JETWAY

This sample project has a single Jetway object that can be added to an airport. Jetways are what are used at some airports to connect a parked aircraft to a gate. You can find information about creating Jetway visual assets (models) from the following page:

• Jetways

You can also find more information about the configuration of a jetway by seeing the <IKChain> and <IKConstraint> sections of the [model].xml file.

 

 

Loading And Building The Project

In order to load and build the project in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, you must have previously enabled Developer Mode (see here for more information). A jetway cannot exist on it's own and is linked to other simulation objects, specifically an Airport and a Parking Spot, so you'll need to do a few extra steps before you can see it in the simulation.

 

So, once dev mode is enabled, you should start a flight so that you are taken into the simulation, then follow these steps:

 

• Use the Open project... command from the File menu.
  

 

• Select the file JetwayProject.xml from the Jetway sample project.
  

 

• The Project Editor should open automatically and show you the project mycompany-jetway (if the Project Editor doesn't open, then you can open it from the Developer Mode Tools menu).
  

 

• Selecting the project and then right-clicking will open a menu where you can select the Build and Mount option to build the project and mount the created package in the VFS:
  

 

• This will build a package from the files specified in your project. This package will be named mycompany-jetways and will be output in the Packages folder created in the same directory as JetwayProjects.xml:
  

 

• Now that the package has been built you need to open The Scenery Editor, so we can spawn the jetway objects from this sample in the simulation to see how they look. In the Scenery Editor, open the Objects window and first add an Airport Object, since jetways can only be placed on an airport. Now, if you try to add the jetway at this point you'll still get an error, as it also requires a parking spot. So, in the Objects window, from the Object Type drop down list, select the option TaxiwayParking, then select one of the gate types, then click the Add button (jetways can only be associated with Gate parking). This will add a taxiway parking spot to the airport (the actual location isn't important for this example).
  

 

• Now, you can select the Jetway Objects in the Objects window, and if you filter the list to the package you've just built, you should see "MyCompany-Jetway", which is the jetway sample package you built at the start. As before, click the Add button to add it to the airport.
  

 

• You should now see the Jetway has been added to the scene:
  

 

• The sample project also includes a jetway link object which can be added into the scene as well. For that you need to select the Jetway in the Scenery Editor contents list, and then - in the Jetway Group - click on the Add Another Scenery button and select the Jetway Link object from the sample package:
  

 

• Once you have added the custom jetway link from the package, you should have something like this: