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Project Opensky - Airplane fixes to work with FSX
« Thread Started on Jun 7, 2009, 6:51pm »

Hello from HYENA STUDIOS AERONAUTS!

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PLEASE NOTE:
This thread is still under construction, but what is posted here already should work properly.
Do NOT forget to make a backup of your original files before making changes.
This thread is mainly for noob (and maybe some intermediate) users of the FSX Flight Simulator game.
Thank you.

In the following I will start a thread, which will help you to fix some airplane/aircraft files from the famous
PROJECT OPEN SKY TEAM - (POSKY)
(www.projectopensky.com)
to get worked within Microsoft's Flight Simulation X (FSX).

Some short words about the PROJECT OPENSKY TEAM:
This team is creating fantastic freeware airplanes/aircrafts for the Microsoft Flight Simulator since many years.
Currently, they have published most of their fantastic work for the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 (FS2004 or FS9).
You can find a list of their airplanes with airline textures on their website HERE!
They have many different models of Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer - with a large collection of real airline textures.

However, most of these airplanes were created for FS2004.
In order to integrate them to your FSX program, some changes have to be made.

In the following I will show you some easy-made fixes for their files, so you can fly their great airplanes with FSX:

Here are the FSX fixes in categories:
1. Properly working jetways and luggage cars for the aircraft on gate
2. Replacements with working 2D-panels (from the original FSX)
3. Replacements with working sounds (from the original FSX)
4. Adding pictures of the aircraft to the main FSX Free Flight menu
- and more ...

Some short installation instructions for the POSKY downloads:

POSKY has currently created their fantastic aircrafts mainly for FS2004. You can follow their readme.txt instructions to install it to FSX, but please note that the installation paths for your FSX program are a bit different to the older version of FS2004 (FS9):

- Install the aircraft folder to: ... \Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\
- Install the content of the effects folder to: ... \Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Effects\
- The virtual 3D cokpit panels will not work properly, just untouch them. Use the (2D cokpit) panel fixes as shown below.
- Do NOT install any Gauges files, they might not run properly, unless you know what you are doing.

OK, lets start with a few aircrafts now to get fixed to FSX:

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AIRBUS A330-200 by Project OpenSky:

Airbus A330-200 - Air France texture - as an example

Download site: HERE (All airline files have the complete package included for this FSX fix)

Jetways and luggage car fixes:
- Open the Aircraft.cfg file with notepad or another text editor.
- Scroll down to the bottom of this file.
- A few lines above bottom, look for the entry '[exits]'
- Replace the 3 lines:

Code:
number_of_exits = 2
exit_rate.0 = 0.4 ;Percent per second
exit_rate.1 = 0.4 ;Percent per second

with:

Code:
number_of_exits = 2
exit.0 = 0.4, 29.3, -7.7, 12.00, 0
exit.1 = 0.2, 45.6, 9.0, -2.00, 1

- Save and exit.

Sound fixes (optional for better performance):
- Go to sound folder
- Open the Sound.cfg file with notepad or another text editor
- delete all contents
- insert the lines:

Code:
[fltsim]
alias=B737_800\sound

- Save and exit.

Panel fixes (optional for better performance):
- Notes: A330 is a 2 engine aircraft, so we replace the panel with a similar one - from Airbus company:
- Go to panel folder
- Open the panel.cfg file with notepad or another text editor
- delete all contents
- insert the lines:

Code:
[fltsim]
alias=Airbus_A321\panel

AIRBUS A340-300 by Project OpenSky:

Airbus A340-300 - Air France texture - as an example

Download site: HERE (All airline files have the complete package included for this FSX fix)

Jetways and luggage car fixes:
- Open the Aircraft.cfg file with notepad or another text editor.
- Scroll down to the bottom of this file.
- A few lines above bottom, look for the entry '[exits]'
- Replace the 3 lines:

Code:
number_of_exits = 2
exit_rate.0 = 0.2 ;Percent per second
exit_rate.1 = 0.1 ;Percent per second

with:

Code:
number_of_exits = 2
exit.0 = 0.2, 29.8, -8.5, 12.90, 0
exit.1 = 0.1, 56.0, 8.5, -2.00, 1

- Save and exit.

Sound fixes (optional for better performance):
- Go to sound folder
- Open the Sound.cfg file with notepad or another text editor
- delete all contents
- insert the lines:

Code:
[fltsim]
alias=B737_800\sound

- Save and exit.

