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How to make categories of Free Flights

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Stoeckli

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Hello

I managed to develop FSX missions, that is OK.
How can I make categories of Free Flights in the same way as missions but only with free flights without starting a mission. Beside "My Saved Flights" in the category list I would like to create a new category e.g. "Military Flights" with some free flights.

Any advice is welcome.
Thanks and best regards
Kurt Stoeckli
 
good idea though... that would be the same as a free flight associated with a mission that has a ScenarioMetaData referencing a category and nothing else. At the moment you couldn't use a common misson .xml file for all the .FLT files because FSX would throw up a duplicate mission guid error, but the principle is valid...

B21
 
The duplicate error is in SP2/Acceleration only and doesn't affect the mission itself. But it's not fun clicking ok for 150 times before you enter FSX. :D
 
Hello

OK, it does not work like in FS2004 :(

In the files FSCategories.xml of FSX, the is the default entry as follows:

<SimMissionUI.ScenarioCategory id="{93290E1B-CDE3-4263-B7AE-B8F87F99D901}">
<Descr>Pick up where you left off in Free Flight.</Descr>
<Title>My Saved Flights</Title>
<PreviewImage>banner_allcategories.bmp</PreviewImage>
</SimMissionUI.ScenarioCategory>

This entry must refere to the Directory "Flight Simulator X Files" where all the saved flights are stored.
Does anybody know, were this reference is done? Maybe a similar reference could be done for any new category of flights without a mission.

On the other hand, at the end of all saved FLT-Files there is the entry:

[ResourcePath]
Path=flights\other\

This looks like something could be done with this directory for groups (categories) of special flights.

Doe sanybody know more?

Best regards
Kurt Stoeckli
 
AfaIk the ressource path is where FSX looks if something relating to the mission is needed (additional files...).

The path you are looking for might be hardcoded in FSX.
 
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