Default Aircraft

[T Square]

Is it possible to change the Default Aircraft in CFS2. I am playing with a WWI install using Combat Aces as a base. One of the things I would try doing is change the default aircraft to WWI aircraft, such as say a DR1 instead of the Zero. Is this a do-able thing ?

 

[Oglivie]

TSquare,

Yep, I just keep the sound folder in the stock default folders (except A6M5 and the AI only) for sound aliasing. And rewrote the qc_plane.qcb in the QUICKCOM folder with Notepad (replacing the WWII aircraft with WWI aircraft). I think there maybe a tutorial somewhere on the qcb file, but I am unaware where it maybe found, or perhaps there maybe a different method others have been using other than editing with Notepad. Also there are other entries that can be removed for the default aircraft such as the mdlnames file in the CFS2 root folder. Perhaps someone can elaborate more about it. The more ideas the better.

 

[Cody Coyote]

Once you remove the planes from your AIRCRAFT folder, you need to remove any reference to the stock planes from the mdlnames.dat file. Open the file with Notepad and delete the lines referencing the aircraft. Since this will be a WWI install there is no reason to leave them in there. If you don't delete them from the mdlnames.dat file you will get an error message every time the game starts.

 

[Jagdflieger]

It's a good idea to remove them from the Quick Combat file too.