Simviation Forum - how do i get the planes onto fs2002

Jun 25^th, 2003 at 8:06pm

bruce thomas Guest

[color=Green][/color]hey
every one this game is really pissin me off cus ive gotton erally really bored of the planes that are already installed on it and i wanna no how to get other planes on ive followed every step that this website told me to and i still cant get the planes on so if u can HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [color=Green][/color]

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Reply #1 - Jun 25^th, 2003 at 8:12pm

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Did you follow the installation tutorial here http://www.simviation.com/acinstall.htm ?

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Reply #2 - Jun 25^th, 2003 at 8:14pm

bruce thomas Guest

yes i did and its still not working Angry

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Reply #3 - Jun 25^th, 2003 at 8:29pm

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At what point do things go wrong?

Are you unzipping with "preserve file structure"? You should then get a folder, lets call it Airplane, with some subfolders:

Airplane - Model
- Panel
- Texture
- Sound

(You should also see at least one more file called Airplane\aircraft.cfg)

Cut & Paste (or copy) the Airplane folder to :

FS2002\Aircraft\Airplane - Model
- Panel
- Texture
- Sound

Loot at some of your default aircraft files to see what the structure looks like.

Open up FS and select "All Aircraft" as manufacturer. This will let you scroll down a list of all installed aircraft. Some might appear under "Unspecified".

Have you gotten this far?

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Reply #4 - Jun 25^th, 2003 at 11:48pm

bruce thomas Guest

i install them all right and every thing they just dont show up on the game

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Reply #5 - Jun 26^th, 2003 at 4:19am

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Bruce which aircraft are causing a problem?

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Reply #6 - Jun 26^th, 2003 at 4:36am

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Just a thought. Newbies often try to install files to the CD instead of the FS2002 directory on the HD. This is impossible but a quite common & perfectly understandable mistake. Messing around with Windows Explorer can be a tad scary until you're used to it. I can still remember how nervous I felt when I first started. Please read that installation tute carefully.

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Reply #7 - Jun 26^th, 2003 at 9:08am

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I agree...when I first tried installing aircraft, I was very apprehensive. It's like everything with computers. You're just afraid you're going to break something at first. (Of course, I'm also the guy who forgot how to get an ILS frequency. lol)

Definitely make sure the files are unzipped...and make sure you've got a folder in your aircraft directory that will hold all the files and folders. (I've found a shortcut to the aircraft folder on your desktop is a life saver!)

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Reply #8 - Jun 27^th, 2003 at 8:39pm

bruce thomas Guest

well the planes that are causing me problems are the b52 bomber and the snowbirds and the f15

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Reply #9 - Jun 27^th, 2003 at 9:30pm

bruce thomas Guest

hey i fiqured it out

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Reply #10 - Jun 27^th, 2003 at 11:02pm

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Bruce, I find it helpful to unzip the files to my desktop, then I can go through the file, rename the plane manufacturer if needed, remove any un-needed documentation like jpg's or files the maker put in, sort out the gauges, and then manually place the plane into the aircraft folder. I think it just makes for a neater hard-drive, gets you to know the game better.

Don't worry, pretty soon you'll be installing planes with the best of them. Grin

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