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Approach Control
Version 2.0
A Pre-compiler for the Microsoft
Flight Simulator's Aircraft and
Adventure Factory
(c) 1993 by John Mechalas
This program is shareware. It may be distributed freely provided that
it is not modified in any way, and that all the accompanying files
in this archive are distributed with it.
- Fixed from v1.0 -
* There was a serious bug in v1.0 that prevented the program from
generating a proper adventure file when only two runways/approaches
were defined. This was due to a flaw in the algorithm I was using,
and I added a seperate algorithm for the two-approach case that has
not given me any problems.
- New Features in v2.0 -
* Version 1.0 was written in (believe it or not) FORTRAN. The
current version is written in C, which allows for improved I/O
handling. Gone are the strict format-requirements for the input
file, though C has it's own little quirks. See the "Converting
Files from v1.0 to v2.0" section for details.
Also, C has less "overhead" than FORTRAN, and you will notice that
the APP.EXE file is now about half the size of the one in v1.0.
* An improved user interface allows you to create your input file from
within the APP.EXE program. This means, you won't have to build it
from "scratch" like you needed to in previous versions. See the APP
documentation for details, Section 1.
* Digitized speech is now available for those of you with sound support
as described in the AAF manual, if you choose to include it.
* There is now support for LOC, VOR, and NDB approaches. Version 1.0
only supported ILS approaches.
* Magnetic variation is now accounted for directly in the program. You
no longer have to modify the approach headings "manually" to account
for variation.
* Version 2.0 also supports airports with no control tower. If there
is no control tower at the airport in question, the program will
instead have you contact the local Unicom.
* All input files must have a .APP extension. The output file (AAF
source code) is no longer stored in the file AAFIN, but rather
under the same name as your .APP file with a .AAF extension
instead. Thus, OHARE.APP will contain the airport data, and APP.EXE
will create the file OHARE.AAF which is the AAF source code to be
compiled with AAF.EXE.
* A batch file, AF.BAT, is included. It runs the AAF.EXE program to
compile your AAF source file into a .ADV file. (I wrote this
out of pure laziness on my part: I got tired of typing the full
AAF command line.) See the APP documentation for details, Section 2.
- Converting Files from v1.0 to v2.0 -
If you want to use your input files from v1.0 in APP v2.0, you will need
to modify the input files slightly to account for both the new I/O
handling and the new features. Read the APP documentation for details,
Section 3. A summary of the required changes is given below:
1) You will need to insert a 1 or a 0 between the tower frequency and
the tower name to tell the compiler whether or not there is an
active control tower at your airport. If you enter a 0, it will
use this frequency and name as the local Unicom instead of Tower.
2) You will need to insert the magnetic variation on the line *above*
the number of runways. Next, you should change your runway headings
to their "unadjusted".
3) You will need to place a "1" after each approach heading for each
runway to designate an ILS approach.
4) Due to the string-handling functions I used, you MUST delete ALL
comments in your input file. ONLY THE AIRPORT DATA SHOULD BE
IN THE .APP FILE OR YOU WILL GET BIZARRE RESULTS.
I recommend that you take a look at the OHARE.APP file for details.