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Missing Aircraft Pictures in Select Aircraft Window

Postby Bubblehead » Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:11 am

For some strange reason I have several aircraft in which their pictures do not appear in the Select Aircraft. For example: I have about twelve textures in my B737-800 file which included default as well as add on textures. All the textures are properly shown in the aircraft cfg. I checked it several times to make sure that everything is in order however when I go the Aircraft Select in FSX, only one of the textures appear and that was "texture.JAL" which was [fltsim.0] in the aircraft. cfg. All the rest are missing. What's happening?
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Re: Missing Aircraft Pictures in Select Aircraft Window

Postby Hagar » Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:30 am

Check the texture folders of the aircraft with missing images for a file named thumbnail.jpg. If it's missing create your own with a screenshot of the aircraft. Name the file thumbnail.jpg.

Alternatively, this clever little program will do the job for you. It works well for me. http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Autothumbnail2.zip&categoryId=
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Re: Missing Aircraft Pictures in Select Aircraft Window

Postby Hagar » Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:28 am

Oops, I think I misread your question. Make sure that the "Show all variations" box is checked on the Select Aircraft screen.

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Re: Missing Aircraft Pictures in Select Aircraft Window

Postby Bubblehead » Sat Mar 29, 2014 8:51 am

All three boxes "Aircraft Manufacturer, Publisher, and Aircraft Type" all marked as "All".
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Re: Missing Aircraft Pictures in Select Aircraft Window

Postby Hagar » Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:35 pm

Bubblehead wrote:All three boxes "Aircraft Manufacturer, Publisher, and Aircraft Type" all marked as "All".

I meant the checkbox at the bottom of the screen. Where it says "Show all variations"
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Re: Missing Aircraft Pictures in Select Aircraft Window

Postby Bubblehead » Sat Mar 29, 2014 9:05 pm

But as the saying goes, if everything else fails, follow instructions. Duh! Just happened to notice the box you were pointing to. I checked the and voila got all my aircraft.

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Re: Missing Aircraft Pictures in Select Aircraft Window

Postby Hagar » Sun Mar 30, 2014 2:27 am

Glad I could help. 8-)
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