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[AeroJim]

Where do i put the freeware liveries i download from the net, which file in the fs9 folder?

[SWAFO]

Freeware liveries for what?

[AeroJim]

like for aircraft, like i am going to download the US Airways or United Livery for the Boeing 737 and dont know what file to put them in 2
see them on the selection screen.

[SWAFO]

If you're just replacing a default 737, you can simply overwrite the textures. If not, you need to create a whole new aircraft folder which
requires more files than just the textures/liveries.

[Vokial]

To add a livery to a plane is quite simple and you don't have to create another whole aircraft folder...
You have to go in the aircraft folder: you'll see some dir named "texture" or "texture.whatever".
You have to create a new texture folder with some name and edit the cfg file of the plane to add the new livery...

Example:
You just downloaded the british airways livery for your Boeing 737 that comes with FS9
Enter in the /Aircraft/b737_400 folder
create a dir named "texture.british" and put the livery in here (be sure that the img files are there and not in a subdir)
go back to the /b737_400 folder
edit the aircraft.cfg with a text editor (wordpad will do)
you should find some informations about the plane grouped in [fltsim.X] where X is a number starting from 0
copy a whole [fltsim.x] part (it doesn't matter which one) and paste it just below the last already existing one
change the fltsim.x with the next number (if the last is [fltsim.4] you have to put [fltsim.5])
change the aircraft information accordingly to your new livery and pay attention to the "texture=whatever" line... the "whatever" is the name of the
subdir you created for your texture without the "texture." part... so in our example we will have "texture=british"
And there you go... start FS9 and select your B737... open the liveries menu and choose your new livery...

The same example than above, only viewed in the aircraft.cfg

[fltsim.4] ---this one is the last one if you have only default textures---
title=Boeing 737-400 Paint4 ---this line has to be modified to make FS "see" your new livery as a different plane
sim=Boeing737-400
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=4 ---this line has to be modified otherwise you won't see your new livery
kb_checklists=Boeing737-400_check
kb_reference=Boeing737-400_ref
atc_id=N737T
atc_airline=World Travel ---this line too, but only to make ATC recognise the right airline ("Speed Bird"??)
atc_flight_number=1123
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type="737-400"
ui_variation="Linee aeree World Travel" ---this line changes the name of your new livery in the menu
description="..."

And now for the new livery (modified lines in blue):

[fltsim.5] ---remember, increase by one the number of fltsim parts you have<---
title=Boeing 737-400 British
sim=Boeing737-400
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=british
kb_checklists=Boeing737-400_check
kb_reference=Boeing737-400_ref
atc_id=N737T
atc_airline=Speed Bird
atc_flight_number=1123
ui_manufacturer=Boeing
ui_type="737-400"
ui_variation="British Airways"
description="..."

That's ok... don't change anything else (you might change the description and the atc_flight_numver if you want to, but it isn't necessary)

-Vokial-



Post Edited ( 08-24-05 03:34 )

[SWAFO]

You could do that too... I always do everything the simple way (overwriting existing textures)

[Jetsgo]

Do it Brad's way, it's alot eaiser.

[SaVas]

Whenever you download a livery or repaint, 9 times out of 10 the repaint artist willhave instructions in the download zip file on how to put
them in the particular aircraft file and what to add to the aircraft.cfg

Its pretty easy to follow.