Simviation Forums

I downloaded the jet city aircraft boeing 717 and installed it. I also downloaded the fsx update and put the thumbnails and .cfg where they belong. The problenm is that the aircraft still does not show up in the aircraft menu. What could I have done wrong. Basically I am looking for an Air Tran 717. I use fsx deluxe sp2

bha19

Double check your .cfg to make sure the .cfg edit was saved.

Make sure the aircraft folder is placed inside the simobjects folder.

The plane is in the folder "Microsoft Flight Simulator X < SimObjects < Airplanes <", this is correct is it not?
2 questions that might be the problem.
1) I only got textures for 5 aircraft AirTran, Boeing, Jetstar, Olympic, and TWA but others are listed in the .cfg. Does that make a difference?

2)Can anybody verify that the .cfg texture text is correct for fsx. I had another plane I downloaded and found that the texture was not named correctly.

bha19

Below is my aircraft.cfg that pertains to the flisim's.  My suggestion would be to make sure that your sim's are sequentially number 0, 1, 2, etc.  Do not skip numbers and do not have any thing like 0, 1, 2, xx, 4, 5.  It has been my experience that you have have a sim in the middle and use XX as the number or something else to deactivate the sim then it may cause problems.

It has been awhile since I messed with this, but as I recall some of the textures would not display correctly and I also downloaded some new textures from Avsim so my textures may not agree with yours.  I would delete any sims out of you cfg file that you do not have textures for and whatever is left make sure that you have them numbered in order.

Also check and make sure that you have correctly entered the correct folder location for model, panel, sound and texture.  Note that in my cfg, panel is only "panel=" and sound is only "sound=" that is becuase the panel folder is only named "panel" same thing with the sound folder.

Rod


[FLTSIM.0]
title=AirTran 2004 B717
sim=JCA_B717
model=late
panel=
sound=
texture=airtran_717-2bd_n892at_2004
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=Airtran B717
atc_airline=Airtran
atc_flight_number=5712
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type=717-200
ui_variation=AirTran 2004 B717
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="JCA Jet City Aircraft"
description=This 717-200 airliner is a freeware release provided by Jet

City Aircraft, and can be used in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 or

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. \n\nCheck out our other high-quality

aircraft, including the complete DC-9 and MD-80 family at

www.jetcityaircraft.com\n\nCopyright 2005 Jet City Aircraft, All Rights

Reserved
visual_damage=0
atc_parking_types=GATE, CARGO, RAMP
atc_parking_codes=TRS

[FLTSIM.1]
title=Olympic Aviation 2003 B717
sim=JCA_B717
model=early
panel=
sound=
texture=olympic_717-2k9_sx-bob_2003
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=Olympic Aviation B717
atc_airline=Olympic Aviation
atc_flight_number=7125
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type=717-200
ui_variation=Olympic Aviation 2003 B717
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="JCA Jet City Aircraft"
description=This 717-200 airliner is a freeware release provided by Jet

City Aircraft, and can be used in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 or

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. \n\nCheck out our other high-quality

aircraft, including the complete DC-9 and MD-80 family at

www.jetcityaircraft.com\n\nCopyright 2005 Jet City Aircraft, All Rights

Reserved
visual_damage=0
atc_parking_types=GATE, CARGO, RAMP
atc_parking_codes=OAL

[FLTSIM.2]
title=Jetstar 2005 Silver B717
sim=JCA_B717
model=jetstar
panel=
sound=
texture=jetstar_717-231_vh-vqk_2005
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=JS 2005
atc_airline=Jetstar
atc_flight_number=7712
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type=717-200
ui_variation=Jetstar Silver 2005 B717
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="JCA Jet City Aircraft"
description=This 717-200 airliner is a freeware release provided by Jet

City Aircraft, and can be used in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 or

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. \n\nCheck out our other high-quality

aircraft, including the complete DC-9 and MD-80 family at

www.jetcityaircraft.com\n\nCopyright 2005 Jet City Aircraft, All Rights

Reserved
visual_damage=0
atc_parking_types=GATE, CARGO, RAMP
atc_parking_codes=JST

[FLTSIM.3]
title=Boeing 1999 B717
sim=JCA_B717
model=early
panel=
sound=
texture=boeing_717-220_n717xa_1999
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=Boeing B717
atc_airline=Boeing
atc_flight_number=6612
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type=717-200
ui_variation=Boeing Demonstrator 1999 B717
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="JCA Jet City Aircraft"
description=This 717-200 airliner is a freeware release provided by Jet

City Aircraft, and can be used in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 or

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. \n\nCheck out our other high-quality

aircraft, including the complete DC-9 and MD-80 family at

www.jetcityaircraft.com\n\nCopyright 2005 Jet City Aircraft, All Rights

Reserved
visual_damage=0
atc_parking_types=GATE, CARGO, RAMP
atc_parking_codes=BOE

[FLTSIM.4]
title=Trans World Airlines 2000 B717
sim=JCA_B717
model=early
panel=
sound=
texture=twa_717-231_n401tw_2000
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=TWA
atc_airline=TWA
atc_flight_number=7112
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type=717-200
ui_variation=Trans World Airlines 2000 B717
ui_typerole="Commercial Airliner"
ui_createdby="JCA Jet City Aircraft"
description=This 717-200 airliner is a freeware release provided by Jet

City Aircraft, and can be used in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 or

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. \n\nCheck out our other high-quality

aircraft, including the complete DC-9 and MD-80 family at

www.jetcityaircraft.com\n\nCopyright 2005 Jet City Aircraft, All Rights

Reserved
visual_damage=0
atc_parking_types=GATE, CARGO, RAMP
atc_parking_codes=TWA

[FLTSIM.5]
title=Germanwings 2005 B717
sim=JCA_B717
model=early
panel=
sound=
texture=germanwings_717-2cm_ec-hnz_2005
kb_checklists=
kb_reference=
atc_id=German Wings B717
atc_airline=Germanwings
atc_flight_number=9951
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type=717-200
ui_variation=Germanwings 2005 B717
description=This 717-200 airliner is a freeware release provided by Jet

City Aircraft, and can be used in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 or

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. \n\nCheck out our other high-quality

aircraft, including the complete DC-9 and MD-80 family at

www.jetcityaircraft.com\n\nCopyright 2005 Jet City Aircraft, All Rights

Reserved
visual_damage=0
atc_parking_types=GATE, CARGO, RAMP
atc_parking_codes=GWI