFP (RIP, Don old buddy), hit the "Bulk Traffic" tab at the top, and then on the menu select "Convert FS9 Traffic Files To FSX". After it runs through, everything will show up again just fine.

And if that then fails, then you know where to post...

Jorgen

TimC340 wrote: 11 Nov 2025, 22:43 Hi Robert. I've done some digging, and I've found that there's an anomaly of some sort in the models associated with some of the traffic files for KZNY - I found I had to import the models from another package to get them to work properly. I had some aircraft that were apparently appearing in the sim, talking to ATC, and visible by the ID telltale, but not visible as aircraft! Changing the mdl files fixed that, and now I have a full flightline at KZNY.

On FSDev, you asked also about a traffic file for HSM-37 at PHNG, and this one's a bit more difficult. Firstly, AIFP kept identifying it as an FS9 file, even though it had been converted. I made sure I had the aircraft and paints, and a version of PHNG that had all the necessary parking, but the H-60s did not appear. Lots of other aircraft did, so it's not the AFCAD. I don't have almost any of the other airfields nominated in that traffic file, so that may be an issue, but they should still generate at PHNG. I made sure I had P3D-compatible models and paints, and I re-converted the traffic file (and deleted the original) but still nothing. This one's going to take a bit more detective work, but I suspect a completely new traffic file is required.

md11driver44 wrote: 12 Nov 2025, 18:53 I ended up using the FSX models for my helos for my Blackhawk family. They show up at Norfolk and North Island, just not Kaneohe.