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Jan 31^st, 2005 at 3:08pm

sharan Offline
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I have just repainted an aircraft, worked well, but every time i try to edit the .air-file -even if i just change one single letter- the aircraft doesn`t work no more. What is that ?
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Reply #1 - Jan 31^st, 2005 at 3:17pm

microlight Offline
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Are you trying to rename the .air file? If so, make sure that the sim reference line in the .cfg file is the same. In other words, if your .air file name is boeing737.air, then the 'sim' line in the .cfg must be exactly the same; e.g. in the [fltsim.0] section, it needs to read:
sim=boeing737 (don't include the '.air')

Change even one letter and the plane won't show up in the selection menu.

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Reply #2 - Jan 31^st, 2005 at 3:17pm

microlight Offline
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....what a coincidence - that was my 737th post!

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Reply #3 - Jan 31^st, 2005 at 6:13pm

sharan Offline
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Thank you, microlight, but thats no the problem. In my "aircraft.cfg" is sim=737micro (congratulations! btw.). The corresponding .air-file is "737micro.air" Works fine. What I am trying to do ist edit the "737micro.air", not changing the file name. In "737micro.air" is written, say "This ist microlight´s 737". When I change the line into "This is sharan`s 737", then safe "737micro.air" and reload the AC, it appears in the AC list and it is visible in the preview window. But it does not load, FS says, it can´t find the Ac. Restarting does not help. Hmmmm.....

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Reply #4 - Jan 31^st, 2005 at 9:29pm

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A couple of things come to mind...

What version of FS are you using (which would lead me to believe you have FS98 or earlier, if you're trying to change that information in the *.air file)

That information can be changed with a regular text editor in the aircraft.cfg file. If you're using a text editor to change the *.air file, I bet the sim is not recoignizing the file anymore.

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Reply #5 - Feb 1^st, 2005 at 4:06pm