Print All Installed Aircraft Icons

[Ray Hff]

Anyone know of a way to print out a complete list of all of the installed aircraft icons just as the pictures appear on the aircraft selection pages?

[napamule2]

Do you mean something like this? Do a 'print screen' with keyboard keys. Then open graphic editor (I use IrFanView) and paste, then crop, then save. Takes 3 seconds.

Chuck B

Napamule

[Ray Hff]

Thank you for the reply. What I'd like to do is be able to capture and/or print just the icons and descriptions if there's an easy way to do that.

[ScatterbrainKid]

Not sure I know what you mean. Do you mean the individual screens like this one?-

 

[mrzippy]

I can only think that you would need to take each individual thumbnail.JPG from all of your texture folders, create a label for each and paste them all onto one final page. Sounds like a lot of work!

 

OK, this'll make you crazy! A simple search function for thumbnail.JPG. I'm only showing a small portion which includes all of my "Select Aircraft" as well as everything in my storage hangar. No labels. You can add those later.

 

[Ray Hff]

I could copy and paste every one, one at a time; but, I hoped somebody had a small program and/or sub-routine of a program that would extract all of them as a group. (I'm basically a very lazy guy!)

[ScatterbrainKid]

I still don't know what you mean exactly, why won't Napamules and Zippy's suggestions do?

(PS-They're First Class members and their words are therefore like holy writ, pilgrims come from far and wide to crave an audience and sit at their feet hanging on their every word for spiritual guidance and enlightenment.)

[jandjfrench]

Hi Ray,

I think I know what you'd like but I think you'd be disappointed with the results. I think the standard thumbnails are 128 by 256 pixels and unless they were printed very small the results would be less than satisfying.

Jim F.

[il88pp]

Somethingf like this perhaps.

Create .xls or or .ods (Exel or Open Document Spreadsheat)

Adjust Row height. (Increase)

Create good column width.

select cell one (top left) and from menu bar click Insert-Picture-From_File.

 

Select required image,

Then resize, and write description or copy-paste.

(align description as required)

 

[Ray Hff]

Thanks for all who tried. Summing up the answers, it appears the answer is no such thing exists.

[mrzippy]

Thanks for all who tried. Summing up the answers, it appears the answer is no such thing exists.

Looks that way! There is always the ol' print each section and erase away the excess.

I would need to do this about 5 times to capture all of my flying aircraft.

 

[napamule2]

Ha. Lightweight. I got 6600 thumbnails in my PC. Includes duplicates, so maybe 1/3 of that is 'real' count. FS9 and FSX are on D: drive and I have 1495 Thumbs in that. Pic..

Chuck B

Napamule

[lorby-si]

Thanks for all who tried. Summing up the answers, it appears the answer is no such thing exists.

 

Shouldn't be more than 2 hours of devel work in C# or Java and it would exist. If people are interested, I can slap it together real quick.

 

Edit: OK, I went ahead and did it anyway. The app generates a simple HTML report with the info and thumbnails. That one you can edit and print to your heart's content.

 

Would be nice if someone would be willing to test it - just drop me a note here in the forum.

 

 

 

[lorby-si]

Hello @ll,

 

the tool has been uploaded to the library. Search for filename "thumbnailexporterx.zip"

 

Many thanks to Bill for testing and providing ideas!

[mabe5454]

Nice job Oliver,

 

Cheers,

[lorby-si]

Many thanks for your kind words!

 

A new version 1.02 is just now being uploaded to the library.

 

- full coverage of all "fltsim" info lines, even the obscure ones...

- choice of two image sizes

- option to ignore duplicate models (if you are scanning download folders etc.)

- option to automatically open the report after it has been written

[mabe5454]

I am guessing it hasn't updated yet even though it shows today date.

 

Cheers,

[lorby-si]

AFAIK uploads aren't automatically added to the library. "The librarian" is doing this manually - I don't really know how an update is handled though. We will see - judging by the "New addon" list there were no changes since yesterday.

[lorby-si]

Hello @ll,

 

I am really sorry about this, but the version 1.02 of the ThumbnailExporter is broken - it will only work if you already had the previous version running on your PC.

