INSTALLATION GUIDE - F-111 PIG HUD for FSX - version 1.1
THE WORD DOCUMENT INSTALLATION GUIDE IS PREFERABLE TO THIS ONE.
**Installation requires that you already have the F-111 Aardvark installed on your computer .
This can be purchased from ALPHASIM at www.alphasim.co.uk at a very reasonable cost
**The following procedures will result in you having a second F-111 on your computer ,
the second F-111 will be the F-111 PIG HUD with the new situation awareness digital panel .
Therefore you have the best outcome , namely the original aircraft , plus a second one with this new panel
**The instructions provided , are in a format for the complete novice , with little or no prior
experience in aircraft installation .My apologies to those with more experience
**Ensure that "Show Hidden files and folders" has been enabled
( see basics at end of this document)
**Basic installation assistance guidelines are detailed at the end of the installation instructions
**It is assumed that you have unzipped the ZIP package into a empty folder in an area like 'My Documents'
on your computer
******Due to the variations available with the ALPHASIM F-111 , namely changed instrument panels and
countless repaints etc , each aircraft on various computers will be different .
Hence the following steps MUST be conducted in the order that they are listed in
*****INSTALLATION FOR PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED VERSIONS****
Simply delete existing Panel folder and copy and paste in the NEW Panel folder .
Then copy and paste in new Sound folder if you wish .
( only if you already have ' ALPHA F-111 PIG HUD ' installed )
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--- STAGE ONE ---- (FILL AIRCRAFT FOLDER)------------
In 'My Documents', or wherever you placed the new panel package
(unzipped download) , open the ' F-111 PIG HUD PACKAGE ' folder ,
you will see several folders etc .
One folder is ' ALPHA F-111 PIG HUD ', it is currently
empty , but will be your new aircraft with a separate identity of its own
after the following steps are completed .
STEP 1... In the FSX tree structure , click on "Airplanes " folder , then click on
" ALPHA F-111 Aardvark " folder ( the original ( old ) F-111 aircraft ,
that you already have on your computer ), this will open and show the
contents of that aircraft .
Copy the complete contents .
STEP 2... In 'My Documents', right click on ALPHA F-111 PIG HUD '
folder and paste the old aircraft into this folder .
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--- STAGE TWO ---- ( REMOVE ITEMS )---------
STEP 1... In 'My Documents', open the 'ALPHA F-111 PIG HUD 'folder .
Highlight and delete (remove) the following items.
Panel , Sound , Aircraft cfg
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---STAGE THREE---- ( ADDING NEW ITEMS)------------
STEP 1... In 'My Documents', open the 'NEW AIRCRAFT ITEMS ' folder, then
copy the entire contents .
STEP 2... In 'My Documents', right click on 'ALPHA F-111 PIG HUD
'folder and paste in the new items .
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You have just added the new Panel , Sound , Aircraft cfg , a texture ,
and the Flight Manual PFD. Specifically the Panel and the
Aircraft cfg just added give the aircraft a separate identity and its
different properties .
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Basically , you now have a complete aircraft , but the aircraft folder
must now be added to FSX .
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--- STAGE FOUR ---- ( LOADING YOUR NEW AIRCRAFT )---------
STEP 1... In 'My Documents', right click on 'ALPHA F-111 PIG HUD
'folder and copy.
STEP 2... Go to FSX tree structure , right click on " Airplanes " folder and
paste the new aircraft in .
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Aircraft is now loaded and flyable , but does not yet have its effects
loaded .
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--- STAGE FIVE ---- ( LOADING EFFECTS )---------
STEP 1... In 'My Documents' open "EFFECTS Pigg" folder , copy the entire
contents .
STEP 2... In FSX tree structure locate "Effects" folder , right click on it and
paste the previously copied effects into it .
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THATS IT
AIRCRAFT / PANEL IS NOW COMPLETELY INSTALLED.
HOPE YOU ENJOY FLYING IT.
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IMPORTANT SPECIAL NOTES :
NOTE 1 : For Radar and Aircraft Carrier use , refer to the separate Readme
included with this package ,especially the Radar .
NOTE 2 : The aircraft that you have just added in the above steps has several
textures (repaints) , should you wish to add your favourites or new
repaints a guide below details the simple changes that MUST be made
to 'Aircraft Descriptions' to ensure that they show up on the Flight
simulator .
---ADDING EXTRA REPAINTS TO YOUR NEW F-111----
( aircraft cfg MODIFICATION)
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IMPORTANT : ONE LINE MUST BE CHANGED
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REASON: You wish to add to the existing variations in the F-111 PIG HUD .
In the following situations :-
(A) Previously you had one or more added repaints in your old F-111 .
The texture folders will be in the new F-111 , but will not show up until the
relevant 'aircraft description' has been added to the 'aircraft cfg' .
OR
(B) You wish to add a newly downloaded repaint
COPY : The particular 'Aircraft description that you want to add to 'The Pig' .
Its source can be either (A) the old original F-111 Aardvark 'aircraft cfg' or
(B) from the text included with a downloaded repaint .
The relevant aircraft description is highlighted by VERY CAREFULLY clicking
on the very beginning of the desired text ,and holding the mouse down and
dragging it to the very end of the portion required , then release the mouse.
Right click on highlighted text and click copy .
Then .
