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AMS-Aircraft Management System (AMS.DOC) FS2K (and only FS2K) Freeware Utility Copyright 2001 Diego Frieden (if this line is too long for you to read then maybe you should make sure the word-wrapping function of the Edit menu is turned on !)
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Whoever you are, I (Diego Frieden, 16, lives in Switzerland, dief@netcourrier.com)
start by thanking you of your interest in my first(!) freeware.
The idea of this utility comes from many different reasons:
I've got a PIII 500 PC (that's quite okay) but only 64 MB RAM (oooops!)...
...and it takes me a long time to open a new menu box in FS 2000, especially
the Aircraft-> Choose Aircraft Menu because of
the tons of downloaded aircraft that squat my \Aircraft folder
That's okay if you fly ALL of them ALL the time, but if you only need them once in a while,
1)you should put the undesired plane folders in an other location of your hard disk and keep the minimum plane folders in your Flight Simulator Aircraft Folder but...
2)you still need to know exactly what planes you have on your disk to choose the right one quickly and finally
3)sometimes you ask yourself questions like: Who builds the Islander? or What country is Avro from? etc... (Answer: Britten-Norman; England [AVRO stands for the A.V.Roe and Co. Aircraft Company])
With a reference file and an accurate "alternative fleet" and "active fleet" classification system, these problems are history ! The name of this File/System? That's right ! You've got it: the AMS or AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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Are you asking yourself why this System isn't a real program, why it is presented as a plain and simple Word format document? Here is the answer:
I'm a total idiot for programming and I haven't got the time to learn, so I decided to try it Word format. Besides, the size of the whole system is quite small and fast to download, unlike some other programs available on the Net...
However, if one of you wants to try and make this thing into a program, feel free to contact me with an e-mail : dief@netcourrier.com and I'll see how I can help you.
That reminds me of an important thing: the AMS is copyrighted and cannot be copied as the whole or partly nor modified without consent of the author. I would be very disappointed to see that the time I took to prepare this thing is washed away by a dishonest simer.
For questions, critics, comments, ice-creams (find the wrong one), mail to dief@netcourrier.com !
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How to make everything work:
First of all, make sure that you installed FS2000 in the default Program Files\Microsoft Games\Fs2000 directory: all the links won't work if you installed it in another one and you'll have to recorrect all the links yourself...(good luck!)
Now after extraction, just move the AMS Folder to your C:\ Drive. If you choose another Drive, not a single link will work and it will be a mess !
(Note: If no AMS Folder is present, then you hadn't got the "Use folder names" option turned on during extraction. In this case, erase the files and start the extraction with this option turned on)
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This folder (AMS) contains:
-one help_AMS.doc file you should look at if you really want to understand how everything works
-one "readme_ams.txt"file (the one you're reading right now)
-one ams.wav (hear my voice!)
-one "ams.doc"file, the document you'll now be using -I hope !- to manage all your downloaded Aircraft in an easy way. Basically, it's a Word format document with Tables, Sections and handy Links prepared to make your classification work easier. It can be used as a personal simulation aircraft classification tool or, illustrated with images of your choice, used as a global panorama view of your personal fleet.Absolutely needed if your \Aircraft folder looks like total chaos and if you want to keep track of what plane you've got on your hard disk!
-one "Hangar" empty folder (of course, no aircraft is included !) containing 17 sub-folders for the "Hangar Section" classification using the constructor's first letter.
(Note: You're likely to find the famous Jumbo Jet under the "B" Section, this because "Boeing" starts with a "B".)
In each folder there is a txt format document with the name x-notes.txt, where the "x" letter stands for the folder name. Use it to write additional comments or information for the use of the plane(s).
The 17 sub-folders are:
(most common constructors found)
* A. Aérospatiale, Aeritalia, Antonov, Airbus, Avro
* B. Boeing, Bell Helicopters, Bombardier, Beechcraft, British Aerospace
* C. Curtiss, Cessna
* D. De Havilland, Dornier, Dassault, Douglas
* E. Eurocopter, Extra
* F. Fokker
* G. Grumman
* HIJK. Handley-Page, Hawker, Ilyushin
* L. Lockheed, Lear
* M. Mc Donnell Douglas
* NO. Northrop
* PQ. Piper, Pilatus
* R. Raytheon
* S. Saab, Sikorsky, Shorts
* T. Tupolev
* U. Unknown (stands for "Unknown Constructor")
* VWXYZ. Westland
(Note: Sometimes, the name of the constructor isn't quite accurate. This is because of mergers or simply because this company doesn't exist anymore. For example, all the McD Douglas planes should normally be found under the Boeing constructor section, but it is more natural to find them under the McDonnell Douglas constructor section. The same thing is worth for the EADS Group, that englobes now Eurocopter, Aérospatiale and others.Anyway, you should normally easily remember in what section YOU put them !)
-one "Images" empty folder (is it quite empty? see for yourself!) you can use to progressively add images of your downloaded planes. This is where I advise you to pick the pictures for the AMS.doc file.
-one "Doc" empty folder (really?) Same use as "Images" but for the documentation.
