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May 4^th, 2009 at 5:08am

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Hi
Can somebody tell me how to save reconfigurations to aircraft. For example,FINAL CRASH program,i open the aircraft CFG file using notepad,edit the aircraft CFG file to enable visual damage in the Lear jet (default) and i can't save it. It won't save.Does anybody know whats going wrong?
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Reply #1 - May 4^th, 2009 at 5:32am

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...make sure the Flight Sim isn't running in the background whilst you are trying to alter the .cfg File!

Close down the Sim first.....then open the .cfg File and do the alterations Wink

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Reply #2 - May 4^th, 2009 at 6:14am

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The only edits I have been able to save while FS2004 is running is to panel.cfg files. That is a a great time saver!!

The sim must be shut down before edits to the aircraft.cfg and/or the FS9.cfg file will be saved.

At least that is my experience using FS2004 with XP. Wink

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Reply #3 - May 4^th, 2009 at 9:28am

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And if you do a "save as", you can inadvertantly end up changing the nature of the file to something other than the plain txt format. Then it will not work.

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Reply #4 - May 4^th, 2009 at 9:44am

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The sim must be shut down before edits to the aircraft.cfg and/or the FS9.cfg file will be saved.

At least that is my experience using FS2004 with XP.

In MY experience, that's not quite correct, Opa...

If you already have a saved file open, any changes to the .cfgs will not take effect. Until you 'reload' the aeroplane concerned, THEN they will........

So the amended .cfg file will indeed be saved. It just won't affect any pre-saved flights with a given aeroplane.......just the NEXT ones.........

Possibly an important point. Leads me to emphasise the fact that anyone setting out to mess around with .cfg files simply MUST save the original in a safe place before starting said 'messing around.'

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Reply #5 - May 4^th, 2009 at 10:02am

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Nav wrote on May 4^th, 2009 at 9:44am:

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The sim must be shut down before edits to the aircraft.cfg and/or the FS9.cfg file will be saved.

At least that is my experience using FS2004 with XP.

In MY experience, that's not quite correct, Opa...

If you already have a saved file open, any changes to the .cfgs will not take effect. Until you 'reload' the aeroplane concerned, THEN they will........

So the amended .cfg file will indeed be saved. It just won't affect any pre-saved flights with a given aeroplane.......just the NEXT ones.........

Possibly an important point. Leads me to emphasise the fact that anyone setting out to mess around with .cfg files simply MUST save the original in a safe place before starting said 'messing around.'

I imagine Opa is using a similar procedure as I do when modifying the Panel.cfg File....both with the same success...

I load the panel.bmp into Paint Shop Pro to obtain the "X" and "Y" coordinates of the required new space, make a note of them, then position the new gauges in place, by inserting the necessary details into the panel.cfg File...Saving it...and re-loading the Aircraft again to observe the effect, then slightly modify again if necessary.
All done on the fly with the Sim running in place....

..and without using a dedicated Panel Design program to achieve it...

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Useful for adding, or moving Gauges around!

Works a treat... Smiley

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Reply #6 - May 4^th, 2009 at 10:35am

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[quote']..........and re-loading the Aircraft again to observe the effect.... [/quote]

I guess that was the point I was trying to make, Fozzer mate............

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Reply #7 - May 4^th, 2009 at 11:02am

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Nav wrote on May 4^th, 2009 at 10:35am:

..........and re-loading the Aircraft again to observe the effect....

I guess that was the point I was trying to make, Fozzer mate............

There you go, Nav...

Lots of useful tips for our Jonny to go on with... Smiley

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Reply #8 - May 4^th, 2009 at 12:01pm

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Are you running Vista? Vista's security 'protects' .cfg and other files that are within the ..\Program Files\.. folder.

This is hearsay as I run XP which doesn't impose such 'nonsense'.... Smiley

Right click on your Notepad shortcut and you should find an option to run as administrator. From Notepad, open the .cfg file, edit and save.

Another method some use is to move the .cfg file to your desktop, edit and then move the file back.

As always, back up any file(s) before editing.

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Reply #9 - May 5^th, 2009 at 3:58am

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Thanks for all your advice guys,you're all very helpful.
I did as said and still i get the message (after clicking 'save') ''cannot create bla bla.Make sure the path and file name are correct''.

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Reply #10 - May 5^th, 2009 at 4:13am

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If you're using Vista try dave3cu's second suggestion. Paste the CFG file to your desktop before opening it in Notepad for editing. Then exit Notepad, saving changes when prompted, before pasting the file back where it came from.

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Reply #11 - May 6^th, 2009 at 5:30am

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Okay,thanks.I am using Vista BTW.

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Reply #12 - May 6^th, 2009 at 5:33am

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jonny typhoon wrote on May 6^th, 2009 at 5:30am:

Okay,thanks.I am using Vista BTW.

Thought so. Editing files on your desktop should work. Please try it.

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Reply #13 - May 6^th, 2009 at 10:41am

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In Windows Explorer, highlight your ..\FS9 folder, right-click, and edit the Permissions to allow "Full Access" with "Administrator Rights."

If you ever decide to completely reinstall FS9, do yourself a HUGE favor and do NOT install it to the default \Program Files location!

Instead, install FS9 to its own, unique folder such as:

C:\FS9

or even D:\FS9 if you have a second hard drive or partition...

« Last Edit: May 7^th, 2009 at 1:27pm by Fr. Bill »

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Reply #14 - May 7^th, 2009 at 5:43am

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Okay.Thanks for your advice.

Bloody Vista!

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