How to save your tail number [Trick]

I couldn’t post this anywhere else for some reason, but for those of you wondering how you can change your tail number and LEAVE it changed, I found a solution.

Make a backup of this file or folder just in case. I won’t be responsible for you having to reinstall 91GB :wink:

Look for this folder in your installation drive/folder:

\Official\OneStore\[aircraft you want to fly]\SimObjects\Airplanes\[whatever plane]\
or, possibly for Steam (unconfirmed)
\Official\Steam\[aircraft you want]\SimObjects\Airplanes\[whatever plane]\

May be different on Steam, I have GamePass version. Anyone with the Steam version, let me know the folder structure and I’ll update this post with that information.

Mine for the 152 is:

E:\MSFS2020\Official\OneStore\asobo-aircraft-c152\SimObjects\Airplanes\Asobo_C152

but others have reported a different location for Game Pass, such as

C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Official\OneStore

Open file aircraft.cfg

Look for the following line near the bottom:

atc_id = "ASXGS" ; tail number

Change the ASXGS to whatever you want. I set mine to N721B.

Can also do this with the lines
atc_airline = “”
atc_flight_number = “”

Save.

Reload plane (?)(or sim?)

Upon reloading the plane again, the ATC Option will show an empty tail number as usual, but your tail number will be what you entered into that line in the cfg file.

From u/puckstar on Reddit, you can do this with multiple cfg files at once using Notepad++ and do a search for the files: aircraft.cfg
You should get a lot of results. Now select all of them and right-click and open in Notepad++.
Then do a Replace (Ctrl-H) and replace (for all opened documents!) for instance:
atc_id = “ASXGS” with atc_id = “PCKSTR”.

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Excellent tip. Thanks!

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Hi

Rgd Steam: There is no aircraft.cfg in the path specified: “\Official\Steam\asobo-aircraft-c172sp-classic\SimObjects\Airplanes\Asobo_C172sp_classic”

Any1 else found this file for steam installation ?

Freddy

Great tip!! Thanks. On my PC slightly different path

C:\Users\MEH"Your User Name"\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe

C:\Users"Your User Name"\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Official\OneStore\asobo-aircraft-c152\SimObjects\Airplanes\Asobo_C152

also same folder different file flight_model.cfg you can change the default fuel quaities. i.e.

For each tank: Tank position (z longitudinal, x lateral, y vertical) (FEET), total fuel capacity (GALLONS), unusable fuel capacity (GALLONS)
For King Air 350
LeftMain = 2, -8, -1, 190, 6.2
The default 190 was equal to 50% so changing it to 380 made the Left Tank 100%

meh1951

I hope this is as easy as in the GP version. I don’t have access to the Steam folder structure but it should be where ever your liveries are located.

Nice idea, will try this. Until the next update comes out and the changes are set to default again^^

A GamePass on my PC

User Name = Your user name :slight_smile:

C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Official\OneStore

I updated it. It’s where ever you installed it to. I didn’t have 150GB available on my C drive, so I went with my E drive instead, in it’s own folder for ease of location. Slight oversight on my part :wink: Thanks.

Hopefully the next update will let you do it in-sim and will keep it persistent so this trick won’t be needed :slight_smile:

Strangely some of the aircraft do not have an aircraft.cfg file, a lot do though.

fantastic, it worked… I asked for something simple as this during Beta… I think it should be an easy fix… but anyway thanks a lot for this tip, I love it…

If you’re on Steam as I assume you are, can you check the folder for the 152 that I posted above, to verify the file is present there and that is the correct path for Steam installs? :slight_smile:

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