How do I rescue an airfield afcad file?

[gypsymoth]

I made the mistake of renaming an airfield by clicking on the reference point & adding RAF to the name I had there.

[Opa]

[quote]I made the mistake of renaming an airfield by clicking on the reference point & adding RAF to the name I had there.

[gypsymoth]

Hi Dave.   No - I left it as EGBK & just added RAF to Sywell.
When I came back to FS later I got the error message & the default EGBK loaded.  When I go to look at mine (AF2_EGBK_TW.bgl) with Afcad I only get the default one....

[Opa]

[quote]Hi Dave.

[gypsymoth]

It was something about scenery Sywell not found.....etc,

[gypsymoth]

I put it back & here's the message I first saw: SCENERY.CFG file error.  Local scenery directory (Addon Scenery\Sywell\SCENERY) in scenery Area.072 not found.  Click OK to continue.

[Opa]

[quote]I put it back & here's the message I first saw: SCENERY.CFG file error.

[Capt.Propwash]

Opa, correct me if i am wrong here.

Open AFCAD221 and then Open the EGBK-Sywell AFCAD.

[Opa]

You are quite right but it is not the default afcad he is seeking - it is the one he has spent many hours editing.

[gypsymoth]

Good morning.   My Sywell folder is in Addon Scenery but searching doesn't pick up any EGBK despite AF2_Sywell_TW.cfg being in the Sywell folder!   I put AF2_Sywell_default.cfg in the Sywell folder & a search picks up that.  My edited cfg is just ignored.

Afcad doesn't pick it up but does the default.

[Area.072]
Title=Sywell
Local=Addon Scenery\Sywell
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=67

My asking about repairing the damage I've done is going to be be 'Can't be done' I can see, so I'll say thanks for your help.  I'm going to finish the Chalgrove I started & then come back to Sywell when I've done that. 

[Hagar]

It's a long time since I messed around with AFCAD. Presumably your problem is with your modified AF2 BGL file. Failing all else would it not be possible to edit the incorrect entry in this file with a hex editor?

No need to tell you to save a backup copy first.

[gypsymoth]

Oh Hagar - it was going so well & I'd only been at for just over a day & I didn't save it before adding RAF to the Sywell.  Can't think why it messed up as that's all I did & have done it before without problems.  Copying wil be my first action now!

Hex editor?   I've not heard of that before.... 

[Hagar]

You can open BGL files with a hex editor. There's several freeware examples available. I've found Frhed useful in the past. Get the latest Stable Release version here. http://frhed.sourceforge.net/

From a quick look at an AF2 BGL file in Frhed the entry you need to edit is right at the bottom. If you're not confident with doing it perhaps you can mail it for me to have a go.

[gypsymoth]

Thanks - I've d/l Frhed-1.6.0-exe.zip.

BUT - before I do anything to it I'll pm you with my email address so I can send you the file first....I've got some odd bgls I can play with...

[Hagar]

Check your PMs & email.