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Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator
X
Revision History
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.2.5
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X. This version includes minor
fixes to the recently released version 7.2.4.
Fixes
 | Fixed a problem with
duplicate aircraft title correction. |
| On some screens
using certain keyboard shortcut keys without having selected an item in the
list would crash the program. This has been fixed. |
| Added a Help button
to the Work With Sounds import dialog. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.2.4
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Management
| You can now import
missions just like aircraft, panels, scenery and sounds. To import your
missions check the Missions box in the Import Options window. Stock Flight
Simulator missions are tagged accordingly and mission descriptions are
included automatically. |
Customize Window
| A new setting
appears under Aircraft Options to check for duplicate aircraft titles.
Enabling it ensures your aircraft have unique title names as required by
Flight Simulator. Otherwise, Flight Simulator displays an annoying pop-up
whenever you access the aircraft list. When there is an aircraft title
conflict, you have 3 choices: |
| Notify me –
title name issues are brought to your attention and Addit! Pro will
offer to correct the problems. |
| Fix the problem
– Addit! Pro fixes title name problems for you. |
| Ignore – do
nothing (not recommended because Flight Simulator will display an
annoying pop-up). |
Edit Aircraft Window
| Addit! Pro warns
when two aircraft share the same title and offers to fix the problem. If you
opt not to fix the problem, Flight Simulator displays a pop-up error “There
are multiple objects with the same title name. They must have unique title
names.” Addit! Pro renames the duplicate title so there is no conflict. |
| You can view
aircraft effects and effects bitmap files by right clicking on an aircraft
and selecting Aircraft Configuration > View Effects Files. |
| A Repair button
appears in the configuration file report area if the addon has issues that
may be fixed by Addit! Pro. |
| A
new progress bar appear when loading aircraft. |
Edit Panels Window
| You can view panel
gauges and bitmap files by right clicking on a panel and selecting Panel
Configuration > View Panel Files. |
| A Repair button
appears in the configuration file report area if the addon has issues that
may be fixed by Addit! Pro. |
| A
new progress bar appear when loading panels. |
Edit Sounds Window
| You can view sound
files by right clicking on a sound and selecting Sound Configuration > View
Sound Files. |
| A Repair button
appears in the configuration file report area if the addon has issues that
may be fixed by Addit! Pro. |
| A
new progress bar appear when loading sounds. |
Edit Scenery Window
| You can view scenery
and textures by right clicking on a scenery area and selecting View Scenery
Files. |
General
| Added a progress bar
showing the repair function’s file search progress. |
| Addit! Pro’s Program
Information screen now lists FS X’s screenshots folder. |
Fixes
| In the Edit Aircraft
window’s tree view, the aircraft details and images are properly updated
when you move from one root aircraft to another. |
Help
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Added a Help button to
several message box dialogs to make it quick and easy to get more help.
Pressing Help will open the help system and offer an additional discussion
or more detailed assistance on the topic. |
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Added Related Topics to
all registration topics to make it easier to learn more about other aspects
of registration. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.2.2
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Management
| FSX Acceleration
expansion addons are now considered stock/default addons. |
| A warning dialog appears
when the database size approaches the maximum. |
| Windows media audio
files are now treated as sound files just like mp3 and wav files. |
Addon Pictures
| Added FSX
Acceleration expansion aircraft and panel images to extra images download
package. |
Fixes
| Addit! Pro would
show duplicate aircraft if both configuration files--aircraft.cfg and
hidden.cfg--were present in the aircraft folder. |
| Fixed a bug “could
not setup a picture for the addon” that could appear during the installation
of some scenery addons. |
| Fixed a mission
installation bug. |
| Addressed a panel
picture selection quirk. |
| Fixed a problem that could produce a type mismatch error
on startup. |
| Fixed a potential bug “Error #91: Object variable or With
block variable not set” issue. |
| Fixed some issues selecting addon files in both the
Browse Folders and Select Addon Files screens. |
Select Addons Files Window Enhancements
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 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!
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.1.2
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Installation
| 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. |
Addon Installation Wizard
| 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. |
Addon Installation Wizard – Configure Panels
| 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. |
Addon Management
| 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). |
Addon Pictures
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.
Edit Aircraft
| The
Status Filter Bar
setting is saved from session to session. |
Fixes
| 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. |
Help System
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Updated help to include discussion of new features. |
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Reorganized a couple sections for improved clarity. |
RAR Support
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. |
Work With Addons
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Clicking on information
in the Details tab copies the text to the clipboard.
