GypsyBaron
February 2nd, 2009, 14:41
Cool, thanks Chuck.
1) Does anybody know where I can find the aiCarriers2 program I installed?
2) Does anybody know if installing the SDK to another drive other than the one FSX is on will be problematic?
AI Carriers can be 'installed' to any folder in any location
you wish. I don't recall if there was a 'default' location.
Mine is in my K:\FSX Tools\ AI Carriers folder.
If you have "lost it" on your system, simply do a search
for the following file: aicarriers.jar
then note where it is :)
The IMPORTANT thing is the EXE.XML file and the path
in that file that points to the chosen location.
Here is a sample of my EXE.XML
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
<Descr>Launch</Descr>
<Filename>EXE.XML</Filename>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
<Launch.Addon><Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Name>AICarriers</Name>
<Path>K:\FSX Tools\AI carriers\aicarriers.exe</Path>
<CommandLine>-nogui</CommandLine>
</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>
<simbase.document type="Launch" version="1,0">
</simbase.document>This file is located in the same folder as the fsx.CFG file.
On XP that is "Documents and Settings\<user\application data\microsoft\fsx="">
As to the SDK location question, I'm not certain this will cause a problem
but several 3rd party addons expect it to be in the same
folder as the FSX folder risides...in other words, in a
'parallel' folder.
Again, one needs to insure that any 'path' statements point
to the correct location, wherever that is.
In the case of the Traffic Tools Explorer and various SDK tools,
that path is in the "dll.xml" file located in the same folder
as the fsx.CFG and EXE.XML files.
Again, here is mine for reference:
</user\application>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
<Descr>Launch</Descr>
<Filename>dll.xml</Filename>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Object Placement Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>I:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Mission Creation Kit\object_placement.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Traffic Toolbox</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>I:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffictoolbox.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Visual Effects Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>I:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Special Effects SDK\visualfxtool.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>FSUIPC 4</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Path>Modules\FSUIPC4.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>
Paul
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