Before loading your project, turn on the dev camera. Then when you select your BGL and click "open in editor" the camera will change to a top down view. This view makes placing runways and taxiways a lot easier and it also helps with alignment. Using this "angled" view as shown in the video is very likely to yield lines that don't align with existing markings because your view is skewed.
19:45 - Click the node on the right, and then ctrl+click the node at the top. With two nodes selected, right click (anywhere), select "create path", those two nodes will be connected by a path. Click your new path, right click (again, anywhere), select "split path". A new node is created in the midpoint of the original path and it will be split into two separate paths. Drag this new point around to make a prettier curve. You can also split the newly created paths into smaller ones to get more nodes to make the curves look even better. What you demonstrate in the video is only visual. AI won't make that turn you created because the path isn't connected. Dragging the nodes "close enough so they detect each other" isn't a thing, that doesn't create a connection, it just draws lines which mean nothing to the AI. ATC will never tell you to taxi down that taxiway because as far as they are concerned, you can't actually get there, it's a disconnected part of the field (assuming there's no other VALID connections). At 21:20 those two nodes are not connected and should be, the same is true at the other side of the intersection. Dragging them so they overlap each other doesn't actually do anything except draw a line. If you're expecting only humans to visit your project, and you don't expect them to ever request taxi instructions from ATC, then it doesn't matter. But if you want the Sim to treat your custom airport like it would treat others, you need a fully connected environment, and use other techniques to get pretty lines.
@@JoePCP I don't see it as criticizing. He is merely providing a few extra tips. Nothing wrong with collaborating a bit in the comment section. It leads to better projects in the end.
Hi, Thank you very much for your easy to understand and follow tutorials. They are much appreciated. Could you do a tutorial on linking parking spots to the taxiway please. I would be most grateful. Thanks again. Brian
Hi there, I followed this and everything worked except I didn’t get a new packages file after I saved my scenery so it didn’t work, do you have any ideas why this might be? Thanks
For all those who wonder why nothing is shown when editing A Debug Option need to be checked: Dev mode > Options > Debug Drawing > Terrain > Draw on Terrain
Another one, 17:50, your taxi ways don't connect to the runway because you never made one. Yes, you drew one, by adding a runway object, but you never created a "runway path" for the actual runway. AI traffic will never takeoff from your airport because they don't know how to get to the runway. Your taxiways need to be connected to the runway, and there has to be a hold-short node before the runway in order for AI planes and ATC to be able to make sense of the environment. Everything you show in this video is only visual. Humans will be able to use it fine, but AI will never work with what you've shown here. I see you say "the basics", but this honestly needs some tweaking.
... and the runway start positions were put at the hold-short spots when they ought to be where a plane would line up on the runway. As you say, Richard, the final taxiway points at each end of the runway should both be selected and right click > create path used to create a long taxiway path down the length of the runway. Choose "runway" as the property type of this pathway. The taxiway points at the hold short positions should be allocated the hold short type.
Hi! I followed your tutorial and I got everything right. I managed to create a polygon and everything. I compiled it and installed it and it worked great. I would like to thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I got excited with the result and I decided to download the SDK. Today I tried to get rid of some trees that blocked the approach to SBJR (the airport in my neighborhood). I was able to do it, but a strange thing happened this time. After every "CTRL + Click" to add a node to the polygon, I wasn't able to add another node until I selected the editor window (that contains the polygon) again. For some reason, the click deselected the window and a node wouldn't be "accepted". It took me a long time to find out about the deselecting window thing. I was getting pissed as I tried to figure out what was going on lol. The first thing I did was uninstall the SDK. It didn't work. The editor's window still keeps getting deselected after every node added. Have you ever gone through that? I'm open to any suggestion you or anybody may have. Thanks!
Yep, sadly it's too easy to deselect the polygon you're working on by not clicking exactly on the polygon you're working on. In my case, it often instead selects the airport boundary polygon I previously created. Gotta admit it's quite frustrating clicking and nothing seems to happen. Always make sure your in-progress polygon is highlighted in the editor window while working on it. Good luck!
@@Jimbo-in-Thailand Yep! But in my case, I wasn't able to complete the polygon. I could only add the first node and that's it. But I solved the problem. I was using the drone camera instead the developer's camera. Thanks for your reply, anyway!
@@teufelsrochen8113 After reading a comment on your channel, I found out what was causing the problem. It was because I was using the drone instead of the developer's camera lol. At first I wasn't able to move around with the developer's camera, but after setting the speed I finally got to making it work. Keep up the tutorials! They help a lot. Now I can practice in the airport of my neighborhood thanks to you lol
Thanks for this brilliant tutorial. Question... How can one make a runway with some mild waves and dips in it? Like also a sloped runway as well. Something with realism instead of being extremely flat.
I would love to see a full tutorial on custom textures and scenery models. Something like exporting a simple 3d model from Blender using pictures, then using those same front/side/top pictures as the object textures in the editor. This would enable people to take pictures of their local FBOs and hangars and add extremely realistic models (which I want to do for a few local airports).
