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Sep 24th, 2003 at 3:22pm

Scottler   Offline
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Is making an AI plane flyable as simple as copying the .cfg file from a flyable plane into the AI plane, and if so, what permissions would be necessary to do so?

What's love got to do, got to do with it?

(I needed to put Tina Turner into this thread somehow, and that's all I've got, sorry.)
 

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Reply #1 - Sep 24th, 2003 at 3:34pm

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Hype. Is this a serious question or a windup? LOL

We've been through all this AI traffic stuff before, in fact I remember seeing you reply to a thread on the subject only yesterday. The CFG file has nothing to do with it. You can remove any aircraft from the selection menu by editing the AIR file as I explained previously. This will NOT add it to the AI Traffic. For that you need to use TTools. It's a tad complicated & takes some figuring out at first. Full instructions are included. I experimented by changing some of the defaults for 3rd party aircraft & took it from there.

If you don't want to learn how it's done, try the PAI stuff. I hear it's excellent. Wink

PS. Oops I read the question again.  Embarrassed
You can use the AIR file tweak to make an AI Only aircraft like the default Dash 8 flyable by reversing the process. Change the Aircraft Type from 2 to 0. You might need to add a Panel folder.
 

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Reply #2 - Sep 24th, 2003 at 3:43pm

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Phew, I thought I was the one losing my mind...I knew I hadn't responded to that.  lol

I figured it was pretty much just a reversal of the process, but here's the part 2...

If I do that, do I need to get the permissions of the AI designer, the designer of the cfg that I use, plus the permissions of the panel folks?

That's a lot of permission!  lol
 

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Reply #3 - Sep 24th, 2003 at 3:54pm

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Sorry. It was thinking about Tina Turner that threw me. Roll Eyes Grin

Right. Forget the CFG - it's the AIR file. Some AI drones have specially modified flight dynamics which are are not suitable as flyable aircraft. You can modify anything you like if it's for your own personal use. I imagine you would need permission from the authors to post it, especially if it wasn't intended to be flyable. I've created some AI Only drones myself which were never intended to be flyable.

It won't have a panel so you will have to create one or use an existing one. An empty Panel folder will do to check it out in the sim. If it doesn't have one it won't show on the menu.
 

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