problems getting new aircraft

[CDarthvader]

Well i red the faq, those didn't seem to help out any.  I've got the aircraft in my simobjects/aircraft folder and half of them show up, the other half don't.  I did the same thing with both folders and it says they work with FSX but i can't get them to work.  

[jnigeld11]

Regarding the ones that "won't work": Did you downoad and install the COMPLETE AIRCRAFT or just the updates or textures / repaints for it? If you downloaded and installed ONLY udates or textures / repaints for an aircraft, it won't work as you need the COMPLETE AIRCRAFT MODEL first. When choosing to download and install aircraft, make sure that the file is the COMPLETE AIRCRAFT MODEL and NOT the updates / textures / repaints for it. Sure hope this helps!

Regards,
Nigel  

[CDarthvader]

Yes they are the complete models

[jnigeld11]

If they're the COMPLETE models and they're made to work in FSX...ZOINKS...I'm not sure why they're not working. Keep posting and asking...someone here must have the answer! Sorry I couldn't help further

Regards,
NIGEL

[trojan rabbit]

try the aircraft installer by Steven Logiudice.  it's a small download, so if you have a slow computer like mine, it won't hurt anything

[Brett_Henderson]

Study and get familiar with the folder structure.. and then go look at the planes that aren't showing up. It sounds like you might have one layer too many. Sometimes when you unzip a downloaded plane, there's an extra level in there.

This how the path should look:

FSX---Simobjects--Airplanes---planeA
                                   

[trojan rabbit]

sorry about the aircraft installer, i didnt realize it was for AI :-/

[CDarthvader]

Study and get familiar with the folder structure.. and then go look at the planes that aren't showing up. It sounds like you might have one layer too many. Sometimes when you unzip a downloaded plane, there's an extra level in there.

This how the path should look:

FSX---Simobjects--Airplanes---planeA
                                       ---planeB
                                       ---planeC---model
                                                     ---panel
                                                     ---sound
                                                     ---texture


Some downloads will unzip like this:

                                     ---PlaneD---planeD---model
                                                                ---panel
                                                                ---sound
                                                                ---texture

So when you put the first PlaneD folder into the Airplanes folder, the actual planeD is burried one folder too deep:

FSX---Simobjects--Airplanes---planeA
                                       ---planeB
                                      ---planeC---model
                                                    ---panel
                                                    ---sound
                                                    ---texture
                                      ---PlaneD---planeD---model
                                                                ---panel
                                                                ---sound
                                                                ---texture

Seriously, all you new simmers. You really have to slow down, take your time and know what you're doing when adding stuff to a sim. I know some developers are a little vague when writing the readme files. It's up to you to learn the structure. After downloading a plane; unzip/install it into a temporary folder and then go into that folder and look around.. Trust me.. eventually it will make sense. You'll be much better off learning this stuff than to just trust a "plane adding" program.




                                                   

Was the first thing I checked and i'm not a new simmer lol.  I've been playing flight sim since the original and have every copy.  I usually never have a problem with them and thats what irks me.