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downloaded planes wont show up.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:34 pm
by gibbsy24
I'm new to this and i've downloaded a couple planes and added them where they should be. (i used the help page) I ran FSX and went to try the plane out, but it wasn't there. So i checked the UI things and all those where good. If it helps solve the problem, im running it on vista :P

Re: downloaded planes wont show up.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:39 pm
by Rich H
What planes?

Re: downloaded planes wont show up.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:46 pm
by gibbsy24
What planes?

I deleted one so now i only have the Piaggio PD-808

Re: downloaded planes wont show up.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:13 pm
by Hagar
Make sure you have the Piaggio PD-808 base package posted here. http://www.simviation.com/simviation/?type=item&ID=64&page=17

When you extract the downloaded zipfile you should see two folders named Effects & SimObjects. The SimObjects folder contains a sub-folder named Airplanes containing two further folders named PD808_shared & PD808RM. To install the aircraft paste both these folders into your FSX\SimObjects\airplanes folder.

To complete the installation paste the contents of the Effects folder into FSX\Effects.

Hope this explains it.

Re: downloaded planes wont show up.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:13 pm
by U4EA
You may be having the same difficulty I was having with some add-on aircraft, if I'm getting the gist of what you're asking-----look in the texture folder and see if there is a thumbnail in it.

If not you may be able to do what I did and create a small (size IS limited) image (bitmap) using PaintBrush.

Re: downloaded planes wont show up.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:34 pm
by U4EA
Here's the scoop on the thumbnail thingie.....

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1236221196

8-)