But I think those are crucial.
Welllll....
Yes and no. How's that for a nice, straight answer?
Look in the plane's aircraft.cfg. Remember, never use any kind of word processor! ONLY ever open any sort of Flight Sim .cfg file, aircraft.cfg, FSX.cfg, you name it, with NotePad, or NotePad++. Word processors add symbols you may not see, but will render the file unusable by the simulator.
OK, got that out of the way. Anywho, open the plane's aircraft.cfg file, found in it's main folder. Look at the entries under the [fltsim.X] where X is a number. One of the lines is
model= . Is there anything following the equals sign (=)?
It will look something like this:
[fltsim.0]
title=F/A-18C - Blue Angels 1
sim=FA-18_18.4
model=BA
panel=BA
sound=
texture=BA1
kb_checklists=boeing_FA18_check
kb_reference=boeing_FA18_ref
atc_id=BA001
atc_airline=NAVY
atc_flight_number=001BA
atc_parking_types=MIL_COMBAT
atc_parking_codes=F18
ui_manufacturer="Boeing"
ui_type="F/A-18C Hornet"
ui_variation="Blue Angels Test 1"
ui_typerole="Twin Engine Jet"
ui_createdby="FSX Blue Angels & Groom Lake simulations"
description="The Hornet combines the ruggedness required of carrier-borne aircraft with speed and superior agility, especially at high angles of attack. Its powerful engines, canted vertical stabilizers, horizontal stabilators, large leading- and trailing-edge flaps, and sophisticated flight control system all contribute to a level of performance that makes the Hornet a versatile front-line fighter in several air forces around the world."
It may be linked to a different aircraft's model. Some developers do this for any number of reasons. It makes it so they don't have to spend time building a whole new model from scratch, mainly. Another reason is that this way they can save size of the zip file. Lotsa reasons possible.
Anywho, is there any text following the
model= entry? Same for the
sound= line. Making those indicate a different plane's files is called "Aliasing". IE: the plane's model is "aliased" to a different plane, you see?
IF, for some reason, whatever it may be, you don't have the plane they are indicating in those lines, you will see the situation you seem to have. Maybe you need to install another plane to allow the plane's aircraft.cfg to "find" the folders and files it requires.
Even the
texture=2 can be aliased. It can be done on that line in the aircraft.cfg file, or within the plane's texture folders.
Does this help? Let us know if there's any text in the places indicated. If there is, can you post it so we can help you find the plane it's looking for? Heck, it may be looking for the FSX default Hornet, or the FSDT Hornet. I don't know until you let us know.
Hope this is some small help!
Pat☺
