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A-26 Invader Expansion

Tom Burnside said:
I dont have a twisting joystick.
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Open the aircraft.cfg in your A26 folder with Notepad.

Find these statements and follow directions to change:

[contact_points]
max_number_of_points = 7
//No pedals?//Want ruddercontrol? //Remove slashes from the Red line; put slashes in front of the Blue line.

//point.0 = 1, 10.85, 0, -8.033, 1600, 0, 1.504, 40, 0.248, 2.5, 0.9, 3, 3, 0, 140.8, 235.84
point.0 = 1, 10.85, 0, -8.033, 1600, 0, 1.504, 180, 0.248, 2.5, 0.9, 3, 3, 0, 140.8, 235.84

Then, start FS. Under the menu item Aircraft/Realism Settings, make the following change.
 
Thank you will this affect my other aircraft I have.
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The setting in the FS2004 options ? .. yes it will apply to all your aircrafts
Maybe it's desirable as you don't have a twisting joystick (or rudder pedals) so you can even change of direction when taxiing with the ailerons command IMHO
 
Navtech said:
The setting in the FS2004 options ? .. yes it will apply to all your aircrafts
Maybe it's desirable as you don't have a twisting joystick (or rudder pedals) so you can even change of direction when taxiing with the ailerons command IMHO
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I do that anyway thanks for the help guys.
 
I've been flying FS and CFS for almost 15 years and have never had a set of pedals. Twist stick joysticks aren't that hard to find or expensive. Especially when compared to a set of pedals.
 
I got mine at WalMart, but that was a few years back. Tiger Direct or New Egg should have them for online purchase if you want to go that route.
 
I just remembered something when I did what you told me to do. It came up with do you want to save changes when I did it then said the file already exists do you want to replace it. So when I clicked yes it came up with access denied.
 
Tom Burnside said:
I just remembered something when I did what you told me to do. It came up with do you want to save changes when I did it then said the file already exists do you want to replace it. So when I clicked yes it came up with access denied.
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What change are you referring to? The aircraft.cfg?
 
Right click on the aircraft.cfg, select Properties, then uncheck Read Only.

If when you open it and change it, doing a Save (not a Save As) should work just fine.
 
Hmmmm...

Could this be an example of the issue I've read about where, in Windows Vista or Windows 7, if you install FS in the regular Program Files folder, it won't let you change anything?
 
If you have FS installed in the usual directory, either Program Files or Program Files (x86) [I forget which, but the issue probably happens in either place] some sort of security routine that was introduced with Vista and carries over to Win7 won't allow you to change any cfg file, or much of anything else, except through the program's user interface (and maybe not even that way.) So if you want to make any changes that aren't done via the UI, you just can't make them. This apparently affects any program installed to those directories; it's not just an FS issue.

The solution is to install FS into a different directory. You might make a disk partition just for FS, or just make a folder for it on the C drive. Then you should be able to fiddle around to your heart's content.

P.S. - get yourself a twist grip stick. Even though it's not the standard way of controlling the rudder in a real plane, it does allow three axis control, and it gets to feeling very natural very quickly. Without three axis control you'll never be able to slip into a landing in a crosswind, never learn to coordinate a turn, and the only plane you'll ever be able to fly with any degree of realism is an Ercoupe.

Of course, rudder pedals are more realistic, but they're also much more expensive. I think most of us find a twist grip stick sufficient.
 
Ill have to get a twist stick. Im not installing FS9 and all the aircraft, scenery etc all over again done that about five times. I suppose its the same situation with the B-26K.
 
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