Explaining an ACT Virtual Hangar

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Overview

Making no change makes for the simplest hangar.

Leave all your aircraft in your FS \aircraft directory.

Start by using MENU item MODIFY and select HANGAR ALL

The basic install FS aircraft will be unaffected*
and the next time you start the tool it will load quickly - just as FS now will load quickly.

Now make a favorite plane ACTIVE by a right click on it's name.
One easy way is to choose DISPLAY and select ALL MANUFACTURERS. Select the Manufacturer and DBl-Click
Now you see the manufacturer's aircraft displayed in the LOADED list at lower right,
Select your aircraft and DBL-CLICK. Now make a Right-Click and ACTIVATE.
Go flying; have a great flight!
(We will soon be allowing you to choose that flight and to match the aircraft to it)

When you next launch the tool, you have a few choices:

1.
Try starting by selecting an aircraft directory at the very beginning, when the first
dialog appears. tip
You will find there are no aircraft to load! That is because they are all in a hangar.
Just choose LOAD and select LOAD FROM HANGAR. Now your pre-selected aircraft loads.
ACTIVATE it and away you go.

2.
When you start the tool, cancel the opening load dialog.
When the tool appears, choose LOAD and select LOAD FROM HANGAR.
You may have to wait a moment if you store a great many aircraft in the folder ...
Now you may choose to ACTIVATE the Hangar of an Manufacturer instead of a single aircraft.
If you have already clicked on an aircraft name, try something different.
This time, to display All Manufacturers, just Right-Click in the Manufacturers list
Now that you are looking at All Manufacturer's again, Right-Click on one to display
that Manufacturer's Hangar in the Loaded list
Notice that the list is now labeled Hangar
You can Right-Click the Manufacturer to ACTIVATE all those aircraft, or pick-and-choose.

*(Soon there will be an option to add to this list of protected aircraft.)


We will be bringing you more Hangar features as the Database function is introduced
Remember: when you are on the web to find new aircraft or scenery, take a moment
to check for the lastest version of this Aircraft Hangar Manager at www.logiquewerks.com

The Aircraft Config Tool

Aircraft Shown LOADED   top
actool028.jgp top

Aircraft Shown HANGARED   top
hangar.jgp top

When the file dialog opens for the first time, stretch it by placing the mouse pointer on the top and then the bottom border
and dragging until you see something like the dialog below.  top

file_dlg.jgp