Airport Services file not working in 2020

[MSFS 2020] Questions & Community Discussions Airports & Sceneries
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I’ve hit a wall with converting my 7S3 scenery from 2024 to 2020. Yes, I know it’s a lot easier to develop for 2020 first, but I wasn’t even sure I wanted to do a 2020 version, so here we are.

The issue is that my Services.spb file that worked perfectly in 2024 to eliminate fuel trucks, tugs, etc. doesn’t seem to have any effect in 2020. It’s put into my scenery’s “\AirportServices\7S3\” folder when the project is compiled, which seems consistent with the SDK.

The file is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="ServiceFile" version="1,0">
<Service.ParkingSpaceServices>
	<ParkingSpace name="RAMP GA" MinParkingSpaces="0">
		<ParkingTypes>
			<ParkingEntry ParkingType="RAMP_GA"/>
			<ParkingEntry ParkingType="RAMP_GA_SMALL"/>
			<ParkingEntry ParkingType="RAMP_GA_MEDIUM"/>
			<ParkingEntry ParkingType="RAMP_GA_LARGE"/>
			<ParkingEntry ParkingType="RAMP_GA_EXTRA"/>
			<ParkingEntry ParkingType="RAMP_CARGO"/>
			<ParkingEntry ParkingType="DOCK_GA"/>
			<ParkingEntry ParkingType="FUEL"/>
		</ParkingTypes>
		<IdleWorkers>
		</IdleWorkers>
		<Services>
		</Services>
		<SleepingActivities>

		</SleepingActivities>
	</ParkingSpace>
</Service.ParkingSpaceServices>
<Service.AirportServices>
	<Services>
	</Services>
</Service.AirportServices>
</SimBase.Document>

I only have two types of parking at this small airport; RAMP_GA_SMALL and RAMP_GA_MEDIUM. The horde of fuel trucks, tugs, and assorted vehicles is killing the look of the project.

Any idea what is going wrong?

2

I hate to bump my own post, but this issue is blocking a product release. Any ideas?

3

Does it work if you put it in AirportServices\Shared\? That’s where I have mine and it definitely works - I haven’t tried using the ICAO specific folder.

4

Confusingly, no, it doesn’t work. I’ve still got tugs everywhere, fire engines, and catering trucks all roaming about a small GA airport. It looks ridiculous. Thanks for replying, though.

5

Catering and fire trucks are not services, they are living world
The only way to remove them locally is set all parkings in the airport as DOCK_GA

6

Tugs are services though, yes? I’ve got lots of them as well. And doesn’t setting the parking to DOCK_GA mess up the AI traffic?

7

Correct, the tug is not supposed to be there , I have a similar report on my discord about them
So this should be tagged a as bug imho @Boris
(Wondering if those pesky tugs are now floatin at water airports lol)

About the other stuff, very unfortunate that we don’t have any other tool to remove them (except destroyng whole countries with livingworldcfg.xml)

Of course dock_ga will kill any AI

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I wouldn’t expect any code changes for 2020. :confused: