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June 6th, 2005, 23:02
By delta_lima
First, a hello to all my new S-O friends - finally re-registered and got back on the forums.
My post has to do with VCs. Now I happen to dislike them with a passion--2D panels only for me!! Now I know that puts me very much in the minority in this gang ( :p ) but in my quest to nuke them, I discovered a mechanism that all of us can agree is good--taking them out of otherwise frame-rate heavy planes and turning them into docile AI planes!
If you all know how to do this, please forgive me - I apologise in advance.
A very kind Mr. Clive Ryan showed me how to remove VCs, which I did to almost all my add-on planes, and now I can have 20+fps with a half-dozen or more complex planes such as the Yamamoto F/A-18 flying around as AI--no problems. Considering this is on my tired old P3-866/320 MB RAM 64MB VC rig, I think that's quite respectable.
Here's how he showed me the process of VC removal:
Open the mdl file you want to edit with the Hex Editor and search for the following hex value: 0022003900 by going to Edit\Find type in the 0022003900 value then click OK. When the first occurrence comes up, just hit the F3 key on your keyboard and it will take you to the second occurrence...that is the one that you edit. DO NOT EDIT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE of the string or you will find part of your aircraft missing
Now, in the second occurrences of that string, simply change the 39 in 0022003900 to 00. It should now look like this: 0022000000. Save the changes, OK the creation of the backup file then exit Hex Workshop to test it out in MSFS and bingo! No VC.
If you screw up, then you can revert to the backup that the Hex Workshop creates for you and try again.
So, whether you don't like VC's on flyable planes - or simply want to use that lovely - but otherwise-frame-rate-taxing aftermarket beauty, this will help a fair bit. It goes without saying that removing the panel file, selecting stock sounds, and removing effects are also needed to make AI planes friendlier that way.
Thanks to Clive (if he reads and posts here) - this has really helped.
First, a hello to all my new S-O friends - finally re-registered and got back on the forums.
My post has to do with VCs. Now I happen to dislike them with a passion--2D panels only for me!! Now I know that puts me very much in the minority in this gang ( :p ) but in my quest to nuke them, I discovered a mechanism that all of us can agree is good--taking them out of otherwise frame-rate heavy planes and turning them into docile AI planes!
If you all know how to do this, please forgive me - I apologise in advance.
A very kind Mr. Clive Ryan showed me how to remove VCs, which I did to almost all my add-on planes, and now I can have 20+fps with a half-dozen or more complex planes such as the Yamamoto F/A-18 flying around as AI--no problems. Considering this is on my tired old P3-866/320 MB RAM 64MB VC rig, I think that's quite respectable.
Here's how he showed me the process of VC removal:
Open the mdl file you want to edit with the Hex Editor and search for the following hex value: 0022003900 by going to Edit\Find type in the 0022003900 value then click OK. When the first occurrence comes up, just hit the F3 key on your keyboard and it will take you to the second occurrence...that is the one that you edit. DO NOT EDIT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE of the string or you will find part of your aircraft missing
Now, in the second occurrences of that string, simply change the 39 in 0022003900 to 00. It should now look like this: 0022000000. Save the changes, OK the creation of the backup file then exit Hex Workshop to test it out in MSFS and bingo! No VC.
If you screw up, then you can revert to the backup that the Hex Workshop creates for you and try again.
So, whether you don't like VC's on flyable planes - or simply want to use that lovely - but otherwise-frame-rate-taxing aftermarket beauty, this will help a fair bit. It goes without saying that removing the panel file, selecting stock sounds, and removing effects are also needed to make AI planes friendlier that way.
Thanks to Clive (if he reads and posts here) - this has really helped.