Paul Anderson
Charter Member
You download a plane. You install it to a directory of your choice. I always go for a temporary directory because I want to see what's going on. (if no choice, I'll rename the fsx folder, make a new one, and copy stuff into it until installer is happy) You copy the plane and effects, etc. into your copied fsx directory, if you had to do that, and rename again), fire things up, and voila?
Not always. Sometimes you lose texture maxload-4096 and other settings. The installer has changed your fsx directory in the system to the temporary directory, so things like texture maxload editor, etc. don't kick in anymore. Annoying, but you can fix it. Not everyone knows this though. I once thought a product purposely changed my fsx.cfg lod radius to get better fps. Good thing I bit my tongue, it was the installer that was the cause.
Not always. Sometimes you lose texture maxload-4096 and other settings. The installer has changed your fsx directory in the system to the temporary directory, so things like texture maxload editor, etc. don't kick in anymore. Annoying, but you can fix it. Not everyone knows this though. I once thought a product purposely changed my fsx.cfg lod radius to get better fps. Good thing I bit my tongue, it was the installer that was the cause.
