Author Topic: Can't read the aircraft type  (Read 3149 times)

MikeDub37

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Can't read the aircraft type
« on: January 14, 2025, 01:46:42 am »
Whats up everyone, so I am in the bravoairspace 787-8 and everytime i load up GSX it says Can't Find the Aircraft Type, I have the right airframe set into simbrief and also have a GSX profile installed for the aircraft but its just not having it. Anyone know a fix for this? I just recently updated the aircraft through the marketplace so not sure if that has something to do with it or if I have to run the live update again on GSX. Thanks for the help

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Re: Can't read the aircraft type
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2025, 09:39:14 am »
Most common cause is the airplane lacking the icao_type_designator in the aircraft.cfg, which should always be present in every proper MSFS 2020 airplane.

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Re: Can't read the aircraft type
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2025, 05:20:05 pm »
is that something I can put in my self to fix the issue or? Thank you

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Re: Can't read the aircraft type
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2025, 07:35:47 am »
Just open the aircraft.cfg of the aircraft in question and add it in.
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Re: Can't read the aircraft type
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2025, 07:09:07 pm »
It says at the top ICAO code and it already has it in

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Re: Can't read the aircraft type
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2025, 12:49:21 am »
The aircraft.cfg of the aircraft itself, not the gsx.cfg profile of the aircraft.
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Re: Can't read the aircraft type
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2025, 07:58:07 pm »
i cant find the aircraft.cfg file anywhere

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Re: Can't read the aircraft type
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2025, 03:29:16 pm »
i cant find the aircraft.cfg file anywhere

Hi, Did you find a fix? IF not, I was able to by editing the all four aircraft.cfg found in each folder here:
 C:\Users\[Your User]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\horizonsim-aircraft-787-9\SimObjects\Airplanes

I added the correct information, saved and restarted the sim.

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