Nick's Massive Crash Final-

[RanoAir]

I downloaded Nick's Massive Crash Final, but in order to get the "breakage" effect, I need to be able to add a few lines to the select aircraft's aircraft.cfg file. It should be simple enough, but for some reason the aircraft.cfg file does not contain anything that can be modified. It is labled "CFG File", and when I double-click on it, a window pops up that says Windows can't open the aircraft.cfg file unless it knows what program created it. It has the option to go online and look it up automatically, but when I do this it just takes me to some website with downloadable tools of some sort, none of which help as far as I can tell. How can I convert the aircraft.cfg file into the normal format in order to add the lines needed for Massive Crash Final to work properly? The location of the files that I am looking at is:

My Computer, program files, Microsoft games, Flight Simulator 9, Aircraft, (aircraft type), aircraft.cfg

I am on Windows XP and am using Flight Simulator 2004.

[NicksFXHouse]

I downloaded Nick's Massive Crash Final, but in order to get the "breakage" effect, I need to be able to add a few lines to the select aircraft's aircraft.cfg file. It should be simple enough, but for some reason the aircraft.cfg file does not contain anything that can be modified. It is labled "CFG File", and when I double-click on it, a window pops up that says Windows can't open the aircraft.cfg file unless it knows what program created it. It has the option to go online and look it up automatically, but when I do this it just takes me to some website with downloadable tools of some sort, none of which help as far as I can tell. How can I convert the aircraft.cfg file into the normal format in order to add the lines needed for Massive Crash Final to work properly? The location of the files that I am looking at is:

My Computer, program files, Microsoft games, Flight Simulator 9, Aircraft, (aircraft type), aircraft.cfg

I am on Windows XP and am using Flight Simulator 2004.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER WORKED WITH AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATON FILES:


If you do not know about aircraft.cfg files, they are located inside:

FS2004:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Fight Simulator 9\Aircraft\THE AIRCRAFT NAME FOLDER

FS2002:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FS2002\Aircraft\THE AIRCRAFT NAME FOLDER

In example, the aircraft.cfg file for the default MS Beech Baron in FS9 is located inside the folder:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Fight Simulator 9\Aircraft\beech_baron_58

In order to edit a file you must open it in notepad. Right click, select open with... when the list appears, select "notepad" and place a check in the box "Always use this program to open this file type" and click apply. From that point on all aircraft.cfg files will open in notepad by double clicking.


REMEMBER TO ALWAYS BACKUP ANY CONFIGURATION FILES THAT YOU EDIT AS YOU GO ALONG PRIOR TO MAKING CHANGES. The easiest way to do this is simply right click the aircraft.cfg file before editing and select copy, then paste it in the same directory. This will create copies of your original configuration files named:

Copy of aircraft.cfg

...ready to be restored if needed.


There are also a few freeware programs posted that will make the edit:

visual_damage=1

However, doing it manually... As you scroll down the aircraft.cfg file in notepad visual_damage=1 must be placed under EVERY heading listed as: [fltsim.0]... [fltsim.1]... [fltsim.2]

[RanoAir]

Ah, the notepad... Thank you VERY much

[NicksFXHouse]

Ah, the notepad... Thank you VERY much

Those are my creash FX from a long time ago.. have fun with them but remember to read the information about crashes. I can not control breakage or how long a crash remains in play. That is hard coded into the sim. Many 3rd party aircraft do not have visual breakage in the model files and what you will see is a simulated breakup or none at all. How hard you hit and where you hit will have a direct bearing on how long the FX play on the screen.