Simviation Forum - Skeleton aircraft

Dec 31^st, 2012 at 2:06am

michaleen Offline
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Hi All, I have just upgraded my computor to MS 7.
Slowly adding the aircraft I had previously on FSX MS XP.
However a Beaufighter that I had downloaded some years ago, on simviation ( I think it was from Dave Taylors free FSX aircraft site?) now only shows on the opening FSX screen, when selected, as a skeleton! Still flys OK but outside view shows up real funny. I tracked down a new download site at Classic British Flt Sim, but same result. Tried a new aircraft from the same site (Mosquito) but same results. Any help with this would be much appreciated. The installation instructions are a little bit vague so may be doing something wrong there.If someone could explain how to correctly install, it will be most appreciated. Many thanks.
ie Installation:
Unzip to a temporary folder keeping the folder structure intact. In the folder you will find two other folders, Effects, and SimObjects. Copy these into your main FSX folder (Usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X on a default installation)

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Reply #1 - Dec 31^st, 2012 at 3:28am

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If it's showing up then you've successfully installed it. Showing as a 'skeleton' is something that I haven't heard of.

It would help if you could provide a link to the exact aircraft and show a screenshot of what you mean by 'skeleton' Cool

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Reply #2 - Dec 31^st, 2012 at 4:18am

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Hi there. The Beaufighter & Mosquito are FSX native models. If I understand this correctly you need to install the FSX SP1 & SP2 updates. http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Flight+Simulator+X+Service+Pack...

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Reply #3 - Dec 31^st, 2012 at 8:07pm

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OK, Thanks, here is the link and lets see if I can do a screenshot.
http://www.cbfsim.co.uk/cbfs_lib/displayimage.php?album=7&pid=26#top_display_med...

I have installed SP1/2 and I hope screenshot below

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Reply #4 - Jan 1^st, 2013 at 1:56am

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michaleen wrote on Dec 31^st, 2012 at 8:07pm:

OK, Thanks, here is the link and lets see if I can do a screenshot.
http://www.cbfsim.co.uk/cbfs_lib/displayimage.php?album=7&pid=26#top_display_med...

I have installed SP1/2 and I hope screenshot below

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Reply #5 - Jan 1^st, 2013 at 2:19am

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Check the current issue of PC Pilot magazine , page 86.
They tracked a similar issue down to being caused by leaving the anti virus on while loading software .
Apparently the anti virus can mistake some parts that are being loaded as being bad and blocks some aspects.
The recommendation appears to be , disable anti virus for the duration of loading your aircraft.
Remember to enable it afterwards .

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Reply #6 - Jan 1^st, 2013 at 1:07pm