Menu labels with underscores

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Does anyone know how to change the menu box labels to with underscores? I can’t remember what I did to enable it before. Maybe somewhere with dev mode on and tick box on certain option somewhere?

example, like this

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menu.back. menu.reset_flight menu.worldmap etc

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Hi there,
The sim is getting those labels from a .locPak file that contains different translations. So if you use English, the en-US.locPak file has an entry that looks like this:

  "MENU.RESET_FLIGHT": "RESET",

However, if you speak German, the de-DE.locPak file says this:

  "MENU.RESET_FLIGHT": "ZURÜCKSETZEN",

or French, the fr-FR.locPak file says this:

  "MENU.RESET_FLIGHT": "RÉINITIALISER",

etc.

For some reason, the file corresponding to the language you use must have some issue with it. You could wait for the next update (which will probably be in a few weeks when AAU 1 goes live), and it’s possible that this issue might fix itself at that time. Another thing you could try to do is the following (please note that this method will require a several-GB download):

  1. Locate where your fs-base folder is. (You don’t have to go in it.) This is the folder where the aforementioned .locPak files are stored.

If you’re on Steam, and you have chosen the default installation, you can paste this into Windows Explorer and it will take you to the folder:

%APPDATA%\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Official\Steam

If you’re on the Microsoft Store version, and have chosen the default installation, you can paste this into Windows Explorer and it will take you to the folder:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Official\OneStore

  1. Rename your fs-base folder to fs-base.bak.

  2. Start Microsoft Flight Simulator.

  3. After the splash screen and logos, you will be prompted to download an update. Perform the update. This will re-download the fs-base folder that you renamed in step 2.

  4. When MSFS finally gets to the menu, this should be fixed. If you are satisfied with the result, you can delete the fs-base.bak folder, as it is no longer necessary.

I hope this helps!

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perfect, thanks :slight_smile:

Was hoping for GUI version (screenshot was taken ages ago, restarting the sim fixed it) , opening notepad then text search will do

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Glad restarting the sim worked. Not sure why a temporary glitch like that happened.