learning to make AI traffic

[kbr]

With a little help from Bill Ortis, I learned yesterday how to make my own AI traffic using Traffic Tools. I have to say that it's pretty neat. I wanted to add some bush traffic to the Aleutian Islands. My first traffic BGL added eight planes to the area, I used several default planes and borrowed a few of Bill Lyons' AI models that were already installed on my system. I'm rather pleased with the results, though it is a little buggy. But now that I know what I'm doing, I can make some better ones and it will be fun to have some AI traffic in the areas I like to fly. Here I am following a Grumman Goose in my DHC2 Beaver, using the new traffic BGL. ;D

[ScruffyDuck]

Yep that is on my list to learn as well - so much to learn and so little time

[Admin]

Making traffic is a blast. One thing to keep in mind though, as good as AFCAD2 and TTools are they were designed with the jet age in mind so to do what we want requires some trickery and compromise sometimes.

[kbr]

If you have any tips that you'd be willing to share, a beginner like me could certainly use some. It is nice being able to populate some of the more empty areas of FS and GW. I'm still not sure how to deal with water landings, which is something I want to learn how to do for some future scenery ideas I have.

[rdaniell]

Making your own AI traffic is one of the many ways to customize your flying. I have my own AI traffic set up for a couple airports down in my part of South Georgia.

As Tom pointed out; however, be careful with things like altitude and airspeed....

Randy

[motormouse]

Holger Sandmann put together an AI floatplane starter kit,
its up at Avsim

library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2004ai&DLID=42990

Pete

[kbr]

Thanks for the replies. I'll check out that ai float plane kit.