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Okay, I have finally finished downloading every possible free-ware CFS2 aircraft that I could find.  But now I have to store most of them in a "hanger" file.  I WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEM ALL.  Any help out there?

The best way I've found is a duplicate install of CFS2. Rename the root directory folder to any other name. Then insert the CD & install in the usual way. You can have several installs if you wish. CFS2 Pacific, CFS2 Europe, CFS2 Korea etc. etc. They will all run independently.

I was afraid that was answer I would get.  I was hoping for something like a hex-editor routine, but c'est la sim.  Thanks for the input.

CFS2 is the only M$ sim I know of that has an aircraft limit. I suspect this is caused by the integral MB. This is only a theory but if you can find some way of installing it without the MB it might fix the problem.

Didn't somebody create a utility to swap the Aircraft in and out of the Aircraft folder, sort of like a Virtual Hanger?

Regards,
Stratobat

There are various Hangar Manager utilities. MW's AcMan is one of the best. This would still involve moving aircraft in & out of the Aircraft folder. You can do this easily enough manually.

I really don't see the need for all those aircraft anyway. I doubt you will ever use half of them.

I really don't see the need for all those aircraft anyway. I doubt you will ever use half of them.

I only have about 10 or 15 add-on aircraft in the aircraft folder. I don't see the point installing to the max, like you said, you probably won't use all of them

Regards,
Stratobat

As Hagar says, I've got multiple installs of CFS2 Jets Props & Sillys!  ;D

Taggar1967 it is relative easy to install more than 800 -planes in CFS2.. Just read my post on the secound page called How to improve your experiece on CFS2. There I gave a easy explanation an how to use more than 800 airplanes thruogh multiples of Hanagrs. Their is a program on MW that allow you to change  Hangars with ease. Just read that post and maybe that will help you. If you have any question please come back I will try to help you. Enjoy
Tip then you can make different Hangars for different Theaters of war. If that is not fun a do not know what fun is through this Hobby.

Another way to do it is a thing called Easy Multi-Install (On page 1 of CFS2 Utilities, I believe). It fixes it so you don't need the whole 800mb install for every theater. It uses an MS-DOS program (actually there are six, each for a different theater) to swap the files for each theater. (You'll have to d/l it and see for your self. Its hard to describe) The only problem is that the instructions are written in poor english so it may be hard to understand. (Took me a week to figure it out, lol)

Will

PS: I wish there was a way to just hex-edit something to fix the a/c limit too.

In regards to the mwgfx site, apparently that program is no longer posted.  Thanks, will try the other on simviation.

It's still there. It's in the Beta Programs section, called AcMan.

http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/

Got it.  Will try it out.  Thanks for all of the help/suggestions!

-Tagger