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Improvements and Changes in Version 7.0.11
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Edit Aircraft
| Pressing Insert after selecting an aircraft adds a new
variant (the Delete key triggers removal). |
Fixes
| 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. |
| Fixed all
known Windows Vista compatibility issues. |
| 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. |
General
| Improved visual appearance under Windows Vista. |
| Improved validation of effects files. |
| 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. |
| The Select button in Select Panels and Select Sounds will
only be clickable if an item is highlighted. |
Setup
| Upgraded distribution
packager to InstallShield. |
Please see
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X Vista Compatibility for more information.
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.0.8
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Changes
| This version includes
Windows Vista compatibility enhancements. |
Please see
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X Vista Compatibility for more information.
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.0.7
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Installation
| Aircraft may be
installed into any category such as Airplanes,
Rotorcraft, etc. |
| New files types are
supported including missions, FSX rewards files, texture configuration files (texture.cfg
files), and DLL panel gauge collection files. |
| 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. |
Addon Installation Wizard
| New step indicator
color indicator graphics are easier on the eyes. |
| New Configure
Missions step for installing FSX mission addons. |
| Configure AI Traffic
has been removed (see below). |
Addon Installation Wizard - Configure Aircraft Window
| Added a
Change Category button to the Select
Destination Folder step. Press it to show a list of SimObjects categories
(e.g. Airplanes, Rotorcraft, etc.). |
Addon Installation Wizard - Configure Missions Window (NEW!)
Addit! Pro fully supports the installation and clean removal
of FSX missions. Use the new Configure Missions window to customize the
installation of mission files to a folder of your choice. The recommended approach for
installing a mission addon is to install all its files to a new folder. You can create
any folder you like as long as you create it underneath your
Flight Simulator "\Missions" folder
because that is where
Flight Simulator expects to find
missions.
The first step, Select Installation Method, allows you to
choose the approach used to install the mission/campaign files. You can install them to:
| "The folders determined by Addit! Pro": Addit! Pro
determines where to place the files. A mission category and unique mission name
are specified automatically in most cases. |
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"An existing or new mission folder": Use this option to install all of the files to
a folder of your choice or to an existing mission folder. The folder must be
under the Missions tree. |
Press Change Category to
quickly adjust the mission category (e.g. Pilot For Hire, Emergency, etc.).
Addon Installation Wizard - Set Installation Options Window
| Added a
button to quickly clear all text in the
description field. |
Addon History
| Added a Missions
category to the filter drop-down. Click the category box and select "Show
Only Missions" to use this feature. |
Addon Wizard
| Added options to
access Addon History and the new FS Configuration Manager from the wizard. |
Addon Management
| Aircraft picture thumbnails are now stored in the
aircraft's \Texture folder as Thumbnail.jpg. Backups are called Thumbnail
Backup.jpg. |
| Panel picture thumbnails are now stored in the panel's
main folder as Thumbnail.jpg. Backups are called Thumbnail Backup.jpg. |
| You can limit the size of all aircraft, panel, scenery
and sound pictures created by
Addit! Pro. By keeping your aircraft, panel and scenery thumbnails small,
you boost performance at the expense of visual quality. Smaller thumbnails
means Flight Simulator's aircraft list will display faster. To enable this
feature, open the Customize window and under Addon Installation
Options, check the box called "Limit thumbnails to no more than…"
and enter a width in pixels (e.g. 256). |
| The method used to hide an aircraft changed. Renaming the
flight data file no longer works. Instead, the aircraft.cfg is renamed to
hidden.cfg. |
| Addit! Pro now fully
supports Microsoft DirectDraw Surface (DDS) graphics file and
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) graphics files. Textures for FSX
objects often come in DDS format, now Addit! Pro can display them. |
| 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. |
| The scenery.cfg file relocated to D:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX. Addit! Pro now looks for
it there. |
| FSX rewards files are supported. |
| Aircraft, panels and sounds may now be installed to
various folders under \SimObjects. |
| New aircraft details such as Type Role, Created By and
Category are shown in Edit Aircraft. |
| DLL files containing gauge data are supported as are texture.cfg
files. |
| SoundAI folders are imported with other sound groups. |
| Improved handling of
relative paths (e.g. "=..\sound\ban1strt"). |
Customize Window
General Options
| 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
FSX 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 an option to
show an image for Addit! Pro's internal background. If checked, the image
file Bckgrnd.jpg located in Addit! Pro's main folder is used as the
background. Uncheck this box to show only a solid background color. Look in
the Background, Colors and Font area of the Appearance Options
category. |
| Added the ability to
change the font used within Addit! Pro. |
Addon Installation Options
| You can limit the size of all addon pictures created by Addit!
Pro. By keeping your aircraft, panel and scenery thumbnails small, you boost
performance at the expense of visual quality. Smaller thumbnails means
Flight Simulator's
aircraft list will display faster. To enable this feature, check the box under
Addon Pictures (Thumbnails) and
enter a width in pixels (e.g. 256). |
Addon Repair Options
| Flight Simulator 2004 files may be used to repair addons.
