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Feb 28^th, 2010 at 6:06am

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I seem to have lots of AI aircraft cluttering up my "Aircraft" folder. If I create a sub folder called "AI" and place it inside my main Aircraft folder with all my AI planes moved into it will the sim still find them?

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Reply #1 - Feb 28^th, 2010 at 6:47am

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Zaphod wrote on Feb 28^th, 2010 at 6:06am:

I seem to have lots of AI aircraft cluttering up my "Aircraft" folder. If I create a sub folder called "AI" and place it inside my main Aircraft folder with all my AI planes moved into it will the sim still find them?

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Not in FS2004 - in FSX you can create other locations but FS2004 only looks in the main Aircraft folder.

One thing I do to keep my AI craft "organized" is to use the letters AI as a preface to the actual aircraft's folder name.

example:

AI - Schweizer 300C Helicopter
AI - Hovercontrol - Jayhawk
AI - Boeing_C17_Globemaster_III

This at least keeps all my addon AI craft together at the top of the listings in my Aircraft folder.

Makes it somewhat easier to see exactly what I have installed.

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Reply #2 - Feb 28^th, 2010 at 6:51am

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Thanks for that Opa. I'll give it a go!

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Reply #3 - Mar 1^st, 2010 at 5:21am

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Opa wrote on Feb 28^th, 2010 at 6:47am:

Zaphod wrote on Feb 28^th, 2010 at 6:06am:

I seem to have lots of AI aircraft cluttering up my "Aircraft" folder. If I create a sub folder called "AI" and place it inside my main Aircraft folder with all my AI planes moved into it will the sim still find them?

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Zaphod.

Not in FS2004 - in FSX you can create other locations but FS2004 only looks in the main Aircraft folder.

One thing I do to keep my AI craft "organized" is to use the letters AI as a preface to the actual aircraft's folder name.

example:

AI - Schweizer 300C Helicopter
AI - Hovercontrol - Jayhawk
AI - Boeing_C17_Globemaster_III

This at least keeps all my addon AI craft together at the top of the listings in my Aircraft folder.

Makes it somewhat easier to see exactly what I have installed.

Correct me if I'm wrong Opa, but you are saying you can rename a folder without changing anything in the aircraft.cfg and still have it show properly? I hope this is the case, as I have had a problem with some designers choice of folder names for some time. If can simply rename the folders and have them work properly, I will be a very happy camper.

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Reply #4 - Mar 1^st, 2010 at 5:30am

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patchz wrote on Mar 1^st, 2010 at 5:21am:

Correct me if I'm wrong Opa, but you are saying you can rename a folder without changing anything in the aircraft.cfg and still have it show properly? I hope this is the case, as I have had a problem with some designers choice of folder names for some time. If can simply rename the folders and have them work properly, I will be a very happy camper.

Use any folder names you like. Aircraft folder names are only important when aliasing the panel/sound of other aircraft to them. Probably not a good idea to rename default folders. Don't take my word for it, try it.

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