On XP 12.09 rc5 : Tower frequency set variably at 130.000 or 135.975 instead of 118.625, as if XP12 changes the frequency by itself. Scenery compaibiliy issue ?
Hi, the scenery author here.
TWR frequency is still up to today 118,625 indeed at the real airport.
Interesting report. It like XP12 was aggregating the frequency like it is done sometimes IRL.
I don't have a real answer at this stage.
Check your log.txt - it could be that XP assigns a random frequency to this tower to avoid an overlap with another airport that has the same frequency.
Thank you for yopur quick answers. Honoured to talk to the scenery author himself, congratulations for your amazing work ! Are you membre of x-plane.fr ? I'm Michel alias HawkerTempest. We detected this bug in this post : https://www.x-plane.fr/forum/x-plane/x-plane-en-g%E9n%E9ral/531169-xplane-12-fr%C3%A9quences-radios
Jan , thank for you input, but it is not an overlap. No LFLC reported in the I/APT lines.
I think it is a bug in XP12.09rc5. There are 2 files apt.dat and atc.dat. Frequencies in apt.dat have 6 figures, and atc.dat only support 5 figures. Now when XP detects a difference between the two, it give a default frequency like 130.000. So a workaround is to set Tower at 118.600, so I write 118600 in apt.dat and 11860 in atc.dat. I have already reported this bug to Laminar. Have a good day.
Yes, Michel your tests on the forum shows X-Plane 12 does not handle 8.33 spacing at this time. I didn't test on my install, but you are at least two with the problem that 11860 is good, but 118.625 is getting changed by X-Plane on the go.
This is working correctly; from the screenshots you’ve set FREQ to have a six-figure value in atc.dat but that’s not accepted. FREQ is for 25kHz values, CHAN is for 8.33kHz. If you look in the default atc.dat file there are examples there.
What was wrong, though, is that these errors weren’t being logged so I’ve corrected that.
XPJavelin February 9, 2024 10:55 AM
Hi, the scenery author here.
TWR frequency is still up to today 118,625 indeed at the real airport.
Interesting report. It like XP12 was aggregating the frequency like it is done sometimes IRL.
I don't have a real answer at this stage.
Jan Vogel February 9, 2024 11:50 AM
Check your log.txt - it could be that XP assigns a random frequency to this tower to avoid an overlap with another airport that has the same frequency.
Quirole February 9, 2024 1:47 PM
Thank you for yopur quick answers. Honoured to talk to the scenery author himself, congratulations for your amazing work ! Are you membre of x-plane.fr ? I'm Michel alias HawkerTempest. We detected this bug in this post : https://www.x-plane.fr/forum/x-plane/x-plane-en-g%E9n%E9ral/531169-xplane-12-fr%C3%A9quences-radios
Jan , thank for you input, but it is not an overlap. No LFLC reported in the I/APT lines.
I think it is a bug in XP12.09rc5. There are 2 files apt.dat and atc.dat. Frequencies in apt.dat have 6 figures, and atc.dat only support 5 figures. Now when XP detects a difference between the two, it give a default frequency like 130.000. So a workaround is to set Tower at 118.600, so I write 118600 in apt.dat and 11860 in atc.dat. I have already reported this bug to Laminar. Have a good day.
XPJavelin February 9, 2024 5:27 PM
Yes, Michel your tests on the forum shows X-Plane 12 does not handle 8.33 spacing at this time. I didn't test on my install, but you are at least two with the problem that 11860 is good, but 118.625 is getting changed by X-Plane on the go.
An unknown user February 14, 2024 5:05 PM
This is working correctly; from the screenshots you’ve set FREQ to have a six-figure value in atc.dat but that’s not accepted. FREQ is for 25kHz values, CHAN is for 8.33kHz. If you look in the default atc.dat file there are examples there.
What was wrong, though, is that these errors weren’t being logged so I’ve corrected that.