Hi, I can do a video about this in a future video. As far as I know you can apply materials ( from the Material editor ) to runways, aprons, taxiways and polygons. Loading an object from blender with all its PBR features and emissive texture is fairly easy to do.
Hey, do you know why my airport was detected as a water airport? (have an anchor image in the world map), what I should do to change it to the normal airport?
I want to move a Windsock from the Runway of a small Airfield. Do I need to create a whole new project for this or can I just edit the existing Airport?
Hi, take a look at the SampleAirport in the SDK. In there you’ll find a MaterialLib asset group with custom textures. Might upload a video about that in the future
You can create a texture in any paint program, best square. If doing lettering, it needs to be flipped left/right so it looks as if the writing is backward. Put in a MaterialLib/Textures folder which can be accessed from the Material Inspector.
I see in the compile stage you had a number of failures, did you manage to fix them, I'm sure others would appreciate to know if you did as well. Great tutorial by the way!
Thank you very much for your very good tutorial. I have a question. Do we need to use the build package button every time we do a little bit of the project, or is just the save Scenery button is enough and what is done will be saved until next part?
i just tried to work on my 2nd airport, [first towered airport], and i was surprised to see there is only one generic airport control tower in the Objects/scenery options ? Am i missing other control towers anywhere else ? thanks
im wanting to creat a simple ASL for KJFK canarsie approach. The lead in lights simlar to Kai tak. theyre at the side of the motorway on ontop of the hotel roof.. can someone tell me if this is doable?
hey thanks for the wonderful tutorial....i'm having a peculiar problem while using the terraforming feature ... my runway gets sucked into a crater ...and I'm not able to strike a balance while changing the altitude ... ive copied data from sky vector but its not working out ...its either creating a hill or a crater ... is there any way to import the data from msfs default airport ?
Adi Hanif Yes there is a way of doing that. When you add the Airport from the objects window and open its properties, you see the ‘to delete’ tab there. You can select or unselect everything you don’t want to be deleted.
@@teufelsrochen8113 i mean how to edit that default like taxipoints, runway etc without creating from stracth? You know like ADEX load stock airport then we can edit things
@@AdiHanif Unfortuantely that is not not possible as far as I know. However, you can load a stock airport from P3D or even your own in ADE and load that into your sim as a work file. I recently upoladed a tutorial that'll guide you ua-cam.com/video/94TkpUMa6Qw/v-deo.html
@@teufelsrochen8113 This would have been also my question. Is it possible to actually see what the default airport contains and looks like? Because it's sometimes not self-explanatory if a grass field has certain runways, taxiways or parking spots set as you can't see them (they are not paved). And without that I don't really know what to keep and what to delete from it before I modify the default one.
@@FlyingCsongor Hi, in this case you can turn on a special view mode in the Dev mode. In the top dev Mode bar, go to options and look for a airport show taxiways box. I’m not 100% sure if it’s called like that, but you’ll find it!
Hi, I’ve talked about it a little at 24:30. Place it using the objects window. You can configure the ramp/stand in its properties by right clicking on the stand -> properties.
Hello my friend, how delete or xclude the defoult parkings to set a new one?, i´m trying deleting all arrivals, all departures, all jetways....almost all in the airport propierties, nothing work. Need to set and put a new ones as a cargo or heavies without make a entire airport. A little help, tks in advance.
Very helpful! I’m trying to create a slope in the runway. I guess the profile section will do it, but I really wanted the runway to follow the land contours and not be perfectly flat. If you don’t create a polygon before and add a runway it flattens the landscape anyway in the immediate area. Also is there a way to add navigation to the airport like ils. Or Rnav
Full Moon Party Video Hi, in the properties of your runway, you’ll see a Terraforming tab. I didn’t cover it in this video, because I haven’t fully figured that out yet. However, you can add some elevation points along your runway which will define the ‘slope’. Hope this helps
Teufelsrochen811 yeah I worked out the profile, to make stronger humps and dips you have to drag the control points created at the runway not in the profile graph. You must set control points from within the ui graph but to make larger changes you have to go to the runway
I tried to find a something about ILS, but i couldn't find anything. I guess if you edit an existing airport, you don't have to delete the approaches 9:00 .
Click on the taxiway point that the parking is coming from, control-click on the parking "circle", right-click and select "create path" to join them ... the heading in the parking will automatically be lined up with the newly created taxiway path leading into the parking. If the "centre line" for the parking is ticked, you'll see the T which is where the nosewheel will be put when spawning into that parking slot. You should see a small green arrow on the edge of the "parking circle".
Anyone know how to remove beacons (the actual default red and white scaffolding tower) from an airport? This airport I am currently working on has it sitting right in the middle of an apron.
Hi, you’re right. Unfortunately this is the only way at the moment to ‚edit‘ default airports. As far as my knowledge goes, the airports are not saved as a package - they’re created by AI. Hope this helps 👍
Hello! do you know how to apply the elevation to the first polygon you create? with the terraform tool? or is there an option to set it to the right airport elevation? great video btw!
@@teufelsrochen8113 I finally could do it, I thought the altitude was in feet, but I realized that was on meters, so when I set the altitude of the runway, were way above de apron-taxi, so I adjusted it in meters and now they are good. am I right? the altitude is set in meters or feet on the SDK?
