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hi i was wondering if someone could help me.

i was wondering how do i set my custom 747-400 planes to be seen in the airport beside the default one.

can someone help me?
 
You want to use it as AI?
You can do that with AIFP. See their fourm at this site. The problem is that coustom planes (planes created as user aircraft) can cause a big performance hit when used as AI. Unless these are repaints of default planes.

Bob
 
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yeh they are just repaints. would i stil need the AIFP if they are just repaint planes?

jason
 
That's the way I do it. I have repaints of default planes then the default flightplan makes them show up at airports. But you have to replace default textures rather than just add them to the folder.

Bob
 
could you please help me? sorry for the hassle.

how do i get the repaint default planes to show up on at the default flights plan.
and how do i replace the default texture and which folder do i put them in?

jason

thanks
 
Here is one way to do it. This is for FSX, but FS9 is similar.

1. Make a backup copy of yor Aircraft folder. I have replaced three default 737 textures. The other 737s are not used as AI.

B. I have downloaded an American Airlines repaint. There is a texture folder in the download. The name of the folder in my download is "texture. AA". Copy that folder into the main 737_800 folder. FSX/SimObjects/Airplanes/B737_800.

3. In the 737_88 folder, open "aircraft cfg" in notepad.

D. the cfg file is divided into sections with heading like "fltsim.0" , "fltsim.1", and so on. Scroll down to "fltsim.1".

5. Line 6 of that section says "texture=" blank or some number. change the line to read "texture=AA", or the name of the folder you added.

F. Scroll down to the "atc_airline" entry. change that line to say "atc_airline=American". Now ATC will call "American" instead of what was there before.

7. Change "ui_variation=" to "ui_variation=American Airlines". Now American Airlines will show up on yor select a plane page.

I have "fltsim.2" as Delta, and "fltsim.3" as United.

I see those 737s at all airports as used by the default flightplan.

I think most people use addon AI systems because they tend to be more like real world flightplans. Also they tend to use FS9 AI planes which are easier on frame rates.

I don't care about real world schedules. Unless FS9 planes have been modified, they do not have proper exit locations so that jetways will attach to them. Some people don't care about that, but I do.

Same can be done for other airplane types.

Good luck.

Bob
 
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