Simviation Forum - Remember the FS2004 Aircraft Menu..?

Sep 8^th, 2010 at 3:47pm

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Is there any simple - or at least relatively easy - way to set FSX to have an/the Aircraft Selection Menu like the one from FS9? Or at least so that it doesn't have to load every variant of every aircraft when I go to choose?

After four years I've gotten tired of waiting while all of the hundreds of airplane screenshots load when I go to choose my plane.

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Reply #1 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 4:17pm

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Easy. Uncheck the menu option for "Show all variations".

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Reply #2 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 6:00pm

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Still takes forever... and it has a nasty habit of not staying checked.

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Reply #3 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 6:31pm

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There is a parameter in the FSX.cfg that seems to indicate some kind of default choice for the "manufacturer" field of the aircraft menu.

Unfortunately, I tried modifying it to "Airbus" for example, and it didn't work. I don't know if I did something wrong or if the parameter is simply ignored...

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Reply #4 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 6:45pm

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Hmm. That bears looking into. Maybe it uses something other than the actual name of the manufacturer to designate it.

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Reply #5 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 10:48pm

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Another option is to take all those aircraft that you don't fly and create a "hanger" folder and put the infrequently used aircraft folders in it. Just be sure you keep all the original default FSX aircraft in your "Airplane" folder. FSX will not see anything in the "Hanger" folder, but if you wnat to fly one, just drag and drop out of the "hanger" back into "airplane". Saves lots of time if you have lots of aircraft.

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Reply #6 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 10:58pm

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Boikat wrote on Sep 8^th, 2010 at 10:48pm:

Another option is to take all those aircraft that you don't fly and create a "hanger" folder and put the infrequently used aircraft folders in it. Just be sure you keep all the original default FSX aircraft in your "Airplane" folder. FSX will not see anything in the "Hanger" folder, but if you wnat to fly one, just drag and drop out of the "hanger" back into "airplane". Saves lots of time if you have lots of aircraft.

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