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gate wont move with addon aircraft

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:32 pm
by ndflife94
Hi does anyone a fix for why the gate wont move, i press ctrl j and nothing happens but with default aircraft it moves towards the plane and attaches

Re: gate wont move with addon aircraft

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:21 pm
by FuturePilot
What type of airplanes are you having trouble with?

Re: gate wont move with addon aircraft

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:35 pm
by dave3cu
The aircraft must have the correct entries in the [Exits] section of the aircraft.cfg file.

Aircraft upgraded from FS2004 do not unless the author updated the section.

You can look at one of the default FSX airliners to see what's needed. Besides the data, you should see notation describing the required data.

Basically the sim needs to know the location of the main and cargo exits. That data was not

Re: gate wont move with addon aircraft

PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:02 pm
by ndflife94
well i used to be able to hoookup and now it wont let me

Re: gate wont move with addon aircraft

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:54 pm
by Capt.Propwash
If the plane in question has been updated for FSX and has the correct [exits] information, when you pull up to the T.. set parking break, shut down your engines, and open the door (shift+E).   This should allow the gate agent to bring the jet bridge to your plane.