[Fix release soon] Problems with scenery database [FS2004]

[Konstantin]

Hi!

I recently found out about this program and decided to try it.
I've downloaded the latest verion from your site, installed it and get some problems

1. When I tried create database of my airports I get message that MRROUTE cant'be found.

FSROOT and SOROOT in profile.cfg was correct so I just copied path from one these lines to MRROUTE and issue was gone

2. error code -90 from SceneryScanner

Checked ADMIN log and found this

Admin.EXE:: 19:12:51 pathname 2: F:\MSFS9\FSCAPTAIN\BIN\SceneryScanner.exe

Admin.EXE:: 19:12:51 HomeSave: F:\MSFS9\FSCAPTAIN\CONFIG

Admin.EXE:: 19:12:51 cmd parameters: -fsc -rtfolder="F:\MSFS9\ " -writeto="F:\MSFS9\FSCAPTAIN\CONFIG "

Admin.EXE:: 19:13:30 SceneryScanner could not build the airports database. Returned -90 when called.

Admin.EXE:: 19:13:38 FSCaptain was unable to Build the Airport Database and will stop now.
Then I tried to start SceneryScanner via command line with parametrs described above and got more detailed info about problem

f:\MSFS9\FSCaptain\bin>sceneryscanner.exe -fsc -rtfolder="F:\MSFS9\ " -writeto="F:\MSFS9\FSCAPTAIN\CONFIG "

FSCaptain SceneryScanner (c) 2022 - Version 1.5.8134.18642

Runways.txt Read

Reading Military data (34)

Reading IATA data (6896)

Reading Transition data (3400)

Reading Navdata (17031)

Reading Ignored Folders data (0)

Reading Closed airport data (57)

Reading New-ID airport data (17)

Reading Customs Services data (3240)

Reading Airport Surface Override data (1652)

Reading Private airport data (14927)

Reading New-Name airport data (77)

Reading Airport ILS data (52970)

Reading Ancillary Airport data (28)

Reading Country Name data (358)

Processing 1222532 lines

............File line counter at: 187810 - Данный ключ отсутствует в словаре.File line counter at: 187810 - This key is not in the dictionary.

Checked Airports.txt and found that problem is with this default airport

Airport EPRZ :N50:06:35.8335  E022:01:08.3995  692ft

         Country Name="Poland"

         State Name=""

         City Name="Rzeszow"

         Airport Name="Jasionka"

         in file: Scenery\EURE\scenery\AP953140.BGL



         Runway 9 /27  centre: N50:06:35.8335  E022:01:08.5106  692ft

             Runway 9  closed for landing and take-off

             Runway 27  closed for landing and take-off

             Hdg: 91.180 true (MagVar 4.000), Concrete, 8192 x 197 ft

             Secondary ILS ID = RZW

             Secondary ILS: RZW  110.30 Hdg: 271.2 , Flags: GS DME BC "ILS/DME 27"

         Runway 9R/27L centre: N50:06:32.7885  E022:01:08.4656  692ft

             Runway 9R closed for landing and take-off

             Runway 27L closed for landing and take-off

             Hdg: 91.180 true (MagVar 4.000), Grass, 8152 x 360 ft

             Secondary ILS ERROR! There is an ILS, but the Runway record does not ID this!!

             Secondary ILS: RZW  110.30 Hdg: 271.2 , Flags: GS DME BC "ILS/DME 27"

             *** There were ILS matching errors. Here's a list of ILSs:

                ID=RZW: Freq 110.30 Heading 271.2 (Secondary), Range 0.92, Slope 2.90 "ILS/DME 27"

         COM: Type=6 (TOWER), Freq=126.80, Name="RZESZOW"