This is very handy when using FS 2004 addons that assume you have FS 2004
effects, gauges, sounds, etc. If you lack such items the Repair feature can
search FS 2004 and copy over any required files automatically. Be sure the
option "Use Flight Simulator 2004 files to repair Flight Simulator X
addons" is enabled. See Customize for details. |
Edit Aircraft Window
| 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. |
| New aircraft details appear in the Identity tab: Role,
Created By and Category, all new in FSX. Examples of Roles
include "Commercial Airliner", "Single Engine Prop", "Twin Engine Prop",
etc. Created By denotes who made the add-on aircraft e.g. "Microsoft".
Category might be "airplane" or "helicopter". |
| 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. |
| Texture
configuration files are validated. |
Edit Panels Window
| 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. |
| Icons represent each
row in the Panels box. |
| DLL panel gauge collection files are validated. |
Edit Scenery Window
| 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. |
| Icons represent each
row in the Scenery box. |
Edit Sounds Window
| Icons represent each
row in the Sound box. |
| Improved checking for
relative path entries for sound events. |
Fixes
| 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. |
FS Configuration Manager Window (NEW!)
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
FSX.CFG holds this information.
You change the active configuration file and manage alternate configuration
files using Addit! Pro's FS Configuration Manager.
Use multiple
FSX.CFG
files to easily run the sim under various configurations. Why use multiple configuration files?
Some examples:
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.
General Changes
Windows Explorer Context Menu
| 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
FSX 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. |
Addit! Pro has a new look!
| New Toolbar buttons
– slightly larger featuring a glossy look, these attractive black toolbar
buttons are new for this release. |
| New Splash/About screen – Easier to read and more
professional looking. |
| Window graphics – Graphics for most form elements and
lists have been updated and in most cases 256 color or better icons are
used. |
| Indicator buttons –
The red/yellow/green Wizard step status icons are now easier on the eyes. |
| Background image – A
high resolution bitmap image can be used as the Addit! Pro's background. To
replace this image with one of your choice, simply edit the Bckgrnd.jpg file
located in your Addit! Pro program folder. Can be toggled on or off using
Customize. |
| Edit Panels, Edit
Scenery and Edit Sounds – All lists have a graphic for each row. Right click
in the list and select Show Icons to toggle this graphic. |
Other
| Added a "Flight
Simulator Web Site" link to the Help menu, alongside the "Addit! Pro
Web Site" link. |
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Added "FSX.CFG Manager" to the list of
functions available to open right away when Addit! Pro launches. |
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FSX traffic files differ from FS2004.
AFCAD files created for FS2004 do not always work 100% in FSX. Therefore,
Addit! Pro's use of AFCAD and Traffic Tools can't be supported. There are
groups working on equivalents--a new graphical interface traffic file
program, and a scenery design tool which should include AFCAD type
functionality. Addit! Pro supports installation of precompiled traffic BGL
files, as always. |
Help System
| Added new help
topics covering the installation of mission addons, how to create and use a
FSX configuration file, and more. |
| Updated to reflect all changes made for FSX. |
Program Information Window
| FSX specific details are shown. |
Repair Addon Window
| Flight Simulator 2004 files may be used to repair addons.
This is very handy when using FS 2004 addons that assume you have FS 2004
effects, gauges, sounds, etc. If you lack such items the Repair feature can
search FS 2004 and copy over any required files automatically. Be sure the
option "Use Flight Simulator 2004 files to repair Flight Simulator X
addons" is enabled. See Customize for details. |
Toolbar
| Addit! Pro's
Toolbar is now fully customizable. You can turn the toolbar on and off,
toggle captions, toggle the new submenus, change the overall style and
choose which buttons are shown. |
| Submenus are new and
allow access to other features by clicking on the drop-down arrow on a
button. For example, pull down the Aircraft submenu and select from "Work
with Aircraft Addons" and "Work with Aircraft Skins and Repaints". |
| Added a
Fly Now button to start Flight
Simulator. |
| To adjust the
toolbar, open the Customize window and go to the Appearance
Options category. |
Work With Addons Window
| Added a Missions
category to the filter drop-down for FSX mission addons. Click the category
box and select "Show Only Missions" to use this feature. |
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Release History
Version
7.2.5
is current and was released in September, 2008.
Version
7.2.4 was released in September, 2008.
Version
7.2.2 was released in April, 2008.
Version
7.1.2 was released in October, 2007.
Version
7.0.11 was released in May, 2007.
Version
7.0.8 was released in March, 2007.
Version
7.0.7 was released in December, 2006.
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