downloading planes

[shep1216]

i downloaded a few planes but cant find where they went

[ptarpley]

Can you clarify what problem you are having? Are the planes not downloading correctly, or are you just curious where they are stored?

All aircraft are stored in: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Jundroo\SimplePlanes\AircraftDesigns

[Cap'n Darwin]

I think the issue is when you downlaod they load in the game, but if you don't save them right after download they are not availible. Found that out after download about a dozen items just to have nothing in the selection list.

[Kruztee]

Originally posted by Cap'n Darwin:

I think the issue is when you downlaod they load in the game, but if you don't save them right after download they are not availible. Found that out after download about a dozen items just to have nothing in the selection list.

This. It took me a couple of times downloading to realise that I had to save the aircraft once I'd downloaded it into the game.

[Cap'n Darwin]

Now if I knew how to add/change colors or add in new parts from the downloads I'd be getting somewhere.

[ptarpley]

Originally posted by Cap'n Darwin:

I think the issue is when you downlaod they load in the game, but if you don't save them right after download they are not availible. Found that out after download about a dozen items just to have nothing in the selection list.

Ahh, yes that is the case. It can be confusing.

We did it this way b/c people tend to download a LOT of airplanes, and we figured it would be better having to "opt-in" to permanently save them or else people would likely have to be deleting a bunch of aircraft that just wanted to try out once.

I can certainly see this being confusing though.

Originally posted by Cap'n Darwin:

Now if I knew how to add/change colors or add in new parts from the downloads I'd be getting somewhere.

For the new colors, the paint tool (paintbrush icon) should be what you're looking for.

As for "adding new parts from the downloads". I think perhaps what you are looking for is the Subassembly. First, grab the part(s) (like a modded engine) from a downloaded plane to detach them. Once they are detached (and still selected), click on the curved arrow icon (the same place that has the rotate/mirror buttons). Click on the icon that looks like a set of blocks, with an angled block on top.

This will bring up the "Save Subassembly" dialog for you to name the subassembly. Once this is done, you can drag this part out as an entire unit using the Subassembly section (at the bottom of the parts menu, under weapons).

[Cap'n Darwin]

Thanks for the quick reply. To be more clear on the colors, is there a way to change the RGB value of one of the selection in the shown palettes?

[ptarpley]

Originally posted by Cap'n Darwin:

Thanks for the quick reply. To be more clear on the colors, is there a way to change the RGB value of one of the selection in the shown palettes?

You're welcome. :)

If you click on the paintbrush, your current color palette will be shown. Then, click on a specific color and some color adjustment options (color/hue/sheen) will be shown below.

[WhyYouTakeMyBike?]

i cant seem to figure out how to save the airplaines

[Cap'n Darwin]

Once downloaded click the upper right icon (bars) that should open the left side menu and you should have the option to Save Airplane. Click the Save Airplane button, rename if you want and okay the action. From that menu you can load items as well.

[Gio]

It would be nice if we could change the directory for custom planes considering I'm using a very small SSD for my OS.

[Max]

Originally posted by Giovanni:

It would be nice if we could change the directory for custom planes considering I'm using a very small SSD for my OS.

Just in case you didn't realize the save files are tiny (usually < 100kb), a plane save file is roughly 10% of a single high res jpg pic file so delete one pic to get space for 10 more planes :)

Yes, its a rough number as pic filesize and planes can vary, just to give you an idea.

[Gio]

Originally posted by Max:

Originally posted by Giovanni:

It would be nice if we could change the directory for custom planes considering I'm using a very small SSD for my OS.

Just in case you didn't realize the save files are tiny (usually < 100kb), a plane save file is roughly 10% of a single high res jpg pic file so delete one pic to get space for 10 more planes :)

Yes, its a rough number as pic filesize and planes can vary, just to give you an idea.

I, still kinda prefer to have files not on my SSD unless it's something really important though, that's what my 1TB HDD is for. Especially considering the lifespans of SSDs are generally shorter than HDDs.

[Max]

Have you tried using symbolic links in to create a type of virtual storage link to a logical location on another partition?

If you haven't, check it out, I used to do this in certain circumstances where an app could not be configured with a different path but you really wanted files in a different location for whatever reason.

Search for "Symbolic Links" or "symlinks".

Plenty of info on it for several OS's and its not hard to do.
Good luck.

[maestro]

I have a similar problem to this in that my downloaded planes are not showing up in the list of planes to choose from. Obviously I'm not looking in the right place, but where is the list for downloaded planes?

[Max]

Originally posted by e5.Maestro:

I have a similar problem to this in that my downloaded planes are not showing up in the list of planes to choose from. Obviously I'm not looking in the right place, but where is the list for downloaded planes?

Please note that downloading a plane is a multi step process.

Click on download on the website, you will download a ~1kb link file.
Go to your downloads folder for your web browser and double click that file, it will open SimplePlanes and now start downloading the actual plane data within the game.
Once it is complete you will have the new plane in the game editor (but not saved), I recommend the first step is to save it just like you would your own build.
Now you are done, have fun flying.