UK AI
An AI update for MSFS2002 ONLY
The following instructions must be followed TO THE LATTER,
otherwise the package will not work & you may lose all AI aircraft.
This package will make the FS2002 AI fly all scheduled BA
routes to/from the UK airports included & many other airline flights. It
does not include BA franchise flights: comair, deusche BA etc…
Major airports such as Heathrow, Gatwick & Manchester
become lifelike.
VERSION 1.0
This the first release of UK AI it includes Heathrow (EGLL), Gatwick (EGKK), Manchester (EGCC) & Birmingham (EGBB).
There are 2 aircraft & a 737 aircraft.cfg included in the package, you must download all other aircraft/repaints & install them yourself according to the specific instructions for them to work as AI (list is provided below).
I cannot stress enough the importance of correct aircraft installation according to the instructions provided. Please work though the installation logically otherwise it becomes impossible.
Required aircraft:
·
Default BA 737 re-paints (available from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
·
Default BA 747 re-paints (available from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
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Default BA 777 re-paints (available from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
·
Default BA Dash-8 re-paints (available from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
·
BA Airbus A320 (www.avsim.com
OR www.flightsim.com).
·
Concorde package (www.avsim.com
OR www.flightsim.com) OR default FS2000
Concorde into FS2002.
·
CSL (Squawkbox 2.3B5 version available from www.vatsim.net).
·
BA ERJ-145 (www.avsim.com
OR www.flightsim.com).
·
Default 737 Air France re-paint (available from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
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Default 737 Lufthansa re-paint (available from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
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Default 737 KLM re-paint (available from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
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Default 737 TAP re-paint (available from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
·
Default 737 Aer Lingus re-paint (available
from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
·
737 bmi British Midland (available from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
·
Default 737 Aeroflot re-paint (www.flightsim.com).
·
Default 737 Malev re-paint (available from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
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Default 737 Iberia re-paint (available from www.jetstream.41.btinternet.co.uk).
·
Default 737 SAS re-paint (www.avsim.com
OR www.flightsim.com).
·
Default MD-83 SAS re-paint (www.avsim.com
OR www.flightsim.com).
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Default MD-83 Finnair re-paint (www.avsim.com OR www.flightsim.com).
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Default MD-83 Alitalia re-paint (www.avsim.com OR www.flightsim.com).
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Default 747 Varig re-paint (www.avsim.com
OR www.flightsim.com).
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Default 747 United re-paint (www.avsim.com
OR www.flightsim.com).
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Default 747 Air Canada re-paint (www.avsim.com OR www.flightsim.com).
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Default 777 American Airlines re-paint (www.avsim.com OR www.flightsim.com).
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Default 777 Cathay Pacific re-paint (www.avsim.com OR www.flightsim.com).
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Default 777 Delta Airlines re-paint (www.avsim.com OR www.flightsim.com).
Installation:
Text in bold indicates an aircraft title.
Text in italic indicates a folder/path.
Bold & italic indicates an aircraft.cfg.
Installation is assuming a clean install of FS2002. Any differences to what is described here will need to be amended by you.
Included is a complete AIRLINES.cfg – this should be placed in your AIRCRAFT folder, replacing the default one.
Aircraft:
The following is the most important section of the
installation. All aircraft MUST have the TITLES stated here, otherwise AI will
not recognise them & you will be left with nothing.
There will be one example of how to install an aircraft, and
then you must install the rest yourself and give the appropriate title in the aircraft.cfg
(a good tool is FSEDIT).
Installing the 737’s (the most complicated set of aircraft
to install):
1.
In your FS2002/AIRCRAFT/B737_400 folder, create 12
new folders called ‘texture.3’ thru ‘texture.14’
2.
Copy all files in Texture.1 into each of the new
folders
3.
Extract the contents of all the 737 re-paints only
(the bmi aircraft is a separate aircraft) .zip files to a temporary folder.
4.
