Simviation Forum - FS9.cfg question

Jun 13^th, 2009 at 7:11am

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While tweaking my cfg I noticed a section that I had previously not noticed, and wondered if anyone knew what it was for:

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[AIRtoCONTAINER]
SIM1=Cessna Skylane 182R RG
SIM2=Learjet 45
SIM3=Schweizer 2-32 Sailplane
SIM4=Sopwith Camel
SIM5=Extra 300S
SIM6=Boeing 737-400

The weird thing is the Sopwith Camel. I didn't know there was one in the game, and I haven't added one, yet, and this is a 100% clean install of the OS & the sim. Wink

Just wondering.

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Reply #1 - Jun 13^th, 2009 at 7:22am

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Reply #2 - Jun 14^th, 2009 at 10:02am

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ShaneG wrote on Jun 13^th, 2009 at 7:11am:

While tweaking my cfg I noticed a section that I had previously not noticed, and wondered if anyone knew what it was for:

Quote:

[AIRtoCONTAINER]
SIM1=Cessna Skylane 182R RG
SIM2=Learjet 45
SIM3=Schweizer 2-32 Sailplane
SIM4=Sopwith Camel
SIM5=Extra 300S
SIM6=Boeing 737-400

The weird thing is the Sopwith Camel. I didn't know there was one in the game, and I haven't added one, yet, and this is a 100% clean install of the OS & the sim. Wink

Just wondering.

If memory serves (and it often does not) The Sopworth Camel was a default aircraft way back in FS98.

I suspect it was just a holdover from a previous FS version that MS was too lazy to remove before releasing FS9 - just like the FS2000.exe and FS2002.exe files you see in the main FS9 folder. Clicking on either of those will start FS2004 however!!

Some things we are just not supposed to understand - or chalk it up to being "One of those Great Mysteries of Life". Roll Eyes

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Reply #3 - Jun 14^th, 2009 at 10:11am

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Opa wrote on Jun 14^th, 2009 at 10:02am:

- just like the FS2000.exe and FS2002.exe files you see in the main FS9 folder.

Answered another long time question. Grin

(The meaning of life might be found in a MSFS cfg file. Grin

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Reply #4 - Jun 14^th, 2009 at 2:49pm

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Opa wrote on Jun 14^th, 2009 at 10:02am:

like the FS2000.exe and FS2002.exe files you see in the main FS9 folder. Clicking on either of those will start FS2004 however!!

Those are "stub files" that are present only to provide "backward compatibility" with some older addons that looked for fs2000.exe or fs2002.exe files to "find" FS2004's installation path.

FSX has the same "stub files" in it's root folder as well.

That, as the late Paul Harvey would say, is "the rest of the story..." Grin

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Reply #5 - Jun 14^th, 2009 at 3:41pm

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Thanks for the info !! I sure do miss Paul Harvey -

Any ideas about the Sopworth Camel entry ?

[AIRtoCONTAINER]
SIM1=Cessna Skylane 182R RG
SIM2=Learjet 45
SIM3=Schweizer 2-32 Sailplane
SIM4=Sopwith Camel
SIM5=Extra 300S
SIM6=Boeing 737-400

Specifically what the [AIRtoCONTAINER] label indicates? Huh

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Reply #6 - Jul 21^st, 2009 at 9:58am

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Mr. Harvey's demise means there will be many, many stories for which we will not hear the rest of. But that aside, what button do you press to reprieve the old leftover Sopwith Camel?

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Reply #7 - Jul 21^st, 2009 at 10:01am

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sorry. I meant "retrieve".

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Reply #8 - Jul 21^st, 2009 at 10:37pm

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The Sopwith Camel was a default FS2002 aircraft but I think you will also find a similar one available for download on major sites.

Otherwise, if you look around, you can pick up FS2002 cheap and have available all of them for under $10 USD.

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Reply #9 - Jul 22^nd, 2009 at 5:37am

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Milton: Thanks for the tip. Do you know where I could find that version to buy?

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Reply #10 - Jul 24^th, 2009 at 9:15pm

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Some of this "souls", need to be iluminated about SOPWITH not SOPWORTH Wink

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Reply #11 - Jul 24^th, 2009 at 11:47pm

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DenisH wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2009 at 5:37am:

Milton: Thanks for the tip. Do you know where I could find that version to buy?

Try here:

http://www.buy.com/listing/sellerlistings.asp?sku=204253840&buy=0

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Reply #12 - Jul 25^th, 2009 at 12:07am

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FS2002, top 2 choices: (among other great products)

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw_2_19?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=...

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Reply #13 - Aug 11^th, 2009 at 8:51pm

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If anyone is still seeking a freeware Camel I just discovered several at Flightsim.com - used Dave Eckert as the search criteria.

This just one example:

Name: camel04.zip Size: 6,398,526 Date: 09-08-2005 Downloads: 8,898
FS2004 Sopwith Camel. Model includes virtual cockpit, rotary type engine, smoking engine and three texture choices. Model by David Eckert, FDE by Jerry Beckwith. Additional textures by John Terrell. Panel, gauges and sound by Microsoft.

Happy Flying!

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Reply #14 - Aug 11^th, 2009 at 10:54pm

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The same file can be found here on Simviation, 8th down on this page

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