They are part of the taxiway system (they're called "taxiway parking"!), so it only really makes sense to do the taxiways first then see my other comments above. I don't think you can connect to default existing taxiways.
Hi, of course you can only add a polygon without any changes to the default airport. That’s possible because all the shapes files will be compiled as a separate BGL file. Hope this helps
Hi, I haven’t mentioned parkings in detail, because it’s quiet self explaining I think. In general you just place a parking from objects window. Right mouse click -> properties. That’s where you can find all the many options. Might upload another video where I explain it in more depth.
@@teufelsrochen8113 yeah. I could not make them work because the parking and the taxipoint were not connected. But there’s some things l’m still missing. I cannot manage to edit any of the options like the marshaller or the external power. Thx for the help!
@@a320cat4 Yes, the parking spots should be connected to the taxiways. Select the last taxiway point that planes should use before entering (or first when exiting) the parking and control-click the parking area so both are selected: right click and choose create path from the menu. If you don't want lines then turn them off in the properties of the taxiway path.
@@lettuz6177 Hi! That's the reason I can't add nodes to the polygons. I'm using the drone. You solved my problem lol Thanks! But how can I move the developer's camera around? I've tried the same keys I use for the drone, but they won't work. The only keys that are working are the number pad keys.... but R, F, W, S and D are not.
@@digitalflight9745 oh havent been active on youtube. Good that you found solution! And to let other users know you have to change developed camera controls by yourself. They arr not same as drone mode at least on em.
@@teufelsrochen8113 I built my airport on an island so it had a little gradient (I think that's the issue, not sure). So I spawned a couple of pushback tugs and a couple of group power units from the sim objects tab and placed them at my desired spot, after doing everything and launching the airport from the menu, 2 of those vehicles start randomly moving and endup in the ocean, so I had to remove the ground power unit.
@@buttplug22 Same for me ... I put some stairs at non-jetway parking spots and they rolled away from their parking spots downhill! Haven't found a way to limit their movement.
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hello ... you can explain how make PAPI lights in the runway.? thanks
@ You need to set the slope in the PAPI object's properties: they are given a value of 0.00000000 when created which you can change to 3.00000000000000000 (or whatever you want).
Hi, timestamps have just been added. To fully remove the airport you have to create a flattern as shown in the video ( make sure you tick all the delete buildings options ) and then just add the airport. The stuff you won't select in the 'to delete' tab will stay default 9:00 .
Teufelsrochen811 Thank you. The reason why I asked you is because i did the same thing before but didn’t work. Guess I’ll have to try again. Again, thanks for uploading this tutorial.
The sample in SDK is for runways creation only. :( I don't want to create 2 project for one airport! Must exist a way to create the airport and add the customised objects.
Hi! Great video! While I was working on the apron section, the sim crashed somehow. I saved the project but how do I open the project that I have been working on? When I select either the _SHP or _ARP file it doesn’t do anything, am I doing anything wrong ? Do I need to compile the project before being able to reopen it in the sim again?
Hi, after you’ve opened the project, click on the drop down button in the Project Editor to see your aaset groups. Select the BGL, where all your progress is saved ( ‘edoptuto BGL’ in the Video ). Having that done, go to the Inspector and click ‘Load in Editor’. Your progress will be displayed in the Scenery Editor.
Teufelsrochen811 problem is that I cannot even open the project. When I open the file (either the arp or shp file) the project editor is completely empty. Nothing to select.
Hi....Is there any way to correct a wrong taxiway in default scenery with out first excluding the existing runways, taxiways etc. and recreating the entire thing again, that would be a very tedious job☺️
@@vinaysaran Hi, there is a dev version of ADE. It may allow you to load the existing airport and edit everything in there as you like. Same for parkings. Note: you will expierence bugs and issues, as it's not an offical release yet.
Uhm nvm i just read someones comment with the same question, but i did see ils antennas in objects maby they are just cosmetic but they could also work
@@teufelsrochen8113 i found it out. The anntenna objects do nothing. But you do it manually for now. So in the xml file you need to add an ils tag in the runway tag and then you need make an approach tag. In samples there is a folder: SimpleNavData if you search for ils you see it there.
@@teufelsrochen8113 I think there has to be something different about the community folder for the GAME PASS version of the game, ive noticed small things are out of place even after re-installing the SDK several times. I appreciate your response. :)
There are 2 problems with this video! First problem: You are NOT speaking loud enough and you mumble your words!!!!!!!! You need to learn to speak up and speak clearly!!!!!!! The audio level of your voice is way too low!!!!!!!!!!! Second problem: The title of this video is MSFS 2020: How to Edit Default Airports! You have not taught us how to edit anything in this video. What you have done is opened a project that YOU have created and added new taxiways and runways, but NOTHING on how to edit a default airport. You need to discuss what the title of the video is or change the title to what you're going to discuss. You have not discussed anything on how to edit but how to add, and you're using the wrong choice of words in your title. What I want to know is how to edit a taxiway sign, a runway, or a parking spot in MSFS 2020 and I haven't found it anywhere. Microsoft has really messed up big time on the designations of it's taxiway signs and parking spots.
