Newbie Question here

I have put several new planes in the Airplane folder of FSX with the folder named whatever the zip file was.

What is the trick to getting them to show up and fly?

Thanks,

First of all make sure you have what I show in RED. Check each aircraft to make sure you have a proper panel for it.

You have to put the 'new' airplane file (folder) directly into 'Airplane' folder. It will then be seen. If you put a FOLDER in 'Airplane' folder it will not be 'seen' by FSX (unless you edit the FSX.cfg file so FSX knows where to look for the airplane). It's 'ok' to drop your airplane in 'Airplane' folder. You can, if you want, move it at any time to another location if you don't want FSX to load it. You'll catch on. We all had to learn this so don't feel like the Lone Ranger.

Chuck B

Napamule

Hi,

A possible cause for this issue is, especially if you have done what you state and 'renamed' the folder to whatever the zip was, is that the change to the folder name has 'broken' the association between the REQUIRED model name as stipulated in a number of possible files included in the model folder...

Within a standard model folder there are a number of sub folders that have config files (they have a .cfg extension) that tells FSX where the various elements are - the usual folders to find these .cfg files are the Panel, Sound and most important in this case, the individual texture folders...

Renaming the model folder name WILL cause issues - from the problem you are experiencing to no sound and/or panels being, displayed...

I suggest you look back at the unzipped contents and change the name of the folder(s) back to the original name they were...

For example - if the zip file is named ABC.zip and when you unzip it the aircraft folder is named BBB rename the folder back to BBB and test...

have a look at this install guide:

https://simviation.com/1/fsxinstall