hendrik357 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Hi everybody! I have fsx on two seperate hardrives. Lets call them A and B hardives. I created a sub folder for my addon planes in the sim objects folder FSX on hardrive A and edited the fsx,cfg and it works fine, my addon planes do show up. However I created a sub folder in the sim objects folder in FSX Steam for my addon planes (which is on B hardrive). I also edited the fsx.cfg accordingly. But the addon planes do not show up in the main page list when I open FSX. The entry name I put in the fsx.cfg is the same name as the sub folder I created. I placed the information in the fsx.cfg just below the entry for the misc objects which makes it #5 and I gave it that distinction. I don't understand why the addon planes do not appear in FSX Steam. Thank you everybody for your advice and time! This is how I edited the fsx,cfg on my other hardrive A [Main] User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc SimObjectPaths.6=SimObjects\ADDON Planes ProcSpeed=6902 PerfBucket=7 This is how I edited the FSX Steam fsx.cfg:hardrive B [Main] User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc SimObjectPaths.6=SimObjects\ADDON PLANES ProcSpeed=9089 PerfBucket=7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llivaudais Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) each/a sim can reference aircraft anywhere but you MUST use a complete pathname to anything not in the same install: that SimObjects\Addonplanes refers ONLY to addonplanes folder in the same sim. I use a common support drive that provides scenery and aircraft for 2 versions of FSX and two versions of P3d. This is what my config entries look like. User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc SimObjectPaths.6=SimObjects\AI_aircraft-boats SimObjectPaths.7=S:\Addon_Aircraft I've added a folder for AI stuff in Sim Objects but all flyable add-on aircraft are on a separate drive but note the complete path to the other drive. Try that and see how it works. You can't use the simple SimObjects\airplanes for a differently located sim; full path only. Something like B:\Steam\steamapps\common\flight simulator X\simobjects\AddonPlanes or however your own path actually reads. As you can see from my cfg file, the addons do not have to be in the simobject folder, they can be in a simple addon folder outside of FSX as well as inside the sim. hope this helps Loyd Edited September 25, 2020 by llivaudais Hooked since FS4... now flying: self-built i7-4790 at 4 GHz; GA-Z97X mobo; GTX 970; 16GB gskill; quiet, fast and cool running. Win 7/64: 840 EVO OS; 840 EVO (500G) game drive; Win10/64: 850 EVO (500G) for OS and games A few Flightsim videos on YouTube at CanyonCorners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik357 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 The hardrives I have FSX on are both on my computer but are not related as far as I know. As a result it seems I should be able to use the same setup in both versions of FSX which is what I tried to do. I will try your suggestion and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik357 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 I get the same result when I tried your suggestion. It seems FSX in STEAM for some reason is not reading the entry in the fsx.cfg. I tried renaming the new folder but that did not help either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llivaudais Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) My steam fsx is on another OS (win10) I checked and it also references the S drive and all my extra aircraft. here is the assignments from FSX-se [Main] User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc SimObjectPaths.6=SimObjects\AI_Objects SimObjectPaths.7=S:\Addon_Aircraft There doesn't seem to be any specific issues with Steam Edition finding extra folders, since I have an added folder (ai_objects) and a remote addon_Aircraft folder that work ok. You might try a simple remote addon-aircraft folder on the B drive such as B:\AddonPlanes with a single airplane in it and add it to the config and see if the sim can see it. If not, I'm out of ideas. Loyd Edited September 26, 2020 by llivaudais Hooked since FS4... now flying: self-built i7-4790 at 4 GHz; GA-Z97X mobo; GTX 970; 16GB gskill; quiet, fast and cool running. Win 7/64: 840 EVO OS; 840 EVO (500G) game drive; Win10/64: 850 EVO (500G) for OS and games A few Flightsim videos on YouTube at CanyonCorners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik357 Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 Thanks Lloyd for your ideas. I did try your latest suggestion but to no avail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llivaudais Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 One last thought: sometimes you need to enclose a path that has a space in it with double quotes ("ADDON AIRCRAFT") OR tie the two words together like I did: addon_aircraft. that's the only idea I have left. Loyd Hooked since FS4... now flying: self-built i7-4790 at 4 GHz; GA-Z97X mobo; GTX 970; 16GB gskill; quiet, fast and cool running. Win 7/64: 840 EVO OS; 840 EVO (500G) game drive; Win10/64: 850 EVO (500G) for OS and games A few Flightsim videos on YouTube at CanyonCorners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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