Adding/Removing Liveries

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   How do I remove some of the standard liveries or add more repaints. Every time I make any adjustments to the Aircraft.cfg file to remove some of the aircraft then none of the remaining ones are shown in the sim even though I have renumbered them correctly in the cfg file.

Also what are the aircraftSTD.cfg, aircraftHD.cfg and CfgGenhd2.exe used for?

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wardp Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Check-In Staff Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Points: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote wardp Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Adding/Removing Liveries Posted: 12 Dec 2014 at 6:02pm
	How do I remove some of the standard liveries or add more repaints. Every time I make any adjustments to the Aircraft.cfg file to remove some of the aircraft then none of the remaining ones are shown in the sim even though I have renumbered them correctly in the cfg file. Also what are the aircraftSTD.cfg, aircraftHD.cfg and CfgGenhd2.exe used for?

CaptainIFLY Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List First Officer Joined: 04 Nov 2011 Location: KMKC - Kansas C Points: 471	Post Options Post Reply Quote CaptainIFLY Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Dec 2014 at 4:42pm
	Wanna watch removing Standard Default Just Flight Aircrafts from your Folder Structure !! Some other Aircraft Liverys / Paints depend on those Standard Aircraft to support the other Aircraft liverys file wize !!! Very Important !!! Example - you'll notice in some Aircraft Texture files you'll see a File name'd - Texture.CFG - That file is whats known as the Fall Back Texture File, telling that 1 paint livery to fall back to the MAIN Textures of the Main Aircraft, what its saying is, use the cockpit textures and any other Aircraft textures with this other paint livery for a complete Aircraft. Reason for this is so each single Aircraft doesn't have to have a boat load of redundt un-necessary files in each folder that are all the same. 1 MAIN Aircraft Folder can support 50 other Paint liverys , by using that 1 file called Texture.CFG ,,, which is the Fall Back File info, directing it to the Main Aircraft Texture Folder for which it relys on those files for the cockpit and other necessary files. So, becareful what you delete you could end up deleting several other paint liverys as well !!! Capt. I-Fly / Jetranger

Mike70 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Ground Crew Joined: 01 Nov 2013 Location: NY Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike70 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2015 at 2:37pm
	So to complete answers to his (and my) curiosity, WHAT IS the purpose of those arcane files in each type folder?? - aircraftSTD.cfg CfgGenHD2.exe CfgGenHD2.flg As of now, this thing loading up is like watching paint harden - then in any view I switch to - same thing. Frame rate around 3.0 sitting on the ground. All my other hi-end payware works fine: PMDG, Captain Sim, other JF products like the DC-8s. Apparently these files allow some tailoring of the complexity of the airplane but no discussion with interaction or use in the manual.

Mike70 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Ground Crew Joined: 01 Nov 2013 Location: NY Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike70 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2015 at 2:52pm
	I forgot to say I have FSX Gold or whatever (SP2 embedded), Windows 7, i5 quad core and a 2gb video card (Toshiba generic in an all-in-one).

Rich Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Just Flight Staff Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Location: Planet Earth Points: 8543	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rich Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2015 at 3:29pm
	Hi Mike, For the fps problem check that you aren't running FSX in compatibility mode. Untick the box by right clicking on the FSX.exe and going to the Compatibility tab. The extra files in the Tristar folder are so that the livery pack installer can rebuild the aircraft.cfg to add new liveries, but also retain any custom liveries that may have been added by users.


Mike70 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Ground Crew Joined: 01 Nov 2013 Location: NY Points: 50	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike70 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 2015 at 5:41pm
	U'dah man!! Worked like a champ. By the way, not your problem, but weird. When I right clicked on the actual fsx.exe file in the FSX root directory, I got a drop down menu vice a tabbed arrangement. There is a selection regarding compatibility, but no direct way to modify FSX that I can see. On the other hand, right clicking on the FSX Icon on my START Menu DID open the tabbed interface you are talking about. Not your issue, but may help others. Thanks much --