AirEd Help
AirEd will edit every data member of an FS98 AIR
file. The AIR file specifies flight dynamics for an aircraft. It has No
Effect on the visual model whatsoever.
Files:
Menu choices are for the standard file operations,
Open, Save, and Save As. They work as expected. Note that AirEd can be
made the editor of choice by selecting "Set AirEd for AIR files". Then
AirEd will come up automatically when you click on an AIR file in File
Manager or Explorer or whatever it is this week.
The List:
Once a file is open, there will be a list of
records presented. This list is similar to the one for directories in File
Manager. There will be icons that show kind of data the record contains,
and a brief text description. Some records contain only one item of data.
If so, the type of data is shown in the icon. You can get a brief Description
Of Data Types.
If the record contains more than one item of
data, the icon will be 
This means that when you click on it, it will
expand to show all of the data items in that record.
NOTE: Single clicks are used in
AirEd. Double clicking is not needed!
Editing Items:
To edit an item, simply single click the left
mouse button over it.
The way you edit an item depends on what type
of data it contains.
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Numbers: An edit box appears directly to the right
of the item. When done editing, press Enter to save the data, or cancel.
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Text: A dialog appears with a text box that you can
use to edit the text. Press OK to save the changes, or Cancel to close
without saving.
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Unknown: If the contents of a record are unknown,
clicking on it will bring up a Hex Edit dialog. I won't go into lessons
on Hex editing here. Only to be used if you know what you are doing!
Right clicking on an item will bring up a small box
with the datas' offset, length, and a short help text if available.
At the bottom of the window is a bar with text.
If you are editing a number, that text will show you the ranges of numbers
you can enter.
Note that the values shown have NOT been
converted in any way! What you see is the actual data from the file. I
am dubious of the conversion factors I have seen so far. Many of them are
erroneous. I might include a conversion system in a future version. For
now, an explanation of the number would be a good entry for help text in
the ini file.
More advanced users can edit the ini file, which
is where just about everything you see is specified. Explanations of the
entries are in the file.
NOTE: Don't edit AirEd.ini unless
you know what you are doing! The program won't function right if the file
gets botched.
I will post the updated AirEd.ini file as it becomes
available. If you have found out the function of an entry, please e-mail
me with the information, including the steps you took to verify it and
I will include it in the next update.
E-Mail William Roth