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FoxtrotSD asked FlyingRaccoon answered

Scenery editor removing XML code

Hi everyone,


When editing the an airport in the scenery editor I noticed that some elements are removed from the XML file when saving the file in the simulator:

1) Comments (<!-- comment -->) are removed. Since I write my approaches, SIDs and STARs in VS Code, I add comments to make things more distinguishable from the regular scenery code. If these are removed everytime I save the scenery in the simulator, it makes it incredibly hard to keep track of stuff.


2) Custom waypoints, VORs and DMEs are removed everytime I save the scenery in the simulator.


Is there anyway we can get these XML entries to be persistent when saving in the scenery editor?

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FlyingRaccoon avatar image FlyingRaccoon ♦♦ commented ·
Hello @FoxtrotSD


Can you please provide us with your package sources (or scenery xml stripped from any reference to custom scenery object) containing the waypoints, VORs and DMEs that are removed upon edition?

Regards,
Sylvain

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FlyingRaccoon answered

Hello @FoxtrotSD

A fix will come with SU12 that will address the nav elements being removed.
It will probably come during the SU12 flighting so keep an eye on successive release notes when flighting begins.

We have plans to keep commentaries as well but this will be handled separately and will come later on.

Regards,
Sylvain

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RoscoHead answered FoxtrotSD commented

Whenever I add custom XML, I make a copy of it so I can add it back if I edit using scenery editor. It's annoying, but it works.

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Yeah at this point I do the same, but it gets a bit annoying when having to debug 15 times in half an hour. Thanks for the suggestion though!
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