 

The issue has been fixed in the 1.03, and it has been uploaded again. You can expect it to be deployed probably the same time tomorrow.

 

Edit: next in line is version 1.05 with an alternative thumbnail table format and image tooltipps.

 

 

Best regards

[gaab]

Thank you for your very usefull utility.

 

A remark : some aircrafts are not listed when the "include AI" option is not selected, even if they appear in the FSX select aircraft panel and can be used as user aircraft ?

 

At the beginning I thought the option would eliminate AI ONLY simobjects.

Is it a criteria to recognize such simobjects ?

 

Cheers - Gérard

 

Edit :

 

After further research, I discovered that all missing aircraft have panel="" in the corresponding fltsim section.

Probably the guilty...

 

Cheers

[lorby-si]

Thank you for your very usefull utility.

 

A remark : some aircrafts are not listed when the "include AI" option is not selected, even if they appear in the FSX select aircraft panel and can be used as user aircraft ?

 

At the beginning I thought the option would eliminate AI ONLY simobjects.

Is it a criteria to recognize such simobjects ?

 

Cheers - Gérard

 

Hello Gérard,

 

If the report finds an aircraft.cfg/sim.cfg and there is no panel folder with panel.cfg in the same directory, it is deemed to be an AI. A few developers like to put their liveries (and sometimes panels too) into different folders outside of the aircraft directory (for example QualityWings and CaptainSim), which would then look like this, but those should be accessible through a path in the aircraft.cfg - which is what the tool is doing at the moment. Obviously you have yet another configuration on your system - can you point me at a specific example/addon where this happens?

 

Best regards

[zswobbie1]

Hi there, would it be possible to use this for FS2004?

 

Kind Regards,

Robin

[lorby-si]

Hi there, would it be possible to use this for FS2004?

 

Kind Regards,

Robin

 

Hello Robin,

 

TMBK it works in FS9 too, the FLTSIM part of the aircraft.cfg is mostly identical. But as FS9 aircraft usually do not have the thumbnail pictures, you would have to use the option for "including missing thumbnails" to get at least a text report. If you put a thumbnail.jpg into the texture folders yourself, it will be displayed in the report.

 

Best regards

[gaab]

Hello Oliver,

 

If the report finds an aircraft.cfg/sim.cfg and there is no panel folder with panel.cfg in the same directory, it is deemed to be an AI.

 

Sorry, I did not see your answer before editing my post...

 

So, here more info :

 

After further research, I discovered that all missing aircraft have panel="" instead of panel= in the corresponding fltsim section.

Probably the guilty...

 

I am using the French FSX Gold edition and a great number of default aircrafts exhibit this "behavior". Localization consequence, probably...

 

Best regards - Gérard

[napamule2]

Quote: 'Probably the guilty...'

 

Well, it's the modeler's fault (due to 'mis-information'). Some idiot mentioned that anything you put in quotation makrs the Sim Engine will 'accept' (on face value). So, 'they' assumed it would be 'equal to' putting in 'default' (which is not so). Someone else said 'You don't have to have the (flight.0) section up top - it can be at the bottom of the aircraft cfg. There is no order. Put sections 'all over the place' and the Sim Engine will 'read' them the same.' So there was no order to cfg. Been that way for 10 years.

 

The put in quotation mark was intended for the Description and Performance sections. You put text between quotation marks and you no longer have to put in formating characters. The sim will 'accept' the text (even with 'returns' at end of sentences (so you don't need 'wordwrap') without the '/nn\' formaing characters. Did they learn? No. They used elsewhere (ie: they corrupt everything the can get their hands on - but NEVER did accept any 'standard' for layout of sections (which is cause for duplicate sections, etc).

 

So it is a wonder a person can write a program that 'looks' at aircraft cfg and still work. No..it's a MIRACLE. Nels requires a 'ID.Diz' file and that helped to at least bring SOME order to the messed up cfgs 'they' put out. At least you knew who to contact to get corrections done. So don't blame 'Gold Edition', as it's the developers that (keep) messing up FSX. Not MS. They stoped messing it up when it came out (hehe).

Chuck B

Napamule