Mod edit: The request below has been withdrawn by the original poster (OP). However, given the large amount of support already give to this wishlist item, the thread has been left open. It would not be appropriate to contact the OP to ask for more information as this is the only information available.
Since there are various issues with Premium and Deluxe aircraft and the status for fixing these items are backlog we request that the .cfg files for these airplanes are unlocked from the .fsarchive structure. The community has a number of people who are very good at modifying airplanes for more realistic performance and are unable to touch the premium and deluxe content due to the DRM.
EDIT: On 13 July 2021 this thread was modified to include requests for removing the .cfg files from the encrypted .fsarchive file system for Marketplace aircraft.
you got my vote! Its very sad that they have higher priority to other unimportant things and not to make the premium deluxe content works fine!
As I said before - fixing the fuel issue would be a good start and it would only costs minutes of work to change a number in the .cfg file!
Asobo! - PLEASE FIX IT !!! Why we have to wait until update 9 for this???
My Vote tooā¦There are a couple of bugs that could be fixed in a few minutes if the config files would be plain text as for other aircrafts. So to see here with the issue āmissing landing/taxi lights from cockpit viewā. Here is a guy who repaired it for most of the planes but he cannot do this for the planes with encrypted config filesā¦
I really cannot understand why Asobo doesnĀ“t target quick wins like thisā¦
Would love to see this unlocked. This was my bread-winner aircraft for the Premium Deluxe, and it needs some TLC to bring it up to par with the rest of the aircrafts.
We totally need full access. Given the fact that great mods make some of the default aircraft flyable and closer to realism, I donāt understand that I have to deal with mediocre āpremium deluxeā aircraft that I paid a considerable amount extra for.
There HAS to be another way to protect the aircraft from being copied but still allowing for modifying all the files within it. Maybe embed some kind of license file/signature to the model but donāt block the rest of the modifiable files from us.
You have provided the baseline aircraft for us to use, but the community modders have made some of these airplanes so much more realistic and true to life. Some examples are the TBM, Bonanza and X Cub. These models are a pleasure to use in the sim now. There are some airplanes that require some more work, but they are locked to editing. These are airplanes in the versions above standard. Please, allow modders to work on these airplane models. The community wants it, and it allows you to focus on other things.
The Community.
PS to all readers, please no Asobo bashing. They have delivered a work in progress productā¦ which they have said all along. The purpose of this thread is to ask for them to unlock the other airplanes, not to bash the sim or company. We wonāt get anywhere bashing the creator of an overall good product with potential to be great.
PS+ I am not advocating for users to get free airplanes that others have paid forā¦ I am advocating for people who bought the package with those aircraft, unlocking the codability and .cfg files for editing and tweaking.
Iāve moved the thread to #self-service:wishlist. I suspect there is already a thread on this issue already, but I do not have time to check. If anyone knows of one, please flag the topic with the reason āsomething elseā and provide a link to the existing thread so we can merge.
I donāt want this to be an Asobo bashing thread. Simply, a thread to draw attention to the fantastic efforts of modders, and to petition Asobo to allow work on other models to be done!
I bought the Premium Deluxe package, personally Iām not bothered if others had access to the premium aircraft, as weād all benefit if modders could access them to edit them, anyway the PD airports still would be unattainable to those who never paid for the higher package.
I am not advocating for anyone to get free access. I am talking about unlocking the relevant files that modders need to work on the aircraft to improve them. You would only be able to use the mod if you purchased the airplane.
Community mods is what make any flight simulator platform thrive.
So, Asobo, PLEASE open up the doors to the Premium and Deluxe content, so these very talented modders can do what they are great at and elevate the default airplanes to the level that us simmers enjoy. It is the key to success.
Should be possible. Same as people modding the standard airplanes, the mod is not the plane. It is just re written code and modified flight models etc.
