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hello to all: I do not know if this post fits this thread but I will try anyway.

I have downloaded the A380-800 egypt air 2.71 mb but it needs the paa380-800 base plane A380-800 emirates black. I have downloaded them both. the black emirates shows up ok but not egypt air. I have copied the flitghtsim[x] from egypt air folder into the emirates black folder renamed flightsim[1] the next number in sequence. and copied the egypt air textures into the black emirates folder also. but it did not show up. I then copied the whole folder of egypt air and placed it into the black emirates folder but still did not how up.

can someone shed some light of this subject? what i'm I missing?

bombardier

Hi Bombardier,

Please check your aircraft.cfg file and ensure the Egyptair [fltsim.1] entry has the same sim entry and model entry as the Emirates Black [fltsim.0].

Then compare the Egyptair texture folder contents with that of the Emirates Black texture folder.

Any extra files in the Emirates Black texture folder need to be copied into the Egyptair texture folder. Make sure you do not overwrite any files in the Egyptair texture folder.

It should now work. Let us know how you get on.

regards

Algenon

hello algenon lacy:

the fltsim 0 and fltsim 1 are both the same. textures from black emirates and egypt air unless you want me to copy the black emirates textures it looks about the same. but the textures dds I did copy into egypt folder and nothing else. still did not show up. I have noticed that the egypt folder is missing some folders like model, panel, sound, and aircraft cfg, and anything else that needs to be there but it does not have it. this egypt air only have textures and read me folders and thats it. I think who ever the creator was must be new at building planes.

why not have someone just build an A380 egypt air separate not needing a download of the main plane to put the egypt textures into that plane.

bombardier

Hi Bombardier,

Maybe a slight miss-understanding, I will try to help again.

The folder for the Airbus A380 has a number of "common" files that are used by each [flitsim.x] model within a single aircraft.cfg file. In my setup, I have an aircraft.cfg with 7 aircraft present:-

[fltsim.0]
title=Airbus A380-841 Emirates
sim=pa380
model=vc
panel=
sound=
texture=Emirates VC
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=A6-EDI
atc_airline=EMIRATES
atc_flight_number=350
ui_manufacturer=Airbus
ui_type=A380-841
ui_variation=Emirates VC
ui_typerole=Commercial Airliner
ui_createdby=Project Airbus
description=Project Airbus presents the Airbus A380-800. Features include dynamic wingflex (with input from several new variables), accurate LAF simulation, parallel bogies, drooping control surfaces, hardcoded double strobes, and over 40 other custom xml parts. Visit us at www.pairbus.com.
atc_parking_types=DOCK,GATE
atc_parking_codes=UAE
visual_damage=1
atc_model=A380

[fltsim.1]
title=Airbus A380-861 Emirates "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil" A6-EEQ
sim=pa380
model=vc
panel=
sound=
texture=Emirates WM2014 A6-EEQ
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=A6-EEQ
atc_airline=EMIRATES
atc_flight_number=141
ui_manufacturer=Airbus
ui_type=A380-861
ui_variation=Emirates "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil" A6-EEQ
ui_typerole=Commercial Airliner
ui_createdby=Project Airbus
description=Project Airbus presents the Airbus A380-800. Features include dynamic wingflex (with input from several new variables), accurate LAF simulation, parallel bogies, drooping control surfaces, hardcoded double strobes, and over 40 other custom XML parts. Visit us at www.pairbus.com. Repaint by: Stefan Bree / FSRepaintsGroup
atc_parking_types=DOCK,GATE
atc_parking_codes=UAE
visual_damage=1
atc_model=A380

[fltsim.2]
title=Airbus A380-841 Virgin Atlantic
sim=pa380
model=vc
panel=
sound=
texture=VA
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=G-VMEG
atc_airline=Virgin
atc_flight_number=V002
atc_heavy=1
ui_manufacturer=Airbus
ui_type=A380-841
ui_variation=Virgin Atlantic
ui_typerole=Commercial Airliner
ui_createdby=Project Airbus
description=Project Airbus presents the Airbus A380-800. Features include dynamic wingflex (with input from several new variables), accurate LAF simulation, parallel bogies, drooping control surfaces, hardcoded double strobes, and over 40 other custom xml parts. Visit us at www.pairbus.com.
atc_parking_types=DOCK,GATE
atc_parking_codes=VIR
visual_damage=1
atc_model=A380

[fltsim.3]
title=Airbus A380-841 Singapore 50th Jubilee textures by Stephen Browning
sim=pa380
model=vc
panel=
sound=
texture=Singapore 50th
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=9V-SKI
atc_airline=Singapore
atc_flight_number=805
atc_heavy=1
ui_manufacturer=Airbus
ui_type=A380-841
ui_variation=Singapore 50th
ui_typerole=Commercial Airliner
ui_createdby=Project Airbus
description=Project Airbus presents the Airbus A380-800. Features include dynamic wingflex (with input from several new variables), accurate LAF simulation, parallel bogies, drooping control surfaces, hardcoded double strobes, and over 40 other custom xml parts. Visit us at www.pairbus.com.
atc_parking_types=DOCK,GATE
atc_parking_codes=SIA,SQC
visual_damage=1
atc_model=A380

