Sim runs great. Simply Amazing

However, I dont seem able to get the animations described for certain aircraft such as Wing Fold, Canopy, etc.

Any ideas?

Cavcapt, Can u be a bit more specific? Which AC, or all of them?

Lol.

Hmm. It seems all of them. All my other controls work fine including the helicopter controls and refueling.

Okay. We're going to do a couple of things. Sounds like the animations are not assigned. Could be as simple as hitting the right key sequence. Go into the main game folder and copy the folder labeled Controls to a safe place and rename it something like "myyapcontrols".

Fire up the game. Click Options, then Contol.
The lower right corner of the screen will display a box that shows which keyboard contol map you are using. CAUTION: Do not click on CUSTOMIZE. Just opening the customize window will wipe out your Reece mod and your Refuel mod. We will get to that repair if you happen/choose to do that.

Exit the game and go to the main game folder. In the controls folder, find the dataini that was displayed. Make sure the following entries are present in that particular dataini.

You will find these at the end of [ContolSet001] and they will look similar to this setup:

ANIMATION_1=CTRL+1
ANIMATION_2=CTRL+2
ANIMATION_3=CTRL+3
ANIMATION_4=CTRL+4
ANIMATION_5=CTRL+5
ANIMATION_6=CTRL+6
ANIMATION_7=CTRL+7
ANIMATION_8=CTRL+8
ANIMATION_9=CTRL+9
ANIMATION_10=CTRL+0

They might be different something like ANIMATION_1=1 and so on. Thats what your setup is.

If you wish to change the setup, you have to back into the Control section of the game.

Same as before, click Options then Control. Click on Customize and the Customize Keyboard Map will appear. Scroll down to Misc Commands. Thats where your Animation Key assignments are.

You can re-assign those to your liking, and any other commands as you see fit while your in there. However, once you do that, you have to go back to that controlsdataini your using and re-enter your Reece and Refuel mods that have been wiped out.

So, open the controlsdataini that your using and copy/paste the entries back into that dataini from one of those datainis you sent to safety.

It should look like this:

// At the end of [ContorlSet001] check for these:

PITCH_TRIM_CONTROL=
ANIMATION_1=CTRL+1
ANIMATION_2=CTRL+2
ANIMATION_3=CTRL+3
ANIMATION_4=CTRL+4
ANIMATION_5=CTRL+5
ANIMATION_6=CTRL+6
ANIMATION_7=CTRL+7
ANIMATION_8=CTRL+8
ANIMATION_9=CTRL+9
ANIMATION_10=CTRL+0
GOTO_CAMERA_LEFT_VIEW=NUMPAD1
GOTO_CAMERA_RIGHT_VIEW=NUMPAD3
GOTO_CAMERA_DOWN_VIEW=NUMPAD2
GOTO_CAMERA_FRONT_VIEW=NUMPAD5

// At the end of the RangedControl entries:

[RangedControl009]
AxisControl=PITCH_TRIM_CONTROL
MaxValue=1000.000000
MinValue=0.000000
DeadZone=5.000000
Saturation=75.000000
ReverseJoystick=TRUE
MouseScale=1.000000
UseMouseRate=FALSE
ReverseMouse=FALSE
LimitValue=TRUE
SelfCenterRate=0.000000
KeyControlRate=1.000000
AllowKeyControl=TRUE
IncreaseControl=THRUST_VECTOR_UP
DecreaseControl=THRUST_VECTOR_DOWN
CenterControl=


Save it and you should be ready to go. Remember, each time you simply open the in game Customize window in the Control Options, you have to redo the Reece and Refuel mods in your dataini.

Ok, so the good news is that I finally understand the steps to reloading the refuel/recee mods.

Bad news, still a NO GO on the animations.

I'm using the training mission with F-100D as my experiment and I still can't open that damn canopy by pressing the '2' key. Sigh.

Open your Controls folder. Send me whatever is in that folder via email.