Hi everybody,

I've installed the nimrod downloads that had been mentioned on the simviation main page but - they install fine but have effected at least my just flight/captain sim Hercules installations, I didn't check any other aircraft.

When I now select the herc' the main instrument panel is compressed into up the top third of the screen and will not go to its normal full display, cannot be dragged around and resized,  if I delete all the nimrod folders and then select the herc, it's instruments panels are then correct.

Anybody any ideas?
According to the notes for the Nimrod, they only used the smoke effects from Just Flight.

regards to all out there

Steve

Hi Hager,

On this page
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/?type=item&ID=86&page=18

It was the top 5 packages on that page, it's the fs2004 versions I've installed into fs2004/fs9.

Anything you suggest will be delayed in replying, since moving home I don't have internet at home yet so can only reply when at work.

I did delete all of them due to a bit short of time to experiment.

cheers

Steve

I've downloaded the Shared Files package & the UKMIL Nimrod v2 R Mk.1 to check it out with. The first thing I noticed was that both are auto-installers which I dislike with a vengeance. The main reason for this is that they can cause all sorts of problems if they're not configured or used properly. I extracted both to a Temp folder in my usual way & can find nothing wrong. Providing you direct the install path to your FS9 main directory* you should end up with 3 new folders named UKMIL_Nimrod_Shared, UKMIL Nimrod MR1 SAR v2 & UKMIL Nimrod MR1 v2 in your FS9\Aircraft folder.



*This is the default location of the FS9 main directory.





The UKMIL_Nimrod_Shared folder contains the panel & sound files that all the Nimrod packages are aliased to. I checked the aircraft in FS9 & all works as advertised.

I obviously can't check the Captain Sim Hercules without purchasing it which I have no intention of doing. However, no files or folders were overwritten during the install process & I cannot see how installing the Nimrod can possibly affect any other aircraft. Perhaps someone else can explain it.

EVVFCX wrote on Mar 16^th, 2010 at 12:08pm:

That's what I meant by auto-installers. Providing you directed the install to the correct location everything should work as advertised.

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By all means post a shot. I'd rather see one of your FS9\Aircraft folder with the Nimrod packages installed if you can manage it.

Have you tried reloading the Nimrod once you get the odd panel views?  It sometimes resets this.

Hope this helps,

EVVFCX wrote on Mar 17^th, 2010 at 9:31am:

Does this mean the problem is fixed?

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Sounds like I'm trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs.

Hi hagar,

This is the result from installing new aircraft, it wasn't just the nimrod package, does it with others, in all cases I have my default flight as being c130 at Sion in Switzerland, also in each case after having installed a new aircraft, I have created and saved a flight with the new aircraft then flown the default flight, if I then manually select the default flight all is OK, so is using ctrl + ; to restart the flight.

How long this problem has been there, I have no idea, I don't normally create a flight striaght off with new aircraft.



It's not causing any perm problems, it's just a new one thats all.

Steve

Sorry for my previous post explaining the issue without offering a suggestion.

Guess we could call that "giving half a loaf".

After adding a new plane...

1) start the sim and "select flight"

2) select the default flight(C172@KSEA) listed in "other" and go fly

3) after the flight loads change aircraft to the new plane, and move to another airport if you wish.

4) set the plane up as you wish ie: cold and dark if you want

5) save the flight for that plane

Hope this helps.

cheers,
Joe