FAQ FOR GOLDEN WINGS

[flightsimjim]

Bill has included a quite a number of *goodies* with each of his creations. It's essential that you READ ALL DOCUMENTATION that comes with each package. A lot of your questions/frustations are answered in the documentation -kofi

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1. I'd like to incorporate Golden Hawaii full time in my regular Fs9 without losing parts of Australasia. What do I need to move etc.

a. With Golden Hawaii active, go to the scenery\ocen\scenerytb folder and copy all BGLs EXCEPT those listed below into the scenery folder.

AB903230
AB904290
AB905240
AB905350
AB905380
AB905390
AB906240
AB906250
AP903230
AP904290
AP905240
AP905350
AP905380
AP905390
AP906240
AP906250
AT9OCEN1
BR9OCEN0
BR9OCEN1
FL903230
FL904290
FL905240
FL905350
FL905380


FL905390
FL906240
FL906250
FL986260
HL903230
HL904290
HL905240
HL905350
HL905380
HL905390
HL906240
HL906250
Honolulu
HP903230
HP904290
HP905240
HP905350
HP905380
HP905390
HP906240
HP906250
kilauea
NV9OCEN0
oahuTL
OB9OCEN0
RD903230
RD904290
RD905240
RD905350
RD905380
RD905390
RD906240
RD906250

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2.How can I install some programs into FSGW that dont seem to want to install ?


A. Tom discovered, there is an easy way to fool most of them. Since you have renamed the FS9.exe to FSGW.exe, you can create a new text document in the FSGW folder and rename it FS9.exe
Install programs will find it and work, and since its a text file, it will not run like an exe if you click on it accidentally


3. middle asked..does an airfield list exist somewhere that could be inserted in the main folder to eliminate the names of the nopw non-existent fields after installing GW3? every once in awhile I set up a flight on a given field and the plane is in a house or crashed into something because the original field is no longer there

just curious i can certainly live with it....



A. Tom answered...KORD, KLAX, KSEA, KDFW, KMIA, KPHX, KJFK, KSFO, KLAS, KSTL, KMLI, KPDX, KDEN, KCGX, KIAD, KATL and perhaps a couple I missed are covered over in GW3 but still show in the Go To Airports menu. Removing them from there would require modifying a number Microsoft bgls which for obvious reasons we are not going to do. You can post this list on the side of your monitor and avoid using them.







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4...Are there any scenery upgrades, putting in light becons on major airways?

In that period of time, NDB navigation was a very new thing, and not exactly convenient, thats why I want to try simulating it. There arent very many NDBs left on the default FS9 scenery, and no more in the GW scenery. Certenly none in the four airway configuration, that uses "N" and "A" to stay on course. Has anyone built a patch, putting back all the origional NDBs from that period? And has anyone built a guage for the DC-3 where you can hear the Morse code N and A?

Thanks
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A. Welcome aboard, Josh. Here you go...

LF Airways available here:
www.dc3airways.com/scenery_top.html
(click on DC-3 Airways Home Page>Downloads>Miscellaneous Files and look for airways_1940.zip)


Lighted airways available here:
www.dc3airways.com/night_mail_flights.html
(click on FS2004 Night Mail Flights)


Cheers,

Wayne


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A. LF radio range A-N

Dave


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A. Beacons can be found in rwy12 library for installation in fs9 or Gw. Flightsim has bcntwriz.zip which is for rwy12. I put beacons in my gw right where they were in Ohio when I was flying.

Good luck.. JIM


5. Oct 1, 2006, 11:49pm, foxwolfen wrote:Where can one aquire this fine bird? D0 217


A. KOFI ANSWERED
--> www.alphasim.co.uk

[flightsimjim]

5..I've recently loaded some new scenery, mainly some WW2 airfields into GW3, and the Abacus Flight Deck 4 into FS9. I had no problems loading them and they worked great for a while. However, now when I want to select one of these airfields after a fresh boot they do not appear in the airfield list. I have to go to the scenery library, "uncheck" and "recheck" the specific scenery, then exit and renter the Sim. Then they appear and are usable.

Is there a way to correct or prevent this from happening so that this addon scenery remains in the airfield lists?

Thanks in advance for your advice and suggestions.

LDF

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A. From a post in another TOH forum, sounds like you need to delete the scenery.cfg file in the same folder as the Fs9(GW3) .CFG.

The sims will operate fine as long as you leave the scenery.cfgs in the Main Fs9/GW3 folders.

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A. This happens to me once in a while. I just delete the Dat file in the addon scenery folder. The flight sim will make a new one, and all scenery will be there.

Roger
Admin



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A. I think the problem is switching between Fs9 and GW3. That's why the additional scenery.cfg in the same folder as the Fs9/GW3.cfg, needs deleting.


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Thanks for the replies, Roger and Robert.

But, I'm a little confused.

Roger, I have two totally separate installs, one for each (GW3 and FS9). I've looked in both main folders and each has a "scenery.cfg" file. I've also looked in the "Config" folders for each install and there is no "scenery.cfg" in either of these folders.

So, I'm not sure I understand which "scenery.cfg" you're telling me to delete.

LDF

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I think Roger means the fs9 folder that is hidden. Local C/ Doc @ settings/ Your name/ Application Data/ Microsoft/ FS9.
Never thought of this. Thanks Roger.
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dave3cu
Moderator

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A..As LDF's and Windrunners topic are the same I'll post this reply here only.

The problem arises because when you make changes to the Scenery Library several files, some shared, are modified. These include:

-The scenery.cfg file in the sim's main folder. This is unique to each install and doesn't cause a problem.

-Several files in C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data\Microsoft\FS9\ folder and the \Facilities\ subfolder. These files are shared by all your sim installs so changes made in one Scenery Library effect them all, most noticeable in the airport list.

One solution:

Create a new user account (with administrative privilege) for each of your extra sim installs and run each for its own account. When you first run each sim from it's new account it will build the C:\.......\<new user>\..........\FS9\ folder. You can then move the proper <FS9>.cfg to the new location. Each sim will now have it's own (previously shared) files.

Dave
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lilduckfoot
Flightsimmer



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Sept 30, 2006, 9:12am, Roger wrote:I think the problem is switching between Fs9 and GW3. That's why the additional scenery.cfg in the same folder as the Fs9/GW3.cfg, needs deleting.



Hi, Roger. Finally located the folder and the scenery.cfg file you referred to. I deleted it but it didn't help. After reestablishing the sceneries in their respective main folders and flying them a couple of times, the problem is back. I checked the "common FS9" folder and the game had created another scenery.cfg file.

Guys, I appreciate your suggestions, but I'm no genie when it comes to figuring this stuff out. You guys never cease to amaze me with your "finds" and "nuggets" of wisdom. However, this sounds as though it could get complicated (for me), so, I can live with what it's doing

[flightsimjim]

rhennar
Flightsimmer

Joined: Sept 2006
Posts: 3
Re: Tech help...
« Reply #4 on Sept 30, 2006, 8:06pm »

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Hello All,
New here and have been flying, FS like, for a long time. Busy with TS also but now have installed GW and like it very much. But now the old message comes up all the time about the cd not in the slot. I know there does not need to be one, like on my other FS9. But I forgot how to get rid of it. Have GW on its seperate installation.
Thanks , Ted

[flightsimjim]

Rhennar.... send an email to [e-mail] and i will send you a zip to unlock fs9. Jim

[flightsimjim]

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