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Wilder Pilot	posted 03-21- 02:18 AM All the new planes downloaded fly and look great. But, When I try to fly the hurricane or the p47 I crash out to the desktop, wether I'm using the straight SDOE or the unsupported patched version which I prefer. Any advice or is it reinstall time again? IP: Logged
Arrowbase Pilot	posted 03-21- 02:41 AM Bonjour ! So do I and also I'm using the same version like yours but I guess the cause is the startup.ppf which replaces the original. I didn't try yet but if you have a startup.ppf from your previous version and replace the one installed by the P47, it should work. Bonne chance ! Arrowbase IP: Logged
Commando Pilot	posted 03-21- 06:12 AM There are 3 startup.ppf files with the Hurricane, P47 and DV11, save your orginal Startup.ppf and compare it to the new ones. Edit your old Startup.ppf to contain any new lines found in the 3 new atartup.ppf files eg"Aircraft/airfoils/CLARKYH.ppf" , which is the new line required for the Hurricane, you should then be able to fly all planes. IP: Logged
Razer Pilot	posted 03-21- 07:33 AM Install the P47's Startup file. The open it up with notepad or word and add this line any where near the top. "Aircraft/airfoils/CLARKYH.ppf" This will add the hurri to the startup so the airfoil loads. P47 already have the other planes added just not the hurri. ------------------ Tony "Razer" Martin http://www.fshangar.com IP: Logged
jedi Pilot	posted 03-21- 07:42 AM I haven't had a chance to download the Jug yet, but I have the Hurri (beautiful job BTW) flying OK. Seems to me we've reached a point where the builders need to help guys to get their planes installed tho. IMO it's probably not a good idea to have your "new" startup.ppf AUTOMATICALLY installed by the zipfile. Name it something like startup.F4U and then put in your readme file step-by-step instructions for how to update their own startup.ppf file. Otherwise, you're gonna see a lot of posts like: "Hey the DVIII was working great yesterday, but ever since I installed the P-47, I get a CTD! Wassupwitdat?" It's GREAT that guys actually built the new airfoils (too clueless here on that stuff yet) but the startup.ppf file has to know about everyone's airfoil, and if your file just overwrites the previous one, anyone who doesn't have their "degree in Openplane Technology" is gonna be stumped as to what happened. Heck, I sorta knew what I was doin, but even I didn't know that the airfoil names were CASE SENSITIVE. I just got the Hurri working through blind luck. Just a suggestion. Once you know what to do, it's an easy fix. But if you DON'T already know the trick... At the very least, I think I'd include either a .bat file that saved their old startup.ppf for em or instructions to do that in the readme. Hehe like I should be suggesting anything about zipfiles...yeah right! ------------------ --jedi-- [This message has been edited by jedi (edited 03-21-2000).] IP: Logged
Spanky the Mad Dog Pilot	posted 03-21- 08:25 AM Spanky here.. Yep its going to be a huge problem. MASSIVE. this won't be the end of it. It won't be solved until everyone updates those planes so they all have a new Startup that has the other 2 planes in them. IP: Logged
ReaperMan Pilot	posted 03-21- 10:36 AM Get an updated startup.ppf here with all of the airfoils for the P-47, Hurricane, and the DVII. www.cs.odu.edu/~ccrambli/sdoe/ This is for those who are having problems or confusion with the new airfoils and CTDs when attempting to fly these planes. Save startup.ppf to your Fighter Squadron\Media directory, overwrite the previous version, and enjoy! Also, make sure the airfoils themselves have extracted to the right place, should be Fighter Squadron\Media\Aircraft\airfoils. If not, get them in there, cause that's where they need to be. -=TheReaper=- IP: Logged
JT Pilot	posted 03-21- 10:40 AM Should all the plane makers put this ppf in their plane zips now so that people downloading the planes won't have problems? By the way, love your artwork, Reap. [This message has been edited by JT (edited 03-21-2000).] IP: Logged

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