Cut & paste textures to new folder ‘texture.X,’
overwriting any files involved.
5.
Continue this for each 737 re-paint placing the textures in
the ‘texture.X’ folder as specified in the 737 aircraft.cfg
provided.
6.
Extract & rename the 737 aircraft.cfg
provided to the B737_400 folder.
7.
You will note that the most important part of this setup is
that the aircraft have the proper TITLE. If you are an advanced user,
you may wish to have the textures in differently named folders, please make
changes as appropriate!!
8.
AI will now recognise these aircraft and there will be these
737’s flying ASWELL AS the 3 default 737’s, however these will only be flying
to/from the AI airports in this package.
General Installation tips:
1.
Use temporary folders for moving textures.
2.
Do one texture/aircraft at a time.
3.
When adding aircraft to the end of an aircraft.cfg
the best way is to copy & paste the previous aircraft lines & make
changes as appropriate, rather that make possible errors.
IF THE AIRCRAFT IS NOT TITLED AS STATED AI WILL NOT RECOGNISE
IT!!!
In the case of Default aircraft, setup/installation will be
similar to the example.
Other aircraft should be setup as per a usual aircraft.
Installation of the CSL based aircraft is dealt with later,
so don’t attempt it yet!
Don’t forget to add the correct callsigns to aircraft!!
DO NOT simply swap for the default textures!! You need to
setup these new aircraft.
The following is a list of titles for the REQUIRED AIRCRAFT,
|
AIRCRAFT: |
REQUIRED TITLE: |
CALLSIGN: |
|
Default 747 BA repaint 1 |
Boeing 747-400 Paint3 |
SPEED BIRD |
|
Default 747 BA repaint 2 |
Boeing 747-400 Paint4 |
SPEED BIRD |
|
Default 747 BA repaint 3 |
Boeing 747-400 Paint5 |
SPEED BIRD |
|
Default 777 BA repaint (only install 1 re-paint) |
Boeing 777-300 Paint3 |
SPEED BIRD |
|
Default Dash-8 BA repaint 1 |
De Havilland Dash 8-100 Paint3 |
SPEED BIRD |
|
Default Dash-8 BA repaint 2 (only install 2 repaints) |
De Havilland Dash 8-100 Paint4 |
SPEED BIRD |
|
BA Airbus A320 |
Airbus A320-200 Paint2 |
SPEED BIRD |
|
BA Concorde |
Concorde |
SPEED BIRD |
|
BA ERJ-145 |
Embraer ERJ-145 British Airways |
SPEED BIRD |
The following is a list of titles for the RECOMMENDED AIRCRAFT, these MUST also be setup with appropriate callsigns, and whether you chose to install textures for them is for you to decide. The point of these is a variety of callsigns & other airlines.
|
AIRCRAFT: |
REQUIRED TITLE: |
CALLSIGN: |
|
Default
737 Air France |
Boeing 737-400 Paint3 |
AIR FRANCE |
|
Default
737 Lufthansa |
Boeing 737-400 Paint4 |
LUFTHANSA |
|
Default
737 KLM |
Boeing 737-400 Paint9 |
KLM |
|
Default
737 SAS |
Boeing 737-400 Paint8 |
SCANDINAVIAN |
|
Default
737 Iberia |
Boeing 737-400 Paint10 |
IBERIA |
|
Default
737 Malev |
Boeing 737-400 Paint11 |
MALEV |
|
Default
737 Aer Lingus |
Boeing 737-400 Paint12 |
SHAMROCK |
|
Default
737 Aeroflot |
Boeing 737-400 Paint13 |
AEROFLOT |
|
Default
737 TAP |
Boeing 737-400 Paint14 |
TAP |
|
737
bmi British Midland |
Boeing 737-400 BMI British Midland |
MIDLAND |
|
Default
MD-83 SAS |
McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing MD-83 Paint4 |
SCANDINAVIAN |
|
Default
MD-83 Alitalia |
McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing MD-83 Paint5 |
ALITALIA |
|
Default
MD-83 Finnair |
McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing MD-83 Paint9 |
FINNAIR |
|
Default
747 Varig |
RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF Texture |
VARIG |
|
Default
747 United |
RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF Texture.1 |
UNITED |
|
Default
747 Air Canada |
RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF Texture.2 |
AIR CANADA |
|
Default
777 American |
RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF Texture |
AMERICAN |
|
Default
777 Cathay Pacific |
RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF Texture.2 |
CATHAY |
|
Default
777 Delta |
RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF Texture.1 |
DELTA |
|
KLM
Dash-8 (no textures available recommend using default texture.2) |
De Havilland Dash 8-100 Paint5 |
KLM |
I recommend that if you have swapped BA textures for any of the default aircraft that you replace them with other textures, as all BA flights have been programmed in, so it would be unrealistic for BA aircraft to appear elseware.