Panel fixes (optional for better performance):
- Notes: A340 is a 4 engine aircraft, so we replace the panel with a similar one - from Boeing 747-400:
- Go to panel folder (WV - wing view! - not VC -it does not work)
- Open the panel.cfg file with notepad or another text editor
- delete all contents
- insert the lines:

Code:
[fltsim]
alias=b747_400\panel

BOEING 777-200/ER/LR by Project OpenSky:

Boeing 777-200LR - Delta Airlines texture - as an example

Download site: HERE (All airline files have the complete package included for this FSX fix)

Jetways and luggage car fixes:
- Open the Aircraft.cfg file with notepad or another text editor.
- Scroll down to the bottom of this file.
- A few lines above bottom, look for the entry '[exits]'
- Replace the 5 lines:

Code:
number_of_exits = 4
exit_rate.0 = 0.10 ;Percent per second
exit_rate.1 = 0.08 ;Percent per second
exit_rate.2 = 0.10 ;Percent per second
exit_rate.3 = 0.08 ;Percent per second

with:

Code:
number_of_exits = 4
exit.0 = 0.2, 72.1, -7.0, 8.00, 0
exit.1 = 0.1, 54.7, 19.0, -6.00, 1
exit.2 = 0.2, -42.30, 9.0, -7, 2
exit_rate.3 = 0.08

- Save and exit.

Sound fixes (optional for better performance):
- Go to sound folder
- Open the Sound.cfg file with notepad or another text editor
- delete all contents
- insert the lines:

Code:
[fltsim]
alias=B737_800\sound

- Save and exit.

Panel fixes (optional for better performance):
- Notes: B777 is a 2 engine aircraft, so we replace the panel with a similar one:
- Go to panel folder (WV - wing view! - not VC -it does not work)
- Open the panel.cfg file with notepad or another text editor
- delete all contents
- insert the lines:

Code:
[fltsim]
alias=b737_800\panel

BOEING 777-300/ER by Project OpenSky:

Boeing 777-300ER - Singapore Airlines texture - as an example

Download site: HERE (All airline files have the complete package included for this FSX fix)

Jetways and luggage car fixes:
- Open the Aircraft.cfg file with notepad or another text editor.
- Scroll down to the bottom of this file.
- A few lines above bottom, look for the entry '[exits]'
- Replace the 5 lines:

Code:
number_of_exits = 4
exit_rate.0 = 0.10 ;Percent per second
exit_rate.1 = 0.08 ;Percent per second
exit_rate.2 = 0.10 ;Percent per second
exit_rate.3 = 0.08 ;Percent per second

with:

Code:
number_of_exits = 4
exit.0 = 0.1, 91.5, -7.0, 8.00, 0
exit.1 = 0.08, 72.6, 19.0, -6.00, 1
exit.2 = 0.1, -42.30, 9.0, -7, 2
exit_rate.3 = 0.08

- Save and exit.

Sound fixes (optional for better performance):
- Go to sound folder
- Open the Sound.cfg file with notepad or another text editor
- delete all contents
- insert the lines:

Code:
[fltsim]
alias=B737_800\sound

Code:
[fltsim]
alias=b737_800\panel

- Save and exit.

Thumbnail fixes which will show up in the Free Flight FSX menu:
- Details at the bottom of this thread

FINISHED! Enjoy your flight!

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Details for adding a thumbnail picture to your FSX Free Flight airplane menu:

Here is a tiny guide how to do this:
Start the aircraft with the texture you like to have a picture on FSX Free Flight start screen.
Use the screenshot utility from FSX or an external screenshot program like FRAPS.
Start the flight, make a screenshot of your airplane when you see it in width factor 2 and height factor 1.
Save the file.
Convert it with any graphic program into jpg format with the following settings:
- width: 256px
- height: 128px
- optimize jpg allowed
- progressive mode NOT allowed (it will not show up)
Then, save the picture as "thumbnail.jpg" and copy it into the
texture folder of your aircraft. Then you will see the picture in the FSX menu. That's it!

Here are some templates:
- Thumbnails created by M0nTy_PyTh0n (Hyena Studios)
How to install:
- Move your mouse over the thumbnail
- Right-Click and save it as default 'thumbnail.jpg' into your corresponding airplane texture folder:
as example: '...\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\POSKY_A330_200\texture.af'

Airplane:	Model by:	Texture:	Thumbnail:
Airbus A330-200	Project OpenSky	Air France
Airbus A340-300	Project OpenSky	Air France
Boeing 777-200ER	Project OpenSky	KLM
Boeing 777-200LR	Project OpenSky	Delta Air Lines
Boeing 777-200LR	Project OpenSky	Emirates Airlines
Boeing 777-300ER	Project OpenSky	Singapore Airlines
Boeing 777-300ER	Project OpenSky	KLM

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Additional notes:
I have tested the changes above with FSX SP2.
Panels, autopilots, jetways and sounds went smooth.
Jetways data were created and tested by me.

Thanks for reading.
I hope it was helpful.

Thank you.

Regards,
M0nTy_PyTh0n.
HYENA STUDIOS

Keywords:
Hyena Studios Aeronauts, Project Opensky, Project Open Sky, ProjectOpenSky, www.projectopensky.com, Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Tutorial, Jetways, Luggage cars, Cargo ways, Freeware, Download, FSX, FS2004, FS9, FS2002, FS2000, FS98

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