SKJ An-12 in FSX

[gsnde]

Has anyone succeeded in getting Sergey's An-12 to appear in FSX?

[gsnde]

well, neither did I....

[Firebird]

Sorry, Martin. I can't even start to help here.

[CelticWarrior]

Martin, I'll have a look this evening, not sure if I did or not. I've certainly got a bunch of An-12s floating around, just need to figure out whose.

Edited to add:

They do work, I used the ones from a WoAI package first and then added my other paints to those using the BK model.

What issues are you having?

[tango234]

I find the best way to work out if an ai model isn't showing up properly in FSX is to plonk the default cessna panel into its folder, and then have a look at it in the aircraft selection menu. Does the AN-12 show up if you do that?

[CelticWarrior]

I find the best way to work out if an ai model isn't showing up properly in FSX is to plonk the default cessna panel into its folder, and then have a look at it in the aircraft selection menu. Does the AN-12 show up if you do that?

That's a great idea.

[gsnde]

... sometimes it only needs a small remark and all hell breaks loose....

Thanks for the feedback, I will test the trick with making it a flyable aircraft when I come home from work and report back.

[gsnde]

Jeez, that took me quite some time to figure out...

I tried with the panel trick: no aircraft in the FSX selection. I removed the aircraft folder, added it fresh from the archive plus the panel - same result.

So I went and downloaded the WoAI package and sure enough - there she was. Then I added the military model from the non workings installation plus texture - whow, what a beautiful aircaft, waiting to be selected.

Then I spent quite some time, comparing, changing model and air files, all to no avail. Exchanging the complete aircraft.cfg content except the [fltsim.x] section... no bonus. The WoAI installation was perfect, the newest model did not show.

Meanwhile I felt personally offended. And now guess what I found, in the original package, unsuspiciously and unobserved at the very top of the file:

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[[fltsim.0]
title=SKJ_An12A
sim=SBAI_AN12
model=
texture=base\B\wg
atc_airline=BASE
ui_manufacturer=Antonov
ui_type=An-12
ui_variation=A (base)
description=An-12 early Model by SKJ & SBAI
atc_parking_codes=
atc_parking_types=CARGO

I have written Sergey and asked him to correct the source

[CelticWarrior]

It's amazing what the smallest of symbols can do when in the wrong place