just wondering but...

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just wondering but...

Postby jetprop » Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:27 pm

can you change the background in the free flight menu?
i mean the background of the aircraft.

since the default MS one isn't great and i would like to change it,is this possible?
i knew i saw the file somewhere but i was just wondering if FSX will allow it...
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Re: just wondering but...

Postby dave3cu » Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:35 pm

Look in the ....\\Uires\ folder. The 'aircraft_viewer_bkgrnd.bmp' appears to be the file used.
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Re: just wondering but...

Postby jetprop » Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:05 pm

doesn't work,it just displays a purple background.
i was just wondering,it isn't a true 'need' but i just wanted something else.
but thanks for your help anyways. ;)
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Re: just wondering but...

Postby dave3cu » Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:26 pm

I experimented a little bit..

So far I've found that image format can be 256 color (8 bit) .bmp. Will not show if it's in 24 bit format as the FSX screen capture is. (Edit-16bit-444 and 32bit-888 also work if you want to preserve detail)

I used the Dxtbmp utility to flip the image and then save as Extended Bmp>Extended 256 color. Make sure that Mip maps--'include
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Re: just wondering but...

Postby BlackAce » Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:37 pm

On the subject... How do you change aircraft from the Tike to something else?
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Re: just wondering but...

Postby Steve M » Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:03 pm

On the subject... How do you change aircraft from the Tike to something else?



Create a flight and save it as a default flight..
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Re: just wondering but...

Postby Jokerc152 » Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:59 am

and that will make the default aircraft that is there when you start fsx whatever you want?
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