Route manager: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Undo revision 78071 by Hooray (talk) I think aircraft developers will not look here, and users only will be confused)
Line 53: Line 53:
# Download the Level-D formatted files from the [http://www.navigraph.com/FmsDataPricing.aspx Navigraph manual install page]; log in and pay for the access when prompted. '''Save the .exe file somewhere safe (in case you need to reinstall the route files in the future): Navigraph won't provide you with another copy when the next data update comes out.'''
# Download the Level-D formatted files from the [http://www.navigraph.com/FmsDataPricing.aspx Navigraph manual install page]; log in and pay for the access when prompted. '''Save the .exe file somewhere safe (in case you need to reinstall the route files in the future): Navigraph won't provide you with another copy when the next data update comes out.'''
# Run the executable file. When prompted, choose to extract the data files in a directory on your Desktop (or in another easily accessible place).
# Run the executable file. When prompted, choose to extract the data files in a directory on your Desktop (or in another easily accessible place).
# Open that directory, you will find many XML files named <tt>ICAO.procedures.xml</tt> (where <tt>ICAO</tt> is the ICAO code of the airport the XML file refers to): move each of them to [[$FG_SCENERY]]/Airports/<tt>I</tt>/<tt>C</tt>/<tt>A</tt>/<tt>ICAO</tt>.procedures.xml (replace <tt>I</tt>, <tt>C</tt>, <tt>A</tt> and <tt>ICAO</tt> with the corresponding letters of the ICAO code). (Example: put <tt>EDDF.procedures.xml</tt> in [[$FG_SCENERY]]/Airports/E/D/D/EDDF.procedures.xml</tt>). If you have Ruby installed on your computer, [http://files.goneabitbursar.com/fg/install-navdat.rb this renaming script] can be used to automate the procedure.
# Open that directory, you will find many XML files named <tt>ICAO.procedures.xml</tt> (where <tt>ICAO</tt> is the ICAO code of the airport the XML file refers to): move each of them to [[$FG_SCENERY]]/Airports/<tt>I</tt>/<tt>C</tt>/<tt>A</tt>/<tt>ICAO</tt>.procedures.xml (replace <tt>I</tt>, <tt>C</tt>, <tt>A</tt> and <tt>ICAO</tt> with the corresponding letters of the ICAO code). (Example: put <tt>EDDF.procedures.xml</tt> in [[$FG_SCENERY]]/Airports/E/D/D/EDDF.procedures.xml</tt>).  
 
The third point can be automated to install many procedure files at once:
 
* If you have Ruby installed on your computer, you can use [http://files.goneabitbursar.com/fg/install-navdat.rb this renaming script].
* Another possibility, using [https://www.python.org/ Python] 3, is this [http://people.via.ecp.fr/~flo/python_dumping_ground/short_scripts/extract-navdata.py extract-navdata.py script], which can install the files from a directory or directly from a tarball. Run <tt>extract-navdata.py --help</tt> or <tt>python3 extract-navdata.py --help</tt> for instructions. You may need to use <tt>py -3</tt> instead of <tt>python3</tt> on Windows, cf. [https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html Using Python on Windows].


Next time you start FlightGear, you can load the routes through the route manager interface.
Next time you start FlightGear, you can load the routes through the route manager interface.
378

edits

Navigation menu