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PILOTS_Development asked TerraBuilderTeam commented

Creating a Scenery Bundle

I'm trying to create a scenery bundle for the Marketplace that contains two separate airports.

I've setup the folder structure and data so that everything compiles into two individual Community folder packages, one for each airport. What isn't currently clear to me is how to shape the Marketplace data, so that the bundle is recognized as containing two separate airports. There seems to be no such mechanism in place to easily bundle scenery in one Marketplace package, so that it is categorized as containing two individual airports.

I've completely stripped Airport B of all Marketplace info, as there seems no path to combine Marketplace data from both Airport A and Airport B, and the compiler would currently otherwise produce two Marketplace JSON files.

Normally the Marketplace JSON file that holds the info for category, location and price would look like this for example:

{
"business": {
"PriceInUSD": 11.989999771118164,
"ThirdPartyShortName": "company",
"AccountSellerId": "12341234",
"UseFirstAvailableReleaseDate": true
},
"marketplace": {
"sections": [
{
"category": "Airports",
"section": "Airports"
}
]
},
"locations": [
{
"type": "airport",
"airportCode": "NTTB",
"latitude": -16.4436119754415,
"longitude": -151.7525222111225
}
]
}

Using the above structure and manually editing the file, this would seem like an appropriate structure:

{
"business": {
"PriceInUSD": 11.989999771118164,
"ThirdPartyShortName": " company",
"AccountSellerId": "12341234",
"UseFirstAvailableReleaseDate": true
},
"marketplace": {
"sections": [
{
"category": "Airports",
"section": "Airports"
}
]
},
"locations": [
{
"type": "airport",
"airportCode": " NTTB",
"latitude": - 16.4436119754415,
"longitude": - 151.7525222111225
},
{
"type": "airport",
"airportCode": "NFFN",
"latitude": -17.755278385931,
"longitude": 177.443333566679
}
]
}

Would this be suitable for submission?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Jerome

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Boris_ avatar image Boris_ ♦ commented ·

Hello @PILOTS_Development ,

I'm not sure to understand.

Are you tring to create a bundle in SU10 or SU11 ?

In SU11, you can create a bundle or a pack of packages and each one can have it's own marketplace data.

Then, at the export, everything will be packed in one ZIP and ready to send.


Regards,
Boris

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PILOTS_Development avatar image PILOTS_Development Boris_ ♦ commented ·

@Boris_

Hi Boris,

I'm using SU10.

For clarification - I'm not trying to submit multiple separate airport packages with individual prices and locations at once in a single ZIP! I wish to submit one ZIP that contains two airports in one bundle at one price, so that this is listed as one single product at the Marketplace containing two separate airports.

Is it possible to do this?

Best regards,

Jerome

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Boris_ avatar image Boris_ ♦ PILOTS_Development commented ·

@PILOTS_Development


In SU10, no, it's not possible to have two package that share one marketplace data, but you can do this via a bundle in SU11 like I said above.


However, it is possible to have multiple BGL assets in a package (each BGL could be an airport) but I don't know if this will be accepted. You will have to ask your marketplace contact.


Regards,
Boris

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PILOTS_Development answered

@Boris_

Hi Boris,

I've assembled a bundle now, yet it fails when submitting to the Marketplace, this is the error it shows:

klyh-w24-bundle-error.png

I have no idea why, building the bundle in DevMode did not throw up any failures.

What could be the cause of this?

Best regards,

Jerome


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@Boris_ @SonantAlpaca @EPellissier @FlyingRaccoon

Could someone at Asobo kindly offer some clarification on clearing this issue please?

Best regards,

Jerome

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Boris_ avatar image Boris_ ♦ commented ·

Hello @PILOTS_Development ,

Bundles and Packs are not yet ready to be ingested by the MarketPlace tool and that is why you saw the error message above. There will be a communication when this type of package is ready to be ingested.

Regards,
Boris

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PILOTS_Development avatar image PILOTS_Development Boris_ ♦ commented ·

Good morning @Boris_ ,

I'm not sure I understand all this. Back in October 2022 I specifically asked if it was possible to create a scenery bundle for the Marketplace that contains two separate airports, with the question - Would this be suitable for submission?

You answered that this would be possible with SU11. Now that I have done this and it isn't working as expected, I'm back here questioning why, and am now told that ingestion of such bundles is not yet possible.

Sorry, it must be clear that we're not trying to create and submit a Marketplace bundle for a laugh and giggles, this is of commercial value to use. Why are we not informed straight away that such a thing isn't yet possible? Being able to create a bundle without being able to actually submit it to the Marketplace is completely pointless and serves no purpose, has no value to us at this point.

Is there any ETA of when such a submission will be possible?

Best regards,

Jerome

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EPellissier avatar image EPellissier ♦♦ PILOTS_Development commented ·

@PILOTS_Development, @TerraBuilderTeam,

This issue is actively being worked on but was delayed because of the holiday period. I cannot provide you with an ETA right now but we're trying to make it a matter of days rather than weeks - several of our weekly meetings will discuss the topic and I'll make sure I am back with a more precise ETA by the end of this week.

Just to clarify: the answer @Boris_ made back in October was correct at that time - the issue was spotted late in the development process and the fix was delayed for multiple reasons.

Apologies for the delay.

Best regards,

Eric / Asobo

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TerraBuilderTeam avatar image TerraBuilderTeam Boris_ ♦ commented ·
@Boris_ , @EPellissier Hi - I was wondering if you had any update on the status of Bundles And Packs ingestion functionality?
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Boris_ avatar image Boris_ ♦ TerraBuilderTeam commented ·

Hello @TerraBuilderTeam ,
The ingestion of Bundles and Packs has started. I invite you to get in touch with your Microsoft contact via Teams for more details.

Regards,
Boris

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