Too many downloads?

[gryshnak]

Will it slow down FS if I install a whole pile of aircraft downloads, or do they have no effect since I've only ever got one plane loaded at a time?

I've got 63 entries in my Aircraft folder already, must be over 100 planes by the time I add all the different textures.  Just wondering, before I go and install any more!

Gryshnak

[TacitBlue]

It doesn't matter. As you said, you're only loading one aircraft at a time. It's a different story if you are adding more AI aircraft as traffic.

[MattNW]

It won't slow down the sim any since you are only using one airplane at a time but you might get some slowdown when accessing the select aircraft menu.

[Ecko]

Yeah it'll slow down the startup time and the aircraft menu loading time. My FS map is 73 Gigs, so it takes like 2 minutes to fire it up..

[BFMF]

73 gigs?

Isn't that a bit much?

[BAW0343]

Isn't that a bit much?

words that have no place in Flight Sim.

i have over 63 aircraft and the load time of the aircraft menu is annoying but worth it!

[Jakemaster]

only startup and menu are affected.  I have alot, so sometimes its annoying, but if you press the key of the manufacturers name, its easier.  Like if I want the tomcat, I press G, so I am closer to grumman

[BFMF]

I've got approx a 100 hundred aircraft inside my aircraft folder, and I havn't noticed much of a difference in load time

[Bazza]

I made another file (FS Hangar) outside of my Flight Sim altogether.  Every now and then I drag and drop those that haven't been out for a ride for a while across.     This keeps my loadup time reasonable and means I can bring them back at any stage if I feel the need.   The gauges etc obviously stay behind.

After many years I seem to have settled on a few favourites but still  can't resist the temptation to D/L new ones.

If I D/L something that I find a bit disappointing I dump it straight away - standards have got very high over the years and some of them don't hack it anymore.

[BFMF]

The gauges etc obviously stay behind.

When I download an aircraft, I install gauges into it's panel folder. That way, if I don't want to keep it, I can delete the aircraft without accumulating gauges

[Katahu]

I also do that with the gauges. That way, there aren't any junk guages left unused and taking up space.

Come to think of it, I like Bazza's idea of a seperate aircraft folder outside FS. There are a ton of aircraft that I really like to keep, but I don't want to sacrifice the load time. That's a good idea Bazza.