Choose one, any one except that Tomcat. The smaller file it is the better as I'm still on dial-up.

Right. Then I suggest you go to bed & start on this when you feel refreshed. You're bound to make mistakes if you're tired. This will give me time to install it & write something sensible. Read the motto my sig. "The only thing you make in a hurry is a mistake".

Good choice. I downloaded the file & installed it to FS2002. This should be the proverbial piece of cake.

First find 2k2yal1a.zip in your downloads folder. This will be the My Documents folder in your case.  

Extract 2k2yal1a.zip using the right-click "Extract to folder ......" option you used before. This should automatically extract the zipfile into a new folder in My Documents with the same name as the zipfile - 2k2yal1a in this case.

Open the 2k2yal1a folder to see what you've got. You're looking for the folder containing the aircraft or "Aircraft Container folder". You should see another folder inside the 2k2yal1a folder named 2k2yal1a. This second folder is the "Aircraft Container" containing the familiar Model, Panel, Sound & Texture subfolders.

To install the aircraft to FS2002, right-click on this second folder (not the first one but the one inside it) & select Cut. Now navigate to your FS2002\Aircraft folder, right-click in a clear space & select Paste. You should now have a folder named 2k2yal1a in with all the default aircraft. Basically that's all there is to it.

Fire up FS2002 & check it out. With a bit of luck & a following wind you should see your new aircraft listed under Boeing on the Create a Flight menu.




If this works for you (& I see no reason why it wouldn't) please try installing a few more aircraft before we go on to the next stage. This one has its own panel but uses the default gauges which makes it an ideal example to start with. It's a tad more complicated if the aircraft includes extra 3rd party gauges but all this should be easy enough once you understand the basics. Good luck.

Hagar, do I "Open the 2k2yal1a folder..." with Open or do I just open it with two quick left-clicks?

I used Open twice to get to the four magic files. I guess this is right?

Does this mean it worked? You've lost me so no wonder you're confusing yourself. Slow down a little & follow my instructions to the letter. I've made it as easy to understand as I know how.

To extract a zipfile. Hagar said Quote:




To install the aircraft. Hagar said Quote:

Please tell me what you don't understand about that & I'll try again.

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Good. Please try another & another until you get the hang of it. Forget any missing gauges for now. We can deal with that once you convince me that you know what you're doing.

PS. I see you edited your post while I was replying. Forget the Firefox for now. Please let's cover one thing at a time. This is starting to make my head hurt.

OK. I have to go now anyway. Please install them one at at time & check each one out in FS2002 before trying another. If one doesn't show up or you have problems with it make a note of it & try another one. We can sort out these little snags later.