PASTE : Open with Notepad the F-111 PIG HUD aircraft cfg .
Aircraft cfg's are opened with Notepad , to open either double click on it OR
click on it and hold mouse down and drag the aircraft cfg onto a open blank Notepad ,
then release the mouse .
Scroll down to the end of the current aircraft descriptions .
Click below the last aircraft description , then right click and paste in the
previously copied description . It is now added BUT the 'ui_type= ... ' line
in the description MUST be changed next .
VITAL : In each and every added 'aircraft description , the following line "MUST"
be changed :-
FROM:
ui_type=F-111 Aardvark
TO:
ui_type= F-111 PIG HUD
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The following is provided as an EXAMPLE of 'one' aircraft description as it
appeared in the older/previous F-111:
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Apart from the important ui_type= , please note .
(A) texture=bone , bone represents the title of the texture folder .
(B) ui_manufacturer=ALPHA , this must be ALPHA , some repaints may use
another name like 'General Dynamics' , it must be changed to ALPHA .
(C) ui_variation= , this is the unique call up title of the aircraft that you select
in FS menu to fly .
(D) model= , this is the particular loadout model , there are 7 models in the
Alphasim F-111 .
(E) title= , if there is no entry or script after the = the aircraft will not show up.
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SEQUENCE NUMBER ( [fltsim.0] ) : Modify the sequence number within
[fltsim.0] , for any added aircraft descriptions . The 0 in these brackets is
a part of a progressive serial number
0,1,2.3,4,................
MOST IMPORTANT ----- SAVE --- : then save the modified text in the aircraft cfg .
Top left corner FILE then SAVE . you can now exit Notepad .
IMPORTANT NOTE : Be very thorough and precise with these steps , computers are
notoriously intolerant to one too many or few letters and small errors are almost
impossible to locate later on .
It is strongly recommended that an insurance backup copy be made of
the aircraft cfg and that it be stored at a separate location in My Documents
prior to conducting the above modifications .
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End of aircraft cfg modification
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--- ( DOCS STORAGE ) ---
As the F-111 PIG HUD panel/aircraft, is an extremely capable aircraft
it has :-
(A) a lengthy " FLIGHT MANUAL " and also
(B) a DOCS folder containing specific instrument guides that need to be
retained for future reference . To get the maximum out of this panel the DOCS
folder will also have to be consulted .
Cheer up , the notes are several hundred of pages shorter than what the actual
F-111 pilots have to study . Essentially they are there for you the pilot to
get the most out of this aircraft/panel configuration .
FOR THOSE WITH LITTLE OR NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN
AIRCRAFT OR PANEL INSTALLATION . HOPEFULLY THE
FOLLOWING WILL ASSIST YOU.
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SHOW HIDDEN FILES :
In Vista ...
--click organise
--click folders and Search options
--click View tab
in advanced settings box ,
under hidden files and folders
click circle preceeding "Show hidden files and folders"
then apply to folders and then OK and exit
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FS9 = FS2004 = Flight Simulator 9
LH= left hand
2X click = LH click twice on mouse
FS9 and aircraft contained therein are found as follows:
START (lower Desktop)..2X click (LH click twice on mouse)
My computor.. 2X click
Local Disc C.. 2X click
Program files.. 2X click
Microsoft Games.. 2X click
Flight Simulator 9.. 2X click ( or Flight Simulator X )
Folders (at top of screen)..1X click
SimObjects ( in FSX)
this last step will open the FS9 tree on the LH side of the screen , browse
down the listing and you will see..
Aircraft (airplanes in FSX)
Gauges
Effects
Place the mouse cursor on the boxed + preceding Aircraft and click it ,
you will now see all the aircraft contained in FS9.
To open an aircraft , click on its folder , the contents of that specific
aircraft are now displayed on the RH portion of the screen .
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COPY = Place mouse on folder or object to be copied , then Right click ,
a pop up menu will appear , click on COPY on that menu and its done. This
can now be taken to another site in the computer and be Pasted in there.
PASTE = From Copy above , go to the location in the computer that you wish
to transfer the folder or whatever you have copied to ,place the mouse
cursor on that specific location and Right click, a pop up menu will appear ,
click on the word PASTE , the copied folder has now been pasted in the
desired location.
NOTE: To copy all items on a given screen , depress
control(Ctrl) and A on keyboard , all will be highlighted , Right click
on any part of highlight and Copy
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How to: - Notepad and Aircraft cfg .
click start , click Notepad , this can be moved around the screen by
clicking and holding mouse down on top blue area of Notepad then dragging
to where you want it.
Locate the 'Aircraft cfg' amongst the contents of the aircraft, mouse click
on it hold mouse down and drag it across onto the Notepad and release the mouse .
With the mouse highlight , by clicking , holding mouse down , and running over
ALL the Aircraft description text , then release mouse (it turns blue when
highlighted) , then Right click on highlighted area , and Copy.
LEGAL:
Conditions of use
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author(s) retains full ownership of these files and reserves all rights
and privileges under U.S. and international copyright laws.
No fee or charge may be made by any third party for the use or
distribution of this software under any conditions.
The panel contained in this archive is supplied for your use as "freeware".
No fee or charge is made for its use.
Use this program at your own risk! Use of this program serves as an
acceptance of the preceeding statement.
Karol Chlebowski
karoljet@gmail.com
December, 2009