         Taxipoint #0, type 1 (normal):  N50:06:35.4124  E022:01:39.4015  -- Forward

         Taxipoint #1, type 2 (Hold Short):  N50:06:37.3561  E022:01:39.4178  -- Reverse

         Taxipoint #2, type 1 (normal):  N50:06:59.5138  E022:01:39.6139  -- Forward

         Taxipoint #3, type 1 (normal):  N50:06:34.9913  E022:02:11.4481  -- Forward

         Taxipoint #4, type 1 (normal):  N50:06:36.6758  E022:00:05.5731  -- Forward

         Taxipoint #5, type 1 (normal):  N50:06:31.9462  E022:02:11.0941  -- Forward

         Taxipoint #6, type 1 (normal):  N50:06:33.5983  E022:00:05.8371  -- Forward

         Gate 3 [#G0]:  N50:07:02.1701  E022:01:36.3520

             Type 8 (Small Gate), Size 31.0m, Hdg 325.0T

         Gate 2 [#G1]:  N50:07:02.3969  E022:01:40.4380

             Type 4 (GA Ramp Large), Size 18.0m, Hdg 15.0T

         Gate 1 [#G2]:  N50:07:01.3279  E022:01:43.0436

             Type 2 (GA Ramp Small), Size 10.0m, Hdg 45.0T

         Taxipath (Name #1):  Type 1 (Taxi), Start#=0, End#=1, Wid=30.48m

         Taxipath (Name #1):  Type 1 (Taxi), Start#=1, End#=2, Wid=30.48m

         Taxipath (Name #0):  Type 3 (Parking), Start#=2, End#=G0, Wid=30.48m

         Taxipath (Name #0):  Type 3 (Parking), Start#=2, End#=G1, Wid=30.48m

         Taxipath (Name #0):  Type 3 (Parking), Start#=2, End#=G2, Wid=30.48m

         Taxipath (Runway 9):  Type 2 (Runway), Start#=3, End#=0, Wid=60.05m

         Taxipath (Runway 9):  Type 2 (Runway), Start#=0, End#=4, Wid=60.05m

         Taxipath (Runway 9):  Type 2 (Runway), Start#=5, End#=6, Wid=109.73m

         Taxiname:  #0 =

         Taxiname:  #1 = A

       TaxiWay : G0-2-G1

       TaxiWay : G2-2

       TaxiWay A: 0-1-2

         FSM A/P EPRZ, lat=50.109959, long=22.018999, alt=692
Line 187810 corresponds to this entry

Secondary ILS: RZW 110.30 Hdg: 271.2 , Flags: GS DME BC "ILS/DME 27"


Tried to delete all entries about this airport and oncemore started sceneryscanner and airport.cfg generated without any problems

Can you made solution to ignore this problem or to exclude such airports at all?

p.s. win10 x64, running as admin

[Travis]

Hi Konstantin,

First... thank you very much for your detailed forensic reporting!

As to your two issues....

1. When I tried create database of my airports I get message that MRROUTE cant'be found.

FSROOT and SOROOT in profile.cfg was correct so I just copied path from one these lines to MRROUTE and issue was gone

I had thought that I had fixed this, but it seems I haven't.   I will work on this for the next release.

2. error code -90 from SceneryScanner
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I must believe this is a problem with SceneryScanner, as I have never encountered a line from 'runways.txt' which can match these tokens:

Secondary ILS ERROR! There is an ILS, but the Runway record does not ID this!!

I will look at this in the next few days to attempt to replicate the error and to see how SceneryScanner reacts to it.

Best regards,

[Konstantin]

Hi Travis!
Thanks for your answer!
If you need I can upload my Airports.txt to Google Disk and share it to you

Best regards

[Travis]

Hi Konstantin!

The file I'm looking for is 'runways.txt' and is several hundred megabytes in size.

You can zip / rar / etc. that and post it to your google drive and email me a link to it.

I tried replicating the problem on my machine and I couldn't.  I don't know why.

Support will be slow for a week or so, I'm fighting a 'mystery infection' (that's never good in any book or show I know of) and I need to spend most of my day in my recliner (boo hoo), so no FS PC.

Best,

[Konstantin]

Hi Travis!
Yes, that was my mistake with filename ))
According time that you need to solve this issue - it's not a problem at all )

Please check your email

Take care of yourself

Best regards

[Travis]

Hi Konstantin,

It could be another 5-7 days before I can get back on my PC and get to work.

I did see your email, but I can't read all of that text on a smartphone. LOL

BEst,

[Konstantin]

Hi Travis,
ok, it's not a problem for me ))

Best regards

[Travis]

Hi Konstantin,

I'm better now... but not perfect... and I'll give you a readout on your file tomorrow in email.

Best,

[Konstantin]

Hi Travis!

Thank you! )

Best regards

[Travis]

I will have more to say on this in a day or so.

Best regards,

[Travis]

Captains,

I'm sorry for the delay since my last post, but because of the issue raised in this thread, our FS2004 Test Captains were tasked by us with various jobs to determine the root of the issue.  We've been waiting word from the final FS2004 Test Captain to report final test results... and the last report arrived today.

I'd like to mention this now - over the years, FSCaptain has had hundreds of testers come and go according to their interests and availability.  But one group of Test Captains has stayed with us... even if their ranks have thinned a bit: our FS2004 Test Captains!  They have always been stalwarts in our testing group.
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It seems that there is an rare-but-persistent incompatibility between MakeRunways 4.700 output files, and recent builds of FSCaptain's SceneryScanner which use output from MakeRunways 4.900 as a model.

This was identified back in August, and while recuperating from an infection then I was able to determine that changing SceneryScanner to accommodate both output forms would not be a worthwhile investment of time.

So I asked our testers to please try MakeRunways 4.8.00 and then 4.900 with their FS 2004 and all other add-ons which use MakeRunways data files.  I asked them to please test for a month at least.

Our final tester just reported the same as all other FS2004 Test Captains... no issues reported with 4.900.

So FSCaptain will replace MakeRunways 4.700 with MakeRunways 4.900 in its FS2004 Full Installers.  We'll update the README files to reflect that change... in addition to a few code changes for some other minor bugs reported over the past few months.

Our SC-32 and SC-64 Full Installers will also get the code changes, and all of our Fixpack Installers will get the necessary changes too.

We hope to have these 'secret' changes uploaded this weekend.  I'll post a note here in the forum when we're done.

Until then, if you're an FS2004 Captain with odd things in your airport database, you can download the official MakeRunways 4.900 and README in this ZIP file from our site:  www.fscaptain.net/downloads/MakeRunways_490.zip - just unzip it into the root directory of your FS2004 installation and rebuild your FSCaptain airport database.

Best regards,