Adding AI Traffic to VHHX

In response to an enquiry, this is how I added free AI traffic to 9Dragons VHHX Kai Tak.

Go to WorldOfAI.com and download the WorldOfAI installer. The installer needs Microsoft DotNet Framework 2, a link is on the downloads page at WorldOfAI (WOAI).

Install DotNet 2 (if needed) and the WOAI installer. For the WOAI installer just extract the files in the zip file to a directory on your computer.

On the Traffic Packages page at WorldOfAI download some packages of airlines that use Hong Kong like Cathay Pacific, Qantas, Air New Zealand, Dragonair etc. Basically any of the major carriers and Asian carriers. Don't extract the files in the zip file.

Run the WOAI installer (WOAI Installer.exe). Select one of the WOAI packages (zip files) you downloaded. Choose Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 as the Target. Check the FS2004 installation path matches your installation of FS9.

Press Next and follow the following screens to confirm the installation of the traffic files.

If you were to run Flight Simulator now, that traffic would be operational. But we need now to edit the traffic to use VHHX.

Now run TTools.exe from the directory you installed the WOAI installer files to. This tool extracts the information contained in the Traffic files in your Flight Simulator installation. From the FS2004 Traffic Files section of the screen on the right, choose the airline you wish to modify and press Decompile.

Three files will be created from the traffic file, a Flightplans file, a Airports file and a Aircraft file. By default these files will be extracted to the directory containing TTools. Leave TTools open.

Locate the airports*.txt file and edit the file. Check there is not already a line for VHHX, if not at the correct alphabetic order add the line for VHHX (shown in bold below):

VHHH,N22* 18.51',E113* 54.86',16
VHHX,N22* 18.96',E114* 12.10',13
VVNB,N21* 13.27',E105* 48.33',36

Then locate the Flightplans*.txt file and edit the file. Do a replace operation, replacing VHHH with VHHX. Save both files overwriting the existing files. You have now editted the files to redirect traffic intended for the new Hong Kong airport to the old Kai Tak airport. We now need to load that information back into Flight Simulator. Go back to TTools. Select the three files that were previous extracted and that you have now editted two of and press the Compile button. This will write your changes back into the traffic file installed into Flight Simulator.

You should now have added traffic that was intended for VHHH to VHHX and that traffic should appear in Flight Simulator. But don't go overboard like I did: