Third Patch (v1.1.0) (fixes the Centerline Issue)
2018-10-05
As reported before, the Mission Generator used to report incorrect
centerline deviations for certain third-party sceneries, and would
never show some sceneries as mission destinations.
Both of these issues were due to X-Plane not giving plugins
information about runways, which meant that the Mission Generator used
its own runway database that I created offline from X-Plane's apt.dat.
Of course, this database would not show any changed runway layouts or
added runways from third-party sceneries, or X-Plane's own global
airport updates.
As of v1.1.0, the Mission Generator intelligently reads your installed
sceneries, and builds a new runway database every time you install a
new scenery. The process can take a few seconds to finish, but it is
only run if your scenery changes. If you think it might not have
picked up on a new scenery, you can also start the rebuild manually
from the menu bar.
That Centerline Issue
2018-10-01
Some people are seeing an issue where the Takeoff centerline deviation
and landing centerline deviation are wildly off. This is caused by
add-on airports, or an updated apt.dat, which moved the runway
locations.
Since X-Plane does not give plugins information about the locations of
runways, the Mission Generator has its own database of runway locations,
derived from X-Plane's default apt.dat. Thus, if an add-on moves the
runway locations, the Mission Generator won't know about it, and will
assume you landed in the wheeds.
To fix this, I will add a new menu option to rebuild the scenery
database in a future update. But this is a bigger undertaking, and will
take a few days.
As a nice side benefit, this will make completely new add-on airports
available as mission targets as well.
First Patch
2018-09-30
I just uploaded a quick bug fix for the most important issues in the
release. This bug fix release contains:
- Corrected payload generation (should no longer try to cram ten 20kg
people into a five-seat aircraft)
- Take-offs from non-default add-on airports no longer messes up the
Mission Generator.
- Adds some logging, which should make debugging easier in case you find
more problems.
There is still a known issue with add-on airports that change the runway
layout of default airports. In this case, you might get an incorrect
landing centerline deviation. I am working to fix that, but it is a
major undertaking which will take a while.
If you find more bugs, please post them to the Mission Generator forum
topic.
Released!
2018-09-29
The Mission Generator for X-Plane has been released on the X-Plane.org
store! You can buy it now for $15!
Additionally, we now have a forum
topic
for release announcements, discussions, and bug reports, which is
exciting!
Thank you very much for your support during the development of this
plugin. In particular, I would like to thank the beta testers, whose
comments improved many aspects of the plugin. And I would like to
thank all the nice commenters on the forums. You have no idea how
motivating a few positive remarks can be!
