FSCONV Q.

[zapilot]

Hello All..
I thought I'd got the hang of doing downloads from this brilliant site. So much so that I'd stopped looking for divine intervention when I'd gone through the process and a happily something appeared in FSX that worked. Your AC are brilliant and I enjoy 'flying' them greatly. However...I've hit a snag, and I'm probably doing something really wrong here. ???Here's the problem:
I've got the 707-320C SAA in place and all works well, even extra textures. Thought it was time to have a Passenger AC. Did the DL for the 707-320v7 Base pack, texture..all ok. Then went to install the panels. Followed as I had done before..fsconv..and suddenly I had three Cfg. files in there (2 panel cfg. if I recall). I checked Aerofotos 'what panel/which plane' section and all matched up i.e. correct panels. Can anyone help please. I did 'wing it ' a bit and removed a 'panel cfg' All seemed well 'til I tried different views and then a real mess..Hope this is clear
Thanks
ZA

[Dan K. Hansen]

First of all I need to know which repaint you are trying to install, and then perhaps the name of the 3 cfg files you have and where they are located, it would also help if you told me which "version" you are installing after, there are 3 different approaches, so you see some more details are needed to guide you in the right direction :-)

[zapilot]

Hi Dan...
Thanks for your response. Since I last contacted you, I revisited (late last night) the issue and removed all and started again. This time no problems. So I suspect that I was doing something wrong. Sorry if I was time wasting. I guess the background query is..If I go to the FSCONV folder and add a panel, similar to one that may be in there, do I delete the older ones? S'ppose FSCONV does as its name suggests, converts, however I was thinking that it could maybe 'muddle' things if they're similar (sorry if that sounds naive)
Thankjs
ZA

For the record,.. The AC was 707-320 V 7.0 B. Pack and the Texture was SAA 1960 ZC -CKC. The Panel was the Core for that model and the Panel was the one suggested by Aerofoto. Again, thanks for your time

[Dan K. Hansen]

Good you're sorted. You do not need to add a similar panel, if you already have one, unless you are updating it to a newer version. To different aircraft can easily use the same panel files, no need for a double installation.

The FSCONV folder is just like any other folder on your system, no magic involved in that. As a matter of fact I don't use it myself.

The reason in was invented I guess was to have a common folder to which you could make referrals within the cfg-files .... so you needn't have to install the same panel again and again, but just refer to it from the cfg-files ... but it could have any other name, so the name itself doesn't have any meaning applicationwise.

I hope this is understandable?

[zapilot]

Hi Dan....
Thanks for the explanation. V. helpful. Glad there's no mystery to it all. I enjoy the challenge of flying your AC even more now it's getting easier for me to download them.