Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator 2004 is a full-featured addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 (FS9).
| Improved installation for a number of addons to make installation faster, cleaner and easier so you can get up in the air faster with fewer “red dot” issues. |
| Improved picture assignment for aircraft and panel addons. |
| Addit! Pro now automatically marks most duplicate files “do not install” for you, to save time and disk space and to avoid file conflicts. |
| RAR files are now supported! See RAR Support below for details. |
| Added a new column to all Addon File lists. Use the Archive File column to reveal which zip or rar file contains the addon file. This makes working with nested zip files easier. From any Addon Installation Wizard step, right click in the Addon File list, pick Customize Columns, then check Archive File to show the column. |
| The Problem Details and Item Number columns in all Addon File lists are now shown only when needed to explain an installation problem. |
| A new checkbox in the Select Installation Method box allows you to toggle installation of the current group of files with one click. Uncheck the box to flag all files in the tab group “Do Not Install”. This prevents them from being installed. Leave the box checked to install all the files. |
| Resolved an issue where setting the panel destination folder manually might not always set the folder for associated panel files. |
| Gauges are now shown properly once again on the Gauge tab. |
| Flash video (FLV and SWF video formats) are now considered movies along with AVI and related media files. |
| Added RAR file support to the Windows Explorer context menu (see RAR Support below). |
Assigning pictures during installation has been much improved. A new picture list replaces the Set Picture window. Simply select a picture from the picture list to assign it to the addon. This gives you:
| Faster selection since you no longer need to open and use a Set Picture screen. |
| Easier selection since there are fewer clicks and less guesswork. |
| You can quickly and easily see the images included with the addon (or tell if there are none at all). |
| Widescreen images are now displayed at 16:9. |
These improvements apply to aircraft, panel, scenery and texture group picture assignment.
| The Status Filter Bar setting is saved from session to session. |
| Fixed a problem that could result in a type mismatch error on startup. |
| Fixed a panel picture selection issue. |
| Fixed a bug in Configure Missions where destination folder validation was not being triggered. |
| Eliminated a bug that allowed duplicate aircraft to appear if more than one .cfg file existed in the aircraft's folder. |
| Fixed a bug where Addit! Pro was not processing files with long names passed to it from Windows Explorer’s context menu handler. |
| Fixed a bug with automatic addon naming. |
| Fixed a bug where if a slash (/) was included in an addon’s title, the default destination folder could include a subfolder by mistake. |
| Fixed a display issue where error reports would sometimes show a missing file more than once. |
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Updated help to include discussion of new features. |
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Reorganized a couple sections for improved clarity. |
Addit! Pro now features support for WinRAR archives! Sometimes addons are packaged in RAR files instead of ZIP files. With Addit! Pro, you can install addons from RAR files just as you can with ZIP files. No outside program is required, everything is built into Addit! Pro!
| RAR support was added to Windows Explorer’s content menu. Just right click on a RAR file and pick “Install to FSX using Addit! Pro”. Note: you must have this feature enabled in Customize > General Options > “Add install option to Windows Explorer context menu”. |
| Supports nearly all WinRAR formats (WinRAR is not required). |
| Handles RAR files inside ZIP files, ZIPs inside RARs and any combination. |
All drive and folder navigation in both the Select Addon Files Window and Browse Folders/Files Window has been updated and improved. This was done to:
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increase performance |
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provide new features |
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address freeze issues under Windows Vista |
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resolve incompatibilities with some system security software |
Issues some were having in previous versions that prevented selection of addons should be fixed along with related freezes and crashes. Drive and folder changes are much faster and you can right click on any folder and get the same context menu and functionality you enjoy in Windows Explorer!