[fltsim.4]
title= Airbus A380 Emirates Black
sim= pa380
model=vc
panel=
sound=
texture=A6-EDX
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id= A6-EDX
atc_airline= Lufthansa
atc_flight_number= 380
ui_manufacturer=Airbus
ui_type= A380
ui_variation= Emirates Black
ui_typerole= "Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby= "Project Airbus"
description= Project Airbus A380-800. Paint by JimFly
atc_parking_types=DOCK,GATE
atc_parking_codes= Emirates

[fltsim.5]
title=Airbus A380 Egyptair
sim= pa380
model=vc
panel=
sound=
texture=Egyptair
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=SU-GBT
atc_airline=Egyptair
atc_flight_number=3811
atc_heavy=1
ui_manufacturer=Airbus
ui_type= A380-841
ui_variation=Egyptair
ui_typerole= "Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby= "Project Airbus"
description= Project Airbus presents the Airbus A380-800. Features include dynamic wingflex (with input from several new variables), accurate LAF simulation, parallel bogies, drooping control surfaces, hardcoded double strobes, and over 40 other custom xml parts textures Peter Franeker.

[fltsim.6]
title= Airbus A380-800 Malaysia Painted by Stephen Browning
sim= pa380
model= vc
panel=
sound=
texture= Malaysia
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=9M-MNB
atc_airline=
atc_flight_number= 164
atc_heavy= 1
ui_manufacturer= Airbus
ui_type= A380-800
ui_variation= Malaysia VC
ui_typerole= "Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby= Project Airbus
description= Project Airbus presents the Airbus A380-800. Features include dynamic wingflex (with input from several new variables), accurate LAF simulation, parallel bogies, drooping control surfaces, hardcoded double strobes, and over 40 other custom xml parts. Visit us at www.pairbus.com.
atc_parking_types= GATE,CARGO,PARCKING
atc_parking_codes=BAW,MAS
atc_parking_codes= DLH

[fltsim.7]
title=Aigle Azur
sim= pa380
model=vc
panel=
sound=
texture=Aigle Azur
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=F-GXAH
atc_airline=Test
atc_flight_number=3811
atc_heavy=1
ui_manufacturer=Airbus
ui_type= A380-841
ui_variation=Aigle Azur
ui_typerole= "Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby= "Project Airbus"
description= Project Airbus presents the Airbus A380-800. Features include dynamic wingflex (with input from several new variables), accurate LAF simulation, parallel bogies, drooping control surfaces, hardcoded double strobes, and over 40 other custom xml parts textures Peter Franeker.
atc_parking_types=DOCK,GATE
atc_parking_codes=AAF



You will notice that each [flitsim.x] entry has a unique title, but the same "sim" and "model" entries, which correspond with "pa380.air" file and "model.vc" folder within the A380 folder. Also you should have a "panel"and "sound" folder which are common and used by all models. You will then have a number of "texture.xxx" folders where the ".xxx" corresponds with each [flitsim.x] "texture=" entry.

Within the "model.vc" folder you should have three files, which are "model.cfg" and two .mdl files, the first .mdl is the aircraft model and the second ,mdl is the virtual cockpit model.

Within the "texture.xxx" folders will be the aircraft textures and the virtual cockpit textures required by the .mdl models. The virtual cockpit textures are normally common, whereas the aircraft textures are the paint scheme for the airline.


Has this helped to clarify the set up?

regards

Algenon

Hi
I've just looked at the file and there is one difference in the config entries.

[fltsim.1]
title=Egyptair
sim= PA380
model=VC
panel=
sound=
texture=Egyptair
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=SU-GBT
atc_airline=Egyptair
atc_flight_number=3811
atc_heavy=1
ui_manufacturer=Airbus
ui_type= A380-841
ui_variation=Egyptair
ui_typerole= "Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby= "Project Airbus"
description= Project Airbus presents the Airbus A380-800. Features include dynamic wingflex (with input from several new variables), accurate LAF simulation, parallel bogies, drooping control surfaces, hardcoded double strobes, and over 40 other custom xml parts textures Peter Franeker.

If you remove VC entry from the model line it should work, this together with copying the missing interior files from the Emirates folder and it works OK.

Cheers
Rich

hello shadowcaster:

I got the egypt air flying thanks. under model I thought I deleted vc but maybe lot.

bombardier

hello shadowcaster:

I got the egypt air flying. thanks, I thought I deleted the vc in model folder. but I guess not.

bombardier

bombardier wrote:hello shadowcaster:

I got the egypt air flying. thanks, I thought I deleted the vc in model folder. but I guess not.

bombardier

Glad your up and running.

Cheers
Rich