Don Grovestine's Canadian Airports (Stuff4FS)
CYBL - Campbell River V.2.0.8
CYBL for Microsoft® Flight Simulator (“MSFS”) and Prepar3D portray the Campbell River (British Columbia, Canada) Airport (CYBL) and surrounding area including the BC Forest Service tanker base. CYBL is the host to a lot of visiting GA. This add-on includes a selection of Custom AI and static aircraft. CYBL (2011) is compatible with BC Roads (FS9 only), ORBX FTX USA Canada Pacific Northwest and both FS9 and FSX versions of Ultimate Terrain.
CYCD - Nanaimo V.3.1.0
CYCD (2012) portrays the Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada) Airport (CYCD) and surrounding area. It reflects the airfield as it existed at the end of 2011, including new markings and custom airfield lighting.
CYQQ - Canadian Forces Base Comox V.2.0.7
CYQQ (2010) portrays CFB Comox, the Comox Valley Air Terminal and surrounding area. Features include:
CYXX - Abbotsford V.2.0.8
CYXX (2012) portrays the Abbotsford airport - home of the Abbotsford Air Show. Every significant structure is faithfully modeled. It is compatible with BC Roads, ORBX PNW, Ultimate Terrain and Vancouver+.
CYYJ - Victoria International Airport V.7.0.6
CYYJ (2017) is Don's "flagship" airport. In addition to standard features, it includes:
CZBB - Boundary Bay V.2.0.6
CZBB (2011) portrays Boundary Bay airport in Delta, BC - Canada's fifth-busiest airport by operations. Includes custom approach and airfield lighting.
FAQ and Technical Notes
Compatibility with ORBX PNW: While all my airports are compatibe with Orbx PNW (once ORBX compatibility has been set up - please see the User Manual), how ORBX PNW is
installed can have major implications. Traditionally, ORBX installers place the ORBX products at the top of the Scenery Library. This means that, whatever other airport addons you have
installed, the ORBX version takes precedence. This would then manifast as the ORBX airfield supplemented by scenery objects from the addon. The solution is to adjust the Scenery Library or
find and disable the corresponding airport .bgls in the ORBX Library by locating the folder ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_NA_PNW05_SCENERY\scenery and disabling the following files by
suffixing their filenames with ".xxx":
• ADE_FTX_PNW_xxxx_yyyyyy.bgl
• ADE_FTX_PNW_xxxx_yyyyyy_CVX.bgl
"Bouncy" Runways and Taxiways - P3Dv4: Some P3Dv4 users of my airports have reported that the user aircraft bounces along the taxiways and runways.
The issue can be resolved by getting the P3Dv3 version of the files (from the same download folder): ADE_CYYJ_701 (Custom Lights)_P3Dv3.bgl and/or ADE_CYYJ_701 (Stock
Lights)_P3Dv3.bgl and using them to replace their P3Dv4 counterparts.
Custom Airfield Lighting: The method of implementation in P3Dv3+ differs from earlier releases. Custom lighting uses simobjects controlled by files
in the folder Documents\Prepar3D v3 (or 4) Add-ons/AFLT for P3D. Neither FS9, FSX nor P3D provides any mechanism for scenery models to test visibility. If you want airfield
lights during the day in low-visibility conditions, select transponder code 0066.
HTAI Cessnas as AI: Remember to copy the relevant aircraft.cfg files from the HTAI package, as well as the .air file and Model folder. Insert the
contents of the provided AircraftCfg_Stub.txt files into the applicable aircraft.cfg file immediately following the last [Fltsim.xx] block.
FSX DX10 Preview Mode: Users may find airfield lights or signs disappearing. Steve Parson's DX10 Fixer will correct this issue and is needed for nighttime ground/apron illumination.
Installer: The installer requires Microsoft NET.Framework 3.5. On some non-English Windows versions, characters in the scenery.cfg might
be converted to "?". If this occurs, restore the backup (scenery.cfg.bak) and add the items manually. On 64-bit systems, you can safely ignore the "program may not have
installed correctly" message.
Patch: Use of custom lighting causes Simconnect to "misbehave" when the first lights come on, resulting in a crash of the user aircraft.