AI aircraft.....name change possible

[OBIO]

I have a lot of AI installed in my sim now....looks great. BUT.....a lot of the planes show odd naming in the tags...yeah, I run aircraft tags so I can tell what aircraft is sharing airspace with me. Some of the AI have manufacturer names like MAIW Nick Black AI F-18. Then it shows Boeing FA-18 as the type. Can I change the manufacturer and type info so that these planes would show Boeing as man. and F/A-18 as type.....as long as I leave the Title= line alone?

Here's an example from the F/A-18 AI bird:

[fltsim.0]
title=MAIW_NBAI_FA18E_USN_NJ_VFA-122_165534 <===Isn't this the line that the sim looks for when pulling up AI?
sim=NBAI_FA18E-F_Super_Hornet_Dry_AI_ONLY
model=E_Centre_Tank
texture=USN_NJ_VFA-122_165534
atc_airline=EXPERT
atc_parking_types=MIL_COMBAT
atc_parking_codes=V122,F18
ui_manufacturer=MAIW Nick Black AI <===Can I change this to Boeing?
ui_type=Boeing F/A-18E Hornet <===Can I change this to F/A-18E Hornet?
ui_variation=USN - VFA-122, COMSTRIKFIGHTWINGPAC, NAS Lemoore, California. 165534
description=Repaint by Graham King for Military AI Works

This is just one example. I have jumbo jets showing really odd aircraft tags and would love to get them to show the actual Manufacturer and Type...like with the stock AI aircraft. Am I right in assuming that the Title= line is the line that the sim looks for when finding AI that are part of a flight plan?

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[ian elliot]

No problem with both ui_type and ui_man, ive changed them myself loads of times and have had no problems, its ok to change title also but be careful, its not just the sim that looks for "title", traffic files also use this, If you change the title in the aircraft cfg without changing the aircratf text file from a decompiled traffic file, that plane as ai will dissapear

cheers ian

 

[tgibson]

To reiterate, you can change any ui_ or atc_ line you like - as long as the title= line isn't changed, it will still show up.

Hope this helps,

 

[OBIO]

Thanks for the clarification...or confirmation...whichever it is. I have a LOT of AI planes that need the Manufacturer and Type lines changed. Once I get all that done, I will be tweaking my GA AI set up to give a wider range of aircraft. I am currently using the Weekly GA/World GA set up.....which uses the default aircraft. I will be swapping in dedicated AI for the default planes....and using multiple AI aircraft as substitutes for the default planes. Where the default C172 is used, I will be using a dedicated AI C152, C172, etc. The default Baron 58 will be swapped for dedicated AI Baron 55, Baron 58, Piper Saratoga, and such. Going to take my GA AI from 5 types of planes to around 20 types of planes. Should really make my airports much more interesting.

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[Tom Clayton]

The answer to all three of your questions is Yes. If you change the title, you'll need to recompile the traffic file (or make a new one) with the new title or that plane won't show in your traffic.

 

[OBIO]

I've been slowly working my way through the oodles of AI planes in my install and getting the Manufacture and Type names changed....and already my AI skies look much better! Still got a lot of changing to do. Then I need to get serious about tweaking my GA AI to have more than 5 different aircraft types.

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