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    Can't install Sim Skunk Works F-104 via add-on method

    I've always installed my aircraft by using the add-on method. For some reason I can't get the Sim Skunk Works F-104 to work. I used the installer to place it into my Documents\P3Dv5 Add-Ons folder, then created an add-on.xml with the appropriate folders. Tried using the entire C:\ path or just the steamlined simobjects\airplanes addresses. Tried starting P3D with the F-104 entered into the add-ons.cfg file and also tried leaving it out. Nothing is working. Here is my add-on.xml (this format, or usually one with the entire C:\ path usually gives me no problems with other aircraft):

    <SimBase.Document Type="AddOnXml" version="4,0" id="add-on">
    <AddOn.Name>Sim Skunk Works Lockheed Martin FRF-104 G</AddOn.Name>
    <AddOn.Description>Sim Skunk Works Lockheed Martin FRF-104 G</AddOn.Description>
    <AddOn.Component>
    <Category>SimObjects</Category>
    <Path>SimObjects\Airplanes</Path>
    </AddOn.Component>
    <AddOn.Component>
    <Category>Effects</Category>
    <Path>Effects</Path>
    </AddOn.Component>
    <AddOn.Component>
    <Category>Gauges</Category>
    <Path>Gauges</Path>
    </AddOn.Component>
    </AddOn.Component>
    <AddOn.Component>
    <Category>Sound</Category>
    <Path>Sound</Path>
    </AddOn.Component>
    </SimBase.Document>

    Below is an image of the add-on's directory:
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    Thanks for any help or suggestions!

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    Hi
    Is your xml correctly encoding? (UTF-8)
    Had you a request from P3D for activating it?
    It is the first aircraft you put in this folder or there are another aircrafts?
    Is your xml file in a folder which must be in first level in C:\Users\name\Documents\Prepar3D v5 Files?
    Regards
    Michel

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    Quote Originally Posted by mpni View Post
    Is your xml correctly encoding? (UTF-8)
    Had you a request from P3D for activating it?
    It is the first aircraft you put in this folder or there are another aircrafts?
    Is your xml file in a folder which must be in first level in C:\Users\name\Documents\Prepar3D v5 Files?
    No request from P3D when it launches.
    There are several other aircraft in my Prepare3D v5 Add-ons folder, but the F-104 has a folder of its own.
    I have tried with or without the entire file folder structure, and this is a copied add-on.xml from other aircraft which work fine.
    Maybe I just need to install the traditional way, and if I run into problems it will uninstall without ruining any other files. I just prefer the add-on method for my piece of mind.

    Thanks for responding!

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    "... There are several other aircraft in my Prepare3D v5 Add-ons folder, but the F-104 has a folder of its own..."
    Make a test with the same path as the others.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crushnik View Post
    <SimBase.Document Type="AddOnXml" version="4,0" id="add-on">
    <AddOn.Name>Sim Skunk Works Lockheed Martin FRF-104 G</AddOn.Name>
    <AddOn.Description>Sim Skunk Works Lockheed Martin FRF-104 G</AddOn.Description>
    <AddOn.Component>
    <Category>SimObjects</Category>
    <Path>SimObjects\Airplanes</Path>
    </AddOn.Component>
    <AddOn.Component>
    <Category>Effects</Category>
    <Path>Effects</Path>
    </AddOn.Component>
    <AddOn.Component>
    <Category>Gauges</Category>
    <Path>Gauges</Path>
    </AddOn.Component>
    </AddOn.Component>
    <AddOn.Component>
    <Category>Sound</Category>
    <Path>Sound</Path>
    </AddOn.Component>
    </SimBase.Document>


    Thanks for any help or suggestions!
    You've got a duplicate /AddOn.Component line for one thing. 5th line up from the bottom.

    Dave

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    Quote Originally Posted by dhazelgrove View Post
    You've got a duplicate /AddOn.Component line for one thing. 5th line up from the bottom.

    Dave
    Sometimes it takes a set of fresh eyes... Not sure how that extra line got in there, but thanks! While that solved one problem, the whole aircraft is black, and I got an error message about the sound config file. After all that, I think I'll just install the normal way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crushnik View Post
    Sometimes it takes a set of fresh eyes... Not sure how that extra line got in there, but thanks! While that solved one problem, the whole aircraft is black, and I got an error message about the sound config file. After all that, I think I'll just install the normal way.
    Daft question perhaps -- but have you actually installed the textures in with the models?

    Dave

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    Dave, you're a lifesaver. That's twice you've bailed me out!

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    That's what we're here for.

    Dave

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