A sad, sad day...

[Wing Nut]

The Paul Rebuffat Spitfires cannot be displayed in FSX...

[ozzy72]

That is NOT good

[Ashton Lawson]

i'm sure there will be a new, FSX compatible one...

[C]

i'm sure there will be a new, FSX compatible one...

Well, we can certainly look forward to some of the later Merlin Spits (VII, VIII, IX and XI) from Plane Design, albeit payware. I assume RAS will update the XIV too (fingers crossed!)

[ozzy72]

There are some freeware Spits on the way chaps. I can't go into details so don't ask but I do have insider info

[cspyro21]

There are some freeware Spits on the way chaps. I can't go into details so don't ask but I do have insider info

Goody

a shame you can't use the Rebuffat Spits in FSX...those are some of the best freeware ones areound...

[C]

Goody

a shame you can't use the Rebuffat Spits in FSX...those are some of the best freeware ones areound...

To be fair, they were designed for FS2002 though.

[ozzy72]

Err Charlie they were all made for CFS2 chap. That is what Paul did

[C]

Err Charlie they were all made for CFS2 chap. That is what Paul did

You know what I meant. Made for CFS2, usable in FS2002, and upgraded to FS9...

[ozzy72]

So tell it like it is

[Wing Nut]

Did he use FSDS or Gmax for those?

[Hagar]

I thought the later Rebuffat models were created in Gmax. Not sure they were all updated. Maybe the problem is because they were exported for CFS2 & not FS2002. It's possible the MDL files could be converted with Ivan Hsu's MDLC utility. He's still active & might even be working on an update to it for FSX.

PS. The Beaver floatpane included with the original FSX Demo won't display in the latest one. I get the same error message as with Paul's Spits. I assume this also applies to the full version of FSX.

[Daube]

Kevin, I don't know this Spit, but it seems to me that it's not really old, it was released not so long ago, am I right ?

In that case, could it be just those missing lines in the Aircraft.cfg, like ui_somethig=blabla that FSX needs to display the aircraft ?

[Wing Nut]

No , it's most likely the ,mdl file, I think.  They were high quality for the time they were released, though only average by today's standards.  The most important points were they were free and there was a TON of them...

[Daube]

Strange... I would expect any Gmax aircraft at least to show up (even with flawns) in FSX...
What happens exactely when you try to load it ? You've not been very precise in the description of the situation. Does the aircraft show up in the list ? In the preview windows ? What error messages do you have ?