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Jun 25th, 2003 at 11:47am
born_2_fly   Ex Member

 
Ok here is a very silly question to some of you but not to me!! it is pretty much a 'yes' or 'no' answer but i would also like the procedure!!!!

Is it possible to load planes onto my flight sim using a Re-writeable CD???  the reason i ask is because my computer has 328mb's of ram and my parent'z only has 32 so i would prefere tp run the FS on mine!!! any help??? thanks!!!!!!!!  ??? ???  Grin
 
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Reply #1 - Jun 25th, 2003 at 12:02pm

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I don't think so. It's hard-coded into fs2002.exe that you have to have all planes in the fs2002\aircraft directory. However, I think that even if it were possible, it would still load the plane from the CDRW into the RAM. But I might be wrong on that one.
 
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Reply #2 - Jun 25th, 2003 at 12:31pm

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If you are asking about adding planes into the flight sim, you can access the "Help Tutorials" at SimV Home and get your info there.....its very helpful stuff and takes away the mystery........
 
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Reply #3 - Jun 25th, 2003 at 12:53pm

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Scenery is the only addon I know of that can be accessed from a remote drive. Everything else (including aircraft) must be installed to its correct locations in the FS2002 directory on your HD.
 
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Reply #4 - Jun 25th, 2003 at 2:10pm

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Hi Born to Fly ...

You know - hard drives are very cheap. I am well aware money levels are relative & what is an hour's minimum wage in one country is an average month in another - (your profile doesn't indicate your location..)  but this may be your ultimate & easiest option ...
 
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Reply #5 - Jun 25th, 2003 at 4:03pm
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Thanks every 1 & thank you pete! I am afraid i am stuck over here in little old Blighty!!! My computer alredy has a hard drive (sorry if i mis lead you!!) but the problem is that the computer that i have my FS on doesnt have the internet so i cannot down load the aircraft straight off simvation or any other site is there any way around this????? Many thanks!!!  Grin
 
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Reply #6 - Jun 25th, 2003 at 4:06pm

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Just download them onto a cd-rw and take them over to your FS2002 computer, and install them there. That'll work fine.
 
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Reply #7 - Jun 25th, 2003 at 5:21pm

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Sorry born_2_fly. zcottovision is right.
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Reply #8 - Jun 25th, 2003 at 5:48pm

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Yeah!
If your parents machine has a CD-R, you can download the zip files, burn them on a disk then unzip them into your machine.

That's also a good way to keep track and catalog and archive all your aircraft.
 
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Reply #9 - Jun 26th, 2003 at 10:33am
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Thanks but 1 problem i tryed what you said last night with concord but i came up with a 'Read only flie'????? Have i done something wrong???
 
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Reply #10 - Jun 26th, 2003 at 11:24am

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I've seen that before, too. Some aircraft are Read-Only.

If you use Winzip, you might be able to right click on the Concord folder and then choose "Add to Zip". Make sure "Include System and Hidden files" is checked and click OK. This should create a new Concord.zip file.

You "should" be able to drag that new zip file to your disk. Depending on how you set up the disk to be burnt.
I like to use a CD-RW, and keep the session open, so it can be used like a regular drive that you can drag and drop files into and out of.

This works good for me. Hopefully, it'll work for you too.
 
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Reply #11 - Jun 26th, 2003 at 11:31am

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You could also consider networking the 2 machines together. It's easy to do & basic network hardware is cheap.

 
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Reply #12 - Jun 26th, 2003 at 11:36am

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Pete...that's something that I was thinking about doing once I get the OS back up on the old computer...could you email me a little more information on how to do that?

I've already got a hub between the two computers to split the cable connection, the rest is what I don't know.

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Reply #13 - Jun 26th, 2003 at 11:41am

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Thanks but 1 problem i tryed what you said last night with concord but i came up with a 'Read only flie'????? Have i done something wrong???

When you come to a " Read Only" file ...right click it, then select "Properties"...........you can then change the file attributes to "Archive" and do what you want with it.......if this " Read-Only" problem is happening when you are reading the file from a CD,  first "copy" and then "paste"  that file to your hard drive, then make the change.......
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Reply #14 - Jun 26th, 2003 at 12:19pm

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I think the problem is you are trying to move the files from the cd to your computer. Try copying the files using the copy command and not the move command across because once a file is copied to a cd it automaticly becomes a read only file. once the fi8les are copied to your computer you then erase the cd and start again.
 
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