Hey, everyone. First post, and I'm already probing for information. Heh.

I've been a Microsoft Flight Sim fan ever since the old 4.0 on my Mac, and have had just about every title since..I know how to install aircraft, as my FS98 has almost 500 installed..But I decided to give CFS2 a shot--I've got CFS1, and never had a problem installing aqny aircraft, until I tried to do it in CFS2.

Problem is, I'm not installing jets or helos. I know all about the problems with those..But get this..

These're prop planes I'm having problems with.

SOme install, some don't. Things like the B-25h "War Chief" and the Do 24K work, but the Black Cat PBY, the Pogo, and a bunch of others I've installed just flat don't show up on the aircraft list.

Is there another set of files I need to download?

Yeah, I know about extracting to a sub directory before extracting straight into the MS Aircraft directory. The directories are all right. In the Aircraft folder, it's got the aircraft, and in that folder it's got hte model, textures, panel, folders, and the .air file and all the other jazz. That's where I'm getting lost. Everything is where it should be and the aircraft don't work.

Hi Fireman old chum. What happened to your Hoppers site?

229. Providing they're installed as shown in the tutes most prop aircraft posted in the CFS2 sections should work straight "out of the box" without any modification. I've come across the odd few that aren't configured in the usual way. Strangely enough, these are the ones many people choose for their first attempts. It's what we call Sod's Law. If you give me an example of one you have problems with & tell me exactly where to download it I can check it out for you. There's bound to be a logical answer.

PS. There is a conflict with some earlier 3rd party aircraft & WinXP. These should show up on the CFS2 Free Flight menu but you will get an error message on selecting them. If you have this problem it can easily be fixed.

Here's my Aliasing tute that Fireman mentioned.  http://www.simviation.com/lair/aliasing1.htm
You should not need it for prop aircraft from the CFS2 sections.

Howdy Hagar Ole Pal!!

Hoppers site is not up anymore as the guy I was renting a portion of space from let the whole site expire for money reasons. Due to my schedule getting extremely filled up here lately, I haven't bothered to put it back up on my own. 

The sound issue caught my eye in a later post of 229's. Common problem as you are well aware, I mean afterall, most of my knowlege came from you!!

I still advocate that before anyone can download acft. here, they must read your tutes!!     

You take care Hagar and keep up the great work you do here and elsewhere.

229, hope you got your problem fixed. I strongly suggest you visit Grumpy's Lair. The reading there is great and will vastly improve your knowlege of how many things in CFS2 work. Good luck pilot and have a good one!!

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Hi Ditto. Installing aircraft to CFS2 should be no more difficult than with any other sim. Not all downloads are configured in the same way which I suspect is causing your problems. The Pogo I mentioned in my previous reply is a good example as it's configured without a Sound folder for some unknown reason. No aircraft can show on the menu without a Sound folder so you have to paste one in.

If you know what to look for it should be easy enough to figure out. Generally speaking, all aircraft are configured in an "Aircraft Container" folder. This is the folder directly containing Model, Panel, Sound & Texture subfolders + AIR & Aircraft.cfg files. CFS aircraft will usually have a DP file & possibly a CDP. If you installed the folder correctly to the CFS2\Aircraft folder it should work. It won't work if this folder is hidden inside one or more others. If it still doesn't show up, check out the Panel & Sound CFG files to make sure they're not aliased to aircraft you don't have installed. In the case of jets & helos you will need extra files posted in the CFS2 section. All this is explaned in my Aliasing article. http://www.simviation.com/lair/aliasing1.htm

If you've tried all this & still have problems tell me the file name of the aircraft & the page it's posted on. Providing it's posted on SimV & the file is not over 10 Mb I'll be happy to check it out for you & walk you through the install. I haven't found one aircraft posted in the CFS sections on this site that doesn't work in 5 years of doing this. There is always a first time.