Simviation Forum - AI planes show up in a/c selection window

Mar 2^nd, 2004 at 9:10pm

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How can I make it so that my AI planes don't show up in the aircraft slection window??

Some of my AI planes say that they wont be visible in the window but they still are...

help anyone?
Thanks in advance!

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Reply #1 - Mar 2^nd, 2004 at 9:35pm

WebbPA Ex Member
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Edit the offending planes' aircraft.cfg file so these lines are blank (example), from this:

ui_manufacturer=Cessna
ui_type=C172SP Skyhawk

to this:

ui_manufacturer=
ui_type=

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Reply #2 - Mar 2^nd, 2004 at 9:45pm

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First you need AirEd, a freeware program. It allows you to edit the airfiles in FS, which are located within each aircraft file folder. They, along with the aircraft.cfg file, tell FS how an aircraft acts. The files are all differently named, but they will always end with *.air. For instance, the stock 747s airfile is named boeing747-400.air.

Once you have downloaded and installed AirEd, you can open any of the airfiles. Open the airfile of any of the aircraft you wish to make non-flyable and find the entry that reads "105 *Aircraft Type=0" and click on it. Enter the number 2 in its place and press enter. Exit and save, then open FS. There aircraft should now be unavailable in the FS menu. To make AI planes flyable, just reverse the process.

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Reply #3 - Mar 2^nd, 2004 at 9:50pm

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Quote:

Edit the offending planes' aircraft.cfg file so these lines are blank (example), from this:

ui_manufacturer=Cessna
ui_type=C172SP Skyhawk

to this:

ui_manufacturer=
ui_type=

That just puts it under the category "Unspecified", it doesn't take it out of the menu.

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Reply #4 - Mar 2^nd, 2004 at 9:55pm

WebbPA Ex Member
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Oops. You're right. It's been a while since I've had anything Unspecified.

« Last Edit: Mar 2^nd, 2004 at 11:55pm by WebbPA »

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Reply #5 - Mar 3^rd, 2004 at 2:01pm

bm_727 Offline
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Quote:

Edit the offending planes' aircraft.cfg file so these lines are blank (example), from this:

ui_manufacturer=Cessna
ui_type=C172SP Skyhawk

to this:

ui_manufacturer=
ui_type=

at first I thought about that, but ender is right.

However, is there any other way to make them non-flyable than having to d/l another utility ???

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Reply #6 - Mar 3^rd, 2004 at 2:09pm

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However, is there any other way to make them non-flyable than having to d/l another utility ???

Not to my knowledge. Take Ender's advice. AirEd is a small download & easy to use.
http://www.simviation.com/fsdesign_utilities.htm
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Reply #7 - Mar 3^rd, 2004 at 2:51pm