New and confused!!!

[Basteward]

sorry Hagar Im gonna try what u suggested! thanks for your patience im useless with computers!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hagar]

Please do it one at a time & check it out in FSX before changing another one. Do [fltsim.7] first, then [fltsim.8] & so on.

[Basteward]

right hagar i did the individual one and saved it into its own folder as texture 10. it still not working was I suppose to move it elsewhere too???

[Hagar]

right hagar i did the individual one and saved it into its own folder as texture 10. it still not working was I suppose to move it elsewhere too???

Not sure where you got texture 10 from. The corresponding texture folder for [fltsim.7] should be named texture.BA
Make sure it's exactly right, no typos.

PS. The texture.BA folder should be in your main B747_400 folder.

[Basteward]

ok in my 747 folder i have numbers going up to fltsim.9 so then next one would have been 10 which is what i changed it to. i then made the folder with the files for this and called it texture 10 as the others are named 1-9.

This is so confusing i am changing files left right and centre and hope i am not making a right hash!

[Hagar]

ok in my 747 folder i have numbers going up to fltsim.9 so then next one would have been 10 which is what i changed it to. i then made the folder with the files for this and called it texture 10 as the others are named 1-9.

This is so confusing i am changing files left right and centre and hope i am not making a right hash!

Please slow down & do this one at a time as I suggested. Once you understand how it works you'll realise how easy it is.

Go back to the [fltsim.7] entry. It should look like this.

[font=Arial][size=12][fltsim.6]
title=Boeing 747-400
sim=Boeing747-400
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=
kb_checklists=Boeing747-400_check
kb_reference=Boeing747-400_ref
atc_id=N747
atc_airline=
atc_flight_number=1123
atc_heavy=1
atc_parking_types=CARGO
ui_manufacturer="Boeing"
ui_type="747-400"
ui_variation="White"
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="Microsoft Corporation"
description="More than 30 years ago, the 747 made its first trip from New York to London.

[Basteward]

thanks again Hagar. right I think i know where the problem is.

In my 747 folder I have some other files that I have made and copied and the main folder for texture when u open it has
[fltsim]

fallback.1=..\texture
fallback.2=..\..\..\..\Scenery\Global\texture
fallback.3=..\..\..\..\..\..\Scenery\Global\text


this is all that I have in each of the folders for each repaint in each sub folder i.e texture 1. the numbers then do not follow I have texture 1 2 5 8 and 9. the main folder has files and then copy files which i put in there too.

Waiting patiently whilst trying not to get too stressed for your kind replies!!

[Hagar]

All the new texture folders should be in your main B747_400 folder alongside the default folders. The BA textures should be in a folder named texture.BA

This corresponds to the texture=BA line in your new [fltsim.7] entry.

[Basteward]

ok have tried to rearrange things. Can you tell me how i can copy and paste the screen on to here so that i can show u what i have and u may spot the error!

Thanks

[Hagar]

Not sure we need to complicate matters by teaching you how to post screenshots.

It might be better to start again from scratch. Did you take a backup copy of the 747 Aircraft.cfg before attempting to edit it?

[Basteward]

ok this is what I have in the aircraft cfg.file now and it was in a dfif location so I have moved it to the texture file for 747-400 is this correct??

[fltsim.0]
title=Boeing 747-400 Paint1
sim=Boeing747-400
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=1
kb_checklists=Boeing747-400_check
kb_reference=Boeing747-400_ref
atc_id=N747K
atc_airline=Boeing
atc_flight_number=1123
atc_heavy=1
ui_manufacturer="Boeing"
ui_type="747-400"
ui_variation="Boeing livery"
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="Microsoft Corporation"
description="More than 30 years ago, the 747 made its first trip from New York to London.  Since then, it's become the standard by which other large passenger jets are judged. Its size, range, speed and capacity were then, and are now, the best in its class."

[fltsim.1]
title=Boeing 747-400 Paint2
sim=Boeing747-400
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=2
kb_checklists=Boeing747-400_check
kb_reference=Boeing747-400_ref
atc_id=N747I
atc_airline=World Travel
atc_flight_number=1123
atc_heavy=1
ui_manufacturer="Boeing"
ui_type="747-400"
ui_variation="World Travel Airlines"
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="Microsoft Corporation"
description="More than 30 years ago, the 747 made its first trip from New York to London.  Since then, it's become the standard by which other large passenger jets are judged. Its size, range, speed and capacity were then, and are now, the best in its class."

[fltsim.2]
title=Boeing 747-400 Paint4
sim=Boeing747-400
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=4
kb_checklists=Boeing747-400_check
kb_reference=Boeing747-400_ref
atc_id=N747P
atc_airline=Orbit
atc_flight_number=1123
atc_heavy=1
ui_manufacturer="Boeing"
ui_type="747-400"
ui_variation="Orbit Airlines"
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="Microsoft Corporation"
description="More than 30 years ago, the 747 made its first trip from New York to London.  Since then, it's become the standard by which other large passenger jets are judged. Its size, range, speed and capacity were then, and are now, the best in its class."

