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Vpilot not finding all model folders


Matthew Kemp
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Matthew Kemp
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OS: Windows 10

Platform: FSX

Version: v3.0.6

 

Hi - Previously I have been using IVAO_MTL2 model library for model matching on VATSIM. I have updated the "atc_models" and "atc_parking_codes" in the aircraft.cfg files of the downloaded IVAO files to ensure vpilot can recognise them. I've recently refreshed my IVAO_MTL2 models (added a few new repaints) and updated vpilot to v3.0.6. However, vpilot is now only finding some of the models. I have tried "Rescan" and restarting my laptop and "Rescan" but the problem remains. The previous versions of vpilot found all of the IVAO_MTL2 models. Any ideas what could be causing this?

 

 

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Ross Carlson
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Can you post the ModelScanResult-Fsx.xml file from your vPilot folder?

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Ross Carlson
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The IVAO_B77L section of the file is empty. This means vPilot found no models in the aircraft.cfg file that is within that folder. Can you post that aircraft.cfg file for me?

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Ross Carlson
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The file is missing the Category entry. It needs to have a category of "airplane" or "helicopter" in order for vPilot to recognize it. This is a change I made with version 3 in order to prevent cluttering up the model list with stuff like SODE jetway objects.

 

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Matthew Kemp
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Okay. I'll have to manually check all my aircraft.cfg's because I've lost ~100 models since the v3 update. Good to know why now though. Thanks!

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Ross Carlson
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If I find that there are a lot of model sets that don't properly specify the category, I may update vPilot such that it includes any models that have a category of airplane or helicopter, as well as any models that don't specify any category at all. I won't do that just for the IVAO model set, though, since I don't want to take deliberate action to support the use of IVAO's models on VATSIM, as they only want their models used on their own network.

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Matthew Kemp
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Understandable and fair enough. I am the edge case that sims on a gaming laptop without the ability to expand the disk space so I try to optimise my use of AI models for all networks

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