The custom tail number (registration number) feature in MSFS 2020 is super important to virtual airline players, as it lets us register our aircraft in the country/region where the aircraft is operating. And yet many 3rd party addon aircraft developers have disabled this feature. Carenado has it, …

No, not at all. I fly low and slow, and other than when taking off, landing, and performing other significant maneuvers, I’m in exterior view to enjoy the scenery, which I can see much better in an exterior view. But continuously staring at an out of place registration number bugs me. For instanc…

[image] KodiakJac: Why would 3rd party developers disable that feature on their addon aircraft? It’s not that they have disabled it, more like they don’t know how to enable it. Carenado can do it, but I think this is something of a black art, perhaps not even fully documented in the SDK.

That’s what I’ve been thinking. I would like to think that Asobo would post a note, or however they communicate to 3rd party developers, on how to do it. I’m not knocking the 3rd party developers at all. There are many wonderful aircraft being offered, and many with beautiful liveries. I’m just …

Does adding it in the customisation tab not work for you? [image]

It doesn’t change the livery, which is the issue. Carenado managed this, some other developers have not.

@syldon13 The post is about custom tail numbers on 3rd party aircraft and custom liveries given most you can’t set your own with however there is clearly a way even if it’s some weird workaround as we see it done by Carenado and a few others :slight_smile:

There is a guy here tells you how to add liveries.

That still means manually making a livery for every single call sign ever use on a plane rather than being able to simply just use the box in ATC options. Which yes you can do but when when have the likes of Carenado proving the ATC option menu method can be done it seems crazy especially if on abou…

The renaming option is available for all planes. When I set it for one it applies to what plane I choose after that. The OP specifically asks if it is hard to do. All I did was supply the information as requested. The video link may mention photoshop, but there is plenty help in the comments below…

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syldon13 August 29, 2021, 10:21pm 10

working fine for me. The tool tip also tells you that is exactly what it does.