"Sorry, we could find the Airport name ... in your database"

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RALF9636

Post subject: "Sorry, we could find the Airport name ... in your database"

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:07 pm

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I've had this several times now with small Airports, last time it was PAWR.

I create the flightplan within P3D. Then I load it into PF3. No error messages; I can go to the FP Adjustment page and everything looks fine. But when I connect to FS these error Messages appear:

"Sorry, we could find the Airport name PAWR in your database" (should read "could not", I guess) and

"There are NO runways at your Destination Airport! Please check your flightplan! PD3 cannot continue with this Flight File!"

The airport and a runway is choosable in P3D. I rebuilt the PF3 database using the latest Makerunways.exe.

What might be the reason for this?

I attached my runways.csv file. Let me know if you need anything else.

Regards

Ralf

P.S.: I hope you don't mind the frequency of my new topics. It's just that now, as PF3 is so close to perfection, I think it's time for all these minor issues...

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Post subject: Re: "Sorry, we could find the Airport name ... in your datab

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 7:55 am

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There is no PAWR in your runways.csv, PF3 can't do anything about it then:

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PAWI,0050,70.635651,-160.011871,41,47,4479,0
PAWI,0230,70.640350,-159.977631,41,227,4479,0
PAWN,0010,67.556000,-162.985733,88,3,3986,0
PAWN,0190,67.566132,-162.974960,88,183,3986,0
PAWS,0041,61.568840,-149.549133,354,33,3690,0
PAWS,0222,61.574463,-149.531464,354,213,3690,0

Which version of Makerwys did you use exactly? (right-click -> properties/details/something on the .exe file)

Is PAWR from an add-on scenery? (I assume it is)
If yes, in which directory did it get installed?
Can you show us the corresponding directory entry in your ProgramData scenery.cfg?

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Post subject: Re: "Sorry, we could find the Airport name ... in your datab

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 8:31 am

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Strange it isn't in the runways.csv.

I can find PAWR entries in the runways.txt and runways.xml files, that seem to be produced by makerwys also.

I use Orbx SAK, installed in the default Orbx subfolder. But PAWR also exists in the default P3D. It is choosable from the World - Go to Airport menu even if I deactivate Orbx SAK.

The Makerwys.exe version is 4.6.9.9.

I attach my scenery.cfg and runways.xml files. I can't upload the runways.txt file because it is too big (20 MB, but only 10 MB allowed).

Thanks for looking at this.

Ralf

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Post subject: Re: "Sorry, we could find the Airport name ... in your datab

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 8:56 am

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The version of Makerwys I downloaded yesterday is 4.6.9.91 (despite being named something like 4.699 on the web page). Not sure what the difference is.
scenery.cfg looks good.

runways.xml has the airport, but the entry does not have any runways:

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<ICAO id="PAWR">
<ICAOName>Whittier</ICAOName>
<Country>United States</Country>
<State>Alaska</State>
<City>Whittier</City>
<File>ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_NA_SAK05_SCENERY\scenery\ADE_FTX_SAK_PAWR.BGL</File>
<SceneryName>FTX_NA_SAK05_SCENERY</SceneryName>
<Longitude>-148.720306</Longitude>
<Latitude>60.777260</Latitude>
<Altitude>30</Altitude>
<MagVar>24.000</MagVar>
</ICAO>

It would need <Runway id="xx">...</Runway> entries to actually have runways.

The default entry in FSX does not have any runways either:

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<ICAO id="PAWR">
<ICAOName>Whittier</ICAOName>
<Country>United States</Country>
<State>Alaska</State>
<City>Whittier</City>
<File>Scenery\0101\scenery\APX08100.bgl</File>
<SceneryName>0101 Base</SceneryName>
<Longitude>-148.721573</Longitude>
<Latitude>60.777214</Latitude>
<Altitude>30</Altitude>
<MagVar>24.000</MagVar>
</ICAO>

I assume you can select it in the "World - Go to Airport" menu, but you can't see or select any runways for it. Correct?

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Post subject: Re: "Sorry, we could find the Airport name ... in your datab

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 9:23 am

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Either with Orbx SAK on or off I can select a runway in P3D. The screenshot is with Orbx SAK deactivated, default P3D.

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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 10:10 am

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Strange. Then I guess you should report this to Pete Dowson in the FSUIPC forum.

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Post subject: Re: "Sorry, we could find the Airport name ... in your datab

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 1:41 pm

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From the readme that downloads with makerunways......

" MINIMUM RUNWAY LENGTH

By default MakeRunways imposes a minimum runway legth of 1500 feet,
otherwise runwaysc are omitted from the data files. This is to
eliminate so-called "ghost" runways being included -- very small
runways provided only to allow AI Traffic to be directed better for
landings and takeoffs.

If necessary you can override this value. Just use a command line parameter in the form:

/>n

where n gives the nmuber of feet to be considered the miaximum for exclusion. Take care not to make this too small for fear of including those "ghosts", but if you really do want to see all, you can set />0. "

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Post subject: Re: "Sorry, we could find the Airport name ... in your datab

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 1:46 pm

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Problem solved. Reading a readme-file actually helps sometimes

From the MakeRwys ReadMe.txt:

"MINIMUM RUNWAY LENGTH

By default MakeRunways imposes a minimum runway legth of 1500 feet,
otherwise runwaysc are omitted from the data files. This is to
eliminate so-called "ghost" runways being included -- very small
runways provided only to allow AI Traffic to be directed better for
landings and takeoffs.

If necessary you can override this value. Just use a command line
parameter in the form:

/>n

where n gives the nmuber of feet to be considered the miaximum for
exclusion. Take care not to make this too small for fear of
including those "ghosts", but if you really do want to see all,
you can set />0.

=========================================================
WATER RUNWAYS

The runway lists will normally not contain any water runways.
If you need these included just add this command line parameter:

/Water

If you want files containing ONLY water runways use

/WaterOnly"

So I ran makerwys.exe with makerwys.exe />0 /water in a shortcut target and now I have all the airports and even seaplane bases available in PF3! (Haven't completed a flight yet, but no error messages anymore and PF3 is initializing ok.)

I suggest including this in the PF3 Manual.

Thanks Thomas for pointing me in the right direction.

Ralf

EDIT: PSchlute, you were 5 minutes faster than me; you posted while I was writing this. Thank you.