Please! Stop mumbling. Speak up, and slow down. Process your audio so the volume comes up (raising mic volume doesn't work as it makes you clip which sounds bad). There's videos on my channel that will teach you how to process your mic track so it sounds professional using a free audio program. Otherwise, people aren't going to get much past the first 2 minutes before straining to understand you at your worst (usually as your speaking volume drops). Awesome subject, would really like to learn more, but this is so hard to listen to. Hope you take this the way it's intended, as constructive criticism. Could you please do the above, and then redo this video as I would love to learn this, but just looking at 5:26 I can't understand a word you're saying due to your mumbling. You have to speak loudly and clearly or people will just pass you over. They can tolerate bad video, but not bad audio.
Okay. Note that this was my first ever audio tutorial without much preparation. At 5:26 i don’t think it’s hard to understand, but thanks for the advise
Hey, do you know why my airport was detected as a water airport? (have an anchor image in the world map), what I should do to change it to the normal airport?
Is there any way to edit already placed taxiways and runways? I want to change the Taxiway letters to accurately reflect the airport, as they seem randomly generated, making taxiway charts useless.
No, not yet unless you created everything on your own again. Airport Design Editor will help you with this. As there isn’t an official update yet that supports MSFS2020, you could try this: ua-cam.com/video/ou8ksS2Ytm8/v-deo.html
Hey, do you know why my airport was detected as a water airport? (have an anchor image in the world map), what I should do to change it to the normal airport?
Hey, do you know why my airport was detected as a water airport? (have an anchor image in the world map), what I should do to change it to the normal airport?
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Before loading your project, turn on the dev camera. Then when you select your BGL and click "open in editor" the camera will change to a top down view. This view makes placing runways and taxiways a lot easier and it also helps with alignment. Using this "angled" view as shown in the video is very likely to yield lines that don't align with existing markings because your view is skewed.
One word only: GENIUS!!!!!!
19:45 - Click the node on the right, and then ctrl+click the node at the top. With two nodes selected, right click (anywhere), select "create path", those two nodes will be connected by a path. Click your new path, right click (again, anywhere), select "split path". A new node is created in the midpoint of the original path and it will be split into two separate paths. Drag this new point around to make a prettier curve. You can also split the newly created paths into smaller ones to get more nodes to make the curves look even better.
What you demonstrate in the video is only visual. AI won't make that turn you created because the path isn't connected. Dragging the nodes "close enough so they detect each other" isn't a thing, that doesn't create a connection, it just draws lines which mean nothing to the AI. ATC will never tell you to taxi down that taxiway because as far as they are concerned, you can't actually get there, it's a disconnected part of the field (assuming there's no other VALID connections).
At 21:20 those two nodes are not connected and should be, the same is true at the other side of the intersection. Dragging them so they overlap each other doesn't actually do anything except draw a line. If you're expecting only humans to visit your project, and you don't expect them to ever request taxi instructions from ATC, then it doesn't matter. But if you want the Sim to treat your custom airport like it would treat others, you need a fully connected environment, and use other techniques to get pretty lines.
Thanks for letting me and others know!
@Richard Speir You seem to have more knowledge than the author here, so instead of criticising his example perhaps you could do a tutorial yourself!!
@@JoePCP I don't see it as criticizing. He is merely providing a few extra tips. Nothing wrong with collaborating a bit in the comment section. It leads to better projects in the end.
Fantastic work, very helpful. Thank you!
Danke Dir!
Thank you very much!
Hi, Thank you very much for your easy to understand and follow tutorials. They are much appreciated. Could you do a tutorial on linking parking spots to the taxiway please. I would be most grateful. Thanks again. Brian
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Hi there, I followed this and everything worked except I didn’t get a new packages file after I saved my scenery so it didn’t work, do you have any ideas why this might be? Thanks
You rock. Thanks!
thank you , you helped me with adding some lights )
How i can add a ILS system?
Please more of that!
Really helpful! I would to know how to add vegetation
Very useful video, thanks!
Thanks very helpful
This is very helpful, thanks!
For all those who wonder why nothing is shown when editing
A Debug Option need to be checked:
Dev mode > Options > Debug Drawing > Terrain > Draw on Terrain
Is there a way to keep the original apron from MFS when editing the original airport?
I think so
Another one, 17:50, your taxi ways don't connect to the runway because you never made one. Yes, you drew one, by adding a runway object, but you never created a "runway path" for the actual runway. AI traffic will never takeoff from your airport because they don't know how to get to the runway. Your taxiways need to be connected to the runway, and there has to be a hold-short node before the runway in order for AI planes and ATC to be able to make sense of the environment. Everything you show in this video is only visual. Humans will be able to use it fine, but AI will never work with what you've shown here. I see you say "the basics", but this honestly needs some tweaking.
... and the runway start positions were put at the hold-short spots when they ought to be where a plane would line up on the runway. As you say, Richard, the final taxiway points at each end of the runway should both be selected and right click > create path used to create a long taxiway path down the length of the runway. Choose "runway" as the property type of this pathway. The taxiway points at the hold short positions should be allocated the hold short type.