[fltsim.3]
title=Boeing 747-400 Paint5
sim=Boeing747-400
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=5
kb_checklists=Boeing747-400_check
kb_reference=Boeing747-400_ref
atc_id=N747I
atc_airline=Pacifica
atc_flight_number=1123
atc_heavy=1
ui_manufacturer="Boeing"
ui_type="747-400"
ui_variation="Pacifica Airlines"
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="Microsoft Corporation"
description="More than 30 years ago, the 747 made its first trip from New York to London.  Since then, it's become the standard by which other large passenger jets are judged. Its size, range, speed and capacity were then, and are now, the best in its class."

[fltsim.4]
title=Boeing 747-400 Paint8
sim=Boeing747-400
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=8
kb_checklists=Boeing747-400_check
kb_reference=Boeing747-400_ref
atc_id=N747I
atc_airline=Global Freight
atc_flight_number=1123
atc_heavy=1
atc_parking_types=CARGO
ui_manufacturer="Boeing"
ui_type="747-400"
ui_variation="Global Freightways"
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="Microsoft Corporation"
description="More than 30 years ago, the 747 made its first trip from New York to London.  Since then, it's become the standard by which other large passenger jets are judged. Its size, range, speed and capacity were then, and are now, the best in its class."

[fltsim.5]
title=Boeing 747-400 Paint9
sim=Boeing747-400
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=9
kb_checklists=Boeing747-400_check
kb_reference=Boeing747-400_ref
atc_id=N747I
atc_airline=Mothball
atc_flight_number=1123
atc_heavy=1
ui_manufacturer="Boeing"
ui_type="747-400"
ui_variation="Decommissioned"
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="Microsoft Corporation"
description="More than 30 years ago, the 747 made its first trip from New York to London.  Since then, it's become the standard by which other large passenger jets are judged. Its size, range, speed and capacity were then, and are now, the best in its class."

[fltsim.6]
title=Boeing 747-400
sim=Boeing747-400
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=
kb_checklists=Boeing747-400_check
kb_reference=Boeing747-400_ref
atc_id=N747
atc_airline=
atc_flight_number=1123
atc_heavy=1
atc_parking_types=CARGO
ui_manufacturer="Boeing"
ui_type="747-400"
ui_variation="White"
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="Microsoft Corporation"
description="More than 30 years ago, the 747 made its first trip from New York to London.  Since then, it's become the standard by which other large passenger jets are judged. Its size, range, speed and capacity were then, and are now, the best in its class."
[fltsim]


[fltsim.7]
title=Boeing 747-400 British Airways
sim=Boeing747-400
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=BA
kb_checklists=Boeing747-400_check
kb_reference=Boeing747-400_ref
atc_id=G-CIVE
atc_airline=British Airways
atc_flight_number=BA117
atc_heavy=1
ui_manufacturer="Boeing"
ui_type="747-400"
ui_variation=British Airways
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="Microsoft Corporation"
description="More than 30 years ago, the 747 made its first trip from New York to London.  Since then, it's become the standard by which other large passenger jets are judged. Its size, range, speed and capacity were then, and are now, the best in its class."

[Hagar]

ok this is what I have in the aircraft cfg.file now and it was in a dfif location so I have moved it to the texture file for 747-400 is this correct??

That looks OK to me providing you have the rest of the Aircraft.cfg entries below what you posted. It should now be listed on the FSX Aircraft selection menu. If you installed the BA textures correctly in a folder named texture.BA it should work.

PS. Delete the rogue [fltsim] entry.

ui_createdby="Microsoft Corporation"
description="More than 30 years ago, the 747 made its first trip from New York to London.  Since then, it's become the standard by which other large passenger jets are judged. Its size, range, speed and capacity were then, and are now, the best in its class."
[fltsim]


[fltsim.7]
title=Boeing 747-400 British Airways
sim=Boeing747-400

[Basteward]

oh no! now i havent got any 747's its obviously done something damn!! ive moved something which has lost all of them now!!!!!!! is it the aircraft.cfg file have i put it in the wrong place??

[Basteward]

ok will delete the rogue and the rest of the aircraft info is still there but not sure what i have done. I suppose the good news is that something is happening as before the 747s were lways the same and never changed!

[Hagar]

oh no! now i havent got any 747's its obviously done something damn!! ive moved something which has lost all of them now!!!!!!! is it the aircraft.cfg file have i put it in the wrong place??

You've probably overwritten the original Aircraft.cfg. Fortunately you backed it up in this thread. You can copy any missing entries from your previous posts.

Rule Number One. Always take a backup copy of any file you intend editing before editing it.