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hendrik357

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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

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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 by llivaudais

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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 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

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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

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