Hi! I followed your tutorial and I got everything right. I managed to create a polygon and everything. I compiled it and installed it and it worked great. I would like to thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I got excited with the result and I decided to download the SDK. Today I tried to get rid of some trees that blocked the approach to SBJR (the airport in my neighborhood). I was able to do it, but a strange thing happened this time. After every "CTRL + Click" to add a node to the polygon, I wasn't able to add another node until I selected the editor window (that contains the polygon) again. For some reason, the click deselected the window and a node wouldn't be "accepted". It took me a long time to find out about the deselecting window thing. I was getting pissed as I tried to figure out what was going on lol. The first thing I did was uninstall the SDK. It didn't work. The editor's window still keeps getting deselected after every node added. Have you ever gone through that? I'm open to any suggestion you or anybody may have. Thanks!
Yep, sadly it's too easy to deselect the polygon you're working on by not clicking exactly on the polygon you're working on. In my case, it often instead selects the airport boundary polygon I previously created. Gotta admit it's quite frustrating clicking and nothing seems to happen. Always make sure your in-progress polygon is highlighted in the editor window while working on it. Good luck!
@@Jimbo-in-Thailand Yep! But in my case, I wasn't able to complete the polygon. I could only add the first node and that's it. But I solved the problem. I was using the drone camera instead the developer's camera. Thanks for your reply, anyway!
Hi, as you said some people are experiencing these issues. Weird stuff haha
@@teufelsrochen8113 After reading a comment on your channel, I found out what was causing the problem. It was because I was using the drone instead of the developer's camera lol. At first I wasn't able to move around with the developer's camera, but after setting the speed I finally got to making it work. Keep up the tutorials! They help a lot. Now I can practice in the airport of my neighborhood thanks to you lol
Thanks for this brilliant tutorial.
Question... How can one make a runway with some mild waves and dips in it? Like also a sloped runway as well. Something with realism instead of being extremely flat.
Thanks!
Why you have the blue points after adding taxiways? i dont have them, so the editing is not possible.
Hey men... Thank you very munch... you tutorial can help me!! regards
The title says "How to edit default airports" but shows us how to make a new one.
Just says "select package type" and I hit airport but can't progress any further. TF
I would love to see a full tutorial on custom textures and scenery models. Something like exporting a simple 3d model from Blender using pictures, then using those same front/side/top pictures as the object textures in the editor. This would enable people to take pictures of their local FBOs and hangars and add extremely realistic models (which I want to do for a few local airports).
Hi, I can do a video about this in a future video. As far as I know you can apply materials ( from the Material editor ) to runways, aprons, taxiways and polygons. Loading an object from blender with all its PBR features and emissive texture is fairly easy to do.
Same. Would like to see one on importing ground textures, such as high quality asphalt that can be found on various sites.
Hey, do you know why my airport was detected as a water airport? (have an anchor image in the world map), what I should do to change it to the normal airport?
Great video
For a weird reason I can't add Polygon points so I quit this tutorial
I want to move a Windsock from the Runway of a small Airfield. Do I need to create a whole new project for this or can I just edit the existing Airport?
hi i have a problem, when i create the taxiway i don t see the texture but only the blu lines how do i solve? in properties draw surface is on
Hey! Can you help me? How can I create custom textures for apron, runway, taxiways... Thank you for the tutorial!
Hi, take a look at the SampleAirport in the SDK. In there you’ll find a MaterialLib asset group with custom textures. Might upload a video about that in the future
You can create a texture in any paint program, best square. If doing lettering, it needs to be flipped left/right so it looks as if the writing is backward. Put in a MaterialLib/Textures folder which can be accessed from the Material Inspector.
How do you get this?
I see in the compile stage you had a number of failures, did you manage to fix them, I'm sure others would appreciate to know if you did as well. Great tutorial by the way!
Great tutorial! Any idea when I create the taxiway I don't see the material? Is just the path and points
Thank you very much for your very good tutorial. I have a question. Do we need to use the build package button every time we do a little bit of the project, or is just the save Scenery button is enough and what is done will be saved until next part?
i just tried to work on my 2nd airport, [first towered airport], and i was surprised to see there is only one generic airport control tower in the Objects/scenery options ? Am i missing other control towers anywhere else ? thanks
Title: "How to edit default airports"
Video: 3. Delete default airport/objects
Video: 5. Create new airport
Um... ok, what am I not understanding?
That works great, question, where do I find the PAPI lights? Can’t find them in the object libs.
Hi, the PAPI light objects can only be placed through the runway properties in the lights tab. Hope that helps!👍
im wanting to creat a simple ASL for KJFK canarsie approach. The lead in lights simlar to Kai tak. theyre at the side of the motorway on ontop of the hotel roof.. can someone tell me if this is doable?
hey thanks for the wonderful tutorial....i'm having a peculiar problem while using the terraforming feature ... my runway gets sucked into a crater ...and I'm not able to strike a balance while changing the altitude ... ive copied data from sky vector but its not working out ...its either creating a hill or a crater ... is there any way to import the data from msfs default airport ?
could you add any mask textures in alpha channel? like oil spots or wheel sign ??? thanks
thank you sooo much! are you willing to help if i get problems?