It is a good idea to check all these aircraft in the FS2002 aircraft menu, to check you have set the textures & callsigns up correctly.
Installing the Boeing 757/767 & Bae146 AI models:
Create a new 2 new folders called AI767 & AI146 in the FS2002/AIRCRAFT folder. Extract from the Aicraft.zip file ‘767.air’, ‘146.air’ & ‘767_aircraft.cfg’ & ‘146_aircraft.cfg’ into these folders respectively & rename to simply ‘aircraft.cfg’.
Then copy & paste the folders ‘model.B767’, ‘model.BA46’ from the FS2002/AIRCRAFT/CSL folder into their respective folders.
Copy & paste the folders ‘texture.BAW’ ‘sound.jet’ & ‘panel’ from the FS2002/AIRCRAFT/CSL folder into both folders.
This provides a BA 757/767 & BA BAe146 AI model, as there are no other models available that work as AI. They have airfiles that provide FS2002 night lighting & will be recognised by ATC. Do not attempt to fly these aircraft, they a purely for AI.
Installing the AI traffic scenery:
In your FS2002/SCENEDB/ATC/SCENERY folder backup the
file ‘traffic.bgl’.
If you don’t not back up this file, and have problems with
this AI, you will have to re-install FS2002!
Extract the file ‘traffic.bgl’ to your FS2002/SCEBEDB/ATC/SCENERY folder.
Information:
The AI project has been tested in FS2002 Pro ONLY we cannot guarantee that it will work in FS2002 standard.
We have not re-programmed the ATC, only the flights, so please no questions to us about it.
Updates to include more airports will follow; these may either be in the form of traffic tools files or complete new versions.
The minimum ATC setting for most of the aircraft to appear is 60%. We recommend you switch off VFR traffic.
This version has been tested at 75% on a variety of machines from a Pentium 3 700MHz to an AMD Athlon xp 2000+ (all with GF2/minimum of 256MB RAM & UK2000 scenery) & frame rates are generally only slightly affected: +/- 5 fps. If you are suffering from low frame rates, turn down some settings, autogen & scenery density especially around London have a huge effect.
Legal Stuff:
The authors can take no responsibility for any damage to your system these files may cause. Use them at your own risk!
These files are freeware; do not distribute them for profit!
Freeware distribution is allowed and encouraged, but please contact the authors before doing so.
If you are a user of traffic tools or any other AI flightplans editing program please do not edit the flightplans we have added to AI without prior permission of the authors. Any editing that causes you problems we cannot help with.
All aircraft/re-paints referred to for this product are copyrighted to their respective designers, so please respect their rights. There are no actual CSL files in the package; the authors created all files provided.
All schedule data remains property of the airlines concerned. All British Airways Virtual schedule data is property of Ferry Van Aesch.
Ó Copyright to Laurie Gregoire / the UK AI team 02/2002 all rights reserved.
Thanks for downloading AI UK! We hope it improves your Flight Simulator experience!
AI UK website: www.gregoires.btinternet.co.uk/FS2002/AIUK.htm
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