Modelmatching is broken with AI OFFLINE traffic + custom .bgl´s

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This bug report is for msfs-2024 with steam

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

  • Description of the issue: Modelmatching has been broken in MSFS2024 since launch, when using AI OFFLINE traffic method with custom made traffic pland .bgl´s.
  • Even there are matched title in [FLTSIM.0] ( aircraft.cfg) and matched aircraft name in traffic plan .bgl, MSFS 2024 will use randomly any AI model in community or any random MSFS AI model.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

  • Every time

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Use custom .bgl like GAMod or made by yourself

  2. Assign aircraft to use flightplan by title from [FLTSIM.0] (aircraft.cfg)

  3. be sure that model is in community or enabled in MSFS2024 (MSFS AI passive model)

  4. Witness that it isnt the model assigned, it is every time totally random model that has been injected to follow that flightplan.

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This bug still exists with SU4.

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With SU4, here is how they are basing model matching:

HIGH FIDELITY: Will try to match the exact package and show the correct plane if the user owns it.

Known Issue: It should fallback to a passive aircraft if no match can be made, instead of showing nothing. Feedback on .16 "Simplified/High fidelity" setting and Multiplayer Model Matching

SIMPLIFIED: Will try to match the exact or similar planetype via the icao_type_designator metadata in aircraft.cfg (analog to live traffic matching). Some planes have this metadata wrong or a passive model simply doesn’t exist so no match can be made and will pick a seemingly random aircraft.

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Thanks for the reply. But it doesent work at all with AI OFFLINE and custom .bgl´s. I did try both simplified and high fidelity in ONLINE settings. In traffic plan .bgl´s (like msfs 2020 stock trafficAircraft.bgl) modelmatching is based by Title= name under [FLTSIM.0]. Not with icao designator. If that can be fixed to be like in MSFS2020, problem would be solved. Fallback could be with closest icao designator.

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I also hope they will allow this again!

I have a perfect set up for this in msfs2020, so why not in msfs2024?

Ok, the AI Traffic systems needs urgent modernisation… but why not starting from the bgl files? Or make a tool that easily converts bgl so msfs2024 adapts this data.

I still don’t understand why Asobo/Microsoft dismisses the AI Traffic system in the way the do?!
This is a very important part of the whole flying experience and it is like they do not care…

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This bug is still present with latest su5 beta (1.7.16.0). Modelmatching need to be fixed. Otherwise AI OFFLINE will use 3rd party flyable aircraft that have IsAirtraffic=1 in aircraft.cfg, as AI OFFLINE as ai models.