Hi, I want to improva LMML Malta Airport, Can I just edit the default airport or do I have to re-create it from scratch ?
how to change the ICAo code of airport? the real one of International Murcia airport is LEMU and in game is RMU
Nice video. Could you please say/write how to modify a default airport in MSFS?
make more of these videos!
If ive made an airport ingame like this, how can i send it to someone, so they can use it inside their game?
Thanks for the video! I have a question, Is there any way to import stock (or default) airport so we don't need manually add everything from scratch?
Adi Hanif Yes there is a way of doing that. When you add the Airport from the objects window and open its properties, you see the ‘to delete’ tab there. You can select or unselect everything you don’t want to be deleted.
@@teufelsrochen8113 i mean how to edit that default like taxipoints, runway etc without creating from stracth? You know like ADEX load stock airport then we can edit things
@@AdiHanif Unfortuantely that is not not possible as far as I know. However, you can load a stock airport from P3D or even your own in ADE and load that into your sim as a work file. I recently upoladed a tutorial that'll guide you ua-cam.com/video/94TkpUMa6Qw/v-deo.html
@@teufelsrochen8113 This would have been also my question. Is it possible to actually see what the default airport contains and looks like? Because it's sometimes not self-explanatory if a grass field has certain runways, taxiways or parking spots set as you can't see them (they are not paved). And without that I don't really know what to keep and what to delete from it before I modify the default one.
@@FlyingCsongor Hi, in this case you can turn on a special view mode in the Dev mode. In the top dev Mode bar, go to options and look for a airport show taxiways box. I’m not 100% sure if it’s called like that, but you’ll find it!
Who knows how to overcome the crash to the desktop while editing the runway in the editor?
Very good tutorial. Can you explain how to add veihcles parking and how they spawn? thank you
Hi, I’ve talked about it a little at 24:30. Place it using the objects window. You can configure the ramp/stand in its properties by right clicking on the stand -> properties.
You failed to tell us how to get into developer mode.
Could I still use MSF2020 Multiplayer if I would edit it?
Hello my friend, how delete or xclude the defoult parkings to set a new one?, i´m trying deleting all arrivals, all departures, all jetways....almost all in the airport propierties, nothing work. Need to set and put a new ones as a cargo or heavies without make a entire airport. A little help, tks in advance.
Adding or editing parking lots requires an Airport in the scenery editor.
I created a custom airport but in what folder do we put our custom 3D we export from Blender to show in the Objects list?
Hi, have a look at the ‘SimpleScenery’ sample that comes with the SDK. In there you’ll see the folder and definition structure
Very helpful! I’m trying to create a slope in the runway. I guess the profile section will do it, but I really wanted the runway to follow the land contours and not be perfectly flat. If you don’t create a polygon before and add a runway it flattens the landscape anyway in the immediate area.
Also is there a way to add navigation to the airport like ils. Or Rnav
Full Moon Party Video Hi, in the properties of your runway, you’ll see a Terraforming tab. I didn’t cover it in this video, because I haven’t fully figured that out yet. However, you can add some elevation points along your runway which will define the ‘slope’. Hope this helps
Teufelsrochen811 yeah I worked out the profile, to make stronger humps and dips you have to drag the control points created at the runway not in the profile graph. You must set control points from within the ui graph but to make larger changes you have to go to the runway
@@Mkvy You know more than I know about this then! Glad you figured it out
hello from 2022! the sdk was updated and a lot has changed! this video is barely usable for anything. thank you
Very nice video. Is there anyway you can add approaches like Rnavs or ILS? To airports that don't have them?
I tried to find a something about ILS, but i couldn't find anything. I guess if you edit an existing airport, you don't have to delete the approaches 9:00 .
@@teufelsrochen8113 Yeah hopefully they add something like that. Thanks anyway
Does anyone know what heading the placed parking is? Cause you can type in a heading but you cant see an arrow or something
Click on the taxiway point that the parking is coming from, control-click on the parking "circle", right-click and select "create path" to join them ... the heading in the parking will automatically be lined up with the newly created taxiway path leading into the parking. If the "centre line" for the parking is ticked, you'll see the T which is where the nosewheel will be put when spawning into that parking slot. You should see a small green arrow on the edge of the "parking circle".
I want to edit parking at an existing airport, but not recreate the whole airport.
It would be great if you could write this up as a PDF or Google Doc so it was easier to read through rather than watching a video.
Anyone know how to remove beacons (the actual default red and white scaffolding tower) from an airport? This airport I am currently working on has it sitting right in the middle of an apron.
You should be able to remove a beacon by placing a rectangle on it. In it’s properties there’ll be a ‘remove beacon’ option
Teufelsrochen811 you are a gentleman and a scholar!
Fantastic work, very informative. Thank you!
It would be great if i can contact you in personal!!
The title says edit default airports. I don't understand you seem to be making a new airport.