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Clicking on information in the Details tab copies the text to the clipboard. |
| Fixed an issue where assigning pictures to scenery could cause an error. |
| Fixed an issue related to the splitter functionality inside the Browse Folders window and Select Addon Files window. This increases stability especially under Windows Vista, solving crash issues. |
| When you install an aircraft skin/repaint addon, Addit! Pro tries to give the new texture set a variant name appropriate to that addon. |
| If an aircraft includes a thumbnail.jpg image in its texture folder, the image is used for the aircraft picture if no other image is assigned to the aircraft. Similarly, if a panel includes a thumbnail it will be assigned as the panel picture. |
| If a thumbnail.jpg file already exists when a new one is installed for the first time, it is renamed Thumbnail Backup.jpg so you won't lose it. |
| Improved automatic selection of aircraft and panel pictures. |
| Added a button to quickly clear all text in the description field. |
| Added options to access Addon History and the new FS Configuration Manager from the wizard. |
| Addit! Pro now fully supports Microsoft DirectDraw Surface (DDS) graphics file and Portable Network Graphics (PNG) graphics files. |
| Windows Clipboard pictures, when pasted for use as addon pictures, are now stored in JPG format instead of as a Windows bitmap (BMP). |
| Images may now be saved in Windows bitmap, JPEG or GIF format within the View Image window. |
| Improved handling of relative paths (e.g. "=..\sound\ban1strt"). |
| Added an option to add an Addit! Pro item to Windows Explorer's file context menu. This menu appears when you right-click on a zip file. The menu item is called "Install to FS using Addit! Pro". Pick it to send the zip file directly to Addit! Pro for speedy installation. Uncheck this box to remove the menu option. |
| Added an option to launch and show the FS Configuration Manager window. |
| Added the ability to change the font used within Addit! Pro. |
| Aircraft pictures will dynamically resize to accommodate different aspect ratios of the source image. This will reproduce them more accurately resulting in better pictures. For example, a 400x300 thumbnail image renders 4:3 and a 256x128 image in 2:1. |
| Added the ability to adjust the aircraft Flight Simulator highlights when it opens. Pick an aircraft, right click and select Aircraft Configuration then pick Make Default. |
| Added a Collapse All function to collapse all branches in the Aircraft tree view. This hides all variants leaving only the aircraft titles. Applies only to the Aircraft tree view. |
| Pressing Insert after selecting an aircraft adds a new variant (just as the Delete key triggers removal). |
| Pictures will dynamically resize to accommodate different aspect ratios of the source image. This will reproduce them more accurately resulting in better pictures. For example, a 400x300 thumbnail image renders 4:3 and a 256x128 image in 2:1. |
| Pictures will dynamically resize to accommodate different aspect ratios of the source image. This will reproduce them more accurately resulting in better pictures. For example, a 400x300 thumbnail image renders 4:3 and a 256x128 image in 2:1. |
| Improved checking for relative path entries for sound events. |
| Fixed a potential run-time error when installing a file-based addon. |
| Commas are now allowed in path names as is proper. |
| Fixed a quirk in Work With Addons where a change to "Authors" erroneously updated the wrong column in the Addon list box. |
| Fixed a bug where a line might appear twice in the Aircraft Configuration Report. |
| Fixed a quirk in the Repair Addon window where an item offered for repair could be listed twice. |
| Addit! Pro now remembers your choice to always open windows in their maximized state. |
| Fixed a potential issue in Edit Aircraft where "Fly Now!" could produce an error box. |
| Fixed a problem with the aliasing of a panel/sound for an aircraft where the alias is already aliasing something. |
| Fixed a problem with apostrophes in the alias entry. |
| Fixed all known issues with Windows Vista. |
| Improved visual appearance under Windows Vista. |
The FS Configuration Manager window is used to perform a variety of tasks on Flight Simulator's main program configuration (.cfg) files. To access this window, pull down the Tools menu and pick FS Configuration Manager.
Flight Simulator makes use of a central configuration file to store details about the sim such as your graphics, sound and realism settings, among other things. The file FS9.CFG holds this information. You change the active configuration file and manage alternate configuration files using Addit! Pro's FS Configuration Manager. Use multiple FS9.CFG files to easily run the sim under various configurations. Why use multiple configuration files? Some examples:
| To use different pan rates or joystick settings for different aircraft. |
| To optimize performance for a specific scenery addon. |
| To toggle realism settings for helicopters vs. fixed-wing aircraft. |
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To use a specific screen resolution like 1280x960. |
The FS Configuration Manager allows you to create and manage a set of CFG files then run FS using any of them. You can name the CFG files however you like and even include a description.
Press the Help button on the FS Configuration Manager screen for complete details.
| Added a context menu option to Windows Explorer allowing you to install the selected zip file(s) using Addit! Pro. Check the box Add install option to Windows Explorer context menu to add an Addit! Pro option to Windows Explorer's file context menu. This menu appears when you right-click on a zip file. The menu item is called "Install to FS using Addit! Pro". Pick it to send the zip file directly to Addit! Pro for speedy installation. Uncheck this box to remove the menu option. |
| Added a "Flight Simulator Web Site" link to the Help menu, alongside the "Addit! Pro Web Site" link. |
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Added "FS9.CFG Manager" to the list of functions available to open right away when Addit! Pro launches. |
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Results windows now display unsuccessful results first. For example, the Addon Installation Report will show the "Not Installed" tab if any files were not installed. |
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Improved validation of effects files. |
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Results windows now display unsuccessful results first. For example, the Addon Installation Report will show the "Not Installed" tab if any files were not installed. |
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The Select button in Select Panels and Select Sounds will only be clickable if an item is highlighted. |
| Added new help topics covering FS9 configuration file management and more. |
| Upgraded distribution packager to InstallShield. |
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