Sim-V files won't work
Posted:
Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:44 pmby Jisco
I try to download files off Sim-V downloads, I have downloaded at least 25 files off Sim-V and only one has worked any help???
Re: Sim-V files won't work
Posted:
Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:06 pmby pete
You will probably find they all work. You need to be more specific about your problem.
The sim you are trying to install into. Then an example of a file you have a problem with -- & page where you found it.
& tell us how you are installing.
Re: Sim-V files won't work
Posted:
Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:25 pmby Jisco
One of them was
http://simviation.com/simviation/index.php?type=item&ID=64&page=23 one the top F-16 with vapor. I have Vista 64 bit, I click download file chose open then when it is finished I put it on desktop, then I put it in simobjects, aircraft, then I place it there and when it is finished placing there I X it out, get on Flight Simulator X look for the plane and It is never there.
Re: Sim-V files won't work
Posted:
Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:38 pmby Boikat
When you download, you should chose "save", not "open". You will then be asked by your computer where you want to save the .zip file. You can save it to your desktop, or you can save it in a self-made "download" folder, or anywhere you want to save it.
If you saved it to your desktop, you should right click on the folder, and choose "extract all", and it should unzip and open another folder (I think. I don't save to dsktop, I save to a download folder..)
At any rate, you should have a new folder on your desktop An folder with the aircraft in it, and usually a "readme" with installation instructions. The aricraft folder (usuall named after the aricraft, or some name that indicates what aircaraft it is) should contain at least four folders and two files. "Model", Panel", "Sound" and "Texture" folders and an "aircraft.cfg, and a "What-ever-it-is.air" file. There may be additional folders for sounds, gauges or effects.
If you saved it to a download folder, using Windows Explorer, find the .zip file, and right click, choose "extract all", and it will create a new folder and extract the contents of the .zip to that new folder. From there, you install as usual, folowing the installation instructions in the "readme".
My guess is that your missing aircraft are missing their .cfg file and .air file.