modifying Arrivals
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I would like to have some heavies coming into land but I'm not sure how to modify the arrivals database
here is some lines from my EGKK file217=AT:1051,ICAO:LROP,CA:WZZ,AC:32Q,FLTNO1651,CS:WIZZ AIR,DAYS:1*
218=AT:1055,ICAO:LFLS,CA:EZY,AC:320,FLTNO1655,CS:EASY,DAYS:1*
219=AT:1059,ICAO:LEMG,CA:WUK,AC:32Q,FLTNO1659,CS:WIZZ GO,DAYS:1*How would I had a SIA 388 to also land at 1055, what line number would I use?
I dont want to take out th EZY landing at 1055 so i dont want to just swap the planes i want to add extra lines -
@hunterdouglas The way arrivals are generated in FS Traffic is done in a way to work around the limitations of the MSFS ATC/Traffic engine, so we don't typically recommend editing the arrival schedules as it can lead to the arrival system breaking. For further information on how the arrival traffic generation works in FS Traffic, we would recommend having a read of our response on the following forum thread: https://community.justflight.com/topic/4612/understanding-arrivals/6
If you would like to attempt to adjust the arrival schedule, we would first recommend backing up the EGKK.ini arrival file that you are editing so you can always roll back to the unedited file should something go wrong.
In your example, if you wanted to add a SIA A380 flight at 1055, you could add it as "219=AT:1055,ICAO:WSSS,CA:SIA,AC:388,FLTNO123,CS:SINGAPORE,DAYS:1*" (you can adjust the flight number and days operated as desired). The list of arrivals does need to be in chronological order though, so any flights operating after flight 219 will need +1 adding to their reference number for the rest of that day's schedules. So in the list you provided, it would need to be changed to:
217=AT:1051,ICAO:LROP,CA:WZZ,AC:32Q,FLTNO1651,CS:WIZZ AIR,DAYS:1*
218=AT:1055,ICAO:LFLS,CA:EZY,AC:320,FLTNO1655,CS:EASY,DAYS:1*
219=AT:1055,ICAO:WSSS,CA:SIA,AC:388,FLTNO123,CS:SINGAPORE,DAYS:1*
220=AT:1059,ICAO:LEMG,CA:WUK,AC:32Q,FLTNO1659,CS:WIZZ GO,DAYS:1*
221=
222=
...At the very bottom of the EGKK.ini you will also see some additional fields such as [1_data], [2_data], etc. These fields are used to tell the FS Traffic module what reference number is the first arrival to fall in that one-hour window. So for example, under the heading "[1_data]", "07=30" means that on day 1, flight reference 30 is the first flight to arrive at 0700. Moving down to the next line, "08=80" means that flight reference 80 is the first flight to arrive at 0800, etc. This data will also need to be updated to match the updated arrival schedules.
From that info, you can also deduce that there are 50 scheduled arrivals at EGKK between 0700 and 0800, which is way too much for the MSFS ATC system to handle. So in order to preserve realistic spacing on approach, the FS Traffic module will instead generate those arrivals at equal time intervals in the simulator, rather than at the exact correct times (the forum thread we linked above explains that in a bit more detail). We want to highlight this, as just because there is an arrival scheduled at 0750, doesn't mean that arrival will land exactly at 0750. At busy airports like EGKK, the spacing applied by the FS Traffic module will likely mean this arrival will be delayed and will land after the scheduled arrival time. That isn't an issue in normal situations as aircraft can be delayed in the real world too, but if you want to see a specific aircraft land at a specific time, we would recommend adding it to the schedules closer to the start of an hour. So for your SIA A380 example, you may want to add it at 1000 or 1100 to ensure the arrival is generated.
We hope that helps.
Mark - Just Flight
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Thank you very much for this explanation, it explains everything I need to know.
