I put up a posting on importing AI aircraft - see below

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=FSX;action=display;num=116...

And here's what I posted previously and what I think is the best way to import and try out aircraft without messing up your FSX



1. Make a folder called fs9aircraft in your main FSX folder

2. Open up your FSX.cfg using Notepad and scroll down a few lines and you'll see several entries that look like

SimObjectPaths.X={folder name} where X = a number from 1 to 5

3. Add a line in

SimObjectPaths.6=fs9aircraft

4. Just copy over planes from FS9 into that folder and run FSX

5. If all is well and they work, copy over their gauges into their own panel folder (NOT FSX gauges at this stage)

6. Run again and if the panel works either leave the gauges in the aircraft's panel folder or move them into the main FSX gauges folder

Doing it this way you'll keep your FSX install nice and clean and you can easily identify and chuck out any bad ones

BTW

FSX is backwardly compatible ONLY for GMax and FSDS2 aircraft. Even then you may have a few texture problems  eg Rick Piper's HS748 - some textures in the VC appear to come out very black

Quote:


Rollerball,

I've been flying Rick's HS 748 and FSDZigns L-049A Connie alot in
FSX but recently I've started to have problems. on my two latest
flights in each aircraft I've lost the "click point" control of many
functions on the panels...as if FSX lost "focus" and the L: variables
got messed up. I had to resort to the keyboard throttle/pitch
controls to land. Also, FSX doesn't always like to start the
engines reliably.
Have you noted any problems with the panel controls of the HS 748?

My recent system changes were updating my ATI drivers to
the latest Omega's for my ATI Radeon AIW 9600 Pro and
downloading the DX9.0c update from MS site.

    Paul

Thanks for the advice re addons, Rollerball.  [October 27]. I did exactly as you suggested -

1]  Created fs9aircraft folder in Main FSX folder.

2]  In FSX cfg, added SimObjectPaths.6=fs9aircraft.

But when I copy fs9 aircraft folders into [2] and run FSX, the aircraft don't appear at all in the aircraft list.

Could there be a step I've missed? [I freely admit to senior membership of the Cockup Club

Regards...]

Phiz, are you copying the whole folder in

ie

Aircraft
     ..... model
     ..... panel
     ..... sound
     ..... texture
     aircraft.air
     aircraft.cfg

You must copy the complete Aircraft folder overwith all its sub-folders intact

Can't see how it won't work if you've edited FSX.cfg correctly



BTW - panel and sound aliasing won't stop em appearing as I've found meself 

You can paste those 3rd party gauges into FSX\Gauges or the Panel folders of their respective aircraft. This is no different from FS9.

I forgot to mention you will have to click Yes to "register" the gauges the first time you select the new aircraft.

That is what I was going to try first, just placing the cab file into the panel folder of said aircraft, but was confused as to how the sim will know where to look for these files, if i needed to edit a config file or what not.