Hiding models from FSX list

[Rhodes Bauer]

Hi folks.
I want to hide several of the models that are been listed on my FSX model selection window.
I don't want to uninstall them because i use on personalized traffic files, but nowhere else.
I noted that the models downloaded and installed with World of AI doesn't appear in the list and I want to do the same with these models that I don't want.
Does anyone know how can I do this? What setting should I change?

Thanks.

[dave3cu]

Go into each aircraft's main folder and rename the panel folder(s). Something like xxxpanel will do.

If you later want the aircraft back in the list, just revert to the folder name to panel.

[NG-GhoSt]

Go into each aircraft's main folder and rename the panel folder(s). Something like xxxpanel will do.

If you later want the aircraft back in the list, just revert to the folder name to panel.

Really about the only way besides uninstalling them.

[EVVFCX]

You must have been reading my mind, my fsx is taking longer to load nowadays due to the amount of aircraft.

If you have lots to rename it maybe quicker to write a .bat file to do it for you and one to rename them back again.
You can do it in one .bat file.
You may have to run the .bat file as administrator.

The following will work under win7, it renames the panel folder, starts fsx, when you exit fsx it renames the folder(s) back for you, I would expect it to run on XP and vista.

CD C:\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\B737_800
rename panel 01panel
cd C:\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X
call fsx.exe
CD C:\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\B737_800
rename 01panel panel


The above works fine on my win7 installation.
If you use the above i presume you'll not have your fsx installed in the same place.
On all of the lines starting CD you will have to enter the path to your own installation of fsx

[ZK-BOB]

On a very similar vein...
I have a great number and climbing of Cessna 172 textures, and therefore, that same number displayed on the Aircraft selection page.
Is it possible to hide some of these, the personalised ones, so they DONT show up on that page, but are still available to FSX, so FSX can render them correctly when I see THAT cessna in game?

[EVVFCX]

If on multiplayer I don't think it matters if you have the texture unstalled as fsx send the model unlike the old ms flight sims that needed the model on eacvh pc to be able to see it.

If thinking of AI aircraft I think the resolution of the texture is less than what you see on external view of yours otherwise your Pc would not cope with rendering etc.

Maybe somebody can give some info, I think you would have to create a 'texture/model' that is not flyable.