Hi, you’re right. Unfortunately this is the only way at the moment to ‚edit‘ default airports. As far as my knowledge goes, the airports are not saved as a package - they’re created by AI. Hope this helps 👍
Hello! do you know how to apply the elevation to the first polygon you create? with the terraform tool? or is there an option to set it to the right airport elevation? great video btw!
Hi, as far as I know it’s all done through the terraform tool. There might be another option, but this should be the easiest.
@@teufelsrochen8113 I finally could do it, I thought the altitude was in feet, but I realized that was on meters, so when I set the altitude of the runway, were way above de apron-taxi, so I adjusted it in meters and now they are good. am I right? the altitude is set in meters or feet on the SDK?
César Soto it looks like it’s all in meters. The developer team seems to be French so that might be why
I want to add parking spots to an airport that does not have any. So I can start cold and dark. how do i do that?
In the objects window, you’ll find a parking category. Add the parkings of your needs
They are part of the taxiway system (they're called "taxiway parking"!), so it only really makes sense to do the taxiways first then see my other comments above. I don't think you can connect to default existing taxiways.
If I just need to flatten some taxiways, can I do that only, or do I need to rework the whole airport?
Hi, of course you can only add a polygon without any changes to the default airport. That’s possible because all the shapes files will be compiled as a separate BGL file. Hope this helps
Teufelsrochen811 I want to just to put lights on an existing airport do I have to do the whole airport from start?
Thanks for your videos! Can you talk a little bit more in depth about the parking itself? I cannot get it to work
Hi, I haven’t mentioned parkings in detail, because it’s quiet self explaining I think. In general you just place a parking from objects window. Right mouse click -> properties. That’s where you can find all the many options. Might upload another video where I explain it in more depth.
@@teufelsrochen8113 yeah. I could not make them work because the parking and the taxipoint were not connected. But there’s some things l’m still missing. I cannot manage to edit any of the options like the marshaller or the external power. Thx for the help!
@@a320cat4 Yes, the parking spots should be connected to the taxiways. Select the last taxiway point that planes should use before entering (or first when exiting) the parking and control-click the parking area so both are selected: right click and choose create path from the menu. If you don't want lines then turn them off in the properties of the taxiway path.
Can u explain the polygon part again when i click the left mouse it doesn’t leave a mark
BananaClip Studio thank you for explaining👍
I also have same problem i hold control key and then click left mouse button it puts first but when im tryna but second it jsut stops working
@@lettuz6177 have you tried going into the developer camera?
How can you get rid of existing buildings and planes?
If you want to get rid of airport buildings and static placed planes, just draw/place a polygon as shown in the video in the desired area.
Teufelsrochen811 thanks
AFter the patch 1.8.3 My game just crashses when emver im minimizing scenery materials windows,also my polygon palcing doesnt work
Found the solution,you have to be in developer camera not in drone!
@@lettuz6177 Hi! That's the reason I can't add nodes to the polygons. I'm using the drone. You solved my problem lol Thanks! But how can I move the developer's camera around? I've tried the same keys I use for the drone, but they won't work. The only keys that are working are the number pad keys.... but R, F, W, S and D are not.
Solved! It was the developer's camera speed setting. After changing the settings I could move around.lol
@@digitalflight9745 oh havent been active on youtube. Good that you found solution! And to let other users know you have to change developed camera controls by yourself. They arr not same as drone mode at least on em.
Hello, Im having a weird bug ig, some of my vehicles start moving.... HOW do I fix that?
Can you define that a little more?
@@teufelsrochen8113 I built my airport on an island so it had a little gradient (I think that's the issue, not sure). So I spawned a couple of pushback tugs and a couple of group power units from the sim objects tab and placed them at my desired spot, after doing everything and launching the airport from the menu, 2 of those vehicles start randomly moving and endup in the ocean, so I had to remove the ground power unit.
@@buttplug22 Same for me ... I put some stairs at non-jetway parking spots and they rolled away from their parking spots downhill! Haven't found a way to limit their movement.
hello ... you can explain how make PAPI lights in the runway.? thanks
Hi, you can find Papi lights Settings in the runway properties
@@teufelsrochen8113 hello again ... yes i can find the setting... but the lights not working... some people and developeds have same issue.
@ You need to set the slope in the PAPI object's properties: they are given a value of 0.00000000 when created which you can change to 3.00000000000000000 (or whatever you want).
@@salokin1 thank!!
How did you remove the default airport? Could you give me time stamp of the video?
Hi, timestamps have just been added. To fully remove the airport you have to create a flattern as shown in the video ( make sure you tick all the delete buildings options ) and then just add the airport. The stuff you won't select in the 'to delete' tab will stay default 9:00 .
Teufelsrochen811 Thank you. The reason why I asked you is because i did the same thing before but didn’t work.
Guess I’ll have to try again.
Again, thanks for uploading this tutorial.
How to add customised buildings to the new airport?
Have a look at the SDK Samples that comes with the SDK installer
The sample in SDK is for runways creation only. :(
I don't want to create 2 project for one airport! Must exist a way to create the airport and add the customised objects.
Hi! Great video!
While I was working on the apron section, the sim crashed somehow. I saved the project but how do I open the project that I have been working on? When I select either the _SHP or _ARP file it doesn’t do anything, am I doing anything wrong ?
