When I wanted to add the castering tailwheel to the DC-3, or a better wheel grip on the ground for some aircraft, I could just add some lines to the flight model.cfg and flight tuning. Some planes, payware or even MS, have no such files, such as the Junkers that needs a castering tailwheel. There are cfg’s I cannot edit, such as ai.cfg or model.cfg. How can we overcome this obstacle? It would be nice if original MS airplaned would come with more reasistic models. Graphics is not all.
Some(many) are locked by the Dev and we can not access them sadly.
1 Like
Personal Comments and Observations
DC-3 is a stock sim aircraft and the configuration files are locked for security and IP purposes. Also applicable to any aircraft that’s only available via Marketplace.
1 Like
Wishlist item:
2 Likes
I understand, and fully support, the reasons for encrypted files for safeguarding IP. What I struggle to understand is the reasoning behind having visible and editable cameras.cfg files for the cockpit/instrument view cameras for encrypted aircraft but the .cfg files for Quickviews are not visible and cannot be edited. Maybe I am missing something but aren’t these two use cases similar/identical?
So while I am not concerned about the files for the essence of aircraft being encrypted, I would dearly like to see Quickview cameras to be “user configurable” with the configurations visible and editable.
Just a quick comment from the cheap seats since I QA for a studio as well:
From the manufacturer’s view, the Quick Views may be intended specifically to support some other feature of the aircraft and thus fall into the must be static category. That’s not necessarily the case for all products, but that’s one reason.
1 Like
Could be I suppose. However, if that IS the case it is crippling a very useful feature for GA VFR flying. In 2020 I set up the Quick Views to simulate how I would look at ground features, particularly in the circuit. In 2020 I could easily simulate moving around in the cockpit for the best views using my joystick hat switch. Examples being:
45° Left and right, craning to see over the panel when joining a circuit
90° Left: position on downwind or checking when to turn final when on base
135° Left: checking position for turning base when on downwind
These are just a few examples. Would have been nice if we still had a way to do that.