Downloading new aircraft and zip files

[Guest djuhre]

I joined Flightsim in 2010 and have downloaded at least 20 files to fly, don't remember how to do it anymore. Want to download American Air lines 737 -9 MAX. When I do and follow read me file, I can not get it FSX to recognize it? Can anyone help me as to downloading new files and making them work?

[Nels_Anderson]

On our FSX landing page:

 

https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?13632-FSX

 

(also available via the blue menu bar on our home page) we have, among other things, a listing of tutorials on how to install add-ons. Try that first then come back if you have questions.

[mrzippy]

Give us the exact filename of this aircraft. A lot of the TDS models seem to have some funky thing done to them by some "developers" that cause them not to show in the Select Aircraft Page. Texture= (not correct in the aircraft.cfg) is the primary cause. 2nd probable cause is the title= line is more than 127 characters.

[mrzippy]

What a monkeybutt this was! I now see that this is a combination of a TDS 737-9 max Westjet full aircraft download and a repaint download from another site for American airlines.

 

The Westjet would not show because the manufacture= was labeled Boeing instead of TDS. You also had to change the model= and panel= to fsx. To get the American Airlines to show, you have to add the texture folder and the [fltsim.X] to the aircraft.cfg and change it to [fltsim.1] and change the model and panel= to fsx. Also add a thumbnail.jpg image of the American plane to the AAL texture folder.

 

[Guest djuhre]

Nels: Many thanks for your response. I will re-read the tutorial on add-ons, I really wanted to fly the 737 Max, but maybe I will just pick another plane. Have a great day, thank you.

[jethrom]

Give us the exact filename of this aircraft. A lot of the TDS models seem to have some funky thing done to them by some "developers" that cause them not to show in the Select Aircraft Page. Texture= (not correct in the aircraft.cfg) is the primary cause. 2nd probable cause is the title= line is more than 127 characters.

 

Yes Mr Zippy sometimes "monkeybutt" is the only way to describe getting some of these planes working and showing up, you're right there I've found a few like that (Most recently the TDS 787 Dreamliner), you've also gotta be careful with the title= line with these TDS models, 127 characters includes spaces. And never remove the portion of the line that says:- "Plane0 FREEWARE_COPYRIGHT_TenkuuDevelopersStudio_01JUN2013 OPTANT1110000000_OPTDEC11110" as the author says "bad things will happen". (LOL) I tried and my wings and engines vanished, but after I have worked out some of these issues you mentioned there are nearly always no visible VC, I give up at that point, I can't like a plane if it doesn't have or show a working VC even if its only an aliased default VC panel, 2D panels just don't provide enough virtual reality for this pretend pilot. Ha ha.

 

Cheers Jethro

[vamac53]

i've always had terrible time with add ons. especially the aerosoft payware 320. but yesterday d/led 787 from rikoo.com. installed and works on fsx perfectly. surprised.

 

mike