Setting up Ai carriers for P3D V5

[gray eagle]

Got P3D V5 installed today and trying to add AI carriers to it. I still have p3d v3 on another drive and still will use it.

I was tempted to get V4.5 and hope I made the right choice.
I copied the AI carriers folder from my P3D V3 to a V5 Ai carriers folder. I edited the EXE.xml and about the only thing I changed
was the version of P3D and its path. I opened V5 and no dropdown. What am I missing?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
<Descr>Launch</Descr>
<Filename>exe.xml</Filename>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>AICarriers</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>E:\Prepar3D v5\AICarriers\AICarriers.exe</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>





Any advise on this is appreciated.

Thanks

 

[DaveWG]

Try changing the encoding to utf-8. You'll need to make sure it's actually saved with the correct encoding.
Alternatively, just run the exe manually.

 

[gray eagle]

Try changing the encoding to utf-8. You'll need to make sure it's actually saved with the correct encoding.
Alternatively, just run the exe manually.

That didn't do anything. It will load if I click of the aicarrier/exe program. Don' understand why the xml file is not loading the exe.
The exe will function if I click on it after Loading P3D V5 and I see it in the drop down menu.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
<Descr>Launch</Descr>
<Filename>exe.xml</Filename>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>AICarriers</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>E:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5\AICarriers\AICarriers.exe</Path> <<< This is location ( I clicked on the exe and got the path from the properties info
</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>

 

[gdavej]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>

Change the above line to

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

and make sure that when you save this file, you do so with encoding of utf-8. If you're using textpad to edit the file, you'll see an dropdown option at the bottom of the Save popup panel entitled "Encoding". If you're using Notepad++, then there's a menu option entitled Encoding, select the UTF-8 BOM option here and save it.

 

[gray eagle]

Change the above line to

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

and make sure that when you save this file, you do so with encoding of utf-8. If you're using textpad to edit the file, you'll see an dropdown option at the bottom of the Save popup panel entitled "Encoding". If you're using Notepad++, then there's a menu option entitled Encoding, select the UTF-8 BOM option here and save it.

That didn't work

FWIW....I put a copy of the exe/xml:

C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5

And now it show on the drop down menu