Do I need to compile the project before being able to reopen it in the sim again?
MIchel, could you solve this? I have the same issue and couldn't find any answers
Patricio Cepellotti no not yet. Still waiting for a reply from somebody who has a solution ?
Hi, after you’ve opened the project, click on the drop down button in the Project Editor to see your aaset groups. Select the BGL, where all your progress is saved ( ‘edoptuto BGL’ in the Video ). Having that done, go to the Inspector and click ‘Load in Editor’.
Your progress will be displayed in the Scenery Editor.
Teufelsrochen811 problem is that I cannot even open the project. When I open the file (either the arp or shp file) the project editor is completely empty. Nothing to select.
@michel you have to open the .xml file on the main folder, and then what @Teufelsrochen811 said
Hi....Is there any way to correct a wrong taxiway in default scenery with out first excluding the existing runways, taxiways etc. and recreating the entire thing again, that would be a very tedious job☺️
Vinay Saran Let me test that today - I’ll replay again today when I found out.
@@teufelsrochen8113 thanks...
@@teufelsrochen8113 and also adding parkings...
@@vinaysaran Hi, there is a dev version of ADE. It may allow you to load the existing airport and edit everything in there as you like. Same for parkings. Note: you will expierence bugs and issues, as it's not an offical release yet.
@@teufelsrochen8113 thanks a lot 👍
is it possible to make it an ils runway? if so how?
Uhm nvm i just read someones comment with the same question, but i did see ils antennas in objects maby they are just cosmetic but they could also work
@@lthoedt I haven’t figured out yet how to do that. It could be as simple as placing an ILS antenna and change it’s properties
@@teufelsrochen8113 i found it out. The anntenna objects do nothing. But you do it manually for now. So in the xml file you need to add an ils tag in the runway tag and then you need make an approach tag. In samples there is a folder: SimpleNavData if you search for ils you see it there.
THIS NEEDS A MASIVE update the video is way outa date not help full
If your are interested in loading a Project File from Airport Design Editor, check out my other tutorial: ua-cam.com/video/ou8ksS2Ytm8/v-deo.html
That's this video
PLEASE HELP WHERE CAN I FIND THAT DAM INSPECTOR WINDOW , SUCH TRASH!
Haha, you can open it in the project editor in the window tab or in the top bar of the dev mode under view again. Sorry for late answer
@@teufelsrochen8113 I think there has to be something different about the community folder for the GAME PASS version of the game, ive noticed small things are out of place even after re-installing the SDK several times. I appreciate your response. :)
Anyone want to modify an airport for me, willing to pay
There are 2 problems with this video! First problem: You are NOT speaking loud enough and you mumble your words!!!!!!!! You need to learn to speak up and speak clearly!!!!!!! The audio level of your voice is way too low!!!!!!!!!!! Second problem: The title of this video is MSFS 2020: How to Edit Default Airports! You have not taught us how to edit anything in this video. What you have done is opened a project that YOU have created and added new taxiways and runways, but NOTHING on how to edit a default airport. You need to discuss what the title of the video is or change the title to what you're going to discuss. You have not discussed anything on how to edit but how to add, and you're using the wrong choice of words in your title. What I want to know is how to edit a taxiway sign, a runway, or a parking spot in MSFS 2020 and I haven't found it anywhere. Microsoft has really messed up big time on the designations of it's taxiway signs and parking spots.
Please! Stop mumbling. Speak up, and slow down. Process your audio so the volume comes up (raising mic volume doesn't work as it makes you clip which sounds bad). There's videos on my channel that will teach you how to process your mic track so it sounds professional using a free audio program. Otherwise, people aren't going to get much past the first 2 minutes before straining to understand you at your worst (usually as your speaking volume drops). Awesome subject, would really like to learn more, but this is so hard to listen to. Hope you take this the way it's intended, as constructive criticism. Could you please do the above, and then redo this video as I would love to learn this, but just looking at 5:26 I can't understand a word you're saying due to your mumbling. You have to speak loudly and clearly or people will just pass you over. They can tolerate bad video, but not bad audio.
Okay. Note that this was my first ever audio tutorial without much preparation. At 5:26 i don’t think it’s hard to understand, but thanks for the advise
@@teufelsrochen8113 Nah your tutorial was perfectly fine imo
Hey, do you know why my airport was detected as a water airport? (have an anchor image in the world map), what I should do to change it to the normal airport?
Is there any way to edit already placed taxiways and runways? I want to change the Taxiway letters to accurately reflect the airport, as they seem randomly generated, making taxiway charts useless.
No, not yet unless you created everything on your own again. Airport Design Editor will help you with this. As there isn’t an official update yet that supports MSFS2020, you could try this: ua-cam.com/video/ou8ksS2Ytm8/v-deo.html
Best to re-create them yourself and exclude existing ones.
Hey, do you know why my airport was detected as a water airport? (have an anchor image in the world map), what I should do to change it to the normal airport?
Hey, do you know why my airport was detected as a water airport? (have an anchor image in the world map), what I should do to change it to the normal airport?