NO SHIPS OR BOATS

[MOD_FLYER 8]

Hi! I have installed AI BOATS file recently according to the instructions of the author in to the community folder but no ships or boats could be seen any where. I also adjusted the slider as mentioned

 by the author. Is there any tips that I missed to make it work . Please shed some lights on this issue kindly if you can. Thanks  

[bobcat999 8,578]

Are you talking about the shipping traffic mod?

Go into your community folder and  click on the folder that contains the boats.

Do you see a manifest.json file?  If not, the folder structure isn't right.

Also, the boats aren't actually everywhere. They are just on major shipping routes, big rivers, and busy ports.  You won't see them on smaller inland waterways or lakes for example.

 

Edited June 3, 2021 by bobcat999

[Dominique_K 10,156]

Same here. Never saw a ship where it is said I should (Channel, Gibraltar etc.) . Thoroughly checked the installation. Even did a re-installation. I really liked this addon in P3D but nothing shows up in MSFS.

It seems that there is indeed something, a setting, in my MSFS which rejects the addon. I have browsed the forums over there to no success.

[sal9000 210]

For me it looks that the boats are only at the starting point.

Example: Landing in Panama-City near the channel where no boots and ships-nothing. Starting at the next day, a lots of boots and ships arround, later at this flight they are gone 😞

[bobcat999 8,578]

I must admit, it can seem to be a bit inconsistent.  Sometimes I see plenty, even in mid-ocean.  Other times it looks a bit bare.  When you do see them, the detail on some is superb.

[Dominique_K 10,156]

31 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

  When you do see them, the detail on some is superb.

rubbing a little salt in our wound hey 🤣 ? 

[styckx 1,872]

Strange. I Always see ships..  

Started off in Cape May. Ship right off the point

Slewed down to Delaware coast.. Ships

Slewed further down a ton. A whole group of ships

[The Moose 1,179]

5 minutes ago, styckx said:

Strange. I Always see ships..  

 

Same.  No problem with that mod at all.  

[bobcat999 8,578]

We should have wakes and water effects soon as well - even better then.

On this, the OP (MOD_FLYER) needs to come back to us.  If he can't see the manifest.json file in the right place, then they don't show.
I had this initially.  My manifest file was in the wrong folder.  There is no intrinsic bug that I know of that would stop them showing; it is just incorrect installation normally.
I am sure we can solve this for people if we dig a little.

Another obvious one is having shipping traffic set to 5% in the menus (as advised by the author).  Apparently, higher settings can cause problems.

[Amon1973 1,436]

5 hours ago, Dominique_K said:

Same here. Never saw a ship where it is said I should (Channel, Gibraltar etc.) . Thoroughly checked the installation. Even did a re-installation. I really liked this addon in P3D but nothing shows up in MSFS.

It seems that there is indeed something, a setting, in my MSFS which rejects the addon. I have browsed the forums over there to no success.

I used to have this add on working in the sim but in the last couple of months it just won't work.

[sal9000 210]

18 hours ago, bobcat999 said:

If he can't see the manifest.json file in the right place, then they don't show.

Can you please explain which place you exactly mean?

I had this one in the mainfolder where is also the layout.json. You mean this folder ?

[MOD_FLYER 8]

On 6/4/2021 at 12:37 AM, bobcat999 said:

Are you talking about the shipping traffic mod?

Go into your community folder and  click on the folder that contains the boats.

Do you see a manifest.json file?  If not, the folder structure isn't right.

Also, the boats aren't actually everywhere. They are just on major shipping routes, big rivers, and busy ports.  You won't see them on smaller inland waterways or lakes for example.

 

Yes I can see this file -is last one of them all. I have tried different places at different times but no success Thanks

[The Moose 1,179]

53 minutes ago, MOD_FLYER said:

Yes I can see this file -is last one of them all. I have tried different places at different times but no success Thanks

Do you have two folders in community for the ship traffic?

The original mods folder named GAIST_MSFS_V1  and the folder  gaist_msfs_v1_CVT_  ?

 

 

 

[Dominique_K 10,156]

3 minutes ago, The Moose said:

Do you have two folders in community for the ship traffic?

The original mods folder named GAIST_MSFS_V1  and the folder  gaist_msfs_v1_CVT_  ?

 

 

 

I only have GAIST_MSFS_V1 

[The Moose 1,179]

1 minute ago, Dominique_K said:

I only have GAIST_MSFS_V1 

The ships in the original folder are not MSFS models.  Every time you discover a new ship it converts it to an MSFS friendly model and places them in the second folder i mentioned.  So somethings clearly preventing it from creating that second folder.

No idea why that is...  you should shoot a message to the